Results for: Jennifer Van Laar

Sen. Kennedy: Biden's Border Policies Are "Bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow, stupid"
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/03/26/sen-kennedy-biden…der-policies-are-bone-deep-down-to-the-marrow-stupid-n350850
– As we covered earlier, a group of Republican senators who have been observing conditions at the US/Mexico border along the Rio Grande River in Texas held a press conference Friday afternoon, describing inhumane conditions people attempting to cross into the United States illegally face and under which unaccompanied children are...
Body of Immigrant Who Drowned Attempting to Cross Rio Grande Floats Past Senators at Border Visit
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/03/26/body-of-immigrant…ross-rio-grande-floats-past-senators-at-border-visit-n350852
– As Nick Arama covered, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) led a congressional delegation on a visit to the US/Mexico border in Mission, TX, this week. Senators spent time observing conditions along the Rio Grande and visiting detention facilities where babies and children are being held in very close quarters. The group...
Did LA Times Bury Important Evidence About LA DA Gascón’s Dismissal of BLM-related Attempted Train Derailment Case?
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/03/24/did-la-times-bury…issal-of-blm-related-attempted-train-derailment-case-n347957
– Last week I brought you the story of Richard Doyle, a 34-year veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, and the discipline and retaliation he faced from DA George Gascón after refusing to drop charges against three Black Lives Matter protesters who were charged with placing a “slinky”...
UPDATE: 10 Killed in King Soopers Shooting, Officer Killed Identified
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/03/22/update-no-ongoing…n-boulder-shooting-one-person-of-interest-in-custody-n348608
– UPDATE 7:30 PM PDT: Ten people have been killed at King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, according to Boulder Police Department Chief Maris Herold. The first officer to arrive, 51-year-old Erik Talley, engaged the shooter and was fatally wounded. Talley had been with the department 11 years. Herold said that her...
BREAKING: Shooting at Boulder Supermarket, Unconfirmed Scanner Reports Claim 6 Dead
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/03/22/breaking-shooting…supermarket-unconfirmed-scanner-reports-claim-6-dead-n348487
– Police in Boulder, Colorado are responding to an active shooter situation at a King Soopers grocery store. Fox’s Denver affiliate reports: A witness says they had just left the store after checking out and heard what sounded like fireworks. The witness says a guy was wearing tactical gear carrying an...
Battle Between GOP Establishment and "Drain the Swamp" Republicans on Display at RNC Winter Meeting
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/06/battle-between-go…e-swamp-republicans-on-display-at-rnc-winter-meeting-n305258
– On January 6, as the United States Senate meets to potentially certify the Electoral College vote for Joe Biden, members of the Republican National Committee will gather on Amelia Island, Florida, for their Winter Meeting and to hold elections. While many believe that the Republican National Committee of 2021 is...
L.A. Mayor Garcetti Accidentally Reveals Who's Responsible for CA's Coronavirus Surge Crisis
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/06/los-angeles-mayor…cettis-head-scratching-appearance-on-face-the-nation-n304382
– Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti used to be widely regarded as a rising star in the Democrat party, someone who could be expected to run for President someday. After Joe Biden was the presumptive Democrat nominee in mid-2020, and despite Garcetti’s massive failure addressing the homelessness issue in Los Angeles,...
Impeccable Timing: Amazon Offers Help in Distributing Coronavirus Vaccine Five Weeks Post-Rollout
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/20/impeccable-timing…ributing-coronavirus-vaccine-five-weeks-post-rollout-n313552
– We all knew the “miracles” would start as soon as Joe Biden was inaugurated, and today’s news has borne that out. As my colleague Michael Thau covered, the WHO announced a massive change in COVID-19 diagnostic criteria Wednesday – which has to be completely unrelated to what was happening in...
Is San Francisco Trying to Kill Off Fentanyl Addicts? This "Guide" Sure Makes it Seem So
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/20/is-san-francisco…ff-fentanyl-addicts-this-guide-sure-makes-it-seem-so-n312662
– If 2020 wasn’t the year that made us exclaim, “What in the hell are they doing?” at least three times a day, 2021 sure will be. One such “WTH?” moment is brought to you by a San Francisco group aiming to “help” city residents properly use the deadly opioid...
California Dems Characterize Recall Gavin Newsom Effort as "California Coup"
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/13/california-dems-c…terize-recall-gavin-newsom-effort-as-california-coup-n309053
– We often say about Democrats, “All they had to do was not be crazy.” Even though the effort to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom has gained traction over the last month, organizers are still lacking about 500,000 signatures before a mid-March deadline, and Newsom still (publicly) enjoys decent job approval...
Elected DA's Throughout California Slam LA County DA Gascon's Policies, Refuse to Grant Jurisdiction
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/13/elected-das-throu…nty-da-gascons-policies-refuse-to-grant-jurisdiction-n306496
– Now it’s not just the majority of his 1,000 subordinates who are publicly and vehemently opposed to new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s policy directives. Three elected California District Attorneys (all female, interestingly enough) have slammed Gascon’s policies, and two of them sent letters directly to Gascon refusing...
UPDATE: Hunter Biden Still Owns Stake in Chinese Venture Capital Firm That Acquired U.S. Stealth Technology
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/30/update-hunter-bid…re-capital-firm-that-acquired-u-s-stealth-technology-n319337
– Although Joe Biden promised way back in 2019 that his son Hunter would offload his stake in Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a Chinese Communist Party-controlled venture capital firm, it appears that Hunter still holds that interest today – a major national security risk now that the elder Biden has been...
