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D.C. City Councilman who Said Jews Control the Weather Embarrassed Himself at Holocaust Museum Tour
The Washington, D.C. city councilman who told his social media followers that Jewish people control weather made a number of troubling remarks during a tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum he took Thursday as part of his mea culpa for the anti-semitic conspiracy mongering, .
Trayon White (D., Ward 8), who ...
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Southern Poverty Law Center Quietly Deleted List of ‘Anti-Muslim’ Extremists After Legal Threat
The Southern Poverty Law Center has removed the “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists” from their website after attorneys for Maajid Nawaz, a practicing Muslim and prominent Islamic reformer, threatened legal action over his inclusion on the list.
The report, which had been active on the SPLC’s website ...
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Conflicting Reports on What Rosenstein Told Trump
At a White House meeting last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly told President Trump that he is not a target of an investigation. What’s not clear is which investigation.
Bloomberg reports that that the president was told that he is not a target Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ...
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Remember When Andrew McCabe Was a Martyr for Truth and Justice?
Not long ago, Andrew McCabe's firing was supposed to be a great offense against justice. Here is a pretty good example of the heavy breathing over it. Well, since then we've had a devastating IG report about McCabe's lack of truthfulness. Jonathan Turley had a good summation the other day:
At issue is the leak ...
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What Self-Help Guru Tony Robbins Was Trying to Say
Tony Robbins must have known immediately that he'd made a huge mistake in how he responded to a question about #MeToo.
Last month, at one of Robbins's popular, sold-out seminars, audience member Nanine McCool told the self-help guru that she thought he misunderstood the #MeToo movement. You can see the entire ...
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DOJ IG Recommends Criminal Charges Against Andrew McCabe
The Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has sent a criminal referral regarding former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe to the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, D.C., a source familiar with the matter told CNN Thursday.
Hours before McCabe's scheduled retirement in March, ...
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The Dominant-Sport Theory of American Politics
I think it’s safe to assert that President Trump has an unfortunate tendency to do and say (and tweet) embarrassing things. When he does, we all join in the condemnation, and often it’s not so much for the substance as for the style. The president of the United States should be dignified, measured, slow to ...
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Trump Seeks Middle Ground in Foreign-Policy Balancing Act
Was the latest round of airstrikes in Syria a one-time hit to restore deterrence and stop the future use of chemical weapons, or was it part of a slippery slope of more interventions in the Middle East?
President Donald Trump was elected in part because he promised an end to optional wars, such as those in ...
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No, Oklahoma’s School Spending Didn’t Fall ‘Nearly 30 Percent’
Late last week, Oklahoma’s teachers returned to school after a nine-day walkout — one that began after the teachers had already claimed a preemptive a 16 percent raise of $6,100 per teacher.
It was hard to argue against that raise. Oklahoma ranked 49th nationally in terms of median teacher pay, according ...
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