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Brian Beutler: Will Marco Rubio’s Fragile Appeal Be Shattered in New Hampshire? | New Republic
Rubio alone proposes reforms (zeroed-out investment taxes, zeroed-out inheritance taxes, significantly reduced corporate taxes) designed to minimize (and in many cases eliminate) the tax liabilities of members of the Republican donor class. Though Rubio...
Mollie Hemingway: Activists React To Doritos Ad About Babies With Twitter Rants – The Federalist
Also, stop being scared of babies.
Bill Curry: It’s almost over for Hillary – Salon.com
In Thursday’s MSNBC debate Rachel Maddow, having raised the specters of George McGovern and Barry Goldwater, briefly acknowledged Sanders’ general election lead (“I know you have good head to head polling numbers… right now”)...
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“Every candidate has an interest in attacking at least one opponent. Top tier candidates need a strong showing in the state, while lower-tier candidates have their very survival at stake. There is no longer cause for anybody to hold their fire.”
Frederic C. Hof: Syria: What Next? – The Atlantic Council
As was the case in the last century when American presidents attempted to look the other way when governments elected to slaughter their own citizens, the president can fall back on a solid wall...
Not the oignon: Fury as France changes 2,000 spellings and drops some accents | The Guardian
The aim was to standardise and simplify certain quirks in the written language making it easier to learn (among them chariot to charriot to harmonise with charrette, both words for a type of cart...
Clinton Emails Held No Direct References to Undercover CIA Officers – NBC News
A handful of emails forwarded to Hillary Clinton’s personal server while she was secretary of state contained references to undercover CIA officers — including one who was killed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan,...
Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud | WIRED
#ParsimonyGate turned into one big airing of grievances. One scientist called the group a cult and another suggested the editorial must have been either a joke, prank, or hoax.The thing is, few in the...
Bernie Sanders Plays Rabbi in “My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception” – YouTube – h/t @danielsilliman
Bernie Sanders Plays Role of Rabbi in 1999 Low-Budget Comedy “My X-Girlfriend’s Wedding Reception” – YouTube
Ramesh Ponnuru: Rand Paul and the Myth of the “Libertarian Moment” – The Corner
Senator Rand Paul is dropping out of the presidential race, a move that has journalists reaching back to 2014, when Paul was leading the polls and people were arguing that he was a good...
Ana Palacio: The Causes and Consequences of Brexit – Project Syndicate
From a European perspective, this is deeply worrying. It is well known that a British departure would deal a devastating blow to European integration, possibly causing an already-fragile process to unravel.
John Judis: Initial Reflections: A Better Night for Republicans – TPM Editors Blog
Clinton also displayed continuing weakness in connecting with voters. The quarter of Democratic voters who want a candidate who “cares about people like you” preferred Sanders by three to one. Those who wanted a...
Iowhynot? – Caucuses Reax – Open Thread and Twitter-List – Updated
Iowoah? Iowoe? Iowetoldyaso? Iowon to New Hampshire!
John Schindler: BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Put Spies’ Lives at Risk – The Observer
I can confirm that the FoxNews report, which lacks any specifics about exactly what was compromised, is accurate. And what was actually in those Top Secret emails found on Hillary’s “unclassified” personal bathroom server...
Student loan crisis at its ugliest: I graduated and found out I owe $200,000 – Slate
Every once in a while, when I’m feeling overwhelmed, I watch college commencement ceremonies on YouTube. These rituals remind me how perverse our higher-education system is—and of the empty idealism that colleges and universities...
Stephen Sestanovich: Falling Oil Prices, the Saudis, and the Soviets – Washington Wire – WSJ
The desire to bring the economy into the modern world, the urge to rationalize and privatize—these are straight out of Mikhail Gorbachev’s playbook. (If you doubt this, read Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s recent Economist interview as...
Hisham Melhem: The Diminished West – Al Arabiya English
It seems that with the exception of the French not too many Europeans are willing to fight for anything. Pacifism is on the rise in Europe and in the welfare state many are tempted...
