This reminds me of the “data analysis” touted by Rudy Giuliani at his press conference with Sidney Powell that allegedly found many more votes cast in certain Michigan precincts than one would expect based on population. Proof that Biden and the Democrats had rigged Michigan’s election after all? Nah. It turned out those precincts were

Last Saturday an editor for Cook Political Report decided David Valadao would win in California’s 21st Congressional District, creating another pickup for the GOP. But the Associated Press still hadn’t called the race. Finally today they did: BREAKING: Republican David Valadao wins election to U.S. House in California’s 21st Congressional District, beating incumbent Rep. TJ

A 2019 World Cup final rematch is scheduled on Friday between the U.S. women’s soccer team and the Netherlands team. It is the first match the U.S. women’s soccer team will play in more than 200 days. The coronavirus pandemic shut down the team’s international competition. Also returning is the team’s commitment to being social

Two of the three panel members were appointed by George W. Bush. The third, Stephanos Bibas, was added to the court by Trump himself and wrote today’s scathing majority opinion. I suspect that was by design, as the court knew that Trump and his team were sure to demagogue the ruling. That’s harder to do

As Ed pointed out this morning, this doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone at this point. The DOJ has been trying to drop the case against Flynn for months and Judge Sullivan has been refusing to do so. Moments ago, President Trump announced a full pardon for Gen. Flynn on Twitter: It

Happy Thanksgiving! Normally, I try to find a presidential message that captures the essence of Thanksgiving, either in terms of faith or in terms of public virtue. However, this year has had so many challenges and so much stress that the usual reflections on gratitude and grace simply don’t seem to fit. Many families that

As promised, Sidney Powell released the Kraken — two of them, actually, although the two are essentially twins. Powell made her election-fraud lawsuits against Georgia and Michigan available through her website, although only the document of the Michigan suit has the markings of a court filing. Whatever criticisms may follow, at least these have the

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finalizing a new recommendation about the length of time for quarantines after a person is exposed to the coronavirus. Scientists now believe that a full 14 days may not be needed after all. This announcement will be cold comfort for all of the people who took the

What was she thinking? Hollywood actress/activist Alyssa Milano decided to extend an olive branch to Trump supporters with a call for unity. The responses to her tweet produced exactly the reactions you would assume it would. Sorry, Alyssa, America isn’t ready to just move on. This is just all so absurd, of course, but to

The best part here is when he marvels at Latinos’ willingness to support a president who would put illegal immigrants in cages. Does this guy not remember who built those cages? And who put kids in them? He remembers. He’s just hoping you don’t. This clip strikes me as a modern twist on two arguments

Prediction: The lawsuit will fail massively and won’t save Trump’s presidency. But this is still newsworthy, not because of the substance of Powell’s allegations but because of the effect the suit is apt to have on the president and his supporters. Trump has finally segued to a transition mindset within the last 48 hours as

Who had a governor is going to shut down grocery stores due to the pandemic on their 2020 coronavirus bingo card? If you did, stamp that square. The governor of New Mexico is shutting down grocery stores in her state over COVID-19 testing results. Just when we thought that liquor sales restrictions in Pennsylvania by

Back in May, a pre-print study (meaning not peer reviewed) suggested that a mutated strain of the coronavirus may be spreading more quickly than the original strain. But as I noted at the time, several virologists were quick to cast doubt on those conclusions, noting that you couldn’t rule out the possibility that the more

I happened to catch a few minutes of Chris Cuomo’s interview with Fauci last week when they were talking about needing to limit Thanksgiving to one’s immediate household this year. And Cuomo said something to the effect of, “I’m not seeing my mom this year, she’ll be with my brother.” And I thought, “Knowing what

There won’t be any news videos of overly aggressive eager bargain hunters storming the front doors of retail businesses on Black Friday this year. In 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic, the day is being “reinvented” to accommodate the guidelines of mitigating the virus. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is one of the

