Tag: Commentary

Conservative Political Action Conference attendees Sheriff David Clarke, French politico Marion Marechal-Le Pen, and commentator Pamela Geller are sure to be hot topics both inside and outside the event. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Email reveals CPAC talking points on its most controversial speakers

Emily Jashinsky · February 22, 2018 5:01 am

Yale University research has found that a staggering 80 percent of convicted violent criminals have histories of hurting or killing animals. (iStock)

Cruelty to animals is a red flag for future violence

Washington Examiner · February 22, 2018 5:01 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on President Trump's nominations to courts across the nation have been fraught with controversy over so-called "blue slips." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chuck Grassley: Senate Democrats are trying to stall Trump’s nominations by rewriting the history of ‘blue slips’

Sen. Chuck Grassley · February 22, 2018 5:01 am

Republican faithful attend the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Maryland each year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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A young staffer was pocketing the Marriott rewards points when CPAC booked the Gaylord in past years

Philip Wegmann · February 22, 2018 12:39 am

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Trump, GOP lawmakers settling into stability

Emily Jashinsky · February 21, 2018 11:38 pm

Police should not be able to interrogate those under 18 years of age unless the minor is accompanied by a responsible adult. (Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent, Pool, File)

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The Supreme Court should hear ‘Making a Murderer’ Brendan Dassey’s appeal

Tom Rogan · February 21, 2018 10:25 pm

We all knew, and agreed that, vast sums of American and other foreign money were being shoveled into backing Boris Yeltsin and making sure the communists couldnÃ¢â¬â¢t make a comeback. (AP Photo/David Brauchli)

Beltway Confidential

How much has the US intervened in elections abroad?

Tim Worstall · February 21, 2018 10:01 pm

Just two days before CPAC was set to kick off, David Clarke advanced the conspiracy theory that Florida students advocating for gun control in the wake of last week's mass shooting were acting as part of an organized campaign with "George Soros' fingerprints all over it." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Inviting David Clarke to CPAC is a gift to the Left

Emily Jashinsky · February 21, 2018 9:11 pm

It's really remarkable that CNN editors didn't consider that outing a private citizen as an unwitting dupe of Russian interference would put an enormous target on that private citizen's chest. (CNN)

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CNN gets way out of line by hunting down private pro-Trump citizen over Russian interference

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 9:03 pm

The National Rifle Association.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why the CNN gun control town hall is a lose-lose for the NRA

Becket Adams · February 21, 2018 8:49 pm

The plan of these campaigners is clear, to frame sugar and particularly the soda industry as the new "Big Tobacco." (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

The reality behind the ‘Big Sugar’ conspiracy theory

Guy Bentley · February 21, 2018 8:27 pm

Taxpayers are shifting money around to declare earnings in future years, when the tax rate may be lower, CBO said in a report. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Trump administration cleans up the outdated tax code

Demian Brady · February 21, 2018 7:13 pm