Tag: Commentary

Even if manufacturing were the future of work, President Trump's trade policy, which includes tariffs on steel and aluminum, would still be disastrous.

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Trump’s tariffs will hurt his blue-collar base

Amelia Irvine · March 9, 2018 4:38 pm

Daniel Hannan on free speech on college campuses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Daniel Hannan: Antifa and fascism are ‘exactly the same people’

Siraj Hashmi · March 9, 2018 4:18 pm

Kal Penn isn't a purveyor of peace and tranquility, he's a zealot for stupidity. And no one likes listening to morons. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Kal Penn vs. Chuck Schumer, and the idiocy of the anti-Israel Left

Tom Rogan · March 9, 2018 3:53 pm

President Trump's steel tariff, by raising their cost of doing business, puts steel-reliant jobs at risk and will prevent new ones from being created, all in exchange for an uncertain bid to restore metals production jobs. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Steel tariffs will undoubtedly damage the US economy they purport to strengthen

Erich Reimer · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

Russia's cyber intrusions are serious and require the utmost attention of our national security apparatus. But context is also important, and proportion matters when dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Soviet Union was a peer competitor; Russia is just a spoiler with nukes

Will Krumholz · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, President Trump signed two proclamations declaring tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, pitting him against lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. (iStock)

‘Made in America’ makes its comeback

Rep. Markwayne Mullin · March 9, 2018 5:01 am

With no looming threat of re-election, Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, knows he can hold onto his settlement money without facing any electoral consequences. But taxpayers deserve answers as to why they're still "on the hook" for that settlement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Still no indication Blake Farenthold has returned settlement money he committed to paying back

Emily Jashinsky · March 9, 2018 1:29 am

South Korean national security director Chung Eui-yong (center) speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday as intelligence chief Suh Hoon (left), and Cho Yoon-je, the South Korean ambassador to the U.S., listen. President Trump has accepted an offer of a summit from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and will meet with him by May, a top South Korean official said in a remarkable turnaround in relations between two historic adversaries. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Don’t get your hopes up: Trump meeting with North Korea is just a meeting

Siraj Hashmi · March 9, 2018 1:20 am

"Certainly, we love when people get a bonus, and if they get a raise," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters Thursday. "But if it is so small in comparison - if the choice was made for corporate America and the top one percent in our society, at the expense of working families, something is wrong with this picture." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Nancy Pelosi finally distances herself from the ‘crumbs’ fiasco over tax reform

Becket Adams · March 9, 2018 1:12 am

The video of Rep. Don Young's, R-Alaska, response to Dimitri Shein, a Democrat running for Young's House seat, was published to YouTube by Shein this week. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Rep. Don Young recalls pulling knife on John Boehner, defends carrying blade on House floor: ‘It’s what you call survival law’

Emily Jashinsky · March 9, 2018 12:45 am

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., with a baby due in April, will be the first senator to give birth while in office. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Pro-life lobby backs Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s push to allow babies on the Senate floor

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 12:13 am

Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., said Thursday that President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize if, in fact, an upcoming announcement means the denuclearization of North Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Fifth-ranking House Republican, Rep. Luke Messer, floats Trump for Nobel Peace Prize over North Korean denuclearization

Philip Wegmann · March 9, 2018 12:03 am