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USA Today editorial board: Man, this Clinton Foundation seems shady
5/5/2015 10:01:44 AM  Ed Morrissey
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How shady is it? That’s the question that bedevils the editorial board of USA Today. It has some trouble coming fully to that conclusion that the conflicts of interest rise to the level of disqualification, so the board suggests another option
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POTUS contenders take note: Iowa and New Hampshire voters support Arctic drilling
5/5/2015 9:31:42 AM  Jazz Shaw
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The Consumer Energy Alliance released a new poll today sampling the feelings of Iowa and New Hampshire voters on the subject of offshore drilling above the Arctic circle. It’s a subject which should be of particular interest to both voters and
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Poll: Race relations at their worst point since 1992
5/5/2015 9:01:06 AM  Noah Rothman
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Only a handful of terminal optimists could have been surprised by the conclusion in the headline above. It's surely no shock to learn that a large majority of the public believes race relations have reached their lowest point in over two decades.
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Video: ISIS claims credit for Garland shooting
5/5/2015 8:31:12 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Of course they did, but it’s far from clear just how much involvement ISIS had in the attempt to massacre attendees at the free-speech event in Garland, Texas. Elton Simpson had already appeared on counter-terrorism radar, having been convicted in
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More funders of the Chevron Shakedown bail out
5/5/2015 8:01:16 AM  Jazz Shaw
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It’s time to check back in on the attempts by New York attorney Steven Donziger and his environmental activist friends to shake down energy giant Chevron for billions of dollars. Unfortunately for Steve, the news continues to be bad without
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Quotes of the day
5/4/2015 10:21:47 PM  Allahpundit
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The former terror suspect shot dead by police on Sunday after he and another gunman stormed an anti-Islam art contest in Texas had said he intended to ‘fight to the death’ for Allah. Elton Simpson, 30, and his roommate Nadir Soofi, 24, were
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Bill Clinton's defense of the Clintons is the best they have to offer
5/4/2015 9:31:49 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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In the wake of increasingly problematic questions about the Clinton Foundation and its various fundraising charity endeavors, no one is surprised that the basically unopposed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is not addressing questions. She’s—
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Civil war: Alan Grayson rips into national Democratic Party 'bosses'
5/4/2015 8:41:28 PM  Noah Rothman
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There's new from the front in the civil war that we dare not call by its name. It seems as though the Democratic Party's campaign committees learned nothing from the tea party backlash against the Republican Party. They appear to be eagerly repeating
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Charlie Hebdo editor warns western media: "We can't be the only ones to stand up for these values"
5/4/2015 8:01:13 PM  Allahpundit
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He said this on Friday, 48 hours before last night’s attempted reprise of the Paris massacre in Dallas. This can’t be repeated enough: This guy is famous and his colleagues are dead only because the entirety of western media refuses to spread
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The Democratic Party's 'extremist' voters
5/4/2015 7:21:30 PM  Noah Rothman
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In 2012, the political press briefly succumbed to a myopic fascination with the Republican primary electorate. This was perfectly understandable and justified. The GOP primary was the only game in town in that incumbent presidential year, and candidates'
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Video: Your kid wouldn't talk to strangers, would they?
5/4/2015 6:41:29 PM  Allahpundit
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To cleanse the palate, viral nightmare fuel for the parents and grandparents among the HA faithful. If you thought the polls looked dimly on free-range parenting before — 59 percent wouldn’t let their middle-schooler walk to school alone
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Protip from WaPo: A funding hike is not a cut just because it's not as much as you want
5/4/2015 6:01:04 PM  Ed Morrissey
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A point worth noting, and not just because it’s Nancy Pelosi who gets the triple Pinocchio treatment today. This view of budgeting gets a lot of traction on Capitol Hill, and the dishonesty cuts a number of different ways. Last week, Pelosi claimed
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Beneath Antarctica, a wonderland of oil awaits exploitation
5/4/2015 5:21:44 PM  Noah Rothman
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A report in The New York Times published on Monday revealed that the Chinese are aggressively engaged in securing the country's energy future overseas. The People's Republic is courting Latin American governments, securing its ties to African strongmen,
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War on women? Female recruit who failed physical test to join FDNY
5/4/2015 4:41:09 PM  Jazz Shaw
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This promises to turn into a sticky wicket for the New York City Fire Department. One of their upcoming graduates is going to be accepted into the ranks and go to work as a firefighter despite having failed a grueling physical test multiple times. This
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Of course: ER visits increasing under ObamaCare
5/4/2015 4:01:52 PM  Ed Morrissey
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And not unexpected either, except for those who continue to defend ObamaCare as the solution to rising medical costs. A poll of over 2,000 emergency room doctors shows that visits to ERs have increased, and in precisely the population that ObamaCare
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New Hampshire pols taking on expensive fight to save unconstitutional abortion protest law
5/4/2015 3:21:24 PM  Jazz Shaw
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There’s another fight brewing in New Hampshire, but it has nothing to do with the upcoming presidential primary. And contrary to the lede, it’s really only tangentially related to the abortion debate, focusing more on how the state government
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Mediaite: New management at MSNBC may drop the axe on 3 shows
5/4/2015 2:41:49 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Has MSNBC finally had enough of leaning forward into a full-tilt decline in ratings? Despite some suggestions that the cable channel’s carriage fees immunizes it from the ratings issue, it’s apparently not enough for the new president of NBC
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Video: So this "Ben Carson for president" thing is really happening, huh?
5/4/2015 2:01:36 PM  Allahpundit
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The announcement came a few hours ago in Detroit, following a gospel rendition of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” (Really!) He hit all the major points of his campaign pitch in his speech, and by “all the major points” I mean one
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Joe Scarborough lays into Mark Halperin for claiming Clintons held to a 'higher standard'
5/4/2015 1:21:01 PM  Noah Rothman
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The damaging scandals in which Clinton has found herself embroiled in the last several months have not gone away with time. In fact, the regular release of new details regarding the Clintons ethically suspect behavior has damaged the former secretary's
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Rick Santorum on Bruce Jenner: "If he says he's a woman, then he's a woman"
5/4/2015 12:41:08 PM  Allahpundit
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As with the “would you attend a gay wedding? question, I can’t tell how much I should be surprised by Republican pols’ answers to LGBT-themed questions anymore. Policy responses are easy: If you’re running for president, you
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The toxic implication that Pamela Geller had last night's terror attack in Texas coming
5/4/2015 12:01:11 PM  Noah Rothman
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When political commentators note that there is no justification for sexual violence, they aren’t adhering to doctrinal feminism but the tenets of civilized Western thought. No woman, a responsible citizen would say, invites violence merely because
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Political pigeonholing "lazy, boring … false"
5/4/2015 11:21:33 AM  Ed Morrissey
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This may be perhaps the best, most concise statement about the patronizing and demeaning nature of political pigeonholing I’ve seen in a long time, and it comes from one of my good friends to boot. Guy Benson spoke to Buzzfeed’s Chris Geidner
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Video: Hillary Clinton launches Carly Fiorina's campaign
5/4/2015 10:41:46 AM  Ed Morrissey
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I bet Hillary Clinton won’t take any questions at Carly Fiorina’s events, either. As expected, the former HP CEO and 2010 Senate candidate announced her presidential campaign this morning during a round of media appearances. Fiorina also
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