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Texas mass shooting may claim the church too
11/10/2017 10:41:26 AM  Andrew Malcolm
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It’s still very early, of course. But right now it looks like last Sunday’s killing rampage during religious services in Sutherland Springs, Texas, will also claim the life of the small, clapboard church itself. Twenty-six people, including
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White House to Moore: If "mere allegations" prove true, get out
11/10/2017 10:01:43 AM  Ed Morrissey
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Faced with a potential sex scandal for a Senate candidate who embraced the president far more than the president embraced him, the White House opted for safety in its response. “Mere allegations” should not ruin a man’s life, Sarah
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Guilty of desertion, Bowe Bergdahl may get $300K
11/10/2017 9:21:55 AM  Andrew Malcolm
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Now that Bowe Bergdahl has pleaded guilty to desertion in combat, taxpayers may owe him several hundred thousand dollars in back pay and benefits. Last month a military judge sentenced Bergdahl to be busted from sergeant to private and dishonorably
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Did Flynn cut a $15 million deal with the Turks — during the transition?
11/10/2017 8:41:15 AM  Ed Morrissey
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It’s not Russian influence, but it might be almost as bad. Both the Wall Street Journal and NBC News report this morning that special counsel Robert Mueller has focused on former Gen. Michael Flynn and his son for a reported deal to allow Turkey to
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Who's ready for the Wendy Davis movie?
11/10/2017 8:01:34 AM  Jazz Shaw
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Forget Thor, Batman and all the rest. Hollywood has definitely cracked the code and figured out what will pack audiences into the theaters. Clearly, the nation is crying out for another movie about a political figure trying to do something
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Showdown on Capitol Hill? "Major differences" between House and Senate bills
11/9/2017 10:01:35 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Perhaps policy has become passé these days, but a beatdown in Virginia this week should warn Republicans that rhetoric alone won’t carry them to victory. The GOP desperately needs a major legislative win, and tax reform gives them an opportunity to
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Rand Paul's attacker pleads not guilty, his motive remains a mystery
11/9/2017 9:21:12 PM  John Sexton
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Rene Albert Boucher pleaded not guilty today to charges of 4th-degree assault of his neighbor, Senator Rand Paul. Boucher allegedly ran across Sen. Paul’s lawn and tackled him without warning as Paul was cutting the law, resulting in six broken
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Keepin' it classy, Newsweek: America's "Garden of D***s" the fault of …
11/9/2017 8:41:08 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Who’s to blame for sexual harassment and assault scandals in Hollywood, the mainstream media, and corporate America that goes back decades, according to Newsweek? Hint: It’s not someone with any connection to either the media or corporate
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Trump's bodyguard: I rejected Russian offer to 'send five women' to Trump's Moscow hotel room in 2013
11/9/2017 8:01:09 PM  John Sexton
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Keith Schiller was Donald Trump’s bodyguard in 2013 when Trump traveled to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant. During congressional testimony this week, Schiller said that a Russian offered to send 5 women to Trump’s room and that he
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Yet another retirement in the Texas Republican Congressional delegation
11/9/2017 7:21:24 PM  Karen Townsend
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In a surprise move to many constituents, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) announced on social media that he will not seek re-election. The largest Republican delegation in Congress, Texas, is facing some serious change. This announcement was the third in a week from
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If we can't pass the Veterans Choice bill we should just turn the VA back over to the Democrats
11/9/2017 6:41:05 PM  Jazz Shaw
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There’s an opportunity for Congress to actually do something useful and, quite frankly, important coming up shortly. There will be a vote in the House Veterans Affairs Committee on approving a bill which will overhaul the Veterans Choice Program.
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Russian TV network RT has until Monday to register as foreign agent
11/9/2017 6:01:02 PM  John Sexton
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Russian TV network RT (formerly Russia Today) has been ordered by the Department of Justice to register as a foreign agent by Monday or face serious consequences. RT has announced it will comply with the decision but says it will also fight it in
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She's running? Hillary aides launch new super-PAC
11/9/2017 5:21:42 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Old and busted: Buying the DNC. New hotness: Competing against it. NBC News reports that former aides of Hillary Clinton have launched a new super-PAC that looks an awful lot like a campaign. Party Majority, NBC reports, will “act as a parallel
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Hillary: You know who really deserves credit for those wins on Tuesday, right?
