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Curve Flattening: Wisdom of Individual Americans vs. Power of Central Planners

It isn’t the power of central planners that’s helping to flatten the COVID-19 curve, but the wisdom of individual Americans when they receive factual information, according to Jonah Goldberg at TheDispatch.com. Is it possible that everyone is doing the best they can with the information they have, and that hindsight critiques of “exaggerated” death projections […]

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Bill Whittle Now

Bernie Out, Not Out: Stays on Ballots, Gets More Delegates to Pressure Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign, but he stays on state primary ballots, keeps his delegates, gets more, and tries to pressure Joe Biden to become like the democratic socialist who just dropped out of the race.

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Bill Whittle Now

Chaos Rocks the White House: How CNN Buries the COVID-19 Good News

Under the headline “Chaos Rocks the White House on Virus’ Most Tragic Day” CNN unloads on the Trump administration’s purported disarray, while it buries lede that the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has revised downward the number of expected dead from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Right Angle

Carrier Commander Fired as ‘Naive or Stupid’: Navy Secretary says, ‘Hold My Beer’

Capt. Brett Crozier gets fired as commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for leaking a cry of desperation for his COVID-19 afflicted crew. Days later, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly gives a profanity-laced speech to the carrier crew, calling Crozier “naive or stupid.” Modly’s speech seemed to say to Crozier, “Hold my beer.”

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Bill Whittle Now

‘Bunker Joe’ Biden: Does Underground Campaign Make Him the Sleeper Pick?

Forced underground by the COVID-19 pandemic, former Vice President Joe Biden tries to project calm, steady, predictable leadership, awaiting the inevitable Trump meltdown. L.A. Times columnist Doyle McManus tells Democrats not to worry that the Biden campaign vanished — it’s just what’s needed at a time like this to make ‘Bunker Joe’ the November sleeper pick.

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Bill Whittle Now

Did Trump Advisor’s Anti-China Bias Squelch Prophetic Pandemic Memos?

President Trump’s Trade Advisor, Peter Navarro, sent a memo on January 29 which seems prophetic about the COVID-19 pandemic, in hindsight.

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Postpone Election to Dodge Pandemic? Over the Constitution’s Dead Body

Roger L. Simon at TheEpochTimes.com suggests we postpone the 2020 election if the COVID-19 pandemic continues into the fall. Bill Whittle thinks its the worst idea ever, and would happen only over the Constitution’s dead body.

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Right Angle

COVID-19 Era: Private Sector Wins, News Media Loses, and Trump Rolls On

The men of Right Angle analyze news in the COVID-19 era, as the private sector wins, news media loses, and Trump rolls on to reelection…even though Joe Biden has a new PODCAST! Join us today and become part of the team that produces this show and enjoys exclusive content at our website. Listen to the […]

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The Stratosphere Lounge

The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 16: Social Distancing is Working

We have paid, and continue to pay, a huge economic price for it, but new data from an unexpected source gives compelling evidence that social distancing is working against COVID-19, as well as a providing a possible surprising dividend.

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The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 15: The Immunity Syndrome

COVID-19 immunity is not just a biological issue. Very soon it is going to become a legal one as well.

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Bill Whittle Now

Too Close for COVID-19: Fear and Loathing in the Grocery Store

In this round up of COVID-19 pandemic news, Scott Ott asks Bill Whittle about America’s progress in fighting the virus, rescuing the economy, changing our social mores, and developing immunity to fear and loathing in the grocery store. Plus, should Democrats delay the April 7 Wisconsin presidential primary?

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The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 13: Morale

*** [UPDATE: I mistakenly identified the reporter in the embedded clip as Jake Tapper. The reporter in question is Jim Acosta. I apologize for the error] It’s the single greatest asset you possess when going into battle, and the longer and tougher the battle is, the more important morale becomes. So why is it that […]

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FBI Botches Every FISA App: Watchdog Finds Many Blunders in Surveillance Paperwork

When President Trump’s associate, Carter Page, came under FBI scrutiny, we later learned of errors in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications that suggested political motives. Now, the Justice Department watchdog, Michael Horowitz, finds 29 randomly-selected FISA applications replete with many blunders. Are FBI agents incompetent to fill out the paperwork? Is the process […]

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The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 8: The Most Dangerous News

…is the news you really want to hear. Beware of opinion lock!

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Trump Pumps Hope in COVID-19 Chaos with Stocks & Science Unsettled

With Wall Street stocks, and academic science, unsettled, President Trump pumps hope through his daily White House press briefings. Is he a science denier, or does he have a different job than the scientists (or the pundits) do? Bill Whittle Now with Scott Ott comes to you five times weekly thanks to our Members. Join […]