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Morning Ed: Politics {2017.08.21.} - Once upon a time we were walking in light, but the darkness had just begun And there's nothing we can say A total eclipse of the sun.3 hours ago
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Brickbat: The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly - [image: prison cell]A federal appeals court has reinstated a $2.3 million award to Marlow Humbert, who was held in solitary confinement in a Baltimore j...4 hours ago
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The Trump administration’s three ‘court Jews’ disgrace themselves - WASHINGTON — What Gary Cohn, Steven Mnuchin and Jared Kushner did last week — or, rather, what they didn’t do — is a shanda. They’ll know what that means...10 hours ago
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Trump repeatedly called for withdrawal from Afghanistan, now will reportedly announce troop surge - For years, Donald Trump repeatedly called for a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, calling military operations there a waste of money and li...11 hours ago
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Crony Capitalism and Stifled Speech - Was it a typo or a Freudian slip? The Washington Post reports: As president-elect, for instance, Trump took Boeing to task for cost overruns when he twee...20 hours ago
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Essaypro.com review - Roughly 6 days, you can go through essaypro.com review paper samples available on the site to make sure the level of quality is acceptable for you. Many pe...22 hours ago
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Trump: White Nationalist or in his Second Childhood -- A Response - I got an email about my post on Trump from an old friend Fred Block, a professor of sociology at UC Davis, and the author of pathbreaking books on the re...2 days ago
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Des Moines: Theocrats Busted - The Des Moines Register (my emphasis added): The FBI raided a Catholic Worker House in Des Moines early Friday in search of evidence linked to efforts to s...1 week ago
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The GOP has become the party of the grotesque - Look to Alabama’s GOP primary — and Michigan, where Kid Rock might be a contender.2 weeks ago
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They Meant Us No Harm, But Only Gave Us the Lotus - After hearing Sam Quinones on EconTalk, I finally stopped procrastinating and read Dreamland. It only took a few days over which every other activity was...6 months ago
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Cellular Phone Plans for Teens - Look around the mall and you will notice teen after teen either talking or texting on a cell phone. With such a large consumer base, you would think that t...7 months ago
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It Is Accomplished - As Gandhi never quite said, First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win. I remember one of the first TV debates I had...2 years ago
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Libertarianism and the Politics of Everything - It is a precept of Athenian philosophy in the Socratic tradition that the impetus to philosophy begins with wonder at the heavens, but the attempt to act...2 years ago
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Why the Court should uphold Congress’s power in the Jerusalem Passport case - (Eugene Kontorovich) I am not thrilled that the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Jerusalem Passport Case, Zivotofsky v. Kerry. I continue to think ...3 years ago
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The White House Is Not a Metronome - The writer Megan McArdle asserts that Republicans have about a 75 percent chance of winning the White House in 2016, because "voters just get tired after e...4 years ago
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Trump impeachment more likely than removal, California Rep. Brad Sherman says at town hall meeting (Doug Smith/Los Angeles Times) - Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times: *Trump impeachment more likely than removal, California Rep. Brad Sherman says at town hall meeting* — San Fernando Val...10 minutes ago
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President Buhari Returns to Nigeria, Facing Serious Challenges - The president spent months abroad on medical leave as his country tries to dig out of recession while fighting a brutal war against Boko Haram, the Islamis...23 minutes ago
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Rescuers Seek 10 Missing Sailors After U.S. Navy Ship and Tanker Collide - A crash involving the destroyer John S. McCain near Singapore raises questions about Navy safety two months after a similar collision killed seven people.1 hour ago
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FIRST LOOK: Inside the new Oval Office -- NYT: W.H. frets about Trump’s Phoenix rally -- TRUMP ramps up for 2020 -- BANNON takes aim at Kushner, Ivanka and Cohn -- SECRET SERVICE cash crunch -- B’DAY: Steve Case - The Times also reports that aides are worried about the president's upcoming Phoenix rally.1 hour ago
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Spain names Barcelona attack suspect, expands manhunt - Authorities identify driver in Barcelona van attack as 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub as manhunt spreads across Europe.2 hours ago
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Trump repeatedly called for withdrawal from Afghanistan, now will reportedly announce troop surge - For years, Donald Trump repeatedly called for a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, calling military operations there a waste of money and li...11 hours ago
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Trump Sets His Sights on Phoenix - Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on October 4, 2016. If Donald Trump’s schedule holds, the latest chapter in the detestable...2 days ago
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Steve Bannon is ousted as the president’s chief strategist - THE statement was short and bland: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are gra...2 days ago
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The hubris of ten-year budgets - IN February of 2001, Alan Greenspan, then still the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and still called the “Maestro”, testified to the Senate Budget Committ...2 weeks ago
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Palestinian killed by Israeli army gunfire in West Bank - In separate incident, Palestinian man seriously wounded by IDF in clashes near Hebron.2 years ago
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Local authorities complain of high cost of waste recycling - Cities say cumbersome and inefficient bureaucracy to blame.2 years ago
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ISIS, the Neocons, and Obama’s Choices - Though Congress and the president are out of town, the final weeks …2 years ago
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Economix Meets the Gales of Change - Economix is coming to an end, but it will be succeeded by The Upshot, a new politics, policy and economics site.3 years ago
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Cantor 'stunned' by Virginia Tech shootings - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Thursday that he was “saddened and stunned” at the news that two people, including a poli5 years ago
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Wind energy had better be on the way. Did you know that Jimmy Carter proposed energy policies that would have had this issue long taken care of by now? Ronald Reagan put a stop to that.
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