#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary

#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary

“#Truth-challenged Biden and other commentary” From the right: Truth-Challenged Joe “I’ll always tell you the truth,” President Biden vowed a year ago — yet, the Issues & Insights editors note, he is lying “about the COVID-19 vaccine, the economic rebound already underway” and “the border crisis. Biden won’t tell the truth about the first two…

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#Mexicans love Speedy Gonzales and other commentary

#Mexicans love Speedy Gonzales and other commentary

“#Mexicans love Speedy Gonzales and other commentary” Purge beat: Many Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales At the Los Angeles Times, Gustavo Arellano speaks up for much-maligned cartoon character Speedy Gonzales, who “blazed through my childhood like a sombrero-clad comet, terrorizing gringo villains in the name of us downtrodden Mexicans.” Sure, “Polite society . . . tried…

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#Biden has killed bipartisanship and other commentary

#Biden has killed bipartisanship and other commentary

“#Biden has killed bipartisanship and other commentary” From the right: Biden Has Killed Bipartisanship President Biden “campaigned on a promise to bring Republicans and Democrats together,” but “less than two months into his new administration,” he has killed “hope for unity and bipartisanship,” laments Marc A. Thiessen at The Washington Post. In ramming through the…

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#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary

#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary

“#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary” From the left: The US Press Turns Soviet At his TK News site, Matt Taibbi recalls the cartoonish, everyone’s-a-hero-or-villain nature of Soviet newspapers — and worries: Some US headlines “lately sound suspiciously like this kind of work,” such as “Biden’s historic victory for America.” A Washington Post…

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#The CDC’s absurd guidelines and other commentary

#The CDC’s absurd guidelines and other commentary

“#The CDC’s absurd guidelines and other commentary” Libertarian: The CDC’s Absurd Guidelines Reason’s Robby Soave is astounded: “The nation’s top health officials think day-care providers should continue requiring children as young as 2 years old to wear masks at all times” except for meals and naps “even after all teachers and staff are vaccinated.” The…

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#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary

#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary

“#Congress’ attack on workers and other commentary” Libertarian: Congress’ Attack on Workers Californians backed a ballot initiative vetoing parts of a law that forced companies to hire freelancers as employees, yet Democrats in Congress are now trying to force those same rules “down the entire country’s throat,” frets Reason’s Scott Shackford. The Protecting the Right to…

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#New York’s double-mask morons and other commentary

#New York’s double-mask morons and other commentary

“#New York’s double-mask morons and other commentary” Culture critic: New York’s Double-Mask Morons At Spectator USA, Chadwick Moore notices something peculiar about New Yorkers who wear two masks: “The inner layer is a standard blue surgical mask, while the outer sheath is reserved for fashion or political expression. Blue mask first, followed by a chic,…

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#Biden broke the border and other commentary

#Biden broke the border and other commentary

“#Biden broke the border and other commentary” From the right: Biden Broke the Border At Issues & Insights, the editors detail how President Biden created the humanitarian crisis on the southern US border: He canceled “construction of the border wall,” “jettisoned President Donald Trump’s successful ‘remain in Mexico’ policy” and “suspended Trump’s requirement that asylum…

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#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary

“#Instagram’s empty religions and other commentary” Culture critic: Instagram’s Empty ReligionsThe “nones” — the 22 percent of millennials without a specific religion — have “found a different kind of clergy,” Leigh Stein reports at The New York Times: Instagram “personal-growth influencers.” Millennials’ “new belief system is a blend of left-wing political orthodoxy, intersectional feminism, self-optimization,…

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#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary

#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary

“#An intel ‘bombshell’ that wasn’t and other commentary” Foreign desk: An Intel ‘Bombshell’ That Wasn’t At Tablet, Eli Lake exposes the emptiness of Team Biden’s much-ballyhooed release of US intel blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “for ordering the operation that ended in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.” It’s based overwhelmingly on a classified report conducted…

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