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University of Michigan professor: "It's Okay To Hate Republicans"
12/18/2014 10:01:39 AM  Jazz Shaw
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If you happen to be a young Republican or conservative of any stripe who is attending the University of Michigan, rest assured that you will receive the same respect and fair treatment as anyone else. Particularly if you happen to wind up taking a class
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Washington Post: No confidence in Obama's 'bailout' for Cuban tyrants
12/18/2014 9:21:13 AM  Noah Rothman
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Elite opinion on Obama's attempt to bury the Cold War hatchet with Cuba is shaping up just as you might expect it would. The New York Times editorial board gushed over the decision, calling it "a bold move that ends one of the most misguided chapters in
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US pretty darned sure North Korea is behind Sony hack — but may not say so
12/18/2014 8:41:34 AM  Ed Morrissey
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To no one’s great surprise, US security officials believe now that the government of North Korea masterminded the hack on Sony Pictures, a conclusion that’s more or less a consensus by now. The New York Times reports that the Obama
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In Vermont, single-payer healthcare quietly disappears
12/18/2014 8:01:00 AM  Jazz Shaw
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If you’re looking for a state with a reliable Leftward tilt, you’d be hard pressed to do better than Vermont. After all, this is the place which has repeatedly elected Bernie Sanders – a man who considers the Democrat Party too
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Largest Banks Conspire with Gov't to Seize Accounts

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Quotes of the day
12/17/2014 10:41:56 PM  Allahpundit
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With theater chains defecting en masse, Sony Pictures Entertainment has pulled the planned Christmas Day release of "The Interview."… "Those who attacked us stole our intellectual property, private emails, and sensitive and proprietary material,
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Texas theater to show "Team America" in place of canceled "Interview"
12/17/2014 10:01:12 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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Sometimes, you just need Texas. As the rest of the entertainment industry was being brought to its knees by the threat of more hacking and terrorism, a theater in Texas decided to both capitalize on this story and stand up for freedom of speech. The only
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Party time at the Green Party. Andrew Cuomo bans fracking in New York
12/17/2014 8:41:25 PM  Jazz Shaw
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You’ve no doubt noticed the raft of major plans which the lame duck President has suddenly decided to put in place now that the election is over. There’s a method to that madness, and it doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to figure it out.
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It's official: GOP will have biggest House majority since before the New Deal
12/17/2014 8:01:34 PM  Noah Rothman
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On Wednesday, the Associated Press called the outstanding race for congress in Arizona's 2nd Congressional district. Rep. Ron Barber (D-AZ), a former aide to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and her successor in office, was narrowly defeated by Republican
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Jeb Bush: I'm going to try to persuade Republican voters to back immigration reform
12/17/2014 7:21:06 PM  Allahpundit
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The key bit comes at 1:20. BuzzFeed headlines this clip, “Jeb Bush Thinks He Can Persuade The Republican Base To Get Behind Immigration Legislation.” Is that what Bush said? "A candidate gets to persuade," Bush said to Miami's NBC 6. "I think
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Even if it's Obama saying it, the time has come to try something new with Cuba
12/17/2014 6:41:32 PM  Jazz Shaw
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First of all, thank you for joining me in this post. Before we get started, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll just take a moment to slip on this full body, asbestos blast suit. It seems worth the time to do so, since I still believe that this is a
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Shep Smith wonders: Is America about to "ruin" Cuba?
12/17/2014 6:01:49 PM  Allahpundit
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I first heard of this when John Podhoretz tweeted about it and I thought, “Nope, John’s exaggerating. I wonder what Shep really said.” Then a bunch of other people tweeted that Podhoretz was right, so I thought, “Okay, but
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McConnell pledges to make Keystone Pipeline the new Senate's first task
12/17/2014 5:21:56 PM  Noah Rothman
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Future Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed on Wednesday that the first order of business for the new GOP-dominated upper chamber of Congress will be to send a bill to President Barack Obama's desk approving the construction of the Keystone XL
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Rubio warns Obama on Cuba: Good luck getting an ambassador confirmed or an embassy funded
12/17/2014 4:41:41 PM  Allahpundit
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Exhibit A in why a guy who’s already far too frisky with executive power was thinking of new ways to get around Congress before the Cuba deal was announced. This is no idle threat, incidentally. How’s Obama going to get a nominee past
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Jeb Bush tries to seize the spotlight from Rubio on Cuba
12/17/2014 4:01:12 PM  Noah Rothman
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Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has, through surrogates, been pushing back on the notion that the decision by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to form a presidential exploratory committee prohibited him from also making a run. Many said that Rubio and Bush
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Premiere of The Interview canceled after hacker threats – and top five theater chains follow suit; Update: Another movie set in North Korea canceled; Update: Sony pulls "The Interview"
12/17/2014 3:21:24 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Either this is the worst case of cultural imperialism in recent memory, or the most innovative PR campaign in history. The premiere of the new Sony Pictures comedy The Interview has been canceled after terrorist threats from the hacker group that took
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Time for a Wartime Consigliere
12/17/2014 2:41:04 PM  Jazz Shaw
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If there was any doubt that the 2016 election was already underway, Jeb Bush has put that fantasy to rest. And the subjects of debate among all the hopefuls were already coming into focus before we had any official entries into the sweepstakes.
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Cuban dictator to Obama: You should use executive action to lift this embargo by yourself
12/17/2014 2:01:33 PM  Allahpundit
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First spotted by USA Today reporter Gregory Korte, the key bit is at the very end of the clip below. No wonder they had a meeting of the minds: Castro and The One are both fans of rule by decree. When I first saw Korte’s tweet, I thought Castro was
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Pope Francis, Canada brokered Cuba deal
12/17/2014 1:21:25 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The conclusion of an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba has the White House treading cautiously, especially after bipartisan condemnation from Cuban-American Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Menendez. The latter, who chaired
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Cuban-American lawmakers lash out at the White House over Cuba normalization
12/17/2014 12:41:32 PM  Noah Rothman
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If Barack Obama had hoped that his decision to unilaterally extend diplomatic relations to communist Cuba following a prisoner exchange would be warmly greeted by the Cuban-American population, he was disappointed by the reaction from Democratic and
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Obama rewarding criminal regimes for taking Americans hostage is nothing to celebrate
12/17/2014 12:01:51 PM  Noah Rothman
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Prisoner exchanges between hostile parties are as old as civilization, and there is nothing especially unique about swapping one hostage for another or something of commensurate value. Either both negotiating parties then walk away from the table and
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Michelle Obama: Asking me to help you get something off the shelf at Target might be racist
12/17/2014 11:31:01 AM  Allahpundit
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People are grousing about the other buzzy excerpt from this interview, in which Barack Obama claims he’s been mistaken for a valet, but that’s not that implausible. He didn’t say it happened after he became president, which would be
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Airlines' Christmas present to flyers is a big lump of coal in your stocking
12/17/2014 11:01:03 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Oil prices have continued to drop, falling to somewhere around the $55 per barrel range this week, and OPEC is saying that they may let it fall below 40 before taking any action. This has produced a number of complicated results around the globe,
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