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D.C. Council Changes Its Tune About Cops
Alec Schemmel of the Washington Free Beacon writes about one city council that’s been mugged by reality. Washington, D.C.’s city council in the summer of 2020 voted to slash millions…
Council of the District of Columbia
legislative branch of the local government of the District of Columbia, in the United States
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D.C. Crime Stats Show Why Criminals Need to Be Locked Up
Editors at the Washington Examiner highlight a lesson to be learned from crime statistics in the nation’s capital. Thirteen people were murdered in the nation’s capital in the first five…
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Manchin Compiles Record of Breaking With His Party
Brady Knox of the Washington Examiner documents cases of a high-profile West Virginia senator disagreeing with his Democratic allies. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is the Senate’s most famous centrist, often…
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D.C. Crime Bill Turns Into ‘Fiasco’
Editors at National Review Online explore a recent controversy in the nation’s capital. On Thursday, President Biden reversed course and announced that he would sign a bill rolling back the…
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Congressional Vote Highlights the Need for a Citizens-only Voting Amendment
A recent vote in Congress highlighted the need to add a citizen-only voting amendment to the North Carolina Constitution. The District of Columbia City Council voted to grant noncitizens voting…
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Cato’s Tanner depicts liberal ‘economic alchemy’
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute devotes his latest National Review Online column to a discussion of liberals’ efforts to conjure the results they seek. Today, too many politicians operate…
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Another Example Of Government Picking Winners And Losers
In Washington DC, a limo service known as Uber was targeted by a DC councilwoman whose goal was clearly to shield taxicabs from competition. The DC crowd used Twitter to…
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Excuses, Excuses
According to an article in the Washington Post, the D. C. Council was encouraged by early childhood ?experts? and some parents to extend pre-kindergarten programs to more 3 and 4…
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Generation gap
It turns out that NPR lefty Juan Williams’ kid is a conservative. Sweet. He’s running for the D.C. city council as a Republican. Where did Juan go wrong? Then again,…
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So Much for D.C. Baseball?
Front page of the WT today sports a huge story: It seems that the D.C. Council wants private investment in the new baseball staduim. What a novel idea! However, you’ll…
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Prison has been Barry, Barry good to me
How did I miss this one? Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, yes he of the ?government entrapped me to snort cocaine? defense, has just won a Democratic primary for…