Category: Web Briefing

FOX News: “Antifa is a real thing. It’s not a group or an organization. It’s a movement, or ideology may be one way of thinking of it,” Wray said. “And we have quite a...

The cancel culture plays with matches.

Elaine Godfrey in the Atlantic.

From the American Mind.

From CNBC.

From Minnesota Public Radio: The meeting was slated as a Minneapolis City Council study session on police reform. But for much of the two-hour meeting, council members told police Chief Medaria Arradondo that their...

From USA Today: CHICAGO — The nation’s second-largest county has recorded more homicides this year than in all of 2019, the majority of which – 95% – are people of color, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office announced...

From CNN.

Once again, Twitter censors those it decides who needs to be censored.

Twitter censors information as it deems necessary.

From Pletka’s op-ed: I fear the virtue-signaling bullies who increasingly try to dominate or silence public discourse — and encourage my children to think that their being White is intrinsically evil, that America’s founding is...

From AFP.

Dr. Li-Meng Yan on whether she believed the Chinese Communist Party released the virus “on purpose.” “Yes, of course, it’s intentionally.”

Speaker Pelosi’s dramatic “Congress will stay in until there is a Pandemic bill deal,” is a big nothing-burger, since the Speaker instituted vote by proxy, allowing Members of Congress to never leave their district...

From Politico.

Sweden’s strategy of herd-immunity pays off.

From The Washington Enquirer.

From The Oregonian.

The Hill: Deal not likely, Senate Majority Leader says: McConnell’s comments come after Democrats blocked a GOP coronavirus relief bill in the Senate on Thursday. ….In addition to the difference in the bill’s cost,...

A summary of the findings of a new forensic investigation for this documentary.

The bizarre case of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos.

Kelly in American Greatness.

Findings of how Congress is interacting with citizens during the pandemic.

From escience.

When Congress is broken…

From The Hill: Senate Democrats blocked a GOP coronavirus bill on Thursday amid a deep stalemate over the next relief package. Senators voted 52-47 on the roughly $500 billion Republican bill, which marked the...

From Stat News on a recent Kaiser Family Foundation Poll: “Democrats and Republicans are having two different elections,” KFF President Drew Altman said in a press release. “For Democrats, it’s about Covid and race....

Classic.

From The New York Post: The heads of over 160 major corporations, from Macy’s to MasterCard are pleading with Mayor Bill de Blasio to finally crack down on crime and address quality of life...

From The New York Post: Boy, are they awfully . . . pale for members of the “New Afrikan Black Panther Party”: We’re talking, of course, of the eight “comrades” arrested last week for rioting at a demo...

From The New York Post.

The benefits of claiming you are black were clear, except when you’re not.

From The Hill: Any legislative avenues are now dead for the next pandemic bill until after the election, according to GOP Senators.

From The Hill: No deal on a new pandemic package.

So funny.

Must watch 15 minutes.

There is no chance of this passing since the Dems will filibuster it. And so, it’s theatre.

Chicago, Houston, New York City, and Los Angeles hit hard by the pandemic, per this NPR Poll.

Riots and violence that is politically motivated make the liberal media’s agenda, not black children being shot in Chicago.

Pressure from the left keeps Biden from condemning the riots and violence in a meaningful way — this article from The Nation is one such example.

Greg Gutfeld: Democrats are finally responding to violence in cities because they see it’s unpopular in polls.

This is unprecedented (and shocking) — President Trump being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize is a very big deal.

By Matt Taibbi:  The Internet in the Trump era has become a pile of unexploded ordnance, with the Atlantic’s “suckers” story being the latest example.

From American Greatness.

1/ I like the idea of decoupling HSAs from high deductible plans -HSAs are actually great investment vehicles that would incentivize saving for healthcare expenses -Since they travel with you regardless of your job,...

All bacteria that have developed resistance to one of the 100 or so antibiotics on the planet trade the antibiotic-resistant DNA with all other bacteria, not just its own type of bacteria. Therefore, as...

So, there is this…

The lock-down was far worse on American’s health than COVID.

From Highwire.

From RCP.

