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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...9 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...22 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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