Grab Some Popcorn; Political Infighting Has Begun

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: Mid November brings a cavalcade of nasty fights among former allies, from the conservative grassroots to Republicans on Capitol Hill, to the Democratic primary, to leftists in the media world.

Your Scorecard for Today’s Ugliest Internal Political Slugfests

Often on the Three Martini Lunch podcast, the day’s news cycle will bring news that one person or faction that Greg Corombus and I don’t particularly like is fighting with another person or faction that we don’t particularly like, and we have to decide whether we want to label it “good news.”

These days, the news is all disagreeable factions trying to tear each other apart. It’s the Iran-Iraq War, Aliens vs. Predator, referees vs. Antonio Brown. Pull up a chair, pop some popcorn, brew some coffee or grab an alcoholic beverage of your choice, but don’t sit too close. All of these fights are going to get messier than the front row of a Gallagher stand-up act.

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The Saudi Aramco IPO Raises Serious Geopolitical Concerns

Daniel Tenreiro

The IPO of Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil behemoth, is deeply problematic for the West, the United States, and the global economy.

The Manly Appeal of Ford v Ferrari

Kyle Smith

The film is a glorious throwback to the era when big stars did quality movies about actual people with real-life problems, but the scripts nevertheless adhered to basic Hollywood formulae such as “Have an exciting climax.”

Graham Joins Other Senate Republicans in Not Watching ‘Un-American’ Impeachment

Tobias Hoonhout

“Why am I not going to watch this tomorrow? Because I think it is a threat to the presidency,” Graham told Sean Hannity on Fox News.

Northwestern’s Newspaper Doesn’t Get Journalism

Katherine Timpf

T The top editors of Northwestern University’s prestigious student newspaper, the Daily Northwestern, recently published an insane editorial apologizing for covering a Jeff Sessions event on campus.

On State Tax Returns, President Trump Loses Another Round

Andrew C. McCarthy

If President Trump wants to pursue claims against the New York officials, he will have to do it in the New York courts.

DACA’s Day in Court

The Editors

If the Court does the right thing, Congress and the president should follow suit by enacting immigration legislation that includes a grant of legal status for most illegal immigrants who came here as minors.

Will the U.S. Follow East Germany on Self-Censorship?

Martha Miller

What would be most troubling to East German dissidents about America today is the fact that our liberal civil society would visit these changes on itself — curtailing its own freedoms through intimidation and shaming of individual expression.

ABC Hunts for Amy Robach Video Leaker after Anonymous Letter

Mairead McArdle

The leaker penned a statement excoriating the network under the alias “Ignotus,” a wizard from “Harry Potter,” and claiming to still be working there.

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