This is accurate enough as it goes, but I suspect people's perception of whether crime and murder rates are going up or going down is their perception of now compared to the much more recent past, rather than 35 years ago.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: We Forced 1,000 U.S. Troops to ‘Retreat’ nationalreview.com/corner/l-a-may…

Last night, Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass boasted on X that the moves were a result of her pressure.  “Another win for Los Angeles tonight: 1,000 more troops are retreating. We will continue this pressure until ALL troops are out of L.A.” So far, there’s no word on whether Bass’

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass is not the first leader of a dangerous, unstable region who has attempted to force the U.S. armed forces to retreat. But Mullah Omar, Saddam Hussein and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi could not be reached for comment. nationalreview.com/corner/l-a-may…

Every once in a while, a writer gets to perform an amazing dunk on his critics, and you just have to sit back and watch the beauty and marvel of it all.

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Lucky for Democrats, they picked the least-worst time to be unpopular wapo.st/44Y1SkK

"By election night in November, this year could end up looking like a pretty darn good year for the beleaguered Democratic Party," @JimGeraghty writes. wapo.st/3GZbsuq

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass: We Forced 1,000 U.S. Troops to ‘Retreat’ nationalreview.com/corner/l-a-may…

"All troops out of LA!" Mayor Karen Bass demands. No word on whether she meant to include Los Angeles Air Force Base. nationalreview.com/corner/l-a-may…

Kamala Harris, Over and Out nationalreview.com/the-morning-jo…

Don't Count on Pete Hegseth Appearing on a Tennessee Ballot Next Year nationalreview.com/corner/dont-co…

What Have Democrats Delivered for Their Constituents? nationalreview.com/the-morning-jo…

Oh, man. I feel your pain, Mary Katharine Ham.

Hawley Proposes Tax Rebates to Balance the Cost of the Tariffs nationalreview.com/corner/hawley-…

"Hey, boss? Great news! You said you wanted a way to get people to stop talking about Epstein..."