Presumed 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, who President Trump has repeatedly mocked with the “Pocahontas” nickname, described herself as “American Indian” when registering as a lawyer in Texas. Perhaps hoping that it would get lost in the State of the Union coverage, the Washington Post published this revelation last night. Originally from Oklahoma, the Massachusetts Democrat and strident Trump foe for a long time insisted that she was part Cherokee based on family folklore but also denied that she used said heritage to qualify for prestigious academic jobs through affirmative action. In October, Sen. Warren released the results of the test that showed she was as minimal as 1/1,024th Native American, however, which is apparently less than the average white person. According to a recent report, Warren has apologized to the Cherokee Nation for publicizing the DNA results.
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What’s happening in Democrat politics in the Old Dominion state seems to be giving a new definition to the slogan “Virginia is for lovers.” Gov. Ralph Northam is immersed in scandal over a racist yearbook page. Justin Fairfax, the state’s lieutenant governor, who this weekend seemed headed for the top job as a result, is now denying a sexual assault allegation. The Big League Politics website broke both of these stories. The Washington Post, which unhesitatingly published uncorroborated allegations about Brett Kavanaugh, previously looked into but declined to run the Fairfax story, however. The Post and Fairfax seem partially at odds over an analysis of the incident, however.
Will Ralph Northam still be Virginia’s governor by the end of the day? Almost every prominent Democrat who enthusiastically endorsed his candidacy is now calling for him to resign after the Big League Politics website found a racist medical school yearbook page. Note to fake news CNN: Northam is a Democrat, not a Republican, contrary to your chyron last night. Irony in the extreme, the Trump-hating Northam repeatedly branded GOP rival Ed Gillespie as a racist during the campaign. The Northam controversy once again underscores what the late talk show host Bob Grant often said: particularly in matters of race, liberals are the ultimate hypocrites. Moreover, this is yet another example of how the left accuses the right of what the left is actually guilty of. This is also an occasion where Twitter (see tweets below) is performing a brilliant public service.
Presumed 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, who President Trump has repeatedly derided with the “Pocahontas” nickname, has reportedly apologized to the Cherokee Nation released DNA tests that supposedly backed up her long-standing claim that she has Native American ancestry. In October, Sen. Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat originally from Oklahoma, released the results of the test that showed she was as minimal as 1/1,024th Native American, which is apparently less than the average white person. “[The test data] was widely viewed as a serious stumble by Warren, with mockery from conservatives over how marginal her claim was and derision from progressives for delving into race science,” the Washington Free Beacon explained. All along, Warren had insisted that she was part Cherokee based on family folklore and also denied that she used said heritage to qualify for prestigious academic jobs through affirmative action.
Ben Shapiro is lucky that the relentless 24-7 news cycle took him off the hook for some really dumb comments at the recent March for Life in Washington, D.C. Some advertisers immediately bailed on sponsoring the political commentator’s podcast, but fortunately for him, the controversy seems to have died down, as explained below. To Shapiro and his apologists: It doesn’t matter if the fake news media took his use of the H word out of context. That’s what the fake news media does, and the smartest guy in the room should have been aware of that.
Capitalism vs. socialism has become a trendy issue for far-left Democrats (are there any other kind?). Many of them, including various newly elected U.S. House members, as well as the virtual-signaling social justice movement generally, seem to be fascinated by socialism, despite the collapse of Venezuela and many failed states that preceded it. Obviously capitalism is hardly devoid of corruption, but it has created the most prosperous and freest society in world history. Businesses large and small have engaged in wrongdoing, however. And let’s stipulate that on a day-to-day consumer basis in a capitalistic economy, one time or another virtually everyone has been ripped off in connection with a misrepresented product or service. (Are there any “as seen on TV” products that aren’t junk?). Moreover, corporate America has capitulated time and again to the SJW mob. In the private sector workplace, many employees have been treated unfairly and arbitrarily in terms of hiring, firing, pay, and/or promotions. Some workers with legitimate employment-related grievances have even been unable to achieve legal redress in those instances where the unfairness rises to potential illegality. But is socialism, i.e., where a centralized government controls the economy, ever the answer?
Even many liberals are admitting that a rush to judgment occurred in the massive condemnation of the MAGA-hat-wearing Covington Catholic High School students after a video went viral on social media. With additional footage of the incident that doesn’t fit the initial narrative, it turns out that Covington teens may have been bullied rather than being bullies at the pro-life event, rendering it yet another example of anti-Trump fake news. Certainly in the aftermath of this incident, moreover, the students been on the receiving end of all kinds of threats. The “opposition party” mainstream media seldom takes any interest in Trump supporters who are harassed, threatened, doxed, or physically assaulted, however. The Kentucky high school itself had to shut down today for safety reasons.
Shortly before takeoff, President Donald Trump today told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (plus a delegation of Democrat lawmakers) to fly commercial rather than on a U.S. Air Force jet if she wants to go on a “public relations event” overseas.
As expected, Theresa May has failed to gain U.K. parliamentary approval for the Brexit withdrawal agreement. The vote against the plan, which Leave advocates characterized as Brexit in Name Only, was rejected overwhelmingly in the House of Commons. The margin is being described as the worst parliamentary defeat ever for a U.K. administration.
Next time you log in to your LinkedIn account for career advancement reasons, consider that its billionaire co-founder Reid Hoffman allegedly funded a false flag operation against Roy Moore in the Alabama special election that tried to tie the judge to Russian interference.
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