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HARSANYI: AOC’s terrible minimum wage argument
“It is utterly embarrassing that “pay people enough to live” is a stance that’s even up for debate,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently tweeted. “Override the parliamentarian and raise the wage. McD’s workers in Denmark are paid […]
HILL: Taxing the rich doesn’t work
“Tax The Rich” will be the mantra of progressive Democrats in Washington once again. It has been the rallying cry of progressives since passage of the 16th Amendment in 1913, which made the income tax […]
Jamaal Bowman topples US Rep. Engel in NY Democratic primary
NEW YORK — Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman has toppled 16-term U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in New York’s Democratic primary in another upset victory for the party’s insurgent wing. Many votes cast by mail […]
Tables turned, Ocasio-Cortez plays defense in primary fight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s turn to defend her record and battle accusations that she’s lost touch with her district. The out-of-nowhere winner of 2018’s most spectacular election upset, the New York Democrat […]
MATTHEWS: Democrats embrace ‘never let a crisis go to waste’ motto in coronavirus crisis
Shortly after Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, the man who became his chief of staff spoke at a Wall Street Journal corporate CEO conference as the economic/financial crisis was unfolding. “You never want […]
Stakes rise for Sanders heading into Michigan primary
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Bernie Sanders proved he was a serious presidential candidate in 2016 with an upset victory in Michigan powered by his opposition to free trade and appeal among working-class voters. Four years […]
DAVIDSON: Hate bubbling over
It’s rumored that bad luck comes in “threes,” a holdover phenomenon from World War II. If soldiers sought to light three cigarettes with a single match, by the time the third soldier extended a cigarette, the enemy had […]
SHAPIRO: The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez School of Economics
On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., sat for a discussion with author Ta-Nehisi Coates. She dropped a number of shocking statements — statements that elicited nothing but murmurs of agreement from Coates. AOC claimed: “No one ever makes a […]