Carl M. Cannon is Washington Editor of RealClearPolitics.
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I liked Brian when we covered the White House together and defended him publicly when he was fired over faulty war zone memories. I can't defend this. It's not journalism.
MSNBC’s Brian Williams to @JohnBrennan: “Can you once and for all” explain to Fox News viewers why “unmasking” isn’t really a story
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This man, this heroic journalist, is still out there reporting on the crisis.
My grandma died from COVID-19 in Michigan this morning.
We took this photo three months ago. She was a gentle soul.
Rest In Pradise Granny. I love you.
#Michigan ❤️ #MichiganStrong
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The NYT wrote a critical article about my news outlet in Nov. 2020. I probably should have responded then. But I did today: realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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In the old days, LJ, you would have made a fine newspaper reporter.
How hard is it to wait for facts? Seriously. Why is it so difficult to say, "Hey, we don't have all of the information, so maybe let's hold off on jumping to conclusions"
How many times do people have to be egregiously wrong and made to look like fools before they learn to wait?
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This story is from 2018 and very long. But any journalist, covering police killings and every commentator or activist opining about law enforcement should read it all first.
This is a story from 2018 about a police officer who decided NOT to shoot a black man, and instead attempted to de-escalate.
Then another officer arrived & fatally shot the man.
The police department fired one of these officers.
propub.li/2Mr9iDY
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On Oscar day, my review of president's performance at W.H. and National Prayer Breakfast: bit.ly/2SoXiFm
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Not to kick a man when he's down, but this quote is not Churchill. (What Churchill did say was, "Success always demands a greater effort.") Perhaps that's off brand today, but let's leave Sir Winston out of it.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
- Winston Churchill
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Here's what I wrote on Good Friday. I don't to sound immodest, but I believe I captured the spirit of Easter more accurately than the president. realclearpolitics.com/articl…
If any other president posted something so hateful and sacrilegious, Christian Republicans would be outraged for weeks. But it’s Trump, so I guess it’s just fine! He’s Jehu/Cyrus/David/or whatever.
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Any explanation for why they didn't count the early votes earlier?
Dekalb county official now telling @cnn there’s 130,000 votes left to count - 117,000 early votes and 12,000 in-person - less than 170,000 votes media was previously reporting - @johnkingcnn saying that makes it a much steeper climb for Dems
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I'm assuming this is a parody and not an actual Twitter handle of a high-ranking U.S. official:
"Cuba has an extraordinary resource – a system of education which values every boy and every girl" - @POTUS #CubaVisit
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I was born and raised in the news business and revere it still, but my profession is in need of some tough love. I'm endeavoring to do my part, starting this morning: realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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That's solid reporting in the Free Press, but Jim Varney of RealClearInvestigations was writing about it before Election Day: realclearinvestigations.com/…
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I bid farewell to my childhood hero. realclearpolitics.com/2024/0…
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Frank Deford, R.I.P. one of the greats--and a nice guy to boot:
wapo.st/2qzylqP
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After a July 7, 2016 Black Lives Matter protest, Micah Xavier Johnson--saying he wanted to "kill white people", fatally shot five Dallas police officers and wounded seven others.
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Even if Argentina wins the 2022 World Cup, Lionel Messi will go down as the 3rd greatest player of all time, behind Pele and Johan Cruyff.
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That's George Condon, who has written extensively and authoritatively about presidential prevarications regarding their health--including about the previous president. Do your homework instead of tweeting reflexively partisan insults.
reporter says that if Biden's doctor doesn't answer questions from the podium it "would be the least transparency of any White House in 50 years on any presidential illness."
apparently this reporter was born in November 2020
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This is a trick question? It's called "a republic," Dr. Tribe. You know, as opposed to direct democracy ruled by plebiscites based on instant polling, which was Ross Perot's idea. Funny, I never pegged you as a Perot man.
What do you call a system in which 41 Republican Senators, representing just 21% of the population, can stop voting rights legislation backed by 70% of Americans?
How about “broken”?
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Most chickenshit play in MLB history? Max Scherzer 1 strike from a perfecto, & Jose Tabata leans into pitch that hits his body armor.
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Many Americans has personal interactions with George Herbert Walker Bush. Here's mine: bit.ly/2KQ1iup
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By this logic, can my pals from Louisiana just proclaim that the New Orleans Saints won the most recent Super Bowl?
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I take your point, Phil, but perhaps DOJ's intent is to show that these lapses in security weren't committed out of ignorance of the law, or the principles involved: That he'd previously acknowledged his obligation to treat classified documents with care, but ignored it.
