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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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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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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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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 […]

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The CoronaSphere Lounge Episode 7: The War on Optimism

There is a difference between making the severity of a threat clear and immediate, versus cutting away from good news presented by the medical specialist in charge of its containment. Why the war on optimism? Do they think you’re too stupid to handle good news?

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Ready to Quit: Or Should Trump Fire Attorney General Barr from ‘Impossible’ Job?

Attorney General Bill Barr said President Trump is making his job ‘impossible’ with his Tweets about Justice Department cases, including that of Trump crony Roger Stone. Insiders say Barr is ready to quit, but should Trump fire him? Bill Whittle Now with Scott Ott is a production of our Members. Join them to access backstage […]

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Gambling on the White House: Can a Democrat Billionaire Stop Socialist Sanders?

Las Vegas odds makers have Bernie and Bloomberg at #1 and #2 favorites to get the nomination. Democrat insiders see electoral doom in socialist Sanders, but can’t stop him unless other candidates drop out of the race.

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Now Trump Won’t Eliminate Inefficient Agency That Employs 5,500 Bureaucrats

There’s bipartisan agreement that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is inefficient, using antiquated and vulnerable computer systems. But after 18 months of trying to eliminate an agency that employs 5,500 bureaucrats, President Trump now says he won’t.

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Bad Order: Navy Secretary Spencer Out After Trump Steps Into SEAL-Trident Controversy

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer gets fired. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Spencer is out for attempting a dishonest back-channel deal with President Trump that bucked the chain of command.

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Pop President: What Donald Trump Gets That Ronald Reagan Could Not

President Trump puts on a spectacular display of message dominance while drowning out the mainstream media. Does this consummate entertainer — this pop president — get something that even Ronald Reagan could not? Have Americans changed in the intervening years so that Reagan couldn’t cut it today?

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NY Times Poll: Trump Beats Top Democrats in Swing States On Path to 2020 Victory

The New York Times polls battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida and finds President Donald Trump beating leading Democrats Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders — despite Trump’s punishing disapproval rating, and other polls that show him trailing nationwide.

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Hunter Quits Chinese Board: Joe Biden Touts “Squeaky Clean” Obama White House

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden says his White House will follow the “squeaky clean transparent” model of the Obama administration. This, just hours after Hunter Biden bails from board of financial firm in China.

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Does Trump’s Syria Pullout Betray Kurdish Allies, Jeopardize U.S. Interests Elsewhere?

President Donald Trump’s move to disengage American troops from Northern Syria met with near-universal condemnation, including from Kurdish allies in the path of a potential Turkish invasion who feel his decision would betray them after years of fighting I.S.I.S. terrorists as a U.S. partner. Did the Commander in Chief just jeopardize U.S. interests elsewhere, or does moral leadership sometimes demand abandoning longstanding allies?

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Pelosi Threatens Trump with New Impeachment Charges for Obstruction

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatens President Trump with new obstruction of Congress charges if the White House fails to submit to subpoenas from House committees as part of the impeachment inquiry. But even if Democrats manage to impeach Trump, and a Senate super-majority removes him from office, could he still get reelected in 2020?

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Democrat Electoral Suicide: Will Even One Candidate Get Off the Crazy Train?

An objective observer would think the Democrat presidential candidates are committing electoral suicide after their performances in recent debates. On guns, climate, immigration, health care and more, they’ve staked out extreme Progressive positions which will dog their eventual nominee in the general election contest. Will even one candidate get off the Left-wing crazy train before it goes completely off the rails?