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[ad_1] One argument for getting politicians inoculated early (made, for example, here) is that it will allay people’s doubts about the vaccines and encourage them to follow suit. That’s also an argument for other high-profile people to be early in line. But it’s not an argument that seems very pressing. There’s no shortage of demand
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[ad_1] All of the proposals that Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith make in this op-ed deserve consideration, but this one is especially attractive: One sharp conflict between the executive and legislative branches needs an urgent fix and is ripe for a deal: the regulation of executive branch vacancies. Many presidential administrations — the Trump administration
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[ad_1] President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving address at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Del., November 25, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Surprise! Top advisers to president-elect Joe Biden said Monday they will not immediately roll back asylum restrictions at the Mexico border and other restrictive Trump administration policies, walking back some of Biden’s campaign promises for
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[ad_1] I know Kyle Smith recommended it earlier this month, but I’d like to second his endorsement of the documentary hosted on HBO Max, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? I flipped it on last night and was impressed by the storytelling of the film itself, including a bravura section cutting
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[ad_1] Gavin Newsom had to know this was coming, right? For most governors, an opportunity to appoint a replacement to the US Senate is a political boon. As Rod Blagojevich once declared, it’s “a f*****g valuable thing.” In California, however, it has become an albatross to Newsom, who had to decide which identity groups he
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[ad_1] I keep reading stories about Dominion or Smartmatic sending demand letters to their accusers and thinking, “This can’t possibly work.” Not because the companies haven’t been smeared but because it’s almost literally unimaginable in 2020 that a political actor would face meaningful consequences for smearing someone. This is the age of social media! We
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[ad_1] The Christmas season offers some of the greatest television ever made — from touching commercials to holiday episodes of your favorite shows to seasonal specials. There is always something available for families to gather and watch this time of year. Yesterday, you experienced the “Top 15 Christmas family-friendly Christmas movies of all time.” Today,
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[ad_1] The Martin Center has been accumulating a considerable library of books on higher education — more than 700 so far. There are always good new (and not-so-new) titles that we’d like to get, and the Center’s president, Jenna Robinson, lists ten she’d like to acquire. Mortimer Adler: How to Think about the Great Ideas
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[ad_1] It’s been five long years but I think we may have finally arrived at a kumbaya moment for MAGA and Never Trump. Never Trumpers want to see the GOP establishment burn because of how servile they’ve behaved towards the president. MAGA wants to see the GOP establishment burn because they haven’t behaved servile enough.
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[ad_1] Not January 7, eh? Donald Trump publicly insists that he won the election and will be vindicated, but his White House isn’t waiting around for Congress to formalize the inevitable. Staffers received memos last night ordering them to begin the process of vacating the executive offices starting on January 4, two days before Congress
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[ad_1] What, in today’s political culture, is a “centrist”? Old-fashioned political nerds define it by support for legislation and policy proposals. If you love really big tax cuts and favor abolishing several Cabinet departments, you’re not a “centrist.” If you want to defund the police and “end fossil fuels,” you’re also not a “centrist.” This
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump granted 15 full pardons and commuted the sentences of five others on Tuesday, including allies convicted under the special counsel Robert Mueller probe, nonviolent drug offenders, and a man who was busted running moonshine in the 1950s as a teen. What are the details? White House press secretary Kaleigh McEnany issued
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after participating in a Thanksgiving video teleconference with members of the armed forces at the White House, November 26, 2020. (File photo: Erin Scott/Reuters) Just when it looked like a COVID relief (and catchall appropriations) package was sealed and delivered, President Trump gave a stark reminder that it’s
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the COVID-19 relief package that was rushed through Congress the night before, calling it a “disgrace” and saying he wants to see more money going to individuals and small businesses impacted by the virus and less in “wasteful spending.” He also suggested he may not sign it. The
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[ad_1] President Donald Trump released a video from the White House Twitter account Tuesday evening. In the video, he called on Congress to strip out “wasteful, unnecessary” spending from the so-called COVID relief bill — especially the billions aimed at foreign governments. The president’s remarks imply he could veto the bill if his requests are
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