Rich Lowry
@RichLowry
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Author of “The Case for Nationalism”: https://t.co/gpK2Vr0csP Editor of National Review. Speaking opps: [email protected]
Joined May 2009
Not being able to tweet a link to the New York Post story is absolutely insane.
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I can’t say I’m an expert on the Handmaid’s Tale. Does the plot involve a woman graduating from law school, getting high-powered clerkships, becoming a highly regarded law professor and jurist, then possibly ascending to the highest court in the land?.
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Congratulations to all involved. Trump made a great pick. McConnell played it shrewdly, as usual. Senate Republicans didn’t blink at the outset when pressure was most intense. And Barrett demonstrated to everyone that she is eminently qualified. Well done.
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, cementing a 6-3 conservative majority with Trump’s third justice
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I don’t get how people who didn’t balk at Obama’s refusal to give Ukraine lethal aid can as *as a policy mattter* object to a brief delay in military aid by Trump as a horrendous blow to Ukraine’s defense.
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Even if you are partisan Democrat, even if you are alarmed by developments in Fla, Tx, and Az, even if you oppose re-opening, there is *zero* case to be made for Andrew Cuomo as the great conquering hero of covid.
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NR’s editorial:. “Not for the first time, or we expect, the last, Bill Barr’s critics are demonstrating their lack of judgment and seriousness, not his.”.
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A superb speech, tough but appropriately so, gave our forefathers their due, invoked the wonders of American culture, and accurately stated the stakes of the culture war—Trump’s best since Warsaw.
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His point about how alleged misinformation was suppressed and, with time, emerged as the truth (or at least as entirely reasonable) is utterly unanswerable and should create a profound sense of modesty among the cancellers, if they are capable of regret or reflection.
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If you want to celebrate a North Korean who was a spectator at a major event, here he is.
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Biden kept his promise to the Taliban to get out of Afghanistan by August 31; he broke his promise to Americans to get them all out before he left.
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This case, like everything related to the Russia investigation, got weaker and weaker the more we learned about it. What a fiasco, and one that the media and half the political spectrum were insanely invested in for years .
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Credit where it’s due—Pelosi is fully within her rights not to invite the president for the State of the Union address, and actually had the guts to do it.
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It appears that ACB got great training for this hearing during all her years in the classroom, patiently explaining to students who didn’t know much how the law actually works.
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Well, that easily was the most outlandish press conference ever held by a team of lawyers representing the President of the United States.
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Republicans have likely lost control of the Senate, but will have the consolation prize of being able to marinate for hours tomorrow in delusional schemes to indulge the conspiracy theories of the man who did more than his share to lose these races.
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Trump’s sense of the moment, his instinct to reassure his supporters and show strength just seconds after getting wounded in an assassination attempt, was simply epic and will live through American political history.
former president trump shot at rally. us democracy in crisis. this is the photo in every headline tomorrow.
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I know he won’t do this, because obviously the political narrative is important to him and people around him, but Mueller should say, “I wrote a 400-page report. That’s my testimony. Do with it what you will.”.
Robert Mueller testimony update via @jeremyherb: Nadler says "it won't be next week. But we're negotiating with him, we're talking to him and the Justice Department.".
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Just a few weeks ago, 75 or so protestors at the Michigan capitol were going to get everyone killed; now hundreds of often tightly packed protestors gather in cities around the country and no one even mentions social distancing anymore.
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Tremendous work by @FreeBeacon . While the rest of the media was credulous and lazy about this case, it dug in with real reporting . Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate
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The Rittenhouse case shows the people who are obsessed with fighting misinformation are the most misinformed; . the people who call everyone else racist can’t see beyond race themselves; . and the people who lecture about norms are entirely willing to disregard the facts and law.
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Shameless.
Rioters cheer as this homeless man’s belongings are set on fire in Austin. This is heart wrenching.
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After years of obsession with the Russians, the Democrats somehow managed to hack their own election.
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For the first time in the campaign, Biden vulnerabilities on economy, energy, and China being fully and clearly exposed.
