Episode 123: Arrests, Tests, and Vests
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The Steele Dossier and the ‘Verified Application’ That Wasn’t
Here’s what you need to know: In rushing out their assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, Obama-administration officials chose not to include the risible Steele-dossier allegations that they had put in their “VERIFIED APPLICATION” for warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ...
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Anti-Catholic ‘Blaine Amendments’ Harm Children Now, in the 21st Century
Republican James G. Blaine (1830–1893) was a House speaker, senator, and two-time secretary of state, but he is remembered, if at all, for this doggerel: "Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine / the continental liar from the state of Maine." His lasting legacy, however, is even more disreputable than his involvement ...
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Attorney General William Barr Makes First Ruling Against Asylum Seekers
The U.S. Attorney General is ending asylum seekers’ opportunity to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge.
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The Great Misdirection
The House Democrats are frustrated, very frustrated.
They’ve gotten themselves entangled in procedural disputes with the Trump administration that no one particularly cares about and that might be litigated for a very long time.
A Washington Post report over the weekend spelled out how stymied Democrats ...
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Australia’s Voters Reject Leftist Ideas
Hell hath no fury greater than left-wingers who lose an election in a surprise upset. Think Brexit in 2016. Think Trump’s victory the same year. Now add Australia.
Conservative prime minister Scott Morrison shocked pollsters and pundits alike with his victory on Saturday, and the reaction has been brutal ...
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We’ve Had Bill Barr’s Back
One of the more dismaying features of the national political debate lately is how casually and cynically Attorney General Bill Barr has been smeared.
He is routinely compared to Roy Cohn on a cable-TV program that prides itself on assembling the most thoughtful and plugged-in political analysts and ...
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Game of Thrones: A Father’s Legacy Endures
Warning! If you don't want to read any spoilers from last night's series finale of Game of Thrones, stop reading. Right now.
There is a lot to unpack about the Thrones finale, and I fully understand many of the criticisms I read on Twitter and elsewhere. Yes, the show was compressed. Yes, there were moments ...
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Cold Brew’s Insidious Hegemony
Soon, many parts of the United States will be unbearably hot. Texans and Arizonans will be able to bake cookies on their car dashboards; the garbage on the streets of New York will be especially pungent; Washington will not only figuratively be a swamp. And all across America, coffee consumers will turn their ...
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The U.S. Is Outplaying Iran in a Regional Chess Match
In the first two weeks of May, U.S.–Iran tensions appeared to be careening toward war. In an escalating series of warnings, the U.S. asserted that an attack by Iran would be met with unrelenting force. Iran eventually responded with its usual bluster about being prepared for a full confrontation with ...
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The Merit of Merit-Based Immigration
Having chain-migrated his way into the White House and a little bit of political power, Donald Trump’s son-in-law is shopping around an immigration plan. And if you can get past the hilarious juxtaposition of the words “merit-based” and “Jared Kushner,” it’s a pretty good one.
As things stand, the ...
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