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After Mueller’s Exoneration of Trump, Full Disclosure
The news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has closed his investigation without recommending criminal charges against President Trump is a relief. It is not a surprise.
Nor is it a surprise that the news has Trump antagonists clamoring for full disclosure of the special counsel’s final report. Mind you, ...
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San Antonio Violates the First Amendment to Punish Chick-fil-A
The San Antonio city council has voted to block Chick-fil-A from opening a store in its airport to punish it for donating to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army.
No, really. Here's the report, from Fortune:
Don’t plan on getting a Chick-Fil-A sandwich next time you fly through San ...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Bartending Helped Her Recognize Cohen’s Lies
She's not a fan.
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Barr’s Letter Contains Unambiguously Good News for the U.S.
Today, Attorney General William Barr released his summary of the "principal conclusions reached by the Special Counsel and the results of his investigation." The document is light on details, but it contains a key quote from the special counsel's report itself. Here it is, in full: "The investigation did not ...
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Demagoguery Is Not Leadership
The government of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand has, with the support of the opposition, decided to enact fundamental changes in the nation’s firearms laws less than a week after the massacre at two Christchurch mosques.
This is the opposite of leadership. It is also an example of why ...
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The Media’s Disgrace
There will soon enough be an effort to memory-hole it, but the media coverage of the Russia investigation was abysmal and self-discrediting — obsessive and hysterical, often suggesting that the smoking gun was right around the corner, sometimes supporting its hoped-for result with erroneous, too-good-to-check ...
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What Was Trump So Annoyed About?
One of the stranger arguments that I heard throughout the Mueller saga -- and am hearing today, now that it's turned out to be a dud -- is that Donald Trump's irritation with the process was unreasonable and counterproductive. This tweet, from CNN's Chris Cilizza, is a nice illustration of the genre:
Donald ...
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The Hole in the Collusion Theory: Why Didn’t America’s Spies See It?
The belief that the Russian government had colluded or coordinated its efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election with Donald Trump and his campaign always required overlooking one glaring question: How could a nefarious, bold, authorized-at-the-highest-levels effort like this completely escape the ...
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Barr Delivers ‘Principal Conclusions’ of Mueller Report to Congress
Attorney General William Barr on Sunday delivered to Congress a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings, setting off what is sure to be a protracted partisan battle over how much of the report will eventually be made public.
According to Barr's summary of the report, Special Counsel Robert ...
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Our Long National Hysteria
Our long national hysteria may not be over, but at least it should — by rights — be diminished.
Robert Mueller delivered his long-awaited report on Friday, and Attorney General William Barr just released his summary of the findings. They completely vindicate President Trump regarding the allegation that ...
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