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The news image that comes up is from Reuters, from the summer of 2009, of U.S. President Barack Obama shaking hands with the now-deceased dictator. Should be the image for Barry Rubin’s comments earlier today.
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Michael Cohen Pled Guilty to Something That Is Not a Crime
Donald Trump’s wayward counsel, Michael Cohen, was sentenced today as part of a plea bargain with the government. As part of that settlement, Cohen has admitted to criminal violations of federal campaign-finance law and has implicated President Trump in those violations. The press is ablaze with headlines ...
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Comey Continues to Display His Lack of Credibility
Fired former FBI director James Comey is at it again.
Last week, Comey testified before members of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In a single appearance, Comey, on 245 separate occasions, while under oath, stonewalled questions with “I don’t know,” ...
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Trump Wants Mexico To Send Migrants Home After Clash At Border
The president wants them away from the border.
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Florida Senate Rules Brenda Snipes Cannot Rescind Her Resignation
Florida's Republican state Senate president told colleagues Thursday that embattled Broward County elections supervisor Brenda Snipes cannot rescind her previously announced resignation in order to contest her suspension by Governor Rick Scott.
Snipes, whose office missed a crucial recount deadline and ...
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America Is Intolerably Intolerant
When you think of the sheer vindictiveness of what happened to Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, it takes your breath away. On the very night of his greatest career triumph, a reporter dug up his old tweets (composed when he was a young teenager), reported on the most offensive insults, and immediately and ...
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How Democrats Can Blow It in 2020
Donald Trump probably can’t win the 2020 presidential election, but the Democrats can lose it.
What I mean is that in a contest between Trump and a generic Democrat, Trump would almost surely lose if the current political climate holds through 2020. According to a Fox News poll this week, 38 percent of ...
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Clint Eastwood’s Unforgettable Curtain Call
At 88, Clint Eastwood seldom appears on screen anymore and last acted in a movie in 2012’s mediocre Trouble with the Curve. So the final images of The Mule may be the last we see of him at the movies. If so, what an exit: understated perfection, with a playful hint of subverting his screen image.
The Mule is ...
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