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July 8th, 2024
Stephanopoulos & Biden - interview on ABC
George Stephanopoulos’s interview of President Biden was painful to watch—unless, probably, you’re Donald Trump. Even partisan Trump supporters could feel sorry for the president—though that would be…
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July 3rd, 2024
Biden-Trump side by side
Although news articles often call Donald Trump a “liar,” I don’t think I have ever seen that term used when discussing Joe Biden. Following the first presidential debate in June, fact-checkers at the New York Timesand the Wall Street Journal accused Trump of numerous falsehoods. But they couldn’t find a single Biden falsehood.
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July 3rd, 2024
Biden on Debate stage - walking
By: Gerard Baker – wsj.com – July 1, 2024 Mr. Biden succeeded because he made toeing the party line his life’s work. Like all politicians whose egos dwarf their talents, he ascended the greasy pole by slavishly following his party wherever it led. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Democrats were a party of post-Vietnam peacenik activists, seeking accommodation with...
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July 3rd, 2024
Biden speaking furrowed brow pointing
What was democracy-corroding MAGA “misinformation” only a couple of weeks ago is now the accepted narrative of the entire political media.
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July 2nd, 2024
Closeup of Biden's face
That staffers are trying to hide Biden’s true condition from the public is not just a family issue or a conundrum for Democrats.
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July 2nd, 2024
Trump Speaks on Jan 6
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – June 30, 2024 A 6-3 majority rules that Presidents have ‘presumptive immunity’ from criminal prosecution for their official acts. Partisans on the left and right are reacting to Monday’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity based on how it affects the fate of Donald Trump. That’s a blinkered view that ignores the long-run...
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July 1st, 2024
Arkansas Ten Commandments Monument
Jeff Landry, the governor of Louisiana, has been stirring a hornets’ nest recently by promoting a law that mandates the Ten Commandments in that state’s public schools. Already the ACLU are suing to block the new bill on behalf of some parents.
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July 1st, 2024
house of cards - crumbles falls
If the beauty of Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships, the ugly meltdown of Joe Biden on the debate stage has launched at least a thousand opinion pieces. This will be one of them.
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July 1st, 2024
Biden on debate stage
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – June 30, 2024 Imagine if Biden had chosen a Vice President for competence rather than identity politics. When the Democratic media complex decides on a political question, the unified choreography is something to behold. So it is with the new establishment chorus after Thursday’s debate that President Biden should withdraw his candidacy for...
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July 1st, 2024
Biden - blank eyed - at debate
Current and former White House aides are feeling whiplash — and now questioning whether Biden could fulfill a second term.
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