New York just shut down public schools again because of a rise in the positivity rate. But it’s not the schools that are creating the problem. Today New York Magazine published a lengthy piece about the underground party scene in New York City, where ever weekend groups of young people gather to dance and drink

Well, this is awkward. Remember that presser on Thursday, where Sidney Powell stood shoulder to shoulder with Rudy Giuliani and claimed she had evidence of a communist plot to steal the election from Donald Trump? And suggested that Republican candidates might have paid off Dominion to “win” their own elections?  About an hour ago, Giuliani sent

This long slog of an election cycle, plus the pandemic proves one thing: America needs to chill, particularly the political and social media class. These pundits and politicians suggesting President Donald Trump is attempting to steal the election are completely unserious despite their claims otherwise. The same with those bizarrely speculating Tucker Carlson has been

Vice-President Mike Pence campaigned for Senator Kelly Loeffler and Senator David Perdue on Friday. Both senators are in run-off races that will determine which party will control the U.S. Senate as Joe Biden begins his term in the White House. Both of the races are crucial for Republican leadership. If one race is won by

This year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has been kicked around in Congress since the middle of the summer and the window for getting it resolved is starting to grow a bit slim. This has traditionally been considered a fairly nonpartisan, “must-pass” measure since it funds some of our most sensitive military and intelligence activities.

Joe Biden seems to have an anger management problem when it comes to answering questions asked by CBS News reporter Bo Erickson. Biden is not ready for his bubble that protects him from legitimate questions to be popped. Sleepy Joe has reaped the benefits of an extremely incurious press since he began running for president.

Er … didn’t Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell promise to deliver this “big voter fraud information” by yesterday? Wasn’t that the point of the borderline-insane press conference in which Powell accused Republican candidates of paying off Dominion for their victories and Giuliani quoted My Cousin Vinny? They had the evidence in hand of a vast, communist-funded

The key bit is below but you can read the full statement here. They claim the point of the meeting from their perspective was to lobby the president for more COVID relief money for Michigan. As for that little “overturning the election and awarding the loser the state’s electoral votes” suggestion that’s been going around,

It could happen. Lara Trump, wife of Eric Trump, is reported to be considering a run for the open Senate seat in North Carolina in 2022. Senator Richard Burr is retiring at the end of his term. For the first time in a generation, there will be an open Senate seat in 2022. Is Lara

MAGA nemesis George Conway thinks naming the virus after the president would be more fitting. “Trump mumps,” we could call COVID. I think I know what Geraldo’s up to here. In his own eternally weird way, he means well. But it’s high comedy that he thinks it would help ease tensions in a “world so

If you walked into an ice cream shop and saw Kamala Pecan on the menu, would you order a scoop or two? A Lexington, Kentucky ice cream shop decided to honor the first black/Indian female vice-presidential candidate by naming an ice cream flavor for her. The Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream Shop is known

The winner of the most-hated member of the Trump administration’s cabinet may be the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. Her strongly conservative ideas on public and private education have greatly agitated the union-supporting Democrats who are in charge of our country’s schools. Once Joe Biden’s administration comes into power, you can kiss school choice goodbye.

Funny and true, but we’re leaving the “respectable” lawsuit phase of this process today in which fraud is semi-seriously averred and entering the “desperation” phase. That’s when Trump effectively gives up on trying to get the election overturned in court and starts leaning on Republican officials at the state level to just hand him the

Can we all just take a moment and acknowledge what a terrific person Dolly Parton has turned out to be? She’s a legend with country music lovers and she has entertained the world for decades. Now she is receiving some well-deserved kudos for an act of philanthropy. A very generous donation given by Dolly to

Just how ominous is Joe Biden’s choice of former State Department official Richard Stengel as “team lead” for the US Agency for Global Media? John wrote last year about Stengel’s stunning op-ed in the Washington Post, in which Stengel exhorted Americans to seriously consider objections by Arab diplomats to the First Amendment. No, really: As a