WHICH IS HARD FOR A DEMOCRAT TO GET: WaPo Gives Schiff Four Pinocchios for Whistleblower Claim.

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” HAS SHORT ATTENTION SPAN: AOC already bored with impeachment: ‘I’m over it.’

JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE: Judicial Watch Posts Rod Rosenstein’s Secret Emails with Flattering Reporters.

A LITTLE LATE: Bloomberg Law finally retracts article accusing Leif Olson of anti-Semitism. “Last month a reporter named Ben Penn published a story at Bloomberg Law which insinuated that a Department of Labor employee named Leif Olson had posted some anti-Semitic tropes on his Facebook page. Olson was fired and Penn seemed to be celebrating his first scoop on Twitter. Only it turned out he had gotten the story completely and hopelessly wrong. Why did it take them a full month to get there when they knew the story was completely wrong within about 24 hours? In a note to the staff from the Editor in Chief, he explained the site had ‘spent the last few weeks reviewing our coverage.'”

Plus:

But the real issue is that Bloomberg Law has had the emails Penn sent the whole time. They knew weeks ago that what he had asked wasn’t a fair reading of the Facebook posts. And yet, they left their story up. It certainly looks like they sat on what they knew hoping people would forget about it. Only when people outside the company pushed the issue by revealing the contents of the query publicly did they finally decide to retract the article.

This may turn out to be another case where a reporter digging up old social media posts gets canned but once again it’s not solely the fault of the reporter (who’d only been at Bloomberg Law a few weeks). The editors who approved the article ought to have known better even if the reporter didn’t.

Yes. They should be fired, too.

THREADING OUR WAY BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS:  The Perilous Passage.

THE NEW YORK TIMES OR THE BABYLON BEE, WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE:  Free Speech Is Killing Us.

JOHN RINGO TO THE WHITE COURTESY PHONE, JOHN RINGO TO THE WHITE COURTESY PHONE, PLEASE:  In a global pandemic, which countries are safest havens?

IT’S TIME:  Dysfunctional Education.

BECAUSE MOST BILLIONAIRES DON’T KEEP THEIR MONEY IN A BIN TO SWIM IN? IF THE DEMOCRATS HAD ANY IDEA OF LIFE BEYOND DISNEY COMICS IT WOULD HELP:  Why a “Billionaire” Wealth Tax Would Hurt the Working Poor and the Middle Class.

BUT BUT BUT IT’S THE RIGHT KIND OF RACISM!  Racism at Harvard A-OK!

GOOD:  Boris Blindsides Bolshy Remainers.

THEY’RE LIZARD PEOPLE. CHANGE MY MIND:  Democrats’ Contempt for the Sanctity of Life.

BECAUSE ECONOMICS DICTATE THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE:  “How can you talk economics when we’re talking about people’s lives!”

HE FIGHTS:  Trump Doubles Down (2)

HUH:  Where Is Joseph Mifsud?

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE: Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans.

REALLY TIRED OF THEM:  Kavanaugh Smear Book Fails To Sell.

SCANDAL FATIGUE. IT’S THE DEM STRATEGY. THEY WERE OPENLY TALKING ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH. MOSTLY, THOUGH, WE’RE GETTING TIRED OF THEM:  New Whistleblower From IRS Spins A Story To The Washington Post.

STOP, JUST STOP:  Hillary On Transgender Parents and Staying With Bill.

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MICHAEL YON IS ON THE GROUND REPORTING FROM HONG KONG. If you like what he’s doing, you might want to make a donation. I just did.

UPDATE: People in the comments hate Facebook. Okay, but there’s also his own site.

POLITICIAN NOBODY CARES ABOUT CANCELS APPEARANCE AT EVENT FEATURING AUTHOR EVERYONE’S HEARD OF:

Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin canceled an upcoming appearance at the West Virginia Book Festival after its administrators declined her request that they nix a presentation from an author with outspoken anti-LGTBQ views.

In a letter Tuesday, Goodwin said to the Board of Directors of the Kanawha County Public Library that she objects to the library’s financial support of Orson Scott Card, author of “Ender’s Game” — a 1985 science-fiction classic turned feature film.

Card, she said, has a “well documented history of views that are contrary to the City of Charleston’s commitment to being an inclusive and welcoming community,” and she asked the board re-evaluate its decision to host him.

“I will not support hate speech of any kind and will not participate in the West Virginia Book Festival if Mr. Card is appearing,” she said.

Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin is a nobody who isn’t fit to shine Orson Scott Card’s shoes, but her views are noted and given the respect they deserve.

HARSH, BUT FAIR: Seen on Facebook.

Mitt has proved a disappointment. His behavior has been small, selfish, and cowardly.

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