Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
67/100
Reason's corrections and
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1
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I thought I'd pass along this smart and readable analysis from Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning); as I've mentioned before, he and his coauthor Paul Mirengoff are my go-to people for hardheaded, pragmatic, but principled conservative views.
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he → think → views
They are probably on balance more conservative than I am, but I always much enjoy their legal and political commentary.
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I → enjoy → commentary
In an election where overwhelmingly the preeminent issue was affordability — in other and more candid words, the increasingly obvious decline in the standard of living huge numbers of people are feeling — what has Trump been occupying himself with?
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Trump → feel → himself
Building the White House ballroom (from which, in a tone deaf rendition that defies description) he gave his election post-mortem; re-doing the East Potomac Golf Course to make it a "premium" experience; building a Triumphal Arch no one asked for or thought about when they elected him; demanding prosecutions for imaginary vandalism at the Reflecting Pool; invading Greenland; making Canada the 51st state; re-naming Lake Ontario; re-naming the Gulf of Mexico; and perhaps most prominently, making sure his name gets put on the Kennedy Center even though he had nothing to do with its creation.
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he → build → creation
Exactly what does this Adventure in Narcissism seem like to the voter — actually, the millions of voters — who feel like they're being stretched thin?
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they → seem → voters
You don't need a florid imagination to answer that one.
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You → need → one
They gave their answer last night.
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They → give → answer
It's not like Trump has had no successes.
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Trump → have → successes
He's made three excellent Supreme Court appointments.
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He → make → appointments
He has tackled corrosive and unjust racial preferences like no one else had the guts to.
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one → tackle → guts
He declines to bow to transgender bullying.
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He → decline → bullying
Objective economic data show that, whatever "feelings" may be, the economy grew at a healthy clip just this last quarter.
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economy → show → clip
He used force with Iran when, for nearly 50 years before him, Presidents were content to kick the can down the road as the mullahs got closer and closer to getting the atomic bomb.
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mullahs → use → bomb
These are considerable and important achievements, not less so because Trump often acts like an oaf.
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Trump → act → oaf
But his character flaws throw a wrench into nearly everything he does.
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he → throw → everything
It's less that he's an oaf than that he's a child, far too often content to do what's quick and easy while leaving to adults what's messy and hard.
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what → do → adults
The catch is: He's supposed to be the adult.
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He → suppose → ?
The main thing behind the failures that got Trump his butt-kicking last night is not his classlessness, his carefree attitude [toward] the truth or his gargantuan self-absorption.
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that → get → truth
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