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Excited to share that my new book, “The Case for Nationalism: How It Made Us Powerful, United, and Free” will be out November 5. It’s available for pre-order now
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If you are behind enemy lines and it’s too dangerous to get to the point of evacuation, you are stranded.
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Wow—must be the strongest, most compelling pro-life speech ever given at a major party convention. Extraordinary.
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Liberals who didn’t listen to Rush, and just read the Media Matters accounts, never understood how *funny* he was. What set him off from his many imitators was how wildly entertaining he was, and the absolutely unbreakable bond he formed with his listeners.
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The threat represented by the coronavirus varies depending on which side is engaged in mass gatherings.
President Trump will hit the campaign trail this month — despite the deadly coronavirus pandemic, which continues to impact the lives and livelihoods of households across the country. "The rallies will be tremendous," a campaign manager said.
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True, and it’s confounding that they ever thought totally glossing over it was a good idea.
The Democrats have erred by being slow and hesitant to condemn violence and disorder and they know it.
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Hey, look—another largely peaceful protest.
Chicago Police attacked with bottles and fireworks by people who are at a Christopher Columbus statue.
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The last 2 years represent one of the biggest media fails of our lifetimes.
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The Nazis being rehabilitated as non-racists on woke grounds is something I definitely didn’t see coming.
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That the Left has taken up court-packing so readily shows how it never really took the court seriously as a court—instead it has thought of it primarily as a quasi-legislative body useful to the extent it enshrines its policy goals.
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They cut Vance’s mic for, correctly and appropriately, pushing back against Brennan’s fact check in violation of CBS’s own rules.
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What a truly beautiful and deeply moving act of memory .
Visited the grave of my friend’s father and witnessed a remarkable ceremony. The letters on the white crosses almost disappear in the brightness of the stone, so a soldier fills the indentations with sand from Omaha Beach to bring the name forward. It sent shivers down my spine.
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Saying that the Trump policies didn’t slow down the flow at the border is either astonishingly ill-informed or an outright lie.
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An incredibly moving testimonial from Ann Doran. Arguably, the most powerful talk of either of the conventions. Would that everyone would take her words to heart. God bless her and RIP David Dorn.
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The most insulting racist stereotypes are OK so long as they are traveling under the banner of progressivism.
Next, the government defines "white culture" as one that focuses on the corrupt and racist values of "individuality," "meritocracy," "linearity," "progress," "objectivity," and "the written word."
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Vance is turning in the best debate performance we’ve seen in a long time.
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We haven’t reached peak insanity, but setting an appointment to tear down an Abraham Lincoln statue known as the Emancipation Memorial in the name of racial equity has to be getting close.
"Thursday at 7pm, we're tearing this motherf–ker down.". Protestors set a date and time to attempt to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in DC depicting President Abraham Lincoln standing over a freed slave.
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There’s a taboo against saying this kind of thing in much of the press, but Trump’s Middle East strategy was brilliantly conceived and Jared Kushner deserves enormous credit .
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The idea that the press shouldn’t be covering these briefings is completely insane. Today’s, for example, is particularly informative and valuable.
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The contrast couldn’t be starker between Collins on the floor, making a reasoned case for her position, and the roaming mobs hoping to browbeat and intimidate people they disagree with.
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Astonishingly dishonest that so many journalists have tried to make this into an anti-science statement when it was the exact opposite.
McEnany: "The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open. When he says open, he means open and full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. The science should not stand in the way of this."
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Elizabeth Warren hasn’t dealt with a problem, she has highlighted it and opened up other avenues for attack. For Trump, 1/1024th will be priceless material.
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It’s kind of amazing that Bernie has been a major presence in our national politics for the last 4 years and no one mentioned until tonight that he has three houses.
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I agree with everyone who says the debate is hard to grade on any traditional scale, but the key takeaway is that Trump set out to make Biden crack and it didn’t happen.
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Is the new standard really that a president of the United States can’t defend against attacks on U.S. personnel by a terror regime because the regime might accidentally shoot down an airliner taking off from one of its own airports?.
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The pattern is set—covid outbreaks in Blue states were Trump’s fault; covid outbreaks in Red states are Republican governors’ fault.
