by jpitney | Apr 15, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Civility, Congress, Crime, House of Representatives
Phil Kiko and Christine Leonard at The Hill: The vast divide between Democrats and Republicans seems wider than ever. On Capitol Hill, the daily rhetoric is so heated that bipartisan compromise seems elusive. While the current climate may seem insurmountable, strong...
by jpitney | Jan 19, 2024 | Crime
John McMillan at City Journal: When crime throws American cities into disarray—as has happened before and in some places is happening now—it is a bad look for the Left. Start with Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, one of the most influential scholarly books of...
by jpitney | Aug 2, 2023 | Crime, Insurrection
Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Washington, DC Statement as Delivered Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and...
by jpitney | Jul 26, 2023 | Crime
Jill Lawrence: Democratic pollster Doug Schoen and former Rep. John LeBoutillier, an anti-Trump New York Republican, just floated a full-blown “universal plea agreement” in a weekend op-ed in the Messenger: Federal and state prosecutors suspend their criminal cases...
by jpitney | Jul 10, 2023 | Campaign Finance, Crime, Polarization
Polarization and partisan animosity provide an opportunity for scam artists to make money — sometimes from both sides at once. Laura J. Nelson reports at LAT Two Californians set up a pair of political action committees, called the Liberty Action Group and the...
by jpitney | Jun 10, 2023 | Crime, Public Service
Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement Washington, DC ~ Friday, June 9, 2023 … The men and women of the United States intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. Our laws that protect national...
