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May 14 2015
News
Marco Rubio Finds A Way Out Of Sticky Iraq Trap
With the dexterity of an acrobat, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) found a way to do what his mentor and likely rival for the White House, Jeb Bush, did not: reconcile his support for the Iraq invasion with the political inconvenience of appearing to support an unpopular war.
Rubio, asked Wednesday whether, knowing what is known now about Iraq, he would have still authorized a war, said
HuffPostJun 07 2019
News
The Fake News Attack on Laura Ingraham
Wow. It’s hard to get more misleading than this.
Mediaite and my old CNN colleague and fellow Red Sox fanatic John Berman stepped up and said something so wildly misleading that it needs to be politely called out.
Yesterday, Fox’s Laura Ingraham interviewed President Trump in France.
Here was the disgraceful Mediaite headline:
CNN’s John Berman Calls Out Trump For
The American SpectatorFeb 19 2021
News
Middle East policy
“The Biden administration on Thursday rescinded former president Donald Trump’s restoration of U.N. sanctions on Iran… Biden has said the United States wants to rejoin the [Iran deal] and the State Department said Thursday the U.S. would accept an invitation from the European Union to attend a meeting of the participants in the original agreement -- Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and
The Flip SideJun 06 2019
News
Macron helps veteran to his feet, Trump gets a salute: Key moments from Trump's D-Day address in Normandy
President Donald Trump delivered sobering remarks in Normandy, France, Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings there that set into motion the final phase of World War II.
At the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Trump told the stories of American soldiers and other key figures who helped make the invasion a success on June 6, 1944.
Here are some of the
USA TODAYMay 20 2020
Opinion
Gosh, what could be behind the right’s hatred of Stacey Abrams?
There is now a whole genre of right-wing punditry declaring, in hysterical and angry tones, that Stacey Abrams would be the worst pick in the history of vice-presidential picks. No, really. The people who defend their vote for President Trump, who support the most unqualified Cabinet in history and who think political experience is overrated now see a catastrophe if the former minority leader
Jennifer RubinAug 20 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: DNC 2020: Biden Nominated, Speakers Take Aim at Trump
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The Democratic Party kicked off its first virtual election convention on Monday, featuring multiple prominent speakers and portraying Joe Biden as the candidate who can pull the nation together amid racial justice protests and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The convention culminated Thursday night with
Micaela RicaforteMay 19 2020
News
Trump threatens to permanently cut WHO funding, leave body if changes aren’t made within 30 days
President Trump threatened Monday to permanently halt U.S. funding to the World Health Organization and “reconsider” the country’s membership in the United Nations body if it does not “commit to major substantive improvements” within the next 30 days.
In a letter to the WHO posted in a late-night tweet, Trump said the global health agency floundered in its early responses to the
Washington PostMay 04 2015
News
Ben Carson Says He’ll Seek 2016 G.O.P. Nomination
Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who has never held elective office, said on Sunday that he would seek the 2016 Republican nomination for president, joining the party’s fast-growing field.
Mr. Carson, who appeared on the political scene just two years ago and gained attention among conservatives for a speech highly critical of President Obama, planned a formal announcement of his
New York Times (News)May 03 2015
News
Baltimore Rally: Burn Down Stores to Get Them "Out of our Communities"
During a large rally in front of Baltimore’s City Hall, a young man introduced as “Brother Rose,” in winding and sometimes incoherent speech, praised the burning of a CVS store at the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues. “America didn’t care until we started affecting things they profit from… What we saying, ‘Let’s get you out of our communities.’”
He also said, “Without us running
Breitbart NewsJan 13 2020
News
Memo by Secret Memo, the University of Texas Kept Segregation Alive Into the 1960s
Sixty-six years ago, Marion Ford, an ambitious Houston teenager who had been set to become one of the first African American undergraduates at the University of Texas, received a terse letter returning his $20 deposit to room in an all-Black dormitory because his admission had been rescinded.
The transgression committed by Marion Ford, a saxophonist, writer, academic standout, star
Mother Jones