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Progressive Portland DA Ousted by Tough-on-Crime Deputy – HotAir

Yesterday, we took a fairly deep look into the race for the office of District Attorney in Portland, Oregon. (Technically it’s Multnomah County, but that’s comprised almost entirely of Portland.) Mike Schmidt, the incumbent, has been a Soros-style, soft-on-crime DA who pushed efforts to defund the police, empty the jails, and legalize everything possible. He […]

Progressive Portland DA Ousted by Tough-on-Crime Deputy – HotAir

Yesterday, we took a fairly deep look into the race for the office of District Attorney in Portland, Oregon. (Technically it’s Multnomah County, but that’s comprised almost entirely of Portland.) Mike Schmidt, the incumbent, has been a Soros-style, soft-on-crime DA who pushed efforts to defund the police, empty the jails, and legalize everything possible. He […]

Will Portland Accept a Chance to Actually Enforce the Law? – HotAir

Back during the Summer of Love in 2020, Portland, Oregon was among many cities experiencing nightly “mostly peaceful riots” featuring arson, property damage, and cop-free protest encampments. In fact, Portland was arguably among the worst at the time. While many were horrified, some saw the tumultuous era as presenting opportunities. One of those was Mike […]

Fetterman Still Sounding More Like a Conservative – HotAir

Did the stroke that Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman suffered during his Senate primary run fundamentally change something in his brain? He seems to have fully recovered at this point after a period of time when he could barely speak coherently, but something about him appears to have changed. Fetterman was previously hailed as a democratic […]

Maryland Finally Passes Juvenile Crime Legislation – HotAir

Maryland clearly has a lot on its plate at the moment, particularly in Baltimore where they have bridges collapsing and shipping lanes closed down. But they still have a serious crime problem running out of control, especially when it comes to juvenile crime rates. Now the state legislature has finally been moved to do something […]

NYC Sends Hundreds More Police to the Subways – HotAir

The crime problem in New York City’s subways has become legendary over the past few years, fueled in part by the invasion of illegal migrants flooding the city. The Governor and the Mayor have already sent in the National Guard and the State Police in an attempt to combat the problem. Now the Metropolitan Transit […]

The DC Attorney General is a Sad Joke – HotAir

Not all that long ago, this story would have been seen as a shocking example of malfeasance in law enforcement. Sadly, in 2024, it’s just another Groundhog Day. As anyone who pays the slightest attention to the news already knows, Washington, D.C. has devolved into a dangerous landscape of crime, with shootings and carjackings being […]