Tag: Commentary

Under this administration, Pai has opted to promote innovation and economic growth instead of expansive regulation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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The FCC moves to unleash the Internet and innovation

Adam Brandon · April 26, 2017 7:39 pm

A married couple would owe Uncle Sam zero income tax on its first $33,500 under President Trump's proposed tax plan.

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Trump proposes 100 percent income tax cut for the working class

Timothy P. Carney · April 26, 2017 6:54 pm

Employer-mandated parental leave might make it easier but at the direct cost of skewing hiring decisions against people who have families. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

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Bill Nye wants to punish fertility? That’s easy, just say no to maternity leave

David Freddoso · April 26, 2017 6:22 pm

Eliminating this tax also would allow businesses to work more efficiently, focusing on investments and profits rather than tax avoidance, and would allow the IRS to be substantially downsized. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Trump’s tax plan needs to go bolder: Eliminate the corporate income tax entirely

Quin Hillyer · April 26, 2017 5:33 pm

The supposed caption is straight-up, flat-out fake. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

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That Bill Nye screengrab you’ve been sharing is a fake

Becket Adams · April 26, 2017 5:20 pm

Going left isn't what killed ESPN — it's just accelerating its demise. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

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I didn’t drop ESPN because of its preachy politics, but it makes me glad I did

David Freddoso · April 26, 2017 4:37 pm

The back-and-forth rhetoric between U.S. and North Korean officials has escalated to such a level that commentators are now openly speculating that the U.S. military is preparing for an operation similar to the attack on a Syrian government airfield earlier this month. (KRT via AP Video)

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Trump needs to know these 3 things about North Korea

Daniel DePetris · April 26, 2017 4:10 pm

A professor of psychology at Boston College explains how desperately children need to engage in free play to thrive and develop survival skills. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Schools must be restructured to allow for more recess and play

Nicole Russell · April 26, 2017 3:53 pm

Tom Perez announced that pro-life Democrats are dead to him and can expect no help from the party apparatus. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Why Democrats in Congress are repudiating Tom Perez on pro-life Democrats

David Freddoso · April 26, 2017 3:50 pm

Trump's offhand remarks about his executive orders were made in jest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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No, Trump wasn’t being serious when he joked he doesn’t read his executive orders

Becket Adams · April 26, 2017 3:19 pm

Leahy admonished his colleagues, remarking, "You Republicans should not want to shut down the government. They are the only ones who have the power to shut down the government." (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Sen. Patrick Leahy’s misleading claim that Republicans are the ‘only ones with the power to shut down the government’

Emily Jashinsky · April 26, 2017 3:15 pm

The FCC announced a regulatory change announced this week that will reverse the Obama administration's ill-advised 2015 net neutrality policy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Why the FCC is off to a great start in Trump’s first 100 days

Brandon Arnold · April 26, 2017 2:57 pm