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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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Political Theatrics
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Jonah Goldberg’s weekly “news”letter, the G-File. Subscribe here to get the G-File delivered to your inbox on Fridays.
Dear Reader (Including all you whippersnappers under the age of 50),
I’m writing this from somewhere over the Atlantic. At least I hope that’s ...
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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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