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Category Archives: America
Ann Coulter: Key To Trump’s Victory–Math!
Ann Coulter writes: With the California primary fast approaching, the media are rolling out their favorite fairy tale about how Republican Pete Wilson’s support for Proposition 187 in 1994 was a historic, game-changing error for the GOP, driving Hispanics from … Continue reading
Do Americans Want More Immigration?
Steve Sailer writes: “The Democrats have been boasting since the 1990s that they are going to impose one party rule on America by importing countless foreign ringers to vote for them … Why wouldn’t Americans resent this?” Comments: * I … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: ‘The core of the Trump Phenomenon is the question of freedom of expression.’
Steve Sailer writes: Donald Trump has come to be seen by both his enemies and his supporters as the living embodiment of a potential revival of the American tradition of free speech after the Obama ice age of political correctness. … Continue reading
Atlantic: “Girl Scouts: Still Mostly White”
Comments at Steve Sailer: * When I was growing up, my father was a Rotarian and seemed to really love it. I felt really disconnected in my rootless suburb a few months back and decided to look up the local … Continue reading
America’s Melting Pot
I never ate pizza until the summer of 1980, when I was 14 and we were eating out. I loved it. It was regarded as a naughty dish by my parents because it was too rich. We never had pizza … Continue reading
LAT: Bernie Sanders moves toward a fight over Israel, forcing Hillary Clinton to navigate a splintered party
Los Angeles Times: “A large majority of Americans strongly support Israel, according to polls, but the Democratic Party is increasingly torn over some of the actions of the Israeli government and how much sympathy to accord the plight of Palestinians.” … Continue reading
Far-right nativists eye Kris Kobach for Donald Trump’s vice president
MSNBC: Far-right Donald Trump supporters are eyeing Kris Kobach, an immigration hardliner and a leading figure in the Republican assault on voting rights, as a potential running mate for the presumptive GOP nominee. The two appear to have similar worldviews. … Continue reading
Feds Divert MILLIONS To ‘Slush Fund’ That Fuels These Liberal Activist Groups
Daily Caller: Department of Justice officials diverted millions of dollars slated for victims of the 2008 housing meltdown to politically favored third parties, including “left-wing radical groups,” according to the chairman of a House of Representatives oversight subcommittee. Rep. Sean … Continue reading
Anti-Trump Protests In San Diego
Comments to Steve Sailer: * John Derbyshire’s “Cold Civil War” is starting to heat up. Trump supporters have a sense of dispossession–symbolically on the currency and on the stage (Hamilton) and now in the streets. Anything that reinforces that sense … Continue reading
Politics & The Pros
Mickey Kaus writes: Politics and Pros: The NYT says “Donald Trump’s Campaign Stumbles As it Tries to Go Big.” Evidence of the stumbling? 1) Trump met with “dozens of female chief executives and entrepreneurs” last week but “never publicized” it! … Continue reading