Who’s the FBI Agent in “Richard Jewell”?
Sure, Jon Hamm looks like a lecherous FBI agent who might trade information for sex. But whose part is he really playing?Starmax/Newscom via ZUMA Clint Eastwood’s new movie, Richard Jewell, about the man who was falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has gotten generally good reviews from critics but…
Too Bad About the Brits, But What Does It Mean For Us?
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA British exit polls are virtually never wrong by more than a dozen seats or so, which means it’s almost certain that Labour suffered a crushing defeat today. Naturally, since everything is about us us us, the question is: what does this mean for us? In particular, what does it…
Exit Poll Shows Conservatives and Brexit Winning By Large Margin
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA The exit poll for the British election has just been released. Here’s the projection: Conservatives: 368 Labour: 191 SNP: 55 Lib Dems: 13 Other: 26 If the exit poll is accurate, the Conservatives won 56 percent of the seats in Parliament, a considerable increase over their current position. This…
Federal Judge Grants Citizenship to American Samoans
The flag of American Samoa.sezer ozger/iStock Getty Images A Utah federal judge on Thursday ruled that people born in the US territory of American Samoa are entitled to US citizenship. American Samoans were the only group of people excluded from birthright citizenship—the principle under which those born in the United States automatically become American citizens.…
Polls Just Closed in Britain’s Election. It’s Looking Good for Boris and Brexit.
Alberto Pezzali/AP Balloting has closed in Britain’s parliamentary election, and results from the country’s exit poll consortium indicate that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a wide majority of seats in Parliament, enabling him to plow forward with a plan to officially exit the European Union by the end of January 2020. While…
It’s Still Joe Biden’s Race to Lose
My brain seems empty today, so here’s a look at the current Democratic primary race polling as aggregated by RealClear Politics: Biden and Sanders continue to be rock steady. The Warren boom is over, and she’s now tied with Sanders at around 15 percent. The Buttigieg boomlet also appears to have lost steam, though he’s…