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| Great news: US offers air cover to Iranian militia in Iraq 3/26/2015 10:01:37 AM Ed Morrissey 21 Comments More than two weeks ago, the Iraqi government — such as it is — announced that they had begun the final “decisive” push to take Tikrit away from ISIS. That announcement could just as well have been made from Tehran, as Iranians More... Saudi Arabia forms international coalition, launches war in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels 3/26/2015 9:21:28 AM Noah Rothman 64 Comments While the White House was focused on lashing out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to soothe the wounded egos in the administration after Israeli voters soundly rejected the will of President Barack Obama, the Saudis were going about More... New Mexico moves to curb civil asset forfeitures by police 3/26/2015 8:41:08 AM Jazz Shaw 22 Comments Perhaps it’s just the arrival of Spring which has put me in a more hopeful mood of late, but there seem to be some opportunities for government to actually do something good for a change. The other day I pointed to the possibility that Congress More... Breaking: Deliberate crash? French investigators say co-pilot seized cockpit, "wanted to destroy the aircraft" 3/26/2015 8:01:35 AM Ed Morrissey 207 Comments Did the Germanwings air disaster start with a locked door? Both the New York Times and the Associated Press reported last night that the cockpit voice recording strongly suggests that the pilot may have gotten locked outside of the cockpit, and that More...
Good news: IRS has less identity theft security than your average Etsy shop 3/25/2015 10:01:57 PM Mary Katharine Ham 237 Comments They rehire people fired for snooping, they allow pretty much anyone into facilities and restricted areas where all our sensitive information is kept, and there’s no telling how many unauthorized current and former employees are able to steal More... Hm: Jon Stewart scolds Democrats for using the race card every 7 seconds 3/25/2015 9:31:22 PM Mary Katharine Ham 47 Comments Am I to understand that Jon Stewart, liberal in good standing, actually believes that Republican opposition to Obama nominee Loretta Lynch to succeed Attorney General Eric Holder is not animated by horrible hatred of black people? Because, um, that More... Video: Everything wrong with Washington somehow evident in congresswoman's horrible parking job 3/25/2015 8:41:16 PM Allahpundit 93 Comments To cleanse the palate, via Roll Call, your “American decline” metaphor of the day courtesy of Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton. It’s all here — gross incompetence, refusal to follow basic rules, and special treatment from More... RNC Chair demands White House answer for conflict of interest with Clinton Foundation 3/25/2015 8:01:54 PM Jazz Shaw 18 Comments Hillary may be laughing at the press about her e-mail server, but she’ll probably find this subject somewhat less amusing. The Chairman of the RNC has broken out the quill and parchment and sent a letter to the White House seeking clarification on More... Video: White House still claims Yemen is a success story, no matter what the reports say 3/25/2015 7:21:35 PM Noah Rothman 51 Comments As this administration has entered its waning days, it seems to have long ago gave up on appealing to the political sensibilities of average Americans. It is easy to let oneself believe that the White House has simply lost touch with reality. But there More... Shockingly, military pushing back on lifting transgender ban for active duty 3/25/2015 6:41:46 PM Jazz Shaw 63 Comments The case of convicted traitor Chelsea Manning continues to create ripples of discontent in the American military as the discussion of transgender individuals serving on active duty is batted around in Washington. New Defense Secretary Ash Carter raised More... Indiana's "Right to Try" law: The next bureaucratic turf war? 3/25/2015 6:01:35 PM Ed Morrissey 32 Comments The US has a tough process for drugmakers to follow in order to bring therapeutic treatments to market, and a lengthy one as well. It can take as long as 15 years before the FDA will approve a medication for use, a process that creates anger and More... Bobby Jindal on unnamed GOP rivals: "We need a president who wants to do something, not just be somebody" 3/25/2015 5:21:38 PM Allahpundit 52 Comments Is this a shot at the field generally or a shot at Ted Cruz specifically? Matt Lewis and McKay Coppins think it’s a shot at Cruz. The question that inspired this answer was, in fact, about Cruz. Jindal’s point, about prioritizing policy ideas More... Covert US support for Iranian operations in Iraq to become overt 3/25/2015 4:41:33 PM Noah Rothman 51 Comments For a time, both American and Iraqi officials denied reports that indicated Iranian military forces were operating openly in Iraq and aiding in that country's fight against the Islamic State. When the signs of Iranian military operations in Iraq became More... Gallup: Environmental worries losing steam 3/25/2015 4:01:51 PM Ed Morrissey 41 Comments As the EPA keeps pushing forward with more and more regulatory interventions, such as the Clean Power Plan and their attempt to claim jurisdiction over intrastate emissions, Americans worry less and less about environmental issues. Gallup’s latest More... Marco Rubio: Elect me and I'll tear up Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran 3/25/2015 3:21:30 PM Allahpundit 54 Comments You trust a guy who spent his last campaign telling conservatives that an earned path to citizenship for illegals is de facto amnesty before backing an earned path to citizenship for illegals as a senator, don’t you? He’s not telling you the More... Report: Bowe Bergdahl to be tried for desertion, misbehavior before the enemy; Update: Honorable discharge? 3/25/2015 2:41:28 PM Allahpundit 324 Comments I’m honestly surprised, not because the evidence against him is thin — ask any of the guys in his unit — but because this is so humiliating for the White House. Five Taliban degenerates in exchange for a guy who wandered away from the More... Wednesday TEMS: Guest hosting for Relevant Radio 3/25/2015 2:04:34 PM Ed Morrissey 4 Comments Today I get to step outside the box a bit again, and guest-host for Drew Mariani at Relevant Radio! The Catholic talk-radio network has 34 stations, both O&O and affiliates, as well as an webstream and an app that plays live and podcasted shows. More... Hillary Clinton is laughing at the press over her email scandal 3/25/2015 2:01:00 PM Noah Rothman 65 Comments Of the two crippling scandals surrounding Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state – yes, there are two – the allegations involving the Clinton Foundation's unethical fundraising practices and misuse of taxpayer funds is the more serious. That does More... Safety first! College moves to create online microaggression reporting system 3/25/2015 1:21:22 PM Jazz Shaw 102 Comments If you’re worried about the skyrocketing cost of college tuition, here’s one more reason to consider not sending the kids at all. As we’ve seen repeatedly, it’s not enough to simply mind your own business in school anymore. The More... Video: Yemen government on the run again as Houthis threaten Aden; Update: Fleeing by sea? 3/25/2015 12:41:21 PM Ed Morrissey 63 Comments The American-Saudi success story continues in Yemen, where the successor to the government forced out by the partnership has had to change cities for the second time this year. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi emerged a few days ago in Aden after More... Despite war in Europe, Obama blows off NATO 3/25/2015 12:01:47 PM Noah Rothman 43 Comments In Ukraine, a relative respite in the bloody war that has engulfed the eastern oblasts bordering Russia since last February has given way to a humanitarian crisis. "At least 1.1 million people are displaced in the region, while a further 743,000 have More... Media freakout over Ted Cruz buying ObamaCare insurance reaches day two 3/25/2015 11:31:04 AM Allahpundit 320 Comments Alternate headline: “Man who wants to abolish IRS continues to pay taxes.” Lay aside the obvious point that there’s no inconsistency in obeying a law you oppose. Are people really so stupid that they don’t see why Cruz is doing More... Durable goods, business investment drop … 3/25/2015 11:01:11 AM Ed Morrissey 43 Comments The dollar may be soaring overseas, but the US economy has drifted toward stagnation — and it doesn’t seem to be looking better in 2015. Durable goods orders fell 1.4% in February, and even outside of the volatile transportation sector, it More... | 
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