Two global orbits, just like during the Cold War.

More third-worldization of the most populous state in the nation.

Massive forced rationing of electricity, in two maps.

More lock-down hypocrisy from the left.

Dems and their media allies are normalizing lootings.

The fire started by BLM-antifa in north Portland tonight is continuing to grow. They set a mattress on fire. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/2TkllOk3rJ — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) September 7, 2020

Unrelenting riots in Seattle.

PITTSBURGH PA pic.twitter.com/PxZGxpJIca — Next POTUS Dr RollerGator PhD Rt'd by DJT (@drrollergator) September 6, 2020

These quotes are from NYT hit piece on the great Dr. Atlas, trying to bring some rational thought into the wayward WH Task Force: “When you isolate everyone, including all the healthy people, you’re...

And the race tightens.

From Elemental: Earlier this summer, the Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee set about crunching data on more than 40,000 genes from 17,000 genetic samples in an effort to better understand Covid-19. Summit is...

From the NY Post.

The first commercial flight from Tel Aviv lands in Abu Dhabi.

From the NY Post.

From The New York Post.

From Kenosha News: Owners of a downtown business destroyed as unrest swept through the city following the shooting of Jacob Blake are desperately seeking help to recoup what they lost. On the eve of...

From The Washington Enquirer: “We are definitely listening to that message, and it is resonating. This is an administration that actually has real results coming into the community,” Klacik told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo...

From USA Today: if American voters and in particular supporters of the Biden-Harris ticket and Democratic candidates for the Senate and House are lulled into complacency by comforting poll numbers, it is almost certain...

From The Washington Examiner: After three months of violence, vandalism, and arson in our biggest cities, all of it excused and encouraged by Democrats, we’re supposed to be impressed that the party’s presidential nominee released a statement...

See the interactive graph here.

Axios clues in like this is some great insight.  

From The Washington Enquirer.

See the interactive graph from RealClearPolitics, here.

Robinson in The Guardian: Donald Trump is not a competent president but he is a terrifyingly effective one, as the 2020 RNC proved once again. The central lesson of 2016 for Democrats should have...

From The Spectator.

Battle rages on between the National Guard and Black Lives Matter rioters in front of the courthouse in Kenosha. pic.twitter.com/eawsng2irl — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 25, 2020

The high cost of ‘slow-the-spread,’ part infinite, from Zero Hedge: Readers may recall last week we outlined the dam of pent up mortgage delinquencies continued to crack, with the share of delinquent Federal Housing Administration’s loans hitting a record...

From The Hill.

https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1298022930887081984?s=20

From Oregon Live: A march on the Portland police union headquarters drew a rapid police response Monday night after someone set a fire next to the building. Officers arrived at the Portland Police Association...

Michael Goodwin in The New York Post.

From The Hill.

Video from RCP.

From RCP:

The Guardian: Van Morrison has denounced the supposed “pseudoscience” around coronavirus and is attempting to rally musicians in a campaign to restore live music concerts with full capacity audiences. The 74-year-old Northern Irish singer launched...

Marc Thiessen in the Washington Post.

JONATHAN TURLEY in The Hill.

From Vox: …for many progressives, the week was also laced with angst. A number of Republicans received invitations to speak, while progressive star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was only given a minute to speak. A story reported...

From The Washington Enquirer.

From The New York Post.

See the article here.

Trucks are America’s warehouses.

See the interactive graph here.

Byron York in the Washington Enquirer: The Democratic convention took place on Nights 82, 83, 84, and 85 of rioting in Portland. On Thursday night, as Biden spoke, a crowd returned to the U.S. Immigration...

They know not what they do.

From The Washington Times: Based on government documents, here are six instances of Obama administration spying on the Trump campaign or team, during and after the Nov. 8 election. ⦁ The FBI hired confidential human source Stefan Halper...

AOC Freed to Primary All the Dems She Wants: “No one gets to complain about primary challenges again,” AOC wrote on Twitter after Pelosi (D-Calif.) cut a video ad for Kennedy. Democratic Party bosses in the...

From The Federalist.

From The Washington Examiner.

From the NY Post.