J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

Quick Takes

J.E. DyerOctober 11, 2018
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Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 7

Reset/overcharge.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 10, 2018
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Verbal duel: McConnell calls out Hillary Clinton for withholding ‘civility’ until Dems are back in power

Holding social norms hostage.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 9, 2018
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Portland Antifa takes over intersection; demonstrates why it’s a highly effective vote-getter for Trump

"First Amendment" apparently now means attacking people's cars and threatening older ladies in wheelchairs.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 8, 2018
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‘Victory lap’: Trump swears in Kavanaugh in special ceremony Monday evening

A victory over character assassination.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 6, 2018
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Vox: WSJ’s ‘Susan Collins Consents’ headline seems like a rape joke

Hearing impairment.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerOctober 6, 2018
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Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 6

Shootout.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 5, 2018
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Sen. Grassley: ‘In light of recently uncovered information,’ demands Ford team’s, Dems’ correspondence

Witness tampering an Email-gate lawyers?
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 5, 2018
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Christine Blasey Ford’s DOJ/FBI connection

A team effort emerges.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 4, 2018
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‘Explosive’ House testimony on Russiagate: Mystery FBI informant; FBI meeting with DNC reps

Fresh meat.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 2, 2018
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Latest Kavanaugh accuser calls frat party ‘shocking’; got suspended from Yale Club himself after similar activities

The beclowning continues.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 2, 2018
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Cartoonist who mocked Kavanaugh daughter’s prayer also used iconic OKC bombing image to blame ‘right wing radio’

Pardon me, your vice and cruelty are showing.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 2, 2018
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Ford/Kavanaugh questioner: ‘I do not think a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case’

Weaker than 'he said, she said" - because basically, it's not clear what "she said."
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 1, 2018
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Irony, or symbol? ‘Arch of Baal’ replica on National Mall framed Capitol Hill during Kavanaugh-Ford hearing last week

The hand of history.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 30, 2018
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Congressional Democrats will use obscure 1924 law to examine Trump’s tax returns – if they regain a majority

Incentive.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerSeptember 29, 2018
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Football Follies 2018: NCAA Week 5

Buckling down for conference play.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 28, 2018
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Cave-in: Senate Judiciary Committee asks to have ‘supplemental investigation’ by FBI on Kavanaugh

Toujours l'attaque.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 28, 2018
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Grassley calls vote, Kavanaugh advances on party lines in committee

One hurdle cleared.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 28, 2018
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Report: Senate Republicans have the votes to confirm Kavanaugh

The die is cast. Probably.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 27, 2018
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GOP senators are literally being doxxed during their question periods in Ford-Kavanaugh hearing, by someone on Capitol Hill

How low can they go.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 26, 2018
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New (fourth) ‘allegation’ against Kavanaugh, completely anonymous, evokes a ‘payback’ motive

Maybe seeking a bit more than "$130,000" in this case.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 26, 2018
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Why are Dems so hot for an FBI probe of Kavanaugh allegations? Joe Biden could tell them they don’t need one

Really, really, REALLY hot for an FBI investigation.
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Media

J.E. DyerSeptember 25, 2018
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Yale classmate of Kavanaugh tells Limbaugh show: Reporters contacted me, tried to cue me give them dirt

Deus ex machina?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 24, 2018
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An annotated peek under the Carter Page FISA application redactions

You can tell a lot from those classification markings.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 24, 2018
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Stormy Daniels lawyer: new allegation about Kavanaugh, from unnamed ‘witnesses’; plus bonus allegation from third party

What fresh hell is this?
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 22, 2018
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As 22 groups plan anti-Kavanaugh protests for Monday, his accuser adds Andrew McCabe’s lawyer to her team

The iceberg emerges.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerSeptember 22, 2018
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Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 4

Too much good stuff.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 21, 2018
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Is the unhinged opposition to Kavanaugh only about abortion law? Why 2016 election links provide a clue

More things than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 21, 2018
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I underestimated the Swamp: Alumni of Hillary email cover-up all over anti-Kavanaugh campaign

The most usual suspects.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 19, 2018
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Kavanaugh accuser’s lawyer was Hillary fundraiser, linked to top Obama bundler with family ties to Michelle Obama

Tangled web.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 19, 2018
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Showdown: Dems make demands against rule of law, on Kavanaugh and FISA declassification

A showdown we can't afford to get wrong.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 18, 2018
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Kavanaugh accuser’s lawyer is with Soros-funded activist group

Hit squad.
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Politics

J.E. DyerSeptember 16, 2018
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They had you at ‘Roy Moore’

The ultimate bait.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerSeptember 15, 2018
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Football Follies 2018: NCAA week 3 (Director’s cut)

Half a post is better than none, eh?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 15, 2018
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Surreal coverage of Manafort plea ignores widely-known, tables-turning context of ‘Russian links’

Ignoring the reality in plain sight.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerSeptember 11, 2018
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New Strzok-Page texts on ‘media leak strategy’ coincided with apparent media collusion involving Mueller deputy Weissmann

Central nexus.
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National Security

J.E. DyerSeptember 9, 2018
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It’s not 1918 anymore: Russia kicks off fight for Idlib with strategic inside slider

Peace in our time.
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