Tag: Commentary

Thankfully, the attempt by the former CFPB head Richard Cordray to choose his own successor is faltering. (Flickr)

CFPB leadership fight exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy

Colin Hanna · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Last October, Richard Cordray, then Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, released his Vehicle, Title, and Other High-Cost Installment Loans Rule — also known as the small dollar loan rule. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Those people who rely on small-dollar loans are real Americans

Robert Sherrill · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

A report by Nina Burliegh claims that a network of trolls took down former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., by retweeting an article that was published after nearly 50 of his Senate colleagues had already told him to beat it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Newsweak: Sen. Al Franken was ousted by Russian bots that shared a story published, er, on the day he resigned

Becket Adams · February 20, 2018 11:12 pm

In this Jan. 11 photo, a semi-automatic rifle at right that has been fitted with a so-called 'bump stock' device to make it fire faster sits on a table at the Washington State Patrol crime laboratory in Seattle. President Trump said on Tuesday shortly after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders discussed the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead: "Just a few moments ago, I signed a memorandum directing the Attorney General to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns." (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Trump is right to ban ‘bump stocks,’ which turn semi-automatic rifles into machine guns

Philip Wegmann · February 20, 2018 10:11 pm

After the Trump administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will expand short-term health plans, the media pushed back with so-called objective experts in the field. (iStock)

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Look at the conflicts of interest among healthcare ‘experts’ knocking Trump

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 9:45 pm

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Ahead of first Indiana primary debate, Rep. Todd Rokita trains his fire on third-place ‘tax-hike Mike Braun’

Philip Wegmann · February 20, 2018 9:40 pm

In this Dec. 20, 2017 photo, President Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other members of Congress, pauses as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

People like the tax cut now that they see it is a tax cut

Timothy P. Carney · February 20, 2018 9:06 pm

In this 2011 photo, traffic passes the New York Times building, in New York City. Last week, Twitter users criticized New York Times writer Bari Weiss after she sent out a tweet about an Olympic figure skater that was meant as a celebration of immigrants. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Here’s why social justice Twitter mobs are bad

Emily Jashinsky · February 20, 2018 8:37 pm

"The sad content of modern Republican character is a symptom of the corruption and hypocrisy that has afflicted half of our body politic — a sickness of the soul that manifests itself in personal behavior as well as policy," Paul Krugman writes, adding, "The modern G.O.P. is â¦ a party built around bad faith." (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

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Paul Krugman is part of what’s wrong with America

Becket Adams · February 20, 2018 7:53 pm

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a civil defense worker carrying a victim after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Syrian rescue workers and activists say the death toll from ongoing government strikes on the opposition-held region near the capital Damascus has risen to at least 35. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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The US should airdrop aid to besieged civilians in Damascus

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 6:44 pm

In the odd but close relationship that Emmanuel Macron and Trump seem to have sparked up, it seems likely that Macron sees this defense increase as a way to woo his American counterpart. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Thank Trump and Emmanuel Macron for increased French defense spending

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 6:19 pm

In January, President Trump decided to forgo imposing additional sanctions on Russia designed to punish them for meddling in the 2016 election, despite Congress voting overwhelmingly in favor of such sanctions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Is President Trump much tougher on Russia than Obama?

Siraj Hashmi · February 20, 2018 4:16 pm