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Don't waste time celebrating the success of the Koch-backed, Trump-endorsed First Step Act. Its reforms would be very real — just not very big.
A major attack on the First Amendment: No credible advocate of free expression can remain silent about this “free speech exception for Israel.”
From its coverage of Iraq and gay marriage to Syria and climate change, here are plenty of reasons for everyone to dance on the Weekly Standard's grave.
Sen. Warren stumbled with a DNA test on her Native American ancestry. But she's harder on Wall Street than Kamala Harris and Cory Booker combined.
The departing White House chief of staff was Trump’s nasty and brutish mini-me. He was never the “adult in the room.”
The drip, drip of documents from Mueller's inquiry into the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia exposes a dizzying number of lies.
The killing of a CIA agent in Greece was used to thwart reforms as Bush became the first openly partisan director of the spy agency in 1976.
The anti-democratic moves to strip power from incoming Democrats are now officially part of the Republican playbook.
Hagiographies of the late president neglect his role in a secret war in Nicaragua and illegal weapons sales to Iran for the release of hostages.
After over a year of #MeToo stories pouring forth, it seems obvious that more than a few bad apples need removing — an entire orchard should be cleared.
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