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The media takes a random swing at Jeb Bush's father-in-law
3/19/2015 10:01:05 AM  Jazz Shaw
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The oppo research teams are dragging out all the golden oldies for every potential GOP candidate who is currently polling in or near double digits. Politico may take the prize for one of the strangest (and longest) stories of the month, though, as they
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Video: Hillary supporters starting to squirm over her email scandal
3/19/2015 9:21:09 AM  Noah Rothman
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According to the cast of Hillary Clinton surrogates and allies who populate cable news sets, the former secretary of state's scandalous decision to endanger American diplomatic security by constructing a homebrew email server out of "convenience" is a
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Video: Tunisia vows "merciless war on terrorism" as death toll rises to 23
3/19/2015 8:41:24 AM  Ed Morrissey
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A terrorist attack on tourists visiting a Tunis museum killed 23 people, mainly Europeans, in the worst such attack in Tunisia in 13 years. At least 40 more were wounded in the attack, which has the newly liberated North African nation on edge, thanks in
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Tennessee kills bill allowing students to keep guns in autos on campus
3/19/2015 8:01:38 AM  Jazz Shaw
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What’s going on in Tennessee? There was a bill moving through the state legislature in the Volunteer State which would have allowed student permit holders on public college campuses to store their weapons in their cars. But after some of the usual
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Quotes of the day
3/18/2015 10:21:06 PM  Allahpundit
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in the Israeli election will not hamper US efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, the State Department said Wednesday… “We’ve been long familiar with the views of the prime minister
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No biggie: Obamacare paperwork costs small businesses thousands
3/18/2015 9:31:32 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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There are a lot of things an Obamacare apologist could say about Obamacare. It gets more people covered! (Debatable but an understandable assertion given the thrust of the pitch for the law.) It’s totes helping people who had crappy coverage
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Senate GOP aims to kill Obamacare… via reconciliation
3/18/2015 8:41:46 PM  Noah Rothman
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Frustrated with the slow pace at which the Democrat-dominated Congress was working to pass the massive health care reform bill he championed by the early spring of 2010, President Barack Obama insisted that it was past time for the Senate to call an up
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Chicago union lobbyist sues for pension from working one day as substitute teacher
3/18/2015 8:01:00 PM  Jazz Shaw
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America is the land of opportunity, where any young kid with stars in their eyes can grow up to achieve prosperity and success through hard work and a little bit of luck. Or, they could sign on with a union. Chicago’s David Piccioli is retired from
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Glenn Beck: I'm out of the Republican Party
3/18/2015 7:21:50 PM  Allahpundit
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He’s almost left the party before, to the extent that he was ever formally in it (it’s complicated), but he’s out now, he says. And who can blame him after the big cave on executive amnesty? Remember, the DHS funding debacle
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Guy married five months is terribly worried that men don't trust women
3/18/2015 6:41:45 PM  Jazz Shaw
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In case you’ve grown tired of the national conversation about how the races can’t possibly get along, there’s plenty of other social consciousness raising material available to occupy your time. For just one example, you could read up
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Dr. Ben Carson On Foreign Policy and National Security
3/18/2015 6:21:56 PM  Duane Patterson
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Dr. Carson joined Hugh Hewitt for a wide-ranging interview on the world and what problems it faces. Here’s a sneak preview. On the tap root of al Qaeda and ISIS: 03-18hhs-carson-1 HH: I begin today, this segment and next, with Dr. Ben Carson. Dr.
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The White House has lost Thomas Friedman on Iran
3/18/2015 6:01:46 PM  Noah Rothman
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The strategic blunders of the opponents of a prospective nuclear accord with Iran keep piling up. First, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's disastrous decision to address a joint session of Congress just weeks before his country's parliamentary
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Durbin: These Republicans are putting Loretta Lynch at the 'back of the bus,' if you know what I mean
3/18/2015 5:21:10 PM  Guy Benson
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Who’s up for some more abhorrent racial demagoguery from the second-ranking Democrat in the United States Senate?  Illinois’ Dick Durbin has already played the Selma card during the Loretta Lynch confirmation fight, but perhaps that was just
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Former Obama law prof: EPA is "burning the Constitution" with its CO2 regulations
3/18/2015 4:41:32 PM  Ed Morrissey
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What happens when two Constitutional law scholars collide? Usually, the more learned of the two prevails, but don’t bet on it in this case. Harvard University Professor Lawrence Tribe, described as a mentor to Barack Obama, accused his protege of
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Great news: Hillary's e-mail was vulnerable to "spoofing" thanks to its horrible security protocols
3/18/2015 4:01:18 PM  Allahpundit
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We already knew security for her private e-mail was a national security disaster in the making. We just didn’t know how big of a disaster. Hanlon’s razor says we should never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity,
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Late Night's Seth Meyers sandbags Ted Cruz on climate change
3/18/2015 3:21:17 PM  Noah Rothman
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For the nation's left-leaning entertainers, the most interesting thing about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz this week is his callous willingness to scare toddlers for fleeting political gain. In fact, beyond Cruz's apparent intention to run for the White House in
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AP: Obama administration sets new record for FOIA non-compliance
3/18/2015 2:41:37 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Two years ago (and many times before and since), Barack Obama insisted that his was “the most transparent administration in history,” while even his supporters began to question that claim: Count the Associated Press among the skeptics. In
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CNN poll: Hillary leads five top Republican contenders — by double digits
3/18/2015 2:01:37 PM  Allahpundit
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Gotta agree with Bill Kristol on this. Not good, especially when you consider that the poll was taken within the last week, with media coverage of her e-mail corruption peaking. This is way early, all adults, etc–but GOP should worry about these
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WaPo: Kerry has a Brian Williams problem
3/18/2015 1:21:34 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Actually, John Kerry has more of an Al Gore problem, which shouldn’t discourage my Republicans for Gore movement but might disturb Kerry’s ideas about running for president. Ironically, this Washington Post fact check by Glenn Kessler (yes, I
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A nation turns its lonely eyes to the Donald Trump POTUS exploratory committee
3/18/2015 12:41:02 PM  Jazz Shaw
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Confession: I’ve never watched a single episode of “The Apprentice” from beginning to end. I’ve seen plenty of clips from the show, primarily because television news loves talking about television shows more than anything else, or
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Maybe coastal Republicans have harshly misjudged Iowa
3/18/2015 12:01:51 PM  Noah Rothman
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It has become perfectly clear that coastal Republicans and the GOP's Beltway-based class of political professionals – the people who are in the business of running campaigns – are suspicious of Iowa's caucuses and the Hawkeye State's heelers who
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White House refusing to congratulate Netanyahu on win?
3/18/2015 11:31:00 AM  Allahpundit
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Via the Standard, a gloss on Noah’s post this morning marveling at how the left’s salty, bitter tears can taste so sweet. Notice below that White House flack David Simas congratulates Israelis on the election but not Netanyahu on his upset
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Aaron Schock exits stage right
3/18/2015 11:01:57 AM  Jazz Shaw
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The rapid arc of Aaron Schock’s congressional career came to an end yesterday. There had been one story after another about Schock’s big spending ways and rather lavish seeming, “that’s how we roll” approach to his office.
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