#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary

“#Ted Cruz’s lame asylum-ban logic and other commentary” Libertarian: Cruz’s Lame Asylum-Ban Logic Sen. Ted Cruz offered a “weak” rationale for his surprise move to block a bill to grant “political asylum to residents of Hong Kong fleeing China’s increasingly oppressive rule,” notes Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy: a claim that it would make…

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#Nuke deal won’t bring stability and other commentary

#Nuke deal won’t bring stability and other commentary

“#Nuke deal won’t bring stability and other commentary” Foreign desk: Nuke Deal Won’t Bring Stability Joe Biden claims the best way to achieve Mideast “stability” is by rejoining the nuclear deal with Iran — yet stable, counters Matthew Continetti at The Washington Free Beacon, “is not how most people would describe” the region after the…

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#Big Tech’s sinister pro-Biden bias and other commentary

#Big Tech’s sinister pro-Biden bias and other commentary

“#Big Tech’s sinister pro-Biden bias and other commentary” From the left: Tech’s Sinister Bias for Biden The “Facebook-owned social-media giant Instagram” is characterizing “well-established criticisms” of Joe Biden and his 1994 crime bill as “False,” reports blogger Glenn Greenwald. A post on the platform “said nothing more than what Biden’s chosen running mate, Kamala Harris,…

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#Biden’s date with Nemesis and other commentary

#Biden’s date with Nemesis and other commentary

“#Biden’s date with Nemesis and other commentary” From the right: Biden’s Date With Nemesis As president, Joe Biden will face the “cruel Greek god” Nemesis as few presidents have, predicts Victor Davis Hanson at RealClearPolitics. After all, he can’t avoid the press forever. He will have “unscripted meetings with foreign leaders.” He may face “destructive…

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#Biden can’t ignore Hong Kong and other commentary

#Biden can’t ignore Hong Kong and other commentary

“#Biden can’t ignore Hong Kong and other commentary” Foreign desk: Joe Can’t Ignore Hong Kong Team Trump was quick to speak up for the “brave freedom fighters” in Hong Kong, and as China continues to punish and arrest its dissidents, The Wall Street Journal editorial board hopes “the Biden crowd” remembers “it’s important that the…

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#After Trump, Dems need a real message and other commentary

#After Trump, Dems need a real message and other commentary

“#After Trump, Dems need a real message and other commentary” From the left: Democrats Need a New Message  Now that “Trump, the democratic Saddam, has lost, and his metaphorical statue will soon be dragged out of the White House,” Democrats need to turn their attention to creating an “ambitious” new party identity, ­advises Matt Taibbi…

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#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary

#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary

“#Hunter Biden ripe for special counsel and other commentary” Ex-Prosecutor: Hunter Ripe for Special Counsel One reason the Hunter Biden probe became public may be that prosecutors now realize their “primary suspect” is the son of the incoming president, who’ll be running the Justice Department “through his own appointees,” suggests former Assistant US Attorney Andrew…

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#How to stand up to China and other commentary

#How to stand up to China and other commentary

“#How to stand up to China and other commentary” Foreign desk: How To Stand Up to China Beijing’s neighbors took grim note last month when China issued 14 trade demands to Australia, writes Robert A. Manning at The National Interest, because the list seems “a very conscious reprise” of imperial Japan’s “now-infamous Twenty-One Demands” to…

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#Deadly foot-dragging at the FDA and other commentary

#Deadly foot-dragging at the FDA and other commentary

“#Deadly foot-dragging at the FDA and other commentary” Doctor: Deadly Foot-Dragging at the FDA “FDA regulators are wasting precious time in greenlighting a COVID vaccine,” Dr. Marty Makary argues at The Dispatch, “as more than 2,000 Americans are dying each day and the pandemic continues to starve American society.” Pfizer sent in its vaccine data…

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