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The FBI’s Bad Intelligence - WSJ

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It was worse than we thought. We’re referring to the FBI’s 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia, as new documents this week reveal.…

Jacques Bopp

Hunter Biden, Andrew Cuomo and the Russian Billionaire - WSJ

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How many millions of dollars did Hunter Biden collect from foreign tycoons while his father was vice president? A new Senate report makes some headway toward answering this question.…

Jacques Bopp

Breaking Judicial Norms: A History - WSJ

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is widely reported to have told his Democratic colleagues on Saturday that “nothing is off the table for next year” if Republicans confirm a Supreme Court nominee in this Congress.…

Jacques Bopp

The Russia Farce Continues - WSJ

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Contrary to a media chorus, the Justice Department inspector general did not find the FBI handling of the Clinton and Trump cases free of “political bias.…

Jacques Bopp

Woodward’s Non-Revelation - WSJ

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The books professing dark revelations about President Trump appear to be lined up from here to Election Day, like aircraft heading into LaGuardia. This week it’s Bob Woodward’s turn, with the big news reportedly being that Mr. Trump told him in a taped conversation on Feb.…

Jacques Bopp

Did Trump Downplay Covid Enough? - WSJ

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Thank goodness President Trump resisted the most panicked authoritarian responses to Covid-19 imposed by some U.S. governors. But he’s now facing questions over a Feb. 7 interview, included in a new Bob Woodward book, in which Mr. Trump said that Covid was deadlier than the flu.…

Jacques Bopp

What Could Go Wrong on Election Day - WSJ

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If most ballots this fall are cast by mail, the results may not be known for days. That could plunge America into prolonged controversy and undermine confidence in the outcome and the democratic system, both something adversaries in Moscow, Beijing and Tehran would cheer.…

Jacques Bopp

The Left’s Covid Memory Hole - WSJ

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Last week’s Democratic convention sought to make four points: Joe Biden is a decent man, Donald Trump is horrible, the president bungled the pandemic and Mr. Biden would have handled it better because he grasped the threat from the start.…

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The Next Pandemic: Trump Derangement Syndrome - WSJ

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It’s been going around for some time and now appears to be in danger of spreading widely. I refer not to Covid-19, but to Donald-20, or, to use its pseudoscientific name, Trump Derangement Syndrome. Research has shown that TDS appears in five stages, each of advanced intensity.…

Jacques Bopp

The White House Spins Trump's Disinfectant Remarks - FactCheck.org

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At an April 23 press briefing, President Donald Trump mused about the possibility of using “very powerful light” and injecting disinfectant into the body to kill COVID-19 – a suggestion that, in the case of disinfectant, was roundly criticized by experts as dangerous.…

Jacques Bopp