Washington Free Beacon
Opinion Editor of the Weekly Standard and editor of the newly launched Washington Free Beacon; author of The Persecution of Sarah Palin and The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine
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Matthew Continetti
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FROM Matthew Continetti
Left, Right & Center
Tumult in the Arabian Peninsula, SOTU, NY Corruption Chaos in Yemen, Change in Saudi Arabia,State of the Union, Europe's Monetary Explosion
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The Bergdahl Exchange, a Soft Economy, and Dowd Gets Baked The Bergdahl exchange raises questions about the Taliban, looking at the real state of the US economy, and Maureen Dowd gets really high in Colorado.
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The Syrian Drama; Extreme Inequality Obama and Syria: Machiavellian genius or epic incompetence?
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Syria and the Hour of Decision Sober talk on the risks of action and inaction in Syria.
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A Farm Bill; Immigration and Obama Abroad Congress fails on the farm bill and surges on immigration. Plus the Fed, Obama abroad and tragic deaths.
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Immigration Speed Bump The Supreme Court and same-sex marriage; plus immigration policy.
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Rockets near Jerusalem and Petraeus on the Hill Rockets near Jerusalem, Petraeus on the Hill, leadership transition in China, and the death of the Twinkie.
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LRC Live: The Definitive Post-Mortem of Election 2012 Matt Miller, Bob Scheer and Matthew Continetti's smart, impassioned and sometimes irreverent look at the presidential election that gave President Obama a second term…
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To the Point
What is Trump's plan for Middle East peace? On his first foreign tour, President Trump has promised "peace" between Israel and the Palestinians. Are there any details for re-starting talks that have been stalled for the past three years?
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.