Episode 60: A Corker of a Week
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Why Kamala Harris Is Fading in the Democratic Primary
Anew national CNN poll of the 2020 Democratic primary has some pretty brutal numbers for Kamala Harris. When CNN last polled the presidential race shortly after the first Democratic debate in June, Harris was on Joe Biden’s heels, trailing just 17 percent to 22 percent. But according to the latest survey by ...
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Jussie Smollett Jokes Declared Off-Limits
The Jussie Smollett story has been declared not fit for jokes. "It's a straight-up tragedy," declares the co-creator of a Comedy Central show, South Side, set in Chicago.
Bashir Salahuddin, a former Jimmy Fallon writer, says “The whole situation is unfortunate. Particularly for the city, there’s bigger ...
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Five Cops Were Arrested in Relation to Stormy Daniels’ Arrest
They're facing charges.
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Progressive Democrats Renounce Their Former Selves
All politicians are “flexible.” If they are in politics long enough, many reinvent themselves ideologically several times over — given the perceived volatile mood of 51 percent of their constituency.
But rarely have we seen an entire primary field of candidates scrambling to renounce all their past ...
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It: Or, Why Victimhood and Fear Won’t Preserve Liberty
Thirteen years ago, I filed a lawsuit on behalf of two brave young women — Ruth Malhotra and Orit Sklar. They were students at the Georgia Tech, they’d faced unconstitutional censorship at their school, and they sued to challenge four blatantly unconstitutional policies, the school’s speech code, its speech ...
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Bill Maher Mocks Rashida Tlaib’s Call to Boycott His Show
Bill Maher mocked Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) Wednesday after she called for a boycott of his program, HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, in response to his criticism of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
“Some people have one move only: boycott. Cancel. Make-go-away,” Maher ...
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What Could Sink Trump’s Chances in 2020?
What factors usually reelect or throw out incumbent presidents?
The economy counts most.
Recessions, or at least chronic economic pessimism, sink incumbents. Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush were tagged with sluggish growth, high unemployment, and a sense of perceived stagnation — and were ...
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At Michigan State University, the Word ‘but’ Is a Trigger
Michigan State University instructed student employees to avoid using words and phrases including “but,” “I apologize,” and “no problem” -- because apparently, they’re “triggers.”
The students received these instructions during a mandatory hour-long training, titled “Inclusive and ...
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The Movies Take On Limbaugh, Levin, et al.
Oh, good, here’s the lefty British comic Steve Coogan to give us his take on American right-wing talk radio. Let’s all settle in for some deep insights.
The comedy-drama is dismally titled Hot Air. No, seriously. That’s what they came up with. Coogan’s Lionel Macomb is introduced to us via his ...
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Trump’s Ignorant Comments on Israel
Making the click-through worthwhile: figuring out what President Trump meant when he said Jews who vote for Democrats show “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty”; examining the data on how American Jews actually feel about Israel; and why Democrats will always find a way or a reason to avert ...
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