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FBI Failed to Inform FISA Court that Steele Dossier was Unreliable: Report

By Mairead McArdle

The Justice Department's inspector general has concluded that the FBI omitted crucial details in its requests for warrants to surveil Trump campaign associate Carter Page, saying the agency neglected to mention that some of the information the warrant applications were based on was shaky. Justice Department ... Read More

Law & the Courts

FBI Failed to Inform FISA Court that Steele Dossier was Unreliable: Report

By Mairead McArdle

The Justice Department's inspector general has concluded that the FBI omitted crucial details in its requests for warrants to surveil Trump campaign associate Carter Page, saying the agency neglected to mention that some of the information the warrant applications were based on was shaky. Justice Department ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Adam Schiff’s Attack on the Free Press

By David Harsanyi

Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers of the state to smear not only his political rivals but a journalist? With the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report Tuesday came the revelation that Giuliani and his ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Adam Schiff’s Attack on the Free Press

By David Harsanyi

Where are all the self-styled champions of the free press now that Adam Schiff has used the surveillance powers of the state to smear not only his political rivals but a journalist? With the release of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report Tuesday came the revelation that Giuliani and his ... Read More

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AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

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AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

Politics & Policy

Presidential Misconduct: Some Historical Perspective

By David Harsanyi

This week, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee trotted out a trio of dispassionate legal experts to explain why the impeachment of Donald Trump was justified. They were there to bring a veneer of gravitas and erudition to what’s been, until now, a highly partisan affair. But however smart people such ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Presidential Misconduct: Some Historical Perspective

By David Harsanyi

This week, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee trotted out a trio of dispassionate legal experts to explain why the impeachment of Donald Trump was justified. They were there to bring a veneer of gravitas and erudition to what’s been, until now, a highly partisan affair. But however smart people such ... Read More

Elections

The Four Fatal Flaws That Doomed Kamala Harris’s Campaign

By John McCormack

Eight months ago, pundits from across the political spectrum were putting their money on Kamala Harris. “If she was a stock right now, I’d buy her,” Jim Messina, Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, told MSNBC’s Morning Joe on April 11. “A combination . . . of Harris for president and Beto ... Read More

Elections

The Four Fatal Flaws That Doomed Kamala Harris’s Campaign

By John McCormack

Eight months ago, pundits from across the political spectrum were putting their money on Kamala Harris. “If she was a stock right now, I’d buy her,” Jim Messina, Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign manager, told MSNBC’s Morning Joe on April 11. “A combination . . . of Harris for president and Beto ... Read More

White House

Impeachment Witness Turley Claims Home, Professorship Threatened during Testimony

By Tobias Hoonhout

In an opinion article penned Thursday, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley claimed that his home and office were flooded with “threatening messages and demands that I be fired from George Washington University” over opposing President Trump’s impeachment in congressional testimony ... Read More

White House

Impeachment Witness Turley Claims Home, Professorship Threatened during Testimony

By Tobias Hoonhout

In an opinion article penned Thursday, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley claimed that his home and office were flooded with “threatening messages and demands that I be fired from George Washington University” over opposing President Trump’s impeachment in congressional testimony ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Clinton Donors Charged in Massive Campaign-Finance Scheme

By Zachary Evans

Eight people, including major Hillary Clinton donors and a witness in the Mueller investigation, have been charged in a massive campaign-finance scheme, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. The individuals conspired to "make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions" valued around $3.5 ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Clinton Donors Charged in Massive Campaign-Finance Scheme

By Zachary Evans

Eight people, including major Hillary Clinton donors and a witness in the Mueller investigation, have been charged in a massive campaign-finance scheme, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. The individuals conspired to "make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions" valued around $3.5 ... Read More

Science & Tech

The World Is Getting Better. It’s Just That No One Tells You About It.

By Jim Geraghty

A special Morning Jolt today, as I try to run through a long but by no means complete list of good news from the past year that was astoundingly under-reported and discussed, particularly when compared to presidential tweets, discussions of which pop culture offerings weren’t woke enough, glowing profiles of ... Read More

Science & Tech

The World Is Getting Better. It’s Just That No One Tells You About It.

By Jim Geraghty

A special Morning Jolt today, as I try to run through a long but by no means complete list of good news from the past year that was astoundingly under-reported and discussed, particularly when compared to presidential tweets, discussions of which pop culture offerings weren’t woke enough, glowing profiles of ... Read More

Elections

Pelosi on Potential Trump Reelection: ‘Civilization as We Know It Today Is at Stake in this Election’

By Tobias Hoonhout

During a CNN town hall Thursday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that President Trump's reelection would pose an existential threat to civilization, just hours after she announced that the House would move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against Trump. “The damage that this ... Read More

Elections

Pelosi on Potential Trump Reelection: ‘Civilization as We Know It Today Is at Stake in this Election’

By Tobias Hoonhout

During a CNN town hall Thursday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that President Trump's reelection would pose an existential threat to civilization, just hours after she announced that the House would move forward with drafting articles of impeachment against Trump. “The damage that this ... Read More

Culture

Hey, Maybe That Peloton Ad Is Just a Bad Commercial and Nothing More

By Jim Geraghty

One of the side effects of living in an era where almost anything can turn into clickbait, and/or fuel for some sort of social media outrage mob, is that anything that is weird or amusing or unusual or worthy of a little chuckle almost inevitably turns into a GIANT NATIONAL CONTROVERSY. Take, for example, that ... Read More

Culture

Hey, Maybe That Peloton Ad Is Just a Bad Commercial and Nothing More

By Jim Geraghty

One of the side effects of living in an era where almost anything can turn into clickbait, and/or fuel for some sort of social media outrage mob, is that anything that is weird or amusing or unusual or worthy of a little chuckle almost inevitably turns into a GIANT NATIONAL CONTROVERSY. Take, for example, that ... Read More

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