Mark Hemingway
Senior Writer at RealClearInvestigations. "After all these years of professional experience, why can’t I write good?" Husband of @MZHemingway.
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Economic Variables
Would you rather have a union card or a 25 percent raise?
Mark Hemingway
Economic Variables
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Maddow Attacks Judicial Nominee for Pro-Israel Article
Rachel Maddow launched a lengthy attack on a Second Circuit nominee, misrepresenting his argument in a 2010 article in a smear some deem anti-Semitic.
Rachel Maddow’s Racial Smear of Second Circuit Nominee Steven Menashi
In a lengthy segment on MSNBC last night, Rachel Maddow grossly distorts Menashi’s argument and tries to twist it into “a high-brow argument for racial purity.” (Video at 9:00-9:36.) She falsely cl…
Want to Write a Novel? You’ll Need a License for That.
Novelist John Hart describes his job as “making a living off pure imagination.” But even this best-selling author of literary thrillers couldn’t have imagined that the simple act of typing at his dining room table would make him a criminal in his...
A New Species of Leech Is Discovered Near Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian researcher describes a previously unknown species of olive-green bloodsucker that has three jaws with up to 59 teeth
Did I ever tell you guys about the time I got drunk and asked Denmark if I could borrow Greenland?
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Trump Eyes a New Real-Estate Purchase: Greenland
The idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland has captured President Trump’s imagination, according to people familiar with the deliberations, who said Mr. Trump has, with varying degrees of seriousness, repeatedly expressed interest in buying the...
Greg Craig jury selection: A very D.C. scene
D.C. is a small town and that was reflected in finding a jury for Greg Craig.
Mark Hemingway
DC's not a swamp, merely a place where it's hard to summon a jury for political crimes without constantly tripping over conflicts of interest --> "Greg Craig jury selection: A very D.C. scene"
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Max Boot’s Dishonesty
Max Boot is a narcissistic, dishonest, calculating, manipulative writer who engages in the same willfully dishonorable conduct he claims to disdain in others.
Buttigieg hires faith outreach director
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) has hired a faith outreach director, the first 2020 presidential candidate to employ somebody in such a capacity.
Mark Hemingway
Mayor Pete's faith outreach director is... Unitarian? "Buttigieg hires faith outreach director"
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Biden Decried Bain in '12, But Has Taken Execs' Donations in '19 | RealClearPolitics
The booming voice of Vice President Joe Biden reverberated throughout the cavernous manufacturing facility as assembled workers took in his message of economic populism.
Romney made sure the guys...
Angela Merkel ignores NATO defense pledge, snubbing US demands to spend more GDP
The leader of Germany, Europe’s wealthiest country, has once again rejected U.S. requests to keep a promise to spend 2 percent of its GDP on defense so as to ensure the continued viability of the NATO alliance.
Mark Hemingway
Angela Merkel ignores NATO defense pledge, snubbing US demands to spend more GDP fxn.ws/33xBkF3 #FoxNews
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Amazon claims its Rekognition software can now detect fear
Be afraid, just out of camera range
Ocasio-Cortez’s Known Donors From Her Own District Are Nearly Non-Existent, FEC Records Show
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has outraised all other freshman representatives so far in 2019, but nearly all of her contributors live outside her district.
Rating Chris Cuomo In The Art Of New York Jawing
Native New Yorker Chris Cuomo showed off some jawing skills last night, but he also left a lot of points on the table.
The House v. Trump: Stymied Lawmakers Increasingly Battle in the Courts
Lawmakers say President Trump’s disregard for their authority leaves them no choice but to use the courts with greater frequency, but that could have constitutional consequences.
Who Will Clean Up America's Voter Rolls? | RealClearPolitics
Los Angeles County has too many voters. An estimated 1.6 million, according to the latest calculations which is roughly the population of Philadelphia. Thats the difference between the number...
Mark Hemingway
9/ ...threaten to undermine faith in the democratic process. (Read my own reporting on this here, the upshot is the whole country has a big problem with cleaning up inaccurate voter rolls: realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/…) At a minimum, they are irresponsible here and at...
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Why Trump Fears Women of Color
The right recognizes their political power. The left takes them for granted.
Mark Hemingway
2/ ...nytimes.com/2019/08/13/opi… Abrams' claim rests largely on a specific assertion. In her "non-concession" speech last fall, Abrams noted that her opponent now-Gov. Brian Kemp, because during his tenure as secretary of state, she observed, “more than a million...
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