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It appears that the iconic image of the separations policy didn’t involve a separation—all too typical of how a hysterical, advocacy-driven media covers immigration.
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“Will you shut up, man”—first time that’s been uttered in a presidential debate.
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Whoopi Goldberg apologizes—nothing to see here, we all make mistakes . Ilya Shapiro apologizes—he must be suspended and investigated.
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Packing the court would be a greater blow to norms, legitimacy, and our system of government than *anything* Trump has said or done.
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For everyone out there dismissive of the idea that Trump might be legitimately upset about the Mueller investigation, how would you feel if a sweeping investigation was undertaken against you on the false premise that you were guilty of treason?.
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CNN anchor at the moment worried that Trump is putting a "finger on the scale" re Iran protests. Uh, we're supposed to be neutral between a theocratic anti-American terror state and anti-regime demonstrators?.
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Watch this video and ask yourself who’s acting like brownshirts.
Assault, battery & attempted robberty commited by antifa/blm on @OANN's reporter @JackPosobiec in DC.earlier this evening. Clip courtesy of @BreitbartNews edited by moi . God Bless.
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Adam Schiff must be the first prosecutor to show up at a trial and say, “Gosh, there are a bunch of things I don’t know about this case but would be interested in finding out”.
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You can still tweet the NR write-up of the story . Hunter Biden Offered $10 Million Annually by Chinese Energy Firm for ‘Introductions Alone,’ Email Shows
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New covid social-distancing rules. DON’T: stand too close to someone else at the supermarket, go to the beach, go to the gym, attend church. DO: gather in enormous crowds and burn police cars.
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This is scene that is not worthy of the United States of America.
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Of course Democrats will focus their ire on Manchin, but the basic problem is that Biden wanted to pass a FDR/LBJ-type agenda without a FDR/LBJ-type mandate, and without the same congressional majorities or political skills. He’s been undone by his own hubris and poor judgment.
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“Obviously I can’t cover it because he is my brother” would have been a pretty good rule from the beginning.
>> @ChrisCuomo at the top of @CuomoPrimeTime tonight: "Obviously I am aware of what is going on with my brother. And obviously I cannot cover it because he is my brother. Now, of course CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively and they will continue to do so."
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It’s amazing how people who believe that over-heated political rhetoric causes mass murder compare their opponents to Nazis without hesitation.
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A fine speech that vastly exceeded the ridiculously low expectations created by the media.
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Don’t they realize that what they are charmed by here is probably as close as you can get to a hideous real-world version of the Handmaid’s Tale?.
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Right on cue, the balance of media opinion has become markedly pro-WHO.
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Susan Collins may be a moderate but she’s a Republican and capturing how almost all Republicans in the country feel about the disgraceful treatment of Brett.
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It’s sad to know that Dominion has bought off both Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, and just when the plot was about to be unraveled.
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There’s nothing the man won’t stand on .
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Georgia secretary of state on NBC now saying that he doubts outstanding votes will be enough to flip any results.
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Democrats embarked on an effort doomed to failure from the start, and now shocked and outraged that it failed.
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Science at its best.
CNN guest Dr. Rob Davidson says that social distancing isn't as big of a concern at the March on Washington as it was last night at President Trump's speech because "this is a public health crisis they are marching against. Systemic racism has taken so many lives in this country"
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Hey, @BernieSanders look what the “crooks” are doing now—developing a new, incredibly rapid coronavirus test.
BREAKING: We’re launching a test that can detect COVID-19 in as little as 5 minutes—bringing rapid testing to the frontlines.
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All it took for the GOP to surge ahead on the issues was about 9 months of Joe Biden.
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Just be honest—you’re not fighting “Trumpism,” you’re fighting to give Democrats as much power as possible to enact their agenda.
We’re staying in the fight: to defeat Trumpism we must also defeat David Perdue. Let’s elect Jon Ossoff.
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Dagger.
Let me be clear: I will not vote to pack the courts & I will not vote to end the filibuster. The U.S. Senate is the most deliberative body in the world. It was made so that we work together in a bipartisan way. If you get rid of the filibuster, there's no reason to have a Senate.
