Tag: Commentary

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is the embodiment of the worst stereotypes and he will absolutely be tied around the GOP's neck as a giant, cowboy-hatted albatross. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Mike Lee sidle up to the anti-liberty Roy Moore

Becket Adams · October 25, 2017 1:00 pm

The Washington Post's Tuesday revelation that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, and law firm Perkins Coie are all connected to the so-called "Trump dossier" will likely increase pressure on the FBI to explain what it did, and did not do, with the dossier. (iStock)

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Byron York: After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next

Byron York · October 25, 2017 4:43 am

Republican Party is a broken marriage

Washington Examiner · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Can we make things in America anymore?

vincent-vittorio, Scott Paul · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

This photo shows pedestrians walking along Broadway in downtown Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo/Coralie Carlson)

Rep. Kevin Cramer: For inspiration on tax policy, look to North Dakota

Sen. Kevin Cramer · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon prepares to speak during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Narcos all over again: Colombia faces another crisis

William Burlew · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

When Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona announced he would not seek re-election, he pinned his decision on a GOP that has become "reckless, outrageous, and undignified." The DNC could have used that to its advantage. It didn't. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

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The DNC is comically bad at its job

Becket Adams · October 24, 2017 11:14 pm

The base's desire is a base desire, and an inchoate one. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Flake folds to Trump in the face of a debased base

Timothy P. Carney · October 24, 2017 10:58 pm

Trump's detail did its job and so did the Capitol Hill police. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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No, the Secret Service didn’t fail Trump

Tom Rogan · October 24, 2017 10:25 pm

President Trump's recent healthcare executive order, which was crafted with the help of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will empower individuals and small businesses in associations to purchase health insurance plans across state lines, potentially providing millions of people with access to cheaper, high-quality insurance policies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Everything you need to know about Trump’s executive order on association health plans

Justin Haskins · October 24, 2017 9:46 pm

The deal between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., promises to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges, but it can only do so by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars into a broken system. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Republicans, don’t forfeit the battle against Obamacare’s insurer bailouts

Sally Pipes · October 24, 2017 9:02 pm

The estate tax compels Americans to waste their money on evasive estate planning and compliance costs, discourages them from pursuing profits in old age, and stymies America's unique cultural dynamic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump is right: Kill the Death Tax, once and for all

Michael Shindler · October 24, 2017 8:41 pm