Tag: Commentary

Today Trump made a good joke. And the cops were right to laugh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Hot-take: Trump’s police joke, ‘don’t be too nice’ was pretty funny

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2017 8:49 pm

President Trump absolutely could have done more to sell the healthcare bill before it collapsed like the Hindenburg during the wee hours of Friday morning. A few tweets, a couple off-the-cuff comments, and some lunch dates aren't going to get his agenda to the finish line. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Don’t put Trump out to pasture after healthcare, put Trump on the road

Philip Wegmann · July 28, 2017 8:40 pm

It's now abundantly clear that North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile program is advancing very rapidly. The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has already upgraded its timeline for when North Korea might be able to strike the U.S. with nuclear weapons. Now, they may have to upgrade their assessment again. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

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North Korea just raised the stakes with its ICBM missile test

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2017 7:53 pm

The Wisconsin congressman says jobs "are what people care about." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Watch: Rep. Sean Duffy slams Democrats’ Russia narrative in committee hearing

Emily Jashinsky · July 28, 2017 7:34 pm

This case is beyond the issue of parental rights and socialized medicine. (Family of Charlie Gard via AP)

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The lessons of Charlie Gard’s tragic despair

Nicole Russell · July 28, 2017 7:22 pm

The burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Friday, Oct. 28, near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say they have received little federal help to calm protests despite repeated requests. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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The idiocy behind the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2017 6:51 pm

Here it is: Nobody knows! (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Alan Dershowitz: Can Trump, or any other president, pardon himself?

Alan Dershowitz · July 28, 2017 4:40 pm

"I'll tell you of the support that he's gotten, they haven't left him. They are still there," Duffy divulged. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Sean Duffy explains Trump’s ‘profound impact on flag-waving, church-going, beer-drinking, Packer-cheering Americans’

Emily Jashinsky · July 28, 2017 4:36 pm

It's time to put an end to mixing politics with religion. It's only fueling the fire of hate and polarization that we see far too often in this world. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

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Fellow Muslims, can we please stop praying for the deaths of all Jews?

Siraj Hashmi · July 28, 2017 4:24 pm

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif used state funds as his private piggy bank. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

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Pakistan has a huge corruption problem, from its prime minister on down

Tom Rogan · July 28, 2017 3:53 pm

Congress must censure Wasserman Schultz for knowingly placing our national security at risk and to send a message that unprofessional behavior won't be tolerated. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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What in the world is Debbie Wasserman Schultz thinking?

Jennifer Kerns · July 28, 2017 3:28 pm

McCain has always seemed to operate according to an internal logical consistency whose existence few could doubt but even fewer could fully fathom. (C-SPAN2 via AP)

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John McCain’s return speech was a fantastic civics lesson

Quin Hillyer · July 28, 2017 3:15 pm