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Jul 01 2021
Opinion
The Chaotic Genius Of Donald Rumsfeld
It is one of the irritating defects of genius that, particularly when surrounded by crushing mediocrity, the audacity of having ideas becomes a source of recurring controversy. To have the most ideas means you have the most good ideas, but also the most bad ideas. I have had the great fortune to know and meet more than a handful of figures in my life who truly qualify as men of genius, and one
The Federalist
Jun 20 2020
Analysis
Trump campaign believes it can grow black vote despite protests
When President Trump takes the stage in Tulsa on Saturday for his first post-coronavirus live rally, 21 members of the Black Voices for Trump advisory board and four of the group’s co-chairs are scheduled to appear with him. This accounts for nearly half of the over 50 surrogates the Trump campaign announced will be on hand for the resumption of in-person “Make America Great Again” events.
Washington Examiner
Aug 14 2020
Analysis
Democrats Hate Facebook. Republicans Want To Ban TikTok. The Bipartisan Backlash Against Big Tech Is Here and It's a Disaster.
It's the summer of 2020, and everyone seems to hate Big Tech.
Over the last three months, President Donald Trump has issued orders targeting not only Twitter, the highly politicized social media platform he uses incessantly, but TikTok, a Chinese-owned service known mainly as a place to share teen dance memes. Democrats used a high-profile congressional hearing in July to bash Google
Reason
May 26 2021
Fact Check
Is It True That Texas Has Reported No COVID Deaths Since Lifting Pandemic Restrictions?
Rep. Lauren Boebert claimed in an interview last Wednesday that there had been no coronavirus deaths in Texas since the state lifted its pandemic restrictions in March. “Republicans are just following the science, and since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one,” Boebert told Gina Loudon during an interview on Real America’s Voice, a
The Dispatch
Jan 22 2021
News
Biden says nothing can change the trajectory of the Covid pandemic over the next several months
President Joe Biden has painted a bleak picture of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak in his first few days in office, warning that it will take months to turn around the pandemic’s trajectory and that fatalities are expected to dramatically rise over the next few weeks.
“A lot of America is hurting. The virus is surging. We’re 400,000 dead expected to reach well over 600,000,” Biden
CNBC
Sep 06 2020
Analysis
On Listening and the Black Lives Matter Movement
In the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting and subsequent riots in Kenosha, Wis., we’ve once again been barraged with claims that America is an inherently racist nation. These claims take their cue from Critical Race Theory (CRT), a theoretical framework that interprets society and culture through the lens of race. CRT started in left-wing social-science departments, and has now been made
National Review (News)
Oct 19 2020
News
U.S. Supreme Court to review legality of Trump's 'remain in Mexico' asylum policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide the legality of one of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies that has forced tens of thousands of migrants along the southern border to wait in Mexico, rather than entering the United States, while their asylum claims are processed.
The justices will hear a Trump administration appeal of a 2019 lower court ruling that
Reuters
Sep 29 2020
Analysis
What Biden can do to fix Trump’s Covid-19 mess
If Joe Biden beats Donald Trump this November and ends up in the Oval Office in January, he’ll quickly face one of the gravest challenges any president has seen in the modern era: Hundreds of thousands of Americans will be dead from Covid-19. Public trust in scientific and government institutions will be depleted. If the fall and winter goes as badly as some experts fear, coronavirus outbreaks
Vox
Aug 24 2020
Analysis
How Trump let Covid-19 win
Trump’s magical thinking couldn’t beat the coronavirus. America is stuck with the consequences.
As America, and even his own administration, woke up to the threat of Covid-19, President Donald Trump still didn’t seem to get it. Within weeks of suggesting that people social distance in mid-March, the president went on national TV to argue that the US could reopen by Easter Sunday in
Vox
Nov 10 2020
News
Veterans and Gold Star Families to Get Lifetime Free Entry to National Parks
U.S. veterans and Gold Star families will get free access to national parks for life, starting Nov. 11.
“The Trump Administration is committed to honoring American patriots—the men and women who have served in our armed forces,” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in a statement.
“With the utmost respect and gratitude, we are granting Veterans and Gold Star Families free
The Epoch Times