Month: January 2020

On Tuesday, Iran suddenly attacked Iraqi military bases housing American servicemen. The attacks were, Iranian officials said on Twitter, a response to America’s hit on Terror General Qassem Soleimani. President Trump’s measured response to the attacks proves once again that it’s a blessing for America and for the rest of the world that he is
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A WeWork logo in San Francisco, Cali., September 30, 2019 (Kate Munsch/Reuters) The spectacular fall of the office-space company shows the wisdom of public markets. The year 2019 will be remembered for a lot of things in the world of markets: a robust performance for risky assets; a substantial rally in bonds; declining trade fears
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In response to Soleimani Was a Political Killing, Not a Military One Kevin, I appreciate where you’re coming from, but I don’t think the distinctions you are making hold up. First, you say we aren’t in a state of war with Iran. But Iranian-supported forces have been killing and maiming U.S. troops for years, in
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally in Bossier City, La., November 14, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Hours after former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his presidential campaign was spending $10 million for 60 seconds of ad time during the Super Bowl, the Trump reelection campaign announced that it would be running
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A Marine with Second Battalion, Seventh Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command 19.2, stands post during the reinforcement of the Baghdad embassy compound in Baghad, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2020. (Sergeant Kyle C. Talbot/USMC) In response to Re: Soleimani Was a Political Killing  Rich Lowry writes: “Iranian-supported forces have been killing
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After President Donald Trump killed Iran Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike Friday, liberals suggested the president’s decision was based on — drumroll, please — racism. “There is nothing new about American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people for the expansion of American imperialism,” NFL quarterback turned liberal commentator Colin Kaepernick tweeted.
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A tote board shows the votes of members of Congress as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) presides over the final of two House of Representatives votes approving two counts of impeachment against President Donald Trump in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill, December 18, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: Iran’s U.S. diplomats have
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the media on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Senator Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) said Tuesday that Democrats will force votes on their desired witnesses at the outset of the impeachment trial against President Trump, even as it seems Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.)
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An especially weird reminder that the president should be taken seriously, not literally, and usually not all that seriously. Even according to his own advisors. .@barbarastarrcnn: “Could you both say whether you are willing to target cultural sites?” .@EsperDoD: “We will follow the laws of armed conflict.” Starr: “And that means no, because targeting a
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An Iraqi soldier walks next to a wall painted with the black flag commonly used by Islamic State militants during a battle with Islamic State militants near the Arabi neighborhood north of Mosul, Iraq, January 21, 2017. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters) Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said a leaked U.S. letter that suggested
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My very first anti-euthanasia column, published in Newsweek, warned that societal acceptance of assisted suicide/euthanasia would eventually include organ harvesting “as a plum to society.” I was called an alarmist and a fear-monger, but alas, I was right. In Belgium and the Netherlands, mentally ill and disabled people are killed in hospitals at their request,
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DNC bars Fox News from hosting 2020 presidential debates, CNN sides with DNC. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel for more than
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President Donald Trump displays an executive order imposing fresh sanctions on Iran in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2019. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) He’ll need cooperation from Turkey, Russia, and other regional powers. The Democratic charge that the Trump administration has no strategy for the Middle East is obviously false.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks on the second night of the second Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Mich., July 31, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) But he is showering love — surprise! — on the hotel unions who donated heavily to his doomed presidential run. Bill de Blasio’s short-lived presidential campaign didn’t attract a
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One of the more depressing aspects of the whole Qassem Soleimani story is the way that so many talking heads in the MSM, along with Democrats, are describing it as an “assassination.” Our own Taylor Millard jumped into that debate last night and, disappointingly, decided to adopt the same language. Interestingly, he based his conclusion
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An Iranian flag flutters in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2019. (Leonhard Foeger / Reuters) On the menu this morning: The dirty little secret that the Iranian regime has no allies, is sputtering on fumes economically, and has good reason to fear a bigger conflict with the United States; the Democrats realize they may not have
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