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He also said, “But what happens when it’s just one person’s word against another’s? People... pass judgment on who is more credible than whom.” Odd defense from a guy who lies so casually. bit.ly/2Qx7FYN
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That's funny. He says the exact same thing about you. I guess hugging it out is a non-starter at this point?
.@realDonaldTrump’s propaganda & disinformation machine, which operates according to a despot’s playbook, is the most aggressive & odious in history. It far surpasses even Russia’s ability to trample the truth, harm U.S. security, & undermine America’s reputation worldwide.
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I covered James Carville years ago and consider him a truth-teller, but must correct him on one point: Used as a noun, as it is in this sentence, "asswipe" is one word, regardless of what spellcheck says.
If this ass wipe can produce one credible person who will come forward and say they heard me say anything like this I will give $100 to the Trump campaign
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Jonah, I suppose you'll also claim that it was courageous of 19-year-old William McKinley to race a wagon across an open field at Antietam in the face of withering Confederate rifle fire to resupply Union troops.
C’mon Dude. No one requires you to say stuff this ridiculous. George Washington? Lincoln? Jackson? Teddy Frick’n Roosevelt? Ike? GHW Bush signed up for war as a 17 year old. And the amount of guts it takes to have others clear a crowd with tear gas is debatable, btw.
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Pretty good definition of "guilty until proven innocent," which may be a cautionary reminder against giving undue deference to career law enforcement types.
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Well, I am a lifelong journalist, and the answer is: Yes Maggie Haberman is doing her job "appropriately." Better than that, actually: she's superb. But describing a Princeton alum (and UVA's law school grad) who dispenses such witless bullshit, now that's a challenge.
I’m not a journalist, so I can’t say whether Maggie Haberman is doing her job appropriately.
I am a lawyer, though, so I can say her failure to report Trump’s felonies upon discovering them — saving them for her book instead — appears to be misprision, which is itself a felony.
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Based on the jury instructions for misprision, this likely would not be a felony:
"Mere failure to report a federal felony is not a crime. The defendant must also commit some affirmative act designed to conceal the fact that a federal felony has been committed."
ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructi…
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I noticed those two words myself, Byron. "Cohesive" and "aligned" are appropriate for a mission-oriented nonprofit or a political party (or a workforce factory making widgets) but not for a traditional newsroom.
In terminating Ronna McDaniel, NBC boss says the newsroom must be 'cohesive and aligned.' Aligned? hollywoodreporter.com/news/p…
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Here's how I celebrated it, Michael: realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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Old advice from Dubya on how to be a good ex-president: lauded by Obama aides, not followed by the man himself. bit.ly/2z4JdaE
Obama slams Trump administration's leadership amid coronavirus pandemic.
“A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge,” former President Obama said during the first of two online commencement ceremonies Saturday: @NBCNews. #ObamaCommencement
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-el…
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I'm not "dunking" on Jonah Goldberg (or his critics, for that matter), but there was ample evidence by 2017 that Jim Comey was a problematic person. I wrote about it myself: bit.ly/2EF7llI
A whole bunch of tiresome pests are going nuts over a clip of me in -- 2017! -- saying I'll take Comey's word over Trump's 10 time out of 10. I agree that Comey looks much worse now then back then. But I think I was justified in saying it then, given what was known, and given that the issue was Trump's credibility versus Comey's.
And, frankly, Trump is still more dishonest than Comey -- even if you consider Comey a deeply dishonest person, which I pretty much do.
I'm just putting this here because I think all of the dunking is stupid, in bad faith, not worth individual responses -- and works on the mulish assumption that if you can prove Comey was a bad guy that makes Trump a good guy. He's not. There is still no definition of good character he can clear the hurdle on.
Trump invited virtually all of his legal, political and financial problems on himself, including to a large part the FBI collusion probe -- which, by the way, resulted in a lot more criminal convictions than Durham's probe did.
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Says the utterly nonpartisan public servant who, while attorney general, bragged about being President Obama's reliable "wingman."
Why don’t you shut the hell up. Your bias is showing. I bet you’ve never been a prosecutor or have any idea how DOJ works. People like you-who want to use the justice system for political reasons-are both dangerous and ignorant. The case was-like you-an obvious loser.
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No. It's historically been called both "the president's house" and the "people's house." bit.ly/2GX6PiH
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Adding the phrase "in fact" to dubious historic claims doesn't make them true. In 1777, Vermont outlawed slavery in the same founding document guaranteeing "the people" the right to bear arms "for the defence of themselves and the State." Years before the Bill of Rights.
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Your point re Trump is well-taken, David, but Hunter Biden is not a "child." He's a grown man. If Joe Biden is at fault--and it's not been proven--it was letting that grown man drag him into unsavory business deals with foreign governments. Isn't that worth examining?
