Tag: Commentary

Marion Marechal-Le Pen spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside of Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Marion Marechal-Le Pen’s surprising conservative message

Ying Ma · March 2, 2018 9:33 pm

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Wilbur Ross shows up with a Campbell’s soup can and does his best Nancy Pelosi

Becket Adams · March 2, 2018 9:16 pm

These innovative companies are solving problems for consumers, workers, and job creators across the country. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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Attacking Uber and Lyft, TechCrunch fails to disclose the huge bias of its key interviewee

Tom Rogan · March 2, 2018 8:58 pm

The article in question that Facebook and Snopes had to "fact check" poked fun at CNN for their spin on the news cycle. (Screenshot/Twitter)

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Facebook and Snopes fact-checking satire is the dumbest thing ever

Siraj Hashmi · March 2, 2018 8:54 pm

The Seacrest saga even left Jennifer Lawrence grasping for answers on Thursday. (AP)

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Jennifer Lawrence unsure on Ryan Seacrest allegations: ‘I think it is scary’

Emily Jashinsky · March 2, 2018 8:33 pm

A Fox News contributor, during a panel discussion, said, "Special Forces operatives and members of our Navy SEAL community were asked to try and breach the wall prototypes and they could not do it." Well, this is not entirely true. For starters, the SEALs have not been involved in any testing of any wall prototype (Arik Dashevsky/Washington Examiner)

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No, the prototype of Trump’s wall didn’t keep out Navy SEALs

Becket Adams · March 2, 2018 7:56 pm

About 14-feet high, 48-feet wide, and definitely impossible to miss, the billboards solidify Sen. Roger Wicker as the candidate with Trump's endorsement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Sen. Roger Wicker retweets Trump onto highway billboards. Will it help? Ask Luther Strange

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2018 7:54 pm

In this 2011 photo, former FIA president Max Mosley arrives at the Leveson inquiry in London. Last month, Mosley's lawyers wrote to a number of British newspapers demanding that they remove references to Mosley's funding of IMPRESS, a state-recognized media regulator, from their articles. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Mad Max Mosley and the importance of the First Amendment

Tom Rogan · March 2, 2018 7:53 pm

President Trump's chief of staff, John Kelly, took heat last month for defending Rob Porter's character in a statement after allegations of domestic abuse surfaced. Kelly said on Friday that the White House erred when it came to hiring Porter. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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John Kelly admits mistakes on Rob Porter scandal, but questions remain for the White House

Emily Jashinsky · March 2, 2018 6:59 pm

Critics like West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey argue that the pharmaceutical industry has confused demand with legitimate demand, flooding the market and costing lives across the country. (AP Photo/John Raby)

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Patrick Morrisey notches another victory in opioid campaign (Sen. Joe Manchin should take note)

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2018 6:49 pm

Processes exist for a reason. They are our protection against lawlessness and totalitarianism. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Trump’s dismissal of due process on guns a cautionary tale to those who cheer his flouting of norms

Philip Klein · March 2, 2018 6:48 pm

The normalization of abortion comes hand-in-hand with the normalization of devaluing women in the workplace and devaluing their priceless role of carrying and raising new human life. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A pro-life culture needs to include support for pregnant workers

Kristan Hawkins · March 2, 2018 6:41 pm