Month: November 2019

Senator Josh Hawley in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2019 (Carlos Barria/Reuters) In a speech last night, the Missouri senator offered a dark vision of our nation’s problems. But what will he do to solve them? What can he do? Missouri senator Josh Hawley might be the most
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders at the Democratic presidential campaign debate in Atlanta, Ga, November 20, 2019. (Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters) The United States has never before witnessed a presidential primary debate during an ongoing impeachment process, and while Bernie Sanders insisted that all Democrats can “walk and chew gum
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Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff prepares to hear testimony during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, November 19, 2019. (Shawn Thew/Pool via Reuters) After three days of Adam Schiff’s impeachment inquiry, we are left with only the monotony. We
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I’ve been wondering for weeks just what about the famous July 25 phone call (VIP) was so threatening to LTC-yes-that-means-Lieutenant-Colonel Alex Vindman that his reaction to the call was to be “literally shaken” and then bring it up with counsel, the infamous first Eric Ciaramella whistleblower, and eventually with the Democratic staff of the House
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Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) speaks at a news conference in the Manhattan in 2017. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Rep. Carolyn Maloney will become the first woman to chair the powerful House Oversight Committee, taking over the gavel from the late Rep. Elijah Cummings. Maloney, a New York Democrat, defeated Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) in a 133 to 86 vote to choose
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Actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 14, 2019. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Jussie Smollett filed a countersuit on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit brought by the city of Chicago, alleging the city engaged in “malicious prosecution” that caused the actor “humiliation, mental anguish and extreme emotional distress,”
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The audience listens during the. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: Democrats hold another debate tonight, showcasing a colossally mismanaged process that has done little to serve viewers at home, undecided primary voters, or the candidates themselves; taking bets on whether Tulsi Gabbard rips Hillary
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Senator Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Rubio is exploring how levers of policy affect market conditions and behaviors, a discussion that is stretching the Right’s traditional vocabulary. Deep in the bowels of the National Archives, I gather, lie America’s true founding documents. On display for the
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A man walks past an advertisement for the Democratic National Convention at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C September 2, 2012. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters) The idea that those with whom you disagree are not just political opponents but enemies to be defeated at all costs is mutually reinforcing — to no good end. We
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Sen. Cory Booker speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren listens at the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Fla., June 26, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Several Democratic presidential candidates have signed a letter calling for an independent investigation into NBC parent company Comcast ahead of this Wednesday’s primary debate, to be held on MSNBC. The letter, without
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(Brendan McDermid/Reuters) How to think about the Title VII cases In 1964, Congress adopted Title VII, which forbids employers to discriminate based on sex. No one suggests that any member of Congress or the public then understood Title VII to ban discrimination based on “sexual orientation” or “gender identity.” Did generations of Americans miss something
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Whenever leftists are charged with not loving or even with hating America, they respond angrily, labeling the question absurd, mean-spirited and an example of right-wing McCarthyism. But there can be little doubt that the left has no love for America, just as there can be little doubt that liberals and conservatives love America. Love of
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Commuters on Route 4, driving toward the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod on November 12, were shocked by an explosion, a rocket impact next to a major intersection. Had it fallen on a car or one of the many trucks plying the route, there would have been deaths, and the road would have been closed.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic presidential candidates debate in Westerville, Ohio, October 15, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Just about everyone covering the 2020 race thinks Joe Biden is too old, that he’s lost a step since his days as vice president, and that his debate performances have been mixed at best. But
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Senator Marco Rubio speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing Jan. 9, 2018. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The senator offers a refreshing alternative to laissez-faire fundamentalism — and a new generation of conservatives is paying attention. Marco Rubio, whom many thought of not long ago as a poster-child for the Republican establishment, recently opened a speech
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CRESCO, Iowa — If you come to this rural Iowa town, you’ll learn about a problem that may sound familiar. In The New York Times, for instance, you’ve learned that many residents in Newark, New Jersey, have gone nearly two years without being able to turn on the faucets in their homes to take a
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