Net Neutrality and Alex Jones
Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jonah Goldberg weighs in today on the widespread banning of Alex Jones’ InfoWars, but then turns it into a comment on net neutrality that I think is precisely backwards: As a broad generalization, the people who loved net neutrality, precisely…
CNN Anchor Don Lemon Calls Trump Racist
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. CNN anchor Don Lemon called President Donald Trump “publicly racist” Monday night in a nine-minute diatribe on “CNN Tonight.” Lemon was responding to comments the president made Friday on Twitter, in which he called Lemon the “dumbest man on television.” Trump said Lemon made LeBron…
Paul Ryan Admits He Didn’t Realize Trump Was Insulting Him to His Face
Alex Edelman/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s safe to assume that referring to a 48-year-old man as “boy scout” within a professional context is a less-than-subtle insult, particularly if it’s said by one’s superior. But that seemingly obvious premise appears to have been lost on House Speaker Paul Ryan, whose boss, President…
The Trump Administration’s Plan to Limit Legal Immigration Could Hurt Millions of Noncitizens
Protesters of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies gather at US Immigration & Customs Enforcement field office in San Francisco on July 2. Yichuan Cao/Sipa via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Homeland Security is planning to dramatically expand its power to deny legal status to millions…
Fact Checkers Need to Take Facts More Seriously
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Glenn Kessler demonstrates the limitations of fact checking today. The question is: Does Bernie Sanders’ Medicare For All plan save money or cost money? Answer: it does both. According to a new Mercatus study, it would reduce the total cost…
Trump’s Hollywood Star of Fame One Step Closer to Removal
Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The city council of West Hollywood voted unanimously on Monday to permanently remove the president’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, citing the president’s attacks against women and immigrants among the reasons for the resolution’s passage. “Due to his disturbing treatment of…