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WaPo/ABC, CNN polls shows Hillary's favorability going negative already
6/2/2015 10:01:51 AM  Ed Morrissey
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In March, Philip Bump produced an intriguing look at Hillary Clinton’s track record in Gallup polling on favorability. With only one exception over the previous 23 years, each election cycle in which she or her husband ran for office pushed her
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Fly-by-night: FBI's surveillance air force
6/2/2015 9:21:01 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Last week in the Twin Cities, local media began buzzing about a “mysterious Cessna” circling the metropolitan area. The Star Tribune reported on it Friday, posting the plane’s flight-tracker data that showed continuous loops over the
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Gallup finds taboos increasingly accepted in America
6/2/2015 8:41:40 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Believe it or not, this isn’t another article about Bruce / Caitlyn Jenner, though the wider question of gender bending could probably be squirreled away in here somewhere. Gallup took time out from polling people about the presidential candidates
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Winning: What Caitlyn Jenner means for the Republican Party
6/2/2015 8:01:26 AM  Amanda Muñoz
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So long, Bruce. Cue Caitlyn Jenner. AP covered this yesterday, and we fall, generally, into the same category. I'm of the mindset that Caitlyn's choice was a personal decision – a struggle and a conversation that a family had to deal with, just like the
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Quotes of the day
6/1/2015 10:41:58 PM  Allahpundit
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"I think they get in a Washington echo chamber for so long and don't get outside the beltway enough to listen to people in America," Paul said of the Republicans who blindly support the [NSA metadata] program. I've been all over the United States in the
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Clinton campaign already lowering expectations for early-state performances
6/1/2015 10:11:38 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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She almost literally has no competition. But who’s to say what could happen in Iowa? It’s tough out there. Included in background sent to reporters from Hillary Clinton's campaign re: her official launch…
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Of course: The Internet shamed this happy engaged couple for no reason
6/1/2015 9:31:48 PM  Mary Katharine Ham
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A couple of weeks ago, one picture from an Iowa wedding was posted on the image-sharing site, Imgur. It went to Reddit and then viral. This is the photo: The consensus was that this horrible couple in their coral dress and blue button-down had stolen
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YouGov poll of Republicans: Marco Rubio 56, Jeb Bush 24
6/1/2015 8:41:30 PM  Allahpundit
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The circle is now complete. When Rubio left Bush, he was but the learner. Now he is the master. This is the second YouGov poll in three weeks showing the younger guy from Florida with a big, big, big lead over the establishment favorite in a hypothetical
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Video: Supreme Court overturns conviction for "violent messages" on social media
6/1/2015 8:01:17 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Here’s a case that will have free-speech skeptics frantically grabbing their “buts.” A federal court convicted Anthony Elonis for posting “violent messages” on Facebook, claiming that a reasonable person would interpret them
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Good news: Prominent Republican earns flattering cover feature from Vanity Fair
6/1/2015 7:21:14 PM  Allahpundit
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At last an answer to the question, “What could a Republican celebrity possibly do to earn the liberal media’s respect?” There will be three camps on this. One: It should be condemned as a perversion, and so should the culture for
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Hey! Who's ready to blow $100M on ethanol blender pumps?
6/1/2015 6:41:01 PM  Jazz Shaw
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The President is clearly not ready to glide off quietly into that good night and has plenty of plans in place to cement his legacy. Yet another of these brilliant schemes popped up this week as reported by Bloomberg News. Regardless of the growing
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Rubio: I'll block confirmation of any ambassador to Cuba without key concessions from Castros
6/1/2015 6:01:21 PM  Ed Morrissey
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And that means that Marco Rubio will block any nominee for the position. In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, who is coming home after breaking his leg while bicycling, Rubio pledges not just to oppose any nominee but “to block the
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Rest easy, citizens: TSA finds almost 1 in 20 test bombs during screening
6/1/2015 5:21:56 PM  Jazz Shaw
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A few weeks ago I had to go back to DC yet again for the Right Online conference and it involved flying in and out of Reagan, as well as Newark. As usual, I stood in the long lines – even with my previous screening check mark on my boarding passes
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Panel that will police Iran for violations of nuclear agreement may include … Russia, China, and Iran
6/1/2015 4:41:11 PM  Allahpundit
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Help me figure this out. As part of the new agreement on sanctions snapback, suspected breaches by Iran would be taken up by a dispute-resolution panel, likely including the six powers and Iran, which would assess the allegations and come up with a
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Great news: Professor cleared of Title IX harassment charges for … criticizing Title IX
6/1/2015 4:01:45 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Can someone be penalized under a law merely for publicly criticizing it? Northwestern University adjudicated a sexual harassment case against Professor Laura Kipnis after activists filed two complaints over a Kipnis column in the Chronicle Review that
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Video: Lindsey Graham announces he's running against Marco Rubio for president
6/1/2015 3:21:44 PM  Allahpundit
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Fine, the headline’s an exaggeration, but watch the clip below from his presidential announcement this morning. It’s received wisdom that Graham is running because hawks want a heat-seeking missile in the debates who’ll happily blow up
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SCOTUS finds against Abercrombie and Fitch in Muslim head scarf case
6/1/2015 2:41:08 PM  Jazz Shaw
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The case of EEOC v Abercrombie & Fitch isn’t the sort of decision that’s going to draw the same level of media attention as illegal immigration or gay marriage, but it was still one worth watching. The thumbnail version for those not
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Great moments in retail politicking: "Go to the end of the line"?
6/1/2015 2:01:05 PM  Ed Morrissey
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This clip from Hillary Clinton’s latest interaction on the campaign trail is either The Worst Thing Ever, The Biggest Non-Event Ever, or the biggest flip-flop on immigration policy in the 2016 cycle. Shoshana Weissmann captured the magical moment
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Quinnipiac: 56% say they'll support Supreme Court decision granting gays a constitutional right to marry
6/1/2015 1:21:19 PM  Allahpundit
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Interesting not only as a prediction of how the country will react to SCOTUS’s looming decision but as a gut-check on how little most people seem to care about procedural niceties, at least on a highly visible issue like SSM. It’s a core
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Did Kelly Ayotte just make the IRS a tiny bit more functional?
6/1/2015 12:41:51 PM  Jazz Shaw
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When a thief gets hold of your credit card, either physically or by accessing your account online, and begins running up charges, the credit card company is supposed to let you know about it. Similarly, if someone tries to withdraw money out of your bank
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Vince Vaughn: You bet I think Americans should have guns in public
6/1/2015 12:01:32 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Meet your newest most favorite celebrity, Vince Vaughn. An interviewer for the British version of GQ decided to ask about the European Left’s favorite tongue-clucking topic of American culture, gun ownership. Rather than pander to the groupthink,
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Rand Paul: Let's face it, some of my critics want a terror attack to happen so they can blame it on me
6/1/2015 11:21:29 AM  Allahpundit
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Via the Daily Caller, I’m surprised he’s gotten less flak for this (so far) than he did for what he said last week about GOP hawks having created ISIS. The latter was a statement of indirect cause — hawkish policies have created
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Just great: Iraq may have lost more than 2,000 Humvees to ISIS
6/1/2015 10:41:29 AM  Jazz Shaw
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We already knew that Iraq’s army was something of a disappointment (to put it kindly) in terms of standing up for themselves, but it seems that they may have been even more careless with the gear we gave them than was previously being reported.
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