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Member of a Trump team just called to say that they think that Trump is winning about 70 percent of the Cuban vote in FLA, up from 54 percent in 2016, and that he’s posted huge gains in heavily Venezuelan and Colombian areas/neighborhoods. In short, it’s not just Cubans.
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McAuliffe shows once again that the worst gaffes in politics always involve saying something you more or less believe.
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Deleted my initial tweet on Lincoln Memorial incident. Even the video I watched last night that suggested some ambiguity didn’t fully capture what really happened. This was not what it was portrayed as *at all*.
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Never has a FBI director been so vociferously defended by a party that believes he threw a national election by going outside DOJ rules.
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As a friend points out, the same people who have said for years that it’s intolerable for Trump to doubt U.S. intelligence now say we must doubt what U.S intelligence is saying re the attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Unless everyone is lying, including a long-time friend of hers, Ford has, in the best case for her, mis-remembered everyone we know who was supposedly at the party—when the only thing to back up her allegation is her memory.
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Has anyone ever done so much to kneecap a great city in so short a time as Bill de Blasio?.
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It’s funny but I don’t remember the media in being such a lather about Barack Obama’s equally foolish decision to pull a residual force out of Iraq.
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I was one of the many young people who’ve worked as a research assistant for Charles Krauthammer over the yrs. He’s even more awe-inspiring close up—a profoundly humane man, courageous and kind, witty and thoughtful, principled and wise. A truly great soul. This is heartbreaking.
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Amy Coney Barrett has been terrific—composed, knowledgeable, sure-footed, clear, and patient. She has made no mistakes, easily swatted away dubious arguments and avoided traps, while maintaining her even, friendly demeanor throughout. She knows what she’s doing.
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It’s not a sign of self-confidence when you refuse to let the witness respond or speak.
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That Republicans have had four chances to defeat Rafael Warnock the last two years and failed every single time is a stinging indictment of the Trump-era GOP.
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Resignations over policy or principle are extremely rare in Washington. Mattis was actually willing to put his powerful and prestigious position on the line for his convictions.
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Tim Walz is a MSNBC anchor’s idea of a folksy politician who can appeal to Middle America.
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CNN coverage sounds like there’s mandate that anchors and commentators say “insurrection,” “terrorists,” or “crime scene” every 3 minutes or less.
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538 polling average had Trump up in Ohio by .8 percent. He’s up right now in Ohio by *8* percent.
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We should be most grateful to the doctors, nurses, and hospital staff at the front lines of this thing. But also to the grocery staff and the delivery guys who are still working, without complaint and despite everything, while the rest of us stay at home. Thank you, thank you!!.
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You can’t be the candidate of norms and refuse to say whether or not you are going to undertake a truly radical attempt to destroy the legitimacy of one of our key governing institutions.
Biden is again asked why voters don’t deserve to know his views on court packing. He responds: “The only court packing going on right now is going on with Republicans packing the court right now . I’m going to stay focused on it so we don’t take our eyes off the ball here."
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Amazing, not only did she not answer the court packing question, she didn’t even address it. Think about it: Biden and Harris *refuse to say* whether they will seek to destroy the legitimacy of a key institution of the U.S. government—and they are supposedly the ticket of norms.
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Re Trump congressional stonewalling, it’s important to remember that the WH already fully cooperated with a de facto impeachment inquiry—it was called the Mueller investigation.
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All it took for presidents and governors no longer to be responsible for the spread of covid was for Biden to get elected and the epicenter of the pandemic to head back to the Northeast.
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Congrats to @MZHemingway @ChuckRossDC @KimStrassel and @ByronYork for all their valuable work on this story.
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Truly remarkable that at this convention the speeches by the “ordinary people” have, by and large, been more memorable and effective than the speeches of the politicians.
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The 3 biggest losers from the Mueller report in order—the media,the media, the media. It was obsessed & hysterical for 2 years, constantly suggesting the smoking-gun Russia revelation was just over the horizon, sometimes supporting its wished-for conclusion w/ erroneous reporting.
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