Where Was CNN While COVID -- or Cuomo -- Was Killing New York's Elderly?
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/29/where-was-cnn-while-covid-or-cuomo-was-killing-new-yorks-elderly-n318497
– A piece published Thursday by CNN’s Editor-at-large Chris Cillizza brings up the soul-wrenching possibility that “Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 performance may have been less stellar than it seemed.” When did it ever seem stellar, one might ask? Well, if the only media diet one had was CNN, and the only...
New York Legislators Outraged at Maxine Waters' Comments When They Thought Comments Were From Trump Supporters
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/29/318483-n318483
– We’ve always known that the left can dish it out, but they can’t take it – and the “Cuomo Watch” Twitter account hilariously made the point Thursday. As many recall, then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was kicked out of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia in June...
VIDEO: CA's Kevin "This is a Ghost Gun" de Leon Royally Flubs the Pledge of Allegiance
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/26/video-cas-kevin-t…t-gun-de-leon-royally-flubs-the-pledge-of-allegiance-n316947
– One of Los Angeles’ newest City Council members wowed the city with his stunning ignorance of something practically everybody in the United States can recite in their sleep – the Pledge of Allegiance. Kevin de Leon was asked by Council President Nury Martinez at Tuesday’s meeting to lead the group...
Violent Crime in Los Angeles is Skyrocketing; Are George Gascon's Policies to Blame?
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/26/violent-crime-in…is-skyrocketing-are-george-gascons-policies-to-blame-n316653
– Residents of Los Angeles County are unwittingly – and mostly unwillingly – taking part in a social experiment to determine what happens when theories and policies central to the “reimagining” of the criminal justice system are implemented, and the results aren’t surprising. As RedState’s regular readers are aware, LA...
Swalwell Tells Jake Tapper He Did Nothing Wrong in Relationship With Fang Fang, Says It's Retaliation
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/25/swalwell-tells-ja…in-relationship-with-fang-fang-says-its-retaliation-n316488
– Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper Monday to talk impeachment and “holding people accountable” for their actions, but when asked to clarify how much contact he had with Christine “Fang Fang” Fang, a Chinese spy, Swalwell weaseled out of actually answering by claiming the FBI said...
Biden Picks CA Labor Sec Julie Su, Responsible For $10B in Fraud Losses, for Deputy DOL
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/25/biden-picks-ca-la…u-responsible-for-10b-in-fraud-losses-for-deputy-dol-n316284
– Yet another California Democrat with a record of failure might be headed to Washington if Joe Biden gets his way. Biden has already announced the nomination of Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who spent more time suing Trump than doing his actual job, for Secretary of the Department of Health and...
Place Your Bets: When Does Joe Biden Hold His First Press Conference as President?
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2021/01/25/place-your-bets-when…e-biden-hold-his-first-press-conference-as-president-n316259
– I understand why they might be hesitant after what happened last week at the White House as my colleague Jennifer Van Laar wrote about…
If One Mask is Good, Two Masks Are Better? According to the New York Times, Yes.
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/25/if-one-mask-is-go…masks-are-better-according-to-the-new-york-times-yes-n315970
– Just when we thought the Cult of the Mask couldn’t get more nutty or overbearing, along comes an article in the “Well” section of the New York Times headlined “Two Masks Are the New Masks.” The subhead informs the reader: Double-masking is a sensible and easy way to...
SF DA Boudin Skips Memorial For Women Killed By Drunk Parolee - to Tweet About Inmates Not Receiving Vaccines
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/24/sf-da-boudin-skip…arolee-to-tweet-about-inmates-not-receiving-vaccines-n315767
– On Friday afternoon, a grieving mother who’d flown to San Francisco from Japan to collect her daughter’s body and belongings spoke at a memorial for that daughter, which was held on a sidewalk near the intersection where a drunk parolee in a stolen car mowed her and another woman down...
Hypocritical Jeff Bezos Suddenly Doesn't Like Voting By Mail - When It'll Hit His Wallet
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/23/hypocritical-jeff…doesnt-like-voting-by-mail-when-itll-hit-his-wallet-n315478
– Billionaire Jeff Bezos claims that mail-in voting is safe and secure and that its results are valid and unquestionable when it suits his business interests (at The Washington Post and Amazon Web Services), but says that only an in-person election can be “valid, fair and successful” when it comes to...
Want The Next Stimulus? Only If You're Immunized, One Congressman Says
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/23/want-the-next-stimulus-only-if-youre-immunized-one-congressman-says-n315033
– Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are fully onboard with the “Unity” caucus, fully prepared to “compromise” with Democrats in Congress and sell out their allegedly conservative principles. One Congressman, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) is proposing to attach some strings to the next federal stimulus check, and his proposal makes zero...
L.A. DA Gascon Prohibits Deputy DA From Opposing Parole for Serial Child Rapist
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/22/l-a-da-gascon-pro…uty-das-from-opposing-parole-for-serial-child-rapist-n314250
– One aspect of new Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s “reforms” that hasn’t been widely publicized is his Special Directive instructing Deputy District Attorneys that they are not permitted to attend parole hearings for inmates the office has prosecuted. That means that when a criminal who was convicted under...
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