Michael Brendan Dougherty
author of My Father Left Me Ireland due out this spring. Senior Writer, National Review. Founder of The Slurve
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Mexican Cartel Rules City After Gunbattle
A son of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is captured. Cartel gunmen respond with a vicious attack on soldiers and civilians across a major Mexican city, killing at least eight. The government gives in and releases the son, a...
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Not good.
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"Not many people have asked if I'm OK": Meghan Markle gives emotional interview in new documentary
Meghan said it has been particularly challenging going through pregnancy and motherhood under the scrutiny of the paparazzi.
This Berkeley man might brew the strongest coffee in the world. We tried it.
Phil Broughton was overwhelmed. Order after order landed in his inbox. The good news: His coffee, called Black Blood, was a sensation. Unfortunately, his technology was not up for the task.
"Two people reached out and said: Don't take this the...
Defense chief says US troops leaving Syria will go to western Iraq
U.S. troops leaving Syria will be relocated to western Iraq, where they will continue to conduct operations to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday.
This Sure Looks Like Mitt Romney’s Secret Twitter Account
Who follows all Mitt Romney's available kids on Twitter and likes tweets about Mitt Romney?
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Hat tip to @ashleyfeinberg on this one. slate.com/news-and-polit…
One of the rare Slate scoops that I think will give @realDonaldTrump great enjoyment.
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Repeal The Porn Laws
Our freedoms and right to privacy are under attack - and nobody is talking about it.
It’s time to take action.
Trump Leans on a Changed GOP for Support
Donald Trump won the presidency in large part by changing the mix of voters who make up the Republican Party. As he faces the threat of impeachment, the base Mr. Trump helped create is proving a key barrier to his removal.
Irish Catholics are not simpletons, intolerant bigots or religious fanatics
Disparaging the beliefs of Catholics as regressive will do nothing to undo the abuses of the past
Varadkar's move towards Johnson in recent weeks spooks EU officials
One of the reasons why a Brexit deal appears so close is that Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar, the British and Irish leaders, appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet. And that’s a bit of a worry for EU officials.
Tencent Cancels Adrian Wojnarowski's Chinese Studio Show After He "Liked" Daryl Morey's Hong Kong Tweet [Update]
Now that last week’s roiling spat between the Chinese government and the NBA has mostly cooled, the global-sports-industrial complex is back to business as usual. Pre-season NBA games were held in China on Thursday and Saturday and everything went...
Try to split China and get 'shattered bones' - Xi
China's president says trying to divide China will end in "crushed bodies" in a warning to Hong Kong.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
I hope @SteveKerr gets some good research and studies both sides before commenting on this.
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We're in a permanent coup
I’ve lived through a few coups. They’re insane, random, and terrifying, like watching sports, except your political future depends on the score. The kickoff begins when a key official decides to buck the executive. From that moment, government...
Newman’s most savage critic was a herald of the sexual revolution
As the Catholic Church proceeds to declare John Henry Newman a saint, some will try to present him as a queer icon. Andrew Sullivan has already done so, writing that Newman’s friendship with Ambrose…
Syria’s Christians are suffering in silence
Lost in the turbulent tangles of the news is another one of Turkey’s victims, a population of Christians historically targeted by the Ottoman Empire
The America-First Chimera
Trump’s rhetoric about ending stupid and wasteful wars in the Middle East is not matched by the reality of policy.
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Michael Brendan Dougherty
The president is not telling the truth. We haven’t left Syria. Nobody is coming home. We haven’t stopped our wars in the Middle East.
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EU sues Poland over judicial independence laws | DW | 10.10.2019
The European Commission has referred Poland to the top European court over concerns that new laws strip judges of their independence. Investigations and even sanctions are expected to follow.
Westchester Dems are pitching Chelsea Clinton on running for Rep. Nita Lowey’s seat after retirement announcement: source
Westchester Democrats want the Clinton machine back in Congress.
Michael Brendan Dougherty
I’m just barely in the neighboring district, an Obama-Trump district in fact.
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