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Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says
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The eight-star military brasswipes have confirmed that NATO cannot defend Europe. These brasswipes are telling us that the largest, most powerful military organization on the planet cannot even...
Biden, eager for a 2020 rematch in November, is quick to anoint Trump as his 2024 rival
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A Biden/Trump rematch means democracy has completely and utterly failed in the United States. The odds of two extremely unpopular politicians being rematched are so astronomical that the only...
The Pentagon warns Congress it is running low on money to replace weapons sent to Ukraine
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Biden's war in Ukraine is now weakening the national security of the United States. And Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan is a contributing factor. US equipment abandoned in...
Alleged Paul Pelosi Attacker David DePape Charged by Federal Prosecutors - WSJ
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Mr. DePape told police that “he viewed Nancy as ‘the leader of the pack’ of lies told by the Democratic Party,” an FBI agent wrote in court documents. By “breaking Nancy’s kneecaps, she would then...
Supreme Court to Review Race-Conscious Admissions Policies at Harvard, UNC
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said it would decide whether to prohibit the use of race-conscious admissions in higher education, agreeing to consider challenges to policies at Harvard and the...
Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties, WSJ Poll Finds - WSJ
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The nation’s large and diverse group of Hispanic voters is showing signs of dividing its support between Democrats and Republicans more evenly than in recent elections, a new Wall Street Journal...
Biden's Challenge: Pushing His Agenda in Congress as Window Narrows
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WASHINGTON—President Biden is aiming to push a broad legislative agenda through a narrow political window, seeking to enact sweeping changes to transportation, child care and tax policies, among...
Migrant Surge at U.S. Border Prompts White House Talks With Mexico, Guatemala - WSJ
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Senior White House officials are visiting Mexico and Guatemala this week in a bid to curtail a surge of migrants at the U.S. southern border that is raising pressure for the Biden administration...
Why Democrats Lost So Many South Texas Latinos—the Economy
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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas—For decades, no Democratic presidential candidate had won Starr County with less than a 48-point margin. Local lore is that the last Republican who came close to winning a...
Democrats to Boycott Committee Vote on Amy Coney Barrett
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WASHINGTON—Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to boycott the panel’s Thursday vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, in protest of Republicans’ push to...
Supreme Court to Consider Whether Census Must Count Illegal Immigrants in Allocating House Seats
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court said Friday it would decide whether President Trump can exclude illegal immigrants from the census count used to determine congressional representation, setting an...
'Originalist': A Recent Term for an Old View of the Constitution
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When Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faced members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in her confirmation hearing this week, one word made a prominent appearance: “originalist,” a label...
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to End Census Count Early - WSJ
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved Trump administration plans to end the 2020 census before a Oct. 31 deadline, suspending lower court orders requiring the decennial count to continue...
What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Science
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The Covid-19 pandemic has stretched the bond between the public and the scientific profession as never before. Scientists have been revealed to be neither omniscient demigods whose opinions...
Why 'The Sun Also Rises' Is an Oddly Comforting Read Right Now
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FEW NOVELS evoke our current mix of frustrated wanderlust and existential crisis quite like those of Ernest Hemingway. He chronicled the “lost generation” that had come of age against the chaotic...
Supreme Court Reinstates South Carolina's Absentee-Ballot Witness Rule
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated South Carolina’s requirement that voters obtain a witness when casting absentee ballots, blocking lower court orders that suspended the rule...
'Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck' Review: The Poison Cup of Gold - WSJ
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In 1937, John Steinbeck began to be disturbed by unannounced visitors at the small cottage north of Monterey that he shared with his wife Carol. Steinbeck had just published “Of Mice and Men,”...
'The Princess and the Prophet' Review: An American Bridge to Islam
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Thanks to Iran’s Islamic revolution, 9/11, large-scale immigration and much else, Americans have learned a great deal about the Islam of Muhammad and the Quran over recent decades. Terms such as...
Trump Plans to Nominate Amy Coney Barrett to Fill Supreme Court Vacancy - WSJ
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WASHINGTON—President Trump has told congressional Republicans and others he intends to name Amy Coney Barrett, a solidly conservative judge with strong Republican support, as his choice for the...
Two Louisville Officers Are Shot After Grand Jury Decision in Breonna Taylor Case Sparks Protests - WSJ
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A grand jury indicted one of the Louisville police officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting—but on charges related to endangering her neighbors, not charges linked to her death,...
'Coup 53' Review: A Long Arc of Middle East History
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This week brings another documentary about Iran, Taghi Amirani’s “Coup 53.” A re-examination of the Anglo-American coup d’etat that overthrew the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in...
CDC Removes Guidelines Saying Coronavirus Can Spread From Tiny Air Particles
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled new guidelines acknowledging the new coronavirus could be transmitted by tiny particles that linger in the air, saying a draft version...
'Who Gets In and Why' and 'The College Conversation' Review: The Price of Admission
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It was an amusing headline—“A Grim Future Beckons: The Pandemic Will Bring Capitalism to the Heart of Academe.” The article, in the Chronicle of Higher Education last month, reported that colleges...
Biden Appeals to Florida Latinos as Polls Show Trump Gaining - WSJ
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is stepping up his outreach to Florida Latinos, a key voting bloc in a battleground state where polls show President Trump has made gains. Mr....
'Wagnerism: Art & Politics in the Shadow of Music' Review: The Outsider
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Great works of art are so powerfully imagined that their intent and expression mold to changing human circumstances. But the operas of Richard Wagner are arguably unique in this regard: No other...
'Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke's Political Economy' Review: Tradition, Yes, and Markets Too - WSJ
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Prudence was the watchword of Edmund Burke, the great 18th-century Irish statesman, except where his own money was concerned. The West’s founding conservative lived his financial life on the edge...
To Get Tougher on China, Trump Needs U.S. Navy, Which Is Straining
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The Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against China calls for a beefed up military presence to challenge Beijing’s claims in Asia, signaling a widening role for the U.S. Navy....
'Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher' Review: An Untouchable Second Act - WSJ
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Moviegoers of a certain age will remember Eliot Ness—the upright law-enforcement figure who battled corruption and organized crime from the 1920s to the ’40s—as portrayed by a tough-talking Kevin...
A Black Lives Matter Sign Stirs Debate in a Boston Suburb - WSJ
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EASTON, Mass.—Kristan Martin, owner of the Cottage Beauty Lounge on Main Street, said she didn’t think too much about race before the video of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police...
