Results for Jennifer Van Laar

  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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…
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. Biden Telling WH Reporter "C'mon Man, Gimme a Break" Has Already Been Memory-Holed https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/21/biden-telling-wh…cmon-man-gimme-a-break-has-already-been-memory-holed-n314271
    On Thursday afternoon Joe Biden held a press conference announcing that he’d be signing a number of Executive Orders related to coronavirus response and vaccine delivery. After he signed the last one, a reporter asked him a question about whether Biden’s goal to have 100 million vaccines administered in the...
  16. VIDEO: Biden Snaps at WH Reporter, Walks Out of Signing Ceremony in a Huff https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/01/21/video-biden-snaps…wh-reporter-walks-out-of-signing-ceremony-in-a-huff-n314070
    (UPDATE: The White House is already trying to memory-hole this. Read more here.) At the end of a press conference announcing new Executive Orders on COVID-19 response Thursday, Joe Biden proceeded to sit down and sign said orders in front of the White House Press Corps. Kamala Harris and...
  17. Lincoln Project Officials Say They Didn't Know About John Weaver's Inappropriate Texts, Leaked Messages Say Otherwise https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/09/lincoln-project-o…rs-inappropriate-texts-leaked-messages-say-otherwise-n324278
    Since the first news broke about Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver sexting young men and using his position to groom young men who wanted to have a career in politics, Weaver’s fellow Lincoln Project co-founders have claimed ignorance of Weaver’s activities in a statement disavowing him. George Conway even took...
  18. Like the "Burning Monk" -- the Lincoln Project Is in the Process of Suffering Through a Slowly Unfolding Self-Immolation https://redstate.com/shipwreckedcrew/2021/02/08/the-lincoln…lding-self-immolation-need-to-find-some-marshmallows-n323328
    My colleague Jennifer Van Laar has updated that story with some additional information on spending, and it now appears that over $65 … As covered in Jenn Van Laar’s story on Friday, Jennifer Horn, another of the original co-founders of the Lincoln Project, resigned … Jennifer Horn now holds the burning match as the “consultant scorned.” …
  19. Unionistas Rush to Cancel Dolly Parton After She Praises "Hustlin' Time" in Super Bowl Ad https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/08/dolly-partons-9-t…ise-those-who-hustle-unionistas-rush-to-cancel-dolly-n323681
    At the age of 75 and after a legendary career, Dolly Parton added a “first” to her catalog on Sunday — she appeared in a Super Bowl ad. The ad, for website builder Squarespace, featured a remaking of Parton’s “9 to 5” to instead focus on the hours of 5...
  20. Conservatives, It's Okay to Watch (and Enjoy) the Super Bowl https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/07/conservatives-its-okay-to-watch-and-enjoy-the-super-bowl-n323432
    We go through this every year, and it’s exhausting. I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s okay to watch the Super Bowl. You don’t need permission from other conservatives, and you sure as hell shouldn’t be shamed by conservatives saying you shouldn’t watch the Super Bowl...
  21. Irony: Lincoln Project and Steve Schmidt Paint Co-Founder Jennifer Horn as a Grifter After She Resigns https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/07/irony-lincoln-pro…founder-jennifer-horn-as-a-grifter-after-she-resigns-n322856
    The Lincoln Project’s one female co-founder, former NH Republican Party Chair Jennifer Horn, resigned Friday. Unlike her fellow co-founders Mike Madrid and Ron Steslow, who claim to have resigned from the group in mid-December, Horn issued a statement to multiple news outlets announcing her resignation on the day it occurred....
  22. AOC Sends Out the Flying Monkeys to Obfuscate Her Lies https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2021/02/04/aoc-sends-out-the-flying-monkeys-to-obfuscate-from-her-lies-n321759
    CKYRANTS (@slikrik2003) February 4, 2021 Our Deputy Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar points out the problem with a government … Share Arama’s, Sister Toldjah’s and Van Laar’s pieces. Share mine.…
  23. AOC, a Sitting Member of Congress, Weaponized Her Followers in an Attempt to Silence a Free Press https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/04/that-time-a-sitti…her-followers-in-an-attempt-to-silence-a-free-press-n321565
    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been all over the news this week following a lengthy Instagram live in which she recounted her experiences during the January 6 riots in Washington, DC. She posted the video to her YouTube channel with the title “February 1, 2021 Instagram Live: What Happened at...
  24. Stubbornly Unapologetic Press Sec Jen Psaki Says Space Force Has 'Full Support' from Biden https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/03/stubbornly-unapol…n-psaki-says-space-force-has-full-support-from-biden-n321317
    One day after derisively dismissing Space Force as “The plane of today!” and admitting that she didn’t even know who the Space Force’s White House contact was, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki flat-out refused to apologize for her comments. She did, however, state that the Space Force has the...
  25. Jen Psaki Circles Back on Space Force With an Insulting Tweet https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2021/02/03/psaki-circles-back-on-space-force-n321051
    During Tuesday’s White House press briefing Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked if Joe Biden planned to keep the Space Force as Donald Trump had instituted it and, as our Nick Arama reported, Psaki replied with an insulting, “Wow, Space Force… the plane of today!” She again was forced to...