The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

#CPAC2017: Seen on the Scene

‘The Official Trump Truck’ is, as the president would say, yuuuge. NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland CPAC is like family reunion for bloggers. When I went down to breakfast Thursday morning, the first person I saw was Ed Morrissey of Hot Air.   After breakfast, I went outside for a post-meal smoke, which was where I ran […]

#CPAC 2017: ‘The Deconstruction of the Administrative State’ — Steve Bannon

  NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland President Trump is “maniacally focused” on keeping the promises he made to America during his campaign, White House strategist Steve Bannon said Thursday during a panel with chief of staff Reince Priebus. That includes enforcing immigration law — “protecting the sovereignty of the United States,” as Priebus said — and an […]

In The Mailbox: 02.23.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM EBL: Sunlight The Best Disinfectant, Bill Maher? Michelle Malkin: Fighting For The Falsely Accused Twitchy: Space Cadet…Er, Feminist…Brianna Wu Trips All Over Her Own Smug Attack On Milo Louder With Crowder: Women Freed From ISIS Celebrate, Remove & Burn Oppressive Veils RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Adam Piggott: Gay […]

#CPAC2017: Joe the Plumber (@RealJTP) Talks Breitbart, Bannon, Trump

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland Joe Wurzelbacher was just a guy in Ohio in 2008, when he encountered Barack Obama on the campaign trail and asked him a question about taxes that catapulted “Joe the Plumber” to nationwide fame. Now, Joe works with Liberty Alliance and this morning I bumped into him outside CPAC and recorded a […]

#CPAC2017: Kellyanne Conway, Ted Cruz, Mark Levin, Dana Loesch, Steve Bannon

  NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland A big agenda of speakers today at the Conservative Political Action Conference, although the President doesn’t speak until Friday: Just less than a year ago, Donald Trump decided to skip CPAC – a decision the organization said he would come to regret, since it “sends a clear message to conservatives.” The […]

In The Mailbox: 02.22.17

— compiled by Wombat-socho OVER THE TRANSOM First Street Journal: Why Can’t Every Illegal Immigrant Do Things The Way Adriano Espaillot Did? EBL: Is It Time To Take The Keys From Grandpa? Twitchy: Video Surfaces Of Bill Maher Condoning Sex Between Adult And 14-Year-Old Louder With Crowder: Tucker Carlson Nukes #NotMyPresident Protester Who Claims Trump […]

Fear and Loathing: CPAC Calls Me, and How Can I Answer the Call?

  MEMO FROM THE NATIONAL AFFAIRS DESK: Cynthia Yockey called last night from the Minneapolis airport, where her flight to Baltimore-Washington International had been rerouted due to weather problems in the Midwest. Blame global warming, and also heteropatriarchy, but why take time to assign blame now, eh? No, right now I’m rattling the tip jar […]

To Milo or Not to Milo?

That is the question. When the Milo Yiannopedophiliapoulos controversy erupted over the weekend, I was busy working on a 4,000-word post about a radical feminist that I didn’t finish until Monday. Then CPAC disinvited him Monday, and today Milo resigned from Breitbart, and all of this controversy went thermonuclear while I was too busy on […]

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