Real Clear Politics,
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Charles Lipson
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âWe have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,â Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted last week to her 1.2 million followers. They responded with warm support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cooler. Although the speaker lives in San Franciscoâs progressive echo chamber, she heads a national party and understands that most voters do not think our country is similar to the Taliban or Hamas. They have noticed a few small differences. Nor do they see a moral equivalence between Israel, which tries to avoid civilian casualties, and terrorist organizations, which use human shields and bomb pizza parlors.
Fox News,
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Keith Koffler
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6/14/2021 11:04:05 PM
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Iowa Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson appeared on the House floor Monday to press for legislation that would bar Vice President Harris from taxpayer-funded international travel until she visits the southern border first. Harris, whom President Biden deputized to lead efforts in Central America to eradicate the "root causes" of the massive waves of illegal immigrants heading from there to the U.S. border, has faced strong Republican criticism for not bothering to experience firsthand the crisis she's playing a role in ending. "This crisis is worsening by the day. Yet, the vice president has refused to go to the border herself and talk to the brave law enforcement officers,
The Federalist,
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Mollie Hemingway
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6/14/2021 9:56:22 PM
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The first speaker former actress Eva Longoria introduced at the Democratic National Convention in August 2020 was Muriel Bowser, the Democrat mayor of Washington, D.C. Longoria referenced the clearing of a street in front of the White House earlier that summer, an operation the media had repeatedly falsely characterized as the violent removal of peaceful protesters with tear gas for the sole purpose of a photo opportunity for President Donald Trump.
âWhen peaceful protesters were teargassed across from the White House, our next speaker stood up, stood strong and turned that place into the Black Lives Matter Plaza in their honor. Please welcome Mayor Muriel Bowser,â Longoria said. Amazingly,
Seattle Times,
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Hal Bernton
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6/12/2021 1:32:43 PM
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Plans for a more than $2 billion Southwest Washington methanol plant are âeffectively ended,â according to a Friday statement from Port of Kalama officials, as Northwest Innovation Works â denied a permit by the state this year â will terminate its site lease.
The project, years in the planning, suffered a big setback in January when the state Department of Ecology rejected a request for a shoreline permit required to build the plant, which would have been one of the Pacific Northwestâs largest users of natural gas.
Northwest Innovation officials, in a statement Friday, said in the aftermath of that permit denial, Washingtonâs âregulatory environment has become unclear and unpredictable.â
Fox News,
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Dom Calicchio
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6/12/2021 11:04:43 AM
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If the grandmother of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has suffered in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria in 2017, then Puerto Rican politicians are to blame, not former President Trump. Thatâs the assessment of an aunt of the New York Democrat, who was interviewed in Puerto Rico by Britainâs Daily Mail. Ocasio-Cortez made headlines earlier this month after posting photos from the Puerto Rico home of her 81-year-old grandmother, or "abuela," Clotilde Rivera, and claiming that the residence remained in disrepair, nearly four years after the hurricane, in part because "Trump blocked relief $ for PR." But when a Daily Mail reporter visited Riveraâs home this week
Fox News,
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Ken Cuccinelli
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6/11/2021 10:48:40 PM
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If you listened solely to Democratic talking points, including the so-called mainstream media, you would be convinced that America is a systemically racist nation and that Republicans are somehow hell bent on disenfranchising large swaths of voters. Both of these notions are patently false. In fact, thanks to sustained long-term efforts, in 2021 it is easier to register and vote now than at any point in American history â no matter what color your skin is. This is a measure progress of which we should all be proud. When the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, voter registration and voter turnout
Western Journal,
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Elizabeth Stauffler
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6/11/2021 12:06:54 AM
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Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw replied to an absurd tweet from Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Monday in which she disparaged the GOPâs refusal to support the so-called For the People Act.
The supposed election reform bill is an example of gross federal overreach designed to ensure Republicans never win another election. âRepublicans have decided that the only way they can win is by preventing American citizens from voting. That should shock every American. But we canât just sit back and watch their power grab. We have to fight back for our democracy by passing the #ForThePeopleAct,â Warren wrote.
The Hill,
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Olafimihan Oshin
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6/10/2021 4:05:00 PM
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More than 21,000 people have signed a letter calling for U.S. Catholic bishops to cancel a planned vote on whether President Biden should receive communion.
Biden, a Catholic, supports abortion rights and has long come under attack from some Catholics over that position. The vote is set to take place next week at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "Pope Francis is clear that mercy, welcome, and pastoral sensitivity should be hallmarks of the church. Follow his pastoral example and listen to your brothers Cardinal Gregory and Bishop McElroy: Stop playing partisan politics with Holy Communion and cancel your planned anti-Biden vote," the petition reads.
Washington Examiner,
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Becket Adams
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6/9/2021 2:17:28 PM
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For a woman who specialized in badgering political appointees with misleading and ambiguously worded questions when she served in the U.S. Senate, Vice President Kamala Harris sure is a hot mess when it comes to answering even the most straightforward inquiries. Some may call this âironic.â President Joe Bidenâs second in command joined NBC Newsâs Lester Holt recently to discuss the biggest issues facing the White House, including the chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border. Amazingly, Harris, who is heading up the federal response to the immigration crisis, was caught flat-footed by a very simple question about whether she plans to visit the border. Harris refused to say if
New York Post,
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Kyle Smith
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6/8/2021 5:38:56 PM
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Kamala Harris is playing a historic role in 2021: the nationâs first black, Asian, female vice president to serve as a sacrificial lamb. Like many other women before her, Harris has been tasked with coming in late to clean up a mess made by her boss. Joe Biden probably wouldnât do too well in a âJeopardy!â contest, or even on a circle-a-word puzzle, but heâs smart enough to know that when youâve got a problem you canât solve, you should grandly announce a plan to deal with it by ⊠fobbing it off on someone else. Alas, unlike Barack Obamaâs plan to cure cancer by announcing that Joe Biden would
Yahoo News,
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Zack Dorfman
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6/7/2021 7:07:31 PM
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The announcement by Israeli opposition politicians that they had secured enough seats in the Knesset, or Israeli parliament, to form a coalition to oust sitting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu represents a potential sea change in that countryâs politics. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israelâs history â holding that position continuously since 2009, after an earlier stint from 1996 to 1999 â and has deeply imprinted his ideology and leadership style on the country. Many analysts say Netanyahu, who is currently facing indictment for breach of trust, fraud and bribery, has exacerbated deep dysfunctions in Israeli parliamentary politics. Israel has had four separate Knesset elections
Washington Examiner,
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Jake Dima
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6/7/2021 5:20:17 PM
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Vice President Kamala Harris was criticized on social media Monday after she passed out cookies to journalists that featured her face. USA Today White House correspondent Courtney Subramanian brought attention to the sweets when she tweeted a photo of the cookies that closely resembled Harris.
"@vp made an OTR visit to the back of the plane and delivered cookies decorated with the shape of her likeness as well as AF2," she wrote. The baked goods quickly drew ire and mockery from conservative pundits on social media. "As a former Military Aide during the Clinton administration, I never even imagined this level of narcissism," wrote Buzz Patterson, a candidate for Congress.