Emerging Republican consensus: having a drug-addicted child is an impeachable offense - but trying to mount a coup d'etat and overturn the Constitution by violence is not.
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Are there really two Donald Trumps, one who wants to win and an alter ego who knows he should lose? bit.ly/1sAGUmN
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I'm no fan of 60-ton Abrams tanks on the National Mall for little purpose, but Tiananmen Square is a spurious comparison. It's not "chilling" because there's no "resemblance" at all. The analogy is that tanks were there both times? What does that even mean?
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I appreciate a son who pays homage to his father. I've done it myself. But why pepper the speech with untruths? Contrary to what Eric Trump claimed, Joe Biden specifically said he would not "defund" the police
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Showing that level of contempt for an opponent seems risky, especially over Romney simply saying he wants a larger U.S. Navy.
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Jason, I don't know you, but are you trying to be reasonable and restrained on Twitter? Is that even allowed?
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On my feed, there's a lot of piling on when it comes to President Biden's performance. I won't comment on that, but I will say this: It's clear to me why neither of these gents wanted Bobby Kennedy Jr. on the stage tonight.
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Mollie, I appreciate somebody offering empathy, and smart advice to Kyle Shanahan. The Niners will rise again.
I get that some of you had a shockingly bad week but some of y'all are a bit unhinged and spiraling out of control today. Keep it together. We have a long way to go to November. Go for a walk. Take deep breaths. Do what you need to do to get to a healthier place.
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I was thinking of the Gipper yesterday myself, Senator. And Babe Ruth, of course. realclearpolitics.com/articl…
“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan! 🎂
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I like where RealClearPolitics is, too.
Via @SharylAttkisson -- "Media Bias: A New Chart" puts C-SPAN right in the middle between left and right sharylattkisson.com/media-bi…
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Alas, Carla, I no longer live in S.F., the city of my birth, but in Arlington, Va. where health officials tell us it'll take weeks, maybe months, for 65-year-olds to get vaccinated. Those wanting to recall Gov. Newsom should try Ralph Northam for awhile. They'd kiss Gavin's feet.
Totally organized, totally fast COVID vaccination at MOSCONE Center for 65+.. I signed up last night on myturn.ca.Gov and got appt today. No waiting! Do it!
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In a very close vote, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. opts to make its shrinking denomination even smaller: on.freep.com/1iVPjFS
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Noting against Dan Quayle or Mike Pence, John, but I'd like to write-in John Riley Marshall, an Indiana Democrat with a self-deprecating sense of humor who popularized the quip, "What this country needs is a good 5-cent cigar."
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This morning I wrote about Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan, and the U.S. Marines Corps: bit.ly/3sT6CTM
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This is a big reason Americans fought a revolution against the British. So we could have a free expression.
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All 3 scandals would coalesce if AP reporter writes about Benghazi emails while being spied on by FBI, then is audited by IRS.
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I don't know if that photo is the most effective attack on Finland. The people in that picture seem pretty happy.
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Okay, I did that. It is odd, yes, very weird. But how does it happen? What algorithm explains it?
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That is unwelcome news, F.P. You're my favorite color man since Lon Simmons, who teamed with Russ Hodges doing Giants' games back in the day. You made the watching Nats games fun for baseball aficionados and rookie fans alike. Godspeed.
Well, there goes my no-hitter.
As you may have heard, I will not be returning to the MASN broadcast booth to call Nats games next season. I have so many people to thank for this last decade that I hardly know where to begin.
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Patrick Jones, busted in 2007 with two-and-a-half pounds of cocaine. He was given 27 years. It turned into death sentence. During this pandemic the criminal justice system should to do what it ought to be doing anyway: tempering justice with mercy: nbcnews.to/39KmcpS
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For me and my sibs, Jackson, Judy, and Dave -- it's our first Mother's Day without mom. bit.ly/1VP5jRy
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What is your source for those assertions?
1. When Garcia was arrested he was found with rolls of cash and drugs.
2. He was arrested with two other members of MS-13.
3. Two judges found that he was a member of MS-13. That finding has not been disturbed.
4. When arrested he was wearing what is effectively MS-13’s uniform.
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How can that be true? If an organized group was committing hate crimes against a minority group in a bank parking lot, the NYPD would need the bank manager's permission to intercede?
I do, however, want to be abundantly clear: Columbia University is a private institution on private property, which means the NYPD cannot have a presence on campus unless specifically requested by senior university officials.
For the safety of all New Yorkers, I urge Columbia’s senior administration officials to improve and maintain an open line of communication with the NYPD to ensure the safety of all students and staff on campus.
