Tag: Commentary

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has faced relentless opposition from the state's Democrats as he has tried to cut spending and stand up to powerful unions. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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Illinois downgraded: The Deadbeat State gets deadbeatier

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2017 10:28 pm

Rather than sneering, conservatives should be cheering this green confab. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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As Trump exits the Paris agreement, Obama ushers in new era of environmental federalism

Philip Wegmann · June 1, 2017 9:47 pm

Propagandists infect both sides of every debate. (AP Photo/Findlay Kember)

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Shockingly, Vox.com is misleading people about Trump, religious freedom, and the contraceptive mandate

Becket Adams · June 1, 2017 9:46 pm

Feeding off the anti-Trump rhetoric, Obrador is optimistic about Sunday's results. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Trump’s words have consequences, and a local election in Mexico will be their first big test

Mark Vargas · June 1, 2017 9:29 pm

Drop the pretense of objectivity and save everyone the time. It's all we're asking. (AP)

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Media drop all pretense of objectivity to bemoan US withdrawal from Paris Agreement

Becket Adams · June 1, 2017 8:26 pm

The reality of the situation is that Trump has fulfilled his campaign promise to get out of the Paris agreement right here in June 2017. (AP)

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What journalists trying to correct Trump on the Paris climate agreement don’t understand

Gabriel Malor · June 1, 2017 8:06 pm

That's a conclusion to which Connecticut's Democratic Governor Daniel Malloy has uncomfortably arrived, after noticing that his previous tax increases have caused the geese who have been laying the golden eggs have been taking wing and flying off to no-state-income-tax Florida. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

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Affluent Democrats nix radical redistribution

Michael Barone · June 1, 2017 7:37 pm

If anything, CNN is guilty of presenting a diversity of opinions. Shame on them? (Flickr)

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Viral anti-CNN tweet doesn’t make any sense

Becket Adams · June 1, 2017 7:32 pm

$When it comes to carbon emissions, Paris has nothing on fracking. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson, File)$ Beltway Confidential

Forget Paris: Fracking is the key to reducing carbon emissions

Tom Rogan · June 1, 2017 6:59 pm

In this March 15, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich waves as he departs his Chicago home for Littleton, Colo., to begin his 14-year prison sentence on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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‘This f–king Obama’ — Rod Blagojevich’s resentment, on tape

David Freddoso · June 1, 2017 6:58 pm

"You know you hit the big time when these guys started trolling me with [fake] business cards," Mulvaney said.

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Kind protesters provided Mick Mulvaney with ‘budget douche’ business cards

Philip Wegmann · June 1, 2017 6:42 pm

Never has Clinton publicly revealed the intensity of the blame and resentment she appears to feel about the 2016 election. Until now. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Byron York: Hillary Clinton’s top 8 reasons she’s not to blame for losing

Byron York · June 1, 2017 5:24 pm