Reporter’s Notebook: Covering an anti-war protest in Israel | Israel War on Gaza

Reporter’s Notebook: Covering an anti-war protest in Israel | Israel War on Gaza

ByNews Polite

It’s a crisp sunny Saturday morning as our crew prepares the car for the drive from Jerusalem to Haifa to cover an anti-war rally. Spirits are high as I place my camera equipment in the boot of the car. Then we discuss footwear. Stefanie, our correspondent, has chosen to wear…

Donald Trump’s Nikki Haley birdcage stunt is . . . weak
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Donald Trump’s Nikki Haley birdcage stunt is . . . weak

ByNews Polite

“Birdbrain”? That’s the best Trump could do for Nikki Haley? Say what you will about the Donald’s third run at the presidency, but the guy’s losing his once-fearsome nicknaming powers.  “Low Energy Jeb” Bush was an instant classic, and cruelly accurate about Bush’s limp public persona. (Remember “please clap”?) “Crooked…

Don’t count DeSantis out — he may yet take down Trump
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Don’t count DeSantis out — he may yet take down Trump

ByNews Polite

The Ron DeSantis presidential campaign sure was good while it lasted.  The conventional wisdom has turned so decidedly against the Florida governor that he’s getting buried a couple of months before he even announces.  There’s flaming out on the launch pad, and there’s flaming out while you’re drinking a cup…

Is Hochul’s high court move a compromise — or a sellout?
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Is Hochul’s high court move a compromise — or a sellout?

ByNews Polite

Hmm: Gov. Kathy Hochul evidently hopes to sidestep the hard left’s drive to control New York’s top court with a compromise. Or maybe it’s a sellout. To recap: The state Senate’s lefty leadership orchestrated a humiliating rejection of her first nominee for state chief judge, Hector LaSalle — first stacking…

Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians
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Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians

ByNews Polite

It’s sure starting to look like New York’s progressives are simply anti-Asian.  Their latest cause célèbre, the “Good Cause Eviction” bill, aims to effectively bring some 2 million apartments in the city alone under a new statewide rent-control regime. On top of being a sure housing-killer, it’s gotten the city’s…

Biden’s migrant mess costing New York City $5 million a day
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Biden’s migrant mess costing New York City $5 million a day

ByNews Polite

Nearly Five. Million. Dollars. Per Day. That obscene figure is how much some 30,000 illegal immigrants cost New York City, per Mayor Adams’ emergency management honcho Zach Iscol. The ultimate two-year tab is projected to exceed $4 billion. It already hit $500 million in mid-February. And there’s every reason to…

‘Teacher’ Randi Weingarten’s ignorant, anti-democratic rant
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‘Teacher’ Randi Weingarten’s ignorant, anti-democratic rant

ByNews Polite

Randi Weingarten — the nation’s top teacher, in a sense — seems ignorant of what any child could learn about government from “Schoolhouse Rock.” The American Federation of Teachers boss made that painfully clear (and we mean painfully) Tuesday by launching into an unhinged tirade in front of the Supreme…