Donald Trump thinks people who see-something-but-don't-say-something should be "brought to justice" with "big consequences." I guess I should commend him for resisting saying "YUGE CONSEQUENCES!" How Presidential he's becoming! The Fifth Amendment is just an irritation to Donald Trump, and American legal precedent holds that we pursue obstruction of justice charges against people who lie rather than people who keep their mouths shut, which, again, places this nominal "conservative" against tradition, against precedent, and against the Constitution. Still, this Trump flatugasm will resonate with the chronically-frustrated, who are, after all, his only real constituency.
So, it's mid-June turning to late-June, and Hillary Clinton is conducting an advertising blitz while Donald Trump, well, isn't. For First Read, this raises the question "How long will she have the battleground-state airwaves to herself?" Which, in turns, raises the question "why do you assume she'll have the battleground-state airwaves to herself, when Donald Trump can fart into his Twitterphone and the entire "liberal" media will drop everything to cover it?"
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee blog sets the record straight about the real origins of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Long story short: it mostly went after liberals from the beginning (including the "Hollywood Anti-Nazi League"), particularly those groups (including Communists) who fought for black civil rights in the 1930s. As guilty as I feel about not knowing the whole history, I feel compelled to repeat that Mr. Gingrich's distortions would remain utterly unpersuasive even if they were true.
Greg Kaufman, writing at TalkPoverty, takes us on a tour of Racine, WI, which sits in House Speaker Paul Ryan's district and gives the lie to his recent "anti-poverty" statements. More than one-fifth of its residents sit in poverty (and that statistic cuts across racial lines), and it has the highest unemployment rate in the state. "How do you take away half of our manufacturing jobs and then say poverty is some moral failing?" one resident asks; how indeed! So we'll be seeing Democrat attack ads based around the poverty and hardship in Racine, right? Don't hold your breath.
Finally, the "Stairway to Heaven" lawsuit -- filed by a trustee of Randy California's estate -- now heads to court. As you may know, the first part of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" sounds rather similar to a Spirit song called "Taurus," from the latter's self-titled 1968 album. There are more than a few differences between the chord progressions, though, so I think Messrs. Plant and Page should beat this one -- though I also think George Harrison shouldn't have lost over "My Sweet Lord," and I probably march alone in that parade.
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