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Sunday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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The Spanish Migrant Crisis
20+ hour, 19+ min ago (1141+ words) Some 60,000 Moroccans crossed the border into the Ceuta enclave yesterday. WaPo (“Migrants overrun a Spanish outpost, stirring European outrage“): The sudden arrival of a massive group of migrants at a Spanish exclave in North Africa triggered a fresh wave of…...
Saturday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
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Some Good News: Lower Courts are Still Functional
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (518+ words) The DOJ is another story, however. Via NBC News: Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation. The Trump administration has dropped its case against a former Olympic canoeist charged in connection with damage to the Reflecting…...
Friday’s Forum – Outside the Beltway
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (400+ words) Good morning to everyone except the manufacturers of Kidde smoke detectors. Our (nearly brand-new/less than 2 years old) alarms keep randomly false-alarming. This is apparently a known issue. Having them hard-wired means they ALL start shrieking at the same time....
A Photo for Friday (7/31): “Leading Edge”
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CNN Poll Reveals One-Third of Democrats Are Democratic Socialists
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (498+ words) Young Democrats, especially, view the group favorably. CNN (“CNN Poll: A third of Democrats now identify as democratic socialists“): About a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults identify as democratic socialists, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS....
Politicians Are Swearing More
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (398+ words) President Trump said Wednesday morning that American forces were going to “beat the fucking shit” out of Iranian forces after Iran targeted U.S. forces in Jordan overnight. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) cursed out Anthony Fauci, who led the U....
Does Fauci Deserve This?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1187+ words) Covid politics roil onward. Later today, Anthony Fauci will testify before the Senate. For reasons I do not totally understand, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) obtained a diary/personal notes that Fauci kept and has asserted that it shows Fauci was…...
150 House Races Featured Only One Candidate
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (1054+ words) “Safe seats” run amok. Unite America’s Ross Sherman (“Nearly 35% of the U.S. House faced no meaningful competition in 2026.”): Two hundred and fifty years ago, Americans declared that their leaders should be chosen by the people, not handed power through…...