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(Brian Snyder/Reuters) In response to It’s All about the Science and the Facts! (Assuming They Fit the Storyline) Rich, The study that David Leonhardt refers to in his column makes the somewhat surprising argument that political ideology did not seem to influence the tone of news coverage of the pandemic: The estimated probability that a
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The man who murdered ten people in a Boulder, Colorado supermarket Monday has been identified as a Muslim migrant ISIS sympathizer named Ahmad Al Issa (which is how he himself wrote his name on his Facebook and Twitter accounts, not “Alissa” as the establishment media has been spelling it). This identification immediately destroyed the narrative that
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I absolutely love Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).  Most recently, Cruz has criticized Joe Biden’s border crisis official yesterday.  He wrote a letter destroying the current “president” while demanding Biden reverse his decision to not allow media access to facilities housing the overflowing number of illegal immigrant children.  Moreover, he is leading a group of senators
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President Trump backed the interim incumbent, Luther Strange, perhaps most likely because he liked calling him “Big Luther,” and because Mitch McConnell likes incumbents. Not so behind the scenes. Then-White House official Steve Bannon and much of the greater Breitbart-verse favored Brooks. Just one problem: Evangelical politics often holds a veto over Republican politics and
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The United States of America was once a land squarely grounded in principles. That is, one fundamental philosophy and direction of movement as one united culture—of many cultures. What we encounter today, in our modern society, is a culture of many cultures and fundamental beliefs. With time comes mankind’s natural urge to divide when critical
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Customer inspects a gun at a store in Phoenix, Ariz. (Reuters photo: Ralph D. Freso) From Forbes: 84%. That’s the share of voters who said they support requiring all gun buyers to go through a background check in a Morning Consult/Politico poll released earlier this month. That includes 77% of Republicans. However, far fewer – just
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There is only one explanation for the continuing presence of thousands of soldiers at the Capitol: the transition of the United States from a constitutional republic to an oligarchy. What oligarchs fear most is the demos, the common people who historically rebel against rule by selfish elites. The oligarchs must surround the Capitol with troops
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Facebook has obliterated GOP gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase’s state Senate page as a critical Virginia election approaches. “Facebook appears to have permanently removed State Sen. Amanda Chase’s official state Senate page, according to email communications provided by the campaign,” Virginia Business reported March 22. “After multiple unsuccessful attempts by her campaign to get her public page
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As Ed pointed out this morning, authorities have named the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado supermarket shooting. Ahmad al-Issa is apparently a foreign national and a believer in Islam but as Ed also noted, it’s looking like he may have some longer term mental issues. Heavy found some Facebook posts from 2019 in which he’s
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National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. Asked by Bill Buckley in 1959, and answered by him too, WFB took three pages of the October 10 issue to explain the realities of conservative opinion journalism, and why it proved clear (well, Bill still expressed visions of financial steadying at some future — maybe quite future
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More and more people are starting to see the LGBTQ/cancel culture mafia for what it is. One female rapper recently slammed LGBTQ activists for “bullying” straight people, and even proposed starting a “Heterosexual Rights Movement” to combat the constant negativity coming their way.  “Lip Gloss” rapper Lil’ Mama expressed her desire for a “Heterosexual Rights
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An odd, even shocking turn here from an up-and-comer who’s clearly angling to run for president in 2024 if Trump doesn’t. Remember that Trump himself recently flagged the unfairness of trans women competing against biological women in his speech at CPAC. Republican state legislatures have taken up the issue too, passing a raft of bills
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A vial with the AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2021. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters) While several European governments recently withdrew their authorization for the AstraZeneca vaccine owing to fears of a blood-clot issue, the results of the U.S. trial of this vaccine came in today exactly where you’d have expected them to, given the
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UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 10: Kay Cole James, president of the Heritage Foundation, conducts a discussion on the diversity of thought in the black community, in the Capitol Visitor Center during Black History Month on Monday, February 10, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) I served four years at the Heritage
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In case anyone missed the memo, teachers’ unions are garbage organizations that don’t care about your children. American Federation of Teachers President (AFT) Randi Weingarten is particularly detestable. On Friday, the CDC updated guidance for schools reducing the social distancing recommendation from 6 feet to 3 feet with masks. The original recommendation of 6 feet
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Governor Abbott appeared on Fox and Friends Monday morning and told the co-hosts that he had two items of news to deliver. The topic was the flood of illegal migrants into Texas and the holding facility that the Biden administration is using to house unaccompanied minors in Midland. A Texas state senator delivered troubling news
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The Senate confirmed Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to lead the Department of Labor in a bipartisan vote Monday evening. The Senate voted 68-29 in favor of confirming Marty Walsh, the current mayor of Boston and former union member and leader. Several Republicans including Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Richard
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(DONGSEON_KIM/Getty Images) Philip Klein noted a few days ago that the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association, urges “the CDC to provide far more detail about the rationale for the change from six feet to three feet for students in classrooms” because they “are concerned that the CDC has changed one of the basic rules
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