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For a politician who made condemnations of income inequality a hallmark of his campaign, these events are hypocritical. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Income inequality warrior Bill de Blasio charging big money for access to birthday fundraiser

Emily Jashinsky · May 2, 2017 6:01 pm

(Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

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William Shatner takes on feminists for dismissing misandry, promoting ‘toxic masculinity’

Emily Jashinsky · May 2, 2017 5:15 pm

Rep. Fred Upton, Republican of Michigan, was seeking his 18th consecutive term. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Fred Upton’s cynical reversal on repealing Obamacare shows why people distrust Republicans

Philip Klein · May 2, 2017 4:45 pm

Iran, a country surrounded by hostile neighbors, is wholly invested in ensuring its proxies in the Arab world are up and running. The U.S. and its Arab allies are devoting military and intelligence resources to weakening those same proxies. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Trump must learn the art of the Iran deal

Daniel DePetris · May 2, 2017 4:24 pm

Despite that the Drudge Report mostly links out to professional newsrooms, and produces original content on only the rarest of occasions, it still manages sometimes to bungle the news. (Flickr)

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Drudge badly bungles a supposed story about juvenile delinquents at a Chicago protest

Becket Adams · May 2, 2017 4:08 pm

With the May 19 presidential election just around the corner, and memories of the 2009 uprising very clear in the mullahs' minds, the regime seeks to prevent any mentality of these so-called polls resulting in anything even remotely resembling fundamental change in the regime's character. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Why Trump should focus on Iran’s human rights abuses

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2017 4:06 pm

One can accuse the Trump administration of many things: Being religious zealots is not one of them. (Screengrab/Twitter)

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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is profiting off anti-Trump hysteria

Casey Given · May 2, 2017 3:20 pm

Elisabeth Moss as Offred in a scene from "The Handmaid's Tale." The confluence of President Trump's first 100 days and the release of the television version of the 1985 dystopian novel has spurred a slew of think pieces labeling the book synonymous with the age of Trump. (George Kraychyk/Hulu via AP)

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Stop comparing ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ to Trump’s America

Ariel Cohen · May 2, 2017 3:09 pm

With House Speaker Paul Ryan at the helm, the federal government could be a lean, mean, fiscal machine, cutting spending and shrinking the government in no time. But alas, when they had their chance, Congress failed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Dear Republicans in Congress: You had one job, and you failed

Nicole Russell · May 2, 2017 2:43 pm

As a country, North Korea is a wreck. Its people are starving to death, and it hasn't the money, resources or infrastructure to keep the lights on at night. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

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Vox: Despite famine and little electricity, North Korea is ‘actually doing pretty well’

Becket Adams · May 2, 2017 2:30 pm

''Maryland got the life sciences," former Democratic Rep. Jim Moran said about the government-driven boom in the D.C. suburbs, "and Virginia got the death sciences." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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The revolving door spins at the military-industrial lobby

Timothy P. Carney · May 2, 2017 1:17 pm

There are now two bills before Congress that would end the lunacy going on with the FDA's nonsensical approach to cigarettes and e-cigarettes. (iStock)

Don’t let alternative facts deter Congress from fixing e-cigarette regulations

Michael Siegel · May 2, 2017 10:00 am