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Susan Crabtree and I opened an RCP series this morning on religious persecution in China. realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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Third installment of my ongoing series about the media: realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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I guess this is real. I assumed it was parody. How is the Babylon Bee supposed to stay in business?
Amherst, MA - Valley Families for Palestine puts on ‘Queer Storytime for Palestine’ in which toddlers are recorded chanting “Free Palestine”.
The harsh reality? Members of the LGBTQ+ community are often murdered in Gaza and other Palestinian areas such as Ramallah.
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Don't know who pens CNN's headlines, but this one is great: "Pope's Wild Weekend: Pontiff Performs Miracles, Takes on Mafia."
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In 2017, neo-Nazis marched in the same city chanting, "Jews will not replace us." If any University of Virginia students had joined them, one assumes they'd have been expelled. This statement says the very same thing, but in the context of 1,000 massacred Jews. What will UVA do?
This one might be the worst I’ve seen so far. Students for Justice in Palestine at @UVA says Hamas brutality makes them “hopeful for the future of Palestine.”
The indiscriminate murder of Jews is “a step towards a free Palestine,” they say.
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Only one of his five sons adopted the method so it might be harder than it looks. (Wilt tried it, but was so terrible it scared players of that generation away). Could have helped Shaq the most, but he deemed it unmanly--odd considering how badly he looked clanking it up there.
Rick Barry hit 90% of his free throws during his NBA career shooting “granny style” and nobody else has committed to it in the almost 50 years since. I find that insane.
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More personal column than I usually write, but it's about losing two friends within 24 hours in Iraq: bit.ly/1IKHnVc
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If she said this across the North Sea, in England, she'd face the possibility of arrest and incarceration.
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Ebba Busch:
"Islam needs to adapt to Swedish values. Muslims who do not integrate should leave this country!
Honor killings, clan structures, beheadings, the stoning of women, and Sharia law do not belong here!"
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Shall I'll put you down as "undecided"?
Be careful of Political parties that warn of a threat to Democracy while they themselves arrest their political opponents, work with Tech companies to censor those that disagree with them, allow men in women’s sports & bathrooms, encourage child mutilation surgeries, fire Federal workers & nurses for not getting experimental gene therapies, threaten to expand the Supreme Court and eliminate the Electoral College, cause rampant inflation, increase the cost of groceries by 26 percent, allow 11 million people to illegally cross the border, and push the entire World close to World War III.
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While she's at it, the mayor can blame California and New Jersey for Jussie Smollett; he's an import, too.
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A prominent D.C. lawyer told me somberly that such conversations were a prima facie violation of the Logan Act. He said that in early January 2017, and wasn't talking about a presumptive party nominee. He was talking about a President-elect. Double standard maybe?
Presidential Candidate Joe Biden is having “off the record” discussions with foreign leaders?
Isn’t this what everyone accused Trump of doing in 2016?
I remember when Democrats accused him of “colluding” with Russia because they bought ads on Facebook.
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I think Trump's lawyer just (sort of) called for his criminal arrest. Interesting impeachment defense.
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My first-person essay about Jimmy Carter: realclearpolitics.com/articl…
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Immigrants are who we are, not a tool for political parties to divide us usat.ly/2vdkLjM via @usatoday
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"I should have known, but had to learn"? What these so-called educators apparently never learned is that braids were worn in ancient Rome & by Celtic warriors. In the Tain, Ireland's epic prose tale, a maiden sports four braids, one to her ankles. This is educational malpractice.
Ireland is a deeply sick country.
Kids are being taught to see themselves as less than foreigners and to feel a sense of shame just for existing.
This is not how a healthy society operates.
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My question: by that logic shouldn’t (poor) parents be allowed to opt out of failing public schools? bit.ly/1CQ1RdK (2)
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It's a new theme: Maxine Waters & Margorie Green on "How to Encourage Civil Discourse," Donald J. Trump on "How to Keep a Marriage Together," Rep. Omar on, "How to Encourage Ecumenism," Anthony Weiner on...
Timothy Geithner, who failed to pay payroll taxes on income from the IMF not once, not twice, not three times, but on four separate occasions, has a piece in the New York Times today about "How to Fix Tax Evasion."
nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opini…
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Wish I had seen this smart @Sulliview column on Jeff Zucker before my podcast today. She cut straight to the heart of the matter: washingtonpost.com/media/202…
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Is this a parody account? If so, it's witty, but might be too subtle for today's body politic. If not, then words fail me...
When Reagan was shot, country rallied around, but he hadn't spent months downplaying assassins latimes.com/politics/story/2…
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