11/9/2017 4:41:27 PM  Jazz Shaw
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In the aftermath of the GOP losses on Tuesday night, Democrats across the nation were celebrating. In politics, a win is a win so you have to give credit where due. But there were also some folks looking to take credit it seems, with varying degrees of
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NY Times: 5 women accuse Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct
11/9/2017 4:01:16 PM  John Sexton
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Comedian Louis C.K. has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women. Word that the story was about to be published had been circulating all morning, leading to the cancellation of a premiere for Louis C.K.’s new film. From the NY Times: In
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Today's hot topics: Moore trouble for GOP, Hollywood's memory hole, sex-harassment solutions, and more!
11/9/2017 3:21:08 PM  Ed Morrissey
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Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. (If it’s muted,
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Bad vibes: House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte to retire
11/9/2017 2:41:20 PM  Allahpundit
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There’s less to this than meets the eye. But the optics of a powerful Republican from Virginia quitting 48 hours after a blue wave in his home state will send shivers down the spines of other House members about what might be coming in
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Uh oh: Moore accused of sexual encounter with 14-year-old in 1979; Update: McConnell, Shelby: If true, step aside; McCain: Never mind the 'if'
11/9/2017 2:01:07 PM  Ed Morrissey
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The special Senate election in Alabama to replace Jeff Sessions took a dark twist today as a woman accused Republican nominee Roy Moore of sexual misconduct from almost 40 years ago. Leigh Corfman alleges in a Washington Post scoop that she first met
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In undercover tests, TSA failed to detect weapons more than 70% of the time
11/9/2017 1:21:59 PM  John Sexton
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If you score less than 30% on a test, you failed badly. Fox News reports that undercover tests at airport security checkpoints resulted in a TSA failure to detect mock weapons more than 70% of the time: Undercover Homeland Security investigators trying
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Why are we looking at a DHS chief that doesn't support the wall?
11/9/2017 12:41:33 PM  Jazz Shaw
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President Trump has nominated John Kelly’s chief of staff, Kirstjen Nielsen, to be the next Homeland Security secretary, but the nomination has already hit some snags from both sides of the aisle. The most curious aspect of the debate is
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WSJ: DoJ wants plea deal from Manafort's former son-in-law
11/9/2017 12:01:58 PM  Ed Morrissey
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My, my, my … isn’t this an interesting coincidence? Just as Robert Mueller’s special counsel probe rolls out an indictment against Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates, the Department of Justice wants to play Let’s
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Trump joins Xi in refusing to take questions from the press in China
11/9/2017 11:21:15 AM  Allahpundit
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C’mon, did anyone expect differently? Outlets like Politico were running “Will Trump stick up for reporters in China?” stories days ago, anticipating POTUS’s indifference to Chinese officials strong-arming American media. He had
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Latest Headlines: We pick, you click.

The acting DHS chief would like to resign
Louis CK movie release halted following misconduct allegations
Roy Moore is unfit for office and should step aside
GOP official says he'd vote for Moore even if allegations are true
Our tarnished media
Luther Strange encouraged to run write-in campaign after Moore allegations
Report: Trump has said Scientology should lose tax exemption
Mueller probing whether Flynn was offered $15 million to kidnap Fethullah Gulen
Romney moves toward Senate bid
Conservatives, don't dismiss the allegations against Roy Moore
The lessons of Virginia
Why moms should put down the wine and pick up the weed
Twitter is destroying itself by expanding to 280 characters
Disney is the worst
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett are wealthier than poorest half of U.S.
I promise: It's okay to laugh at Trump — and ourselves
What happens if China makes first contact with aliens?
Feminist attacks on Taylor Swift reveal something very ugly about the movement
Yes, the untreated seriously mentally ill are more violent than others
There is no Trumpism without Trump
The left's myopic obsession with fairness
Don't be fooled by Tuesday. Democrats still don't have a winning message.
The one county in America that voted in a landslide for both Trump and Obama
Time to kick Turkey out of NATO
Trump is ceding global leadership to China



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