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- A Bronx Cheer for the Republicans Who Sunk BCRA
- Three Cheers for the Republicans Who Let McConnellCare Sink!
- Reserve the Hollywood Bowl
- Why do Leaders in Latin America Keep Getting in Trouble for Corruption?
- Time to End Democrat Majority at the National Labor Relations Board
- Upper-Cut Redux
- Dick Morris on Video: Bill Clinton Intervening in Russian Election Caused Putin’s Revenge
- Spiderman: Return of the Popcorn Movie
- China Needs to Stop Enabling North Korea
- 60 Miles From Auschwitz, UNESCO Denies Jewish Connection to Jerusalem and Abraham
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It’s no grand revelation that Republicans have bungled the Obamacare repeal bill beyond belief. Senator Mitch McConnell wants a Senate vote on full repeal of Obamacare with two years to come up with a replacement. This would be the ideal solution, but it appears he lacks the necessary 50 votes for passage. In that event, […]
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Most college kids have a stash. No doubt more than a few college professors have a stash. But Kean University in New Jersey is unique in the nation for having just found the governor’s stash — no, not Governor Chris “The Beachmaster” Christie — but of William Livingston, the first governor of the state. And […]
The Juice Is Loose
The juice is loose, as was popular to say in the 1970s when O.J. Simpson ran through NFL backfields with abandon. Now O.J. is on the loose again (or soon will be this October), this time getting probation from his lengthy prison stay that had nothing to do with the killings of his wife and […]
Trump Throws Sessions Under the Bus?
Trump throws Sessions under the bus? But does he really? He tells the Times he is disappointed the A.G. recused himself from the Russian affair and would not have chosen him had he known he would. This is far from the buck-stops-here-lead-from-the-front you would expect of a president. But by now Mr. Sessions surely knows […]
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What’s Wrong With These People?
Here’s a question: How long have Republicans been running for federal office on repealing Obamacare, in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s terminology, “Root and branch”? Answer: since 2010. Outside of the 2012 election, which was a clear outlier influenced by a number of factors which had nothing to do with healthcare policy, the 2010-2016 period […]
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As New York City’s descent into pre-Giuliani disorder and squalor continues, Mayor Bill de Blasio busies himself with left-wing causes beyond satire. This week he unveiled a “cultural plan,” which consists largely of threatening museums with budgetary cuts unless they bump up their “diversity” hires. The Big Apple’s museums are too “elitist,” said de Blasio. […]
Special Counsel Reaches Down Russian Rabbit Holes
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