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In the case of FTC v. Microsoft & Activision Blizzard, Khan's first week in court has been an embarrassment.
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View as a gridBud Light's Course Correction Is Not Cancel Culture
Newsweek
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Let's not buy into the temptation to play "fair and balanced" on policing cancel culture in the case of a multinational company that protected its interests.
Don't Co-Parent With Congress
Yahoo!
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Instead of lobbying for age verification and youth social media bans, parents can simply restrict their kids' smartphone use.
Mississippi can get it right on mobile sports betting
Hattiesburg American
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For the second year in a row, the Mississippi House has advanced legislation to legalize mobile sports betting in the state.
Disney Ditching DEI Signals A Return Of The Hero
The Daily Wire
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Donald Trump's comeback has reshaped America's cultural and political landscape in just a matter of weeks. In perhaps the greatest challenge to Andrew Breitbart's popular adage that, "Politics is downstream from culture," culture is proving to be highly responsive to political change, evidenced by the flurry of major companies running for the exits on diversity...The Left can’t build alternative heroes for American culture unless older ones are torn down first. This is as true of real-world political movements as it is of storytelling.
Pool-sharing battle in Montgomery County is pure liberal NIMBYism
Washington Examiner
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The sounds of summer are a thing of joy for most people. The birds, the splashing, dogs barking, and the neighborhood kids playing outside. Warmth and life return to the streets. But then there are places such as Montgomery County, Maryland.
Harrison Ford will not be coddled
Washington Examiner
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Harrison Ford will not be Bubble Wrapped. Hopefully, that fact is not why we inevitably lose the legendary actor, now 80, who is about to embark on his last ride as Indiana Jones this month in the fifth installment of the franchise.
Will J.J. Abrams Cancel Kylo Ren In December's Episode IX?
The Federalist
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Star Wars comes to a surely epic conclusion this December with Episode IX: " The Rise of Skywalker," capping off four decades of Hollywood dominance for George Lucas' long-shot space opera. After three trilogies tracing the story of the Skywalker family, there is no shortage of loose ends director J.J.
In Joker , the joke is us
Washington Examiner
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Do we really need a movie like Joker right now? This question has divided critics in the weeks leading up to the release of the Joaquin Phoenix-led drama, centered around Batman's clownish arch-nemesis, the Joker. Despite largely glowing reviews and the highest prize of the 2019 Venice Film Festival, Joker had a PR problem from the start.
The brilliant new Joker movie offers an uncomfortable message about mass shooters
Washington Examiner
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Get ready to put a smile on this October for the return of Hollywood's most wicked clown: The Joker is back. This time, the villain returns for a first-of-its-kind, standalone film focused on the origins of Batman's arch nemesis. Actor Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a clown-for-hire and miserable comedian who dreams of stardom.
Bombshell trailer expands on the Fox News palace intrigue
Washington Examiner
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There is an awful lot of content out there right now if you're captivated by media celebrities and the gossip factory built around them. A teaser was just released for a new film titled Bombshell, and it's taking audiences inside the halls of Fox News during the height of scandal involving the late...
What Stranger Things gets right about capitalism
Washington Examiner
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The bad reputation that capitalism has with America's young people is really no surprise when you consider the way it's talked about in popular culture. Treachery, selfishness, and outright evil are often associated with a character carrying the mantle of capitalism.
The vanishing of the Freedom Caucus
The Charlotte Observer
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Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group. AP Rep. Justin Amash made his exit on Monday from the conservative House Freedom Caucus, just weeks after breaking rank and calling for Congress to undergo impeachment proceedings against President Trump.
Innovations like the Impossible Whopper can beat back climate change
Washington Examiner
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Wannabe regulators such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have a tendency to get distracted by the small stuff when it comes to combating climate change. The rollout of Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal offered a glimpse into the strange priorities of the environmental Left in Congress. The...
Will Podcasting Bring Us the Next Rush Limbaugh?
The American Conservative
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Rush Limbaugh. Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck. Mark Levin. Michael Savage. Laura Ingraham. These voices are giants in conservative media, and radio is their domain. Rush Limbaugh sits atop it all with a weekly audience of around 13 million listeners, many of whom have been following the magnetic and boisterous radio host for 20 years.
Howard Schultz isn't a spoiler candidate, entitled Democrat and GOP candidates are
Washington Examiner
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Every presidential election cycle, voters get teased by potential third-party or independent candidates, and reliably every time this happens the nation's partisans gasp in horror. They shout "spoiler" and fall back on myths about independent candidates who supposedly ruined things for their...
Legal marijuana is on the way in NC. Let's be smart about it. | Raleigh News & Observer
News & Observer
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Marijuana has seen increases in favorability for decades, and if the new legislature doesn't open the gates, then another one surely will. T
I didn't become a Republican to 'own the libs' with Kavanaugh. So I'm leaving the GOP.
USA Today
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CLOSE The Republican Party has adopted Donald Trump's zero-sum approach to politics. But with fights this ugly, it turns out you can get tired of winning. The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Oct. 6, after sexual assault allegations surfaced against the judge.
Hope Must Conquer Fear in Politics
Reason
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Princess Leia shows us why hope is crucial for a liberty-oriented way of life.
The latest skirmish in the NC short-term rental wars involves pools
Greensboro News & Record
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Whether it’s SB 667 or something new in a coming legislative session, the legislature owes North Carolinians clarity about their right to rent private property, whether it be backyards, pools, hot tubs, spare rooms or whole single-family homes.
New Trade Boss Is Same as the Old Trade Boss
dcjournal.com
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Recent reports indicate that the Biden administration is evaluating $300 billion worth of Chinese goods that Trump saddled with tariffs using Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Consumers will eat the costs, as they always do with protectionist policies. And it doesn’t seem to matter which party consumers vote for.