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Matt Welch
@MattWelch
Editor at large, @Reason. Co-conspirator, @wethefifth (wethefifth.com). Writer, The View Level. Note spelling of last name.
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    Matt Welch
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    Jun 13
    "Those of them who lived on into the early decades of the nineteenth century expressed anxiety over what they had wrought," wrote Gordon Wood in The Radicalism of the American Revolution. "Although they tried to put as good a face as they could on what had happened, they were
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    Disillusioned revolutionaries: Many Founders died in despair about the American experiment
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    Matt Welch
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    Jul 3, 2020
    The most terrifying half-tomato I’ve ever had.
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    Matt Welch
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    Feb 4, 2022
    This statement is not remotely true.
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    Matt Welch
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    Feb 15, 2017
    When a news article fulfills your most urgent political desires, and is based 100% on anonymous sources of unstated motivation, be skeptical
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    Matt Welch
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    Jun 11, 2019
    Eric Swalwell has received 0% of the vote in 24 consecutive national polls.
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    Matt Welch
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    Nov 24, 2021
    They say political comedy is dead but Democrats keep trying to explain inflation.
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    Matt Welch
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    Jan 20, 2021
    The new president in his inaugural addressed denounced lies & the manipulation of facts, and vowed to always level with us. Let's hold him to that, shall we?
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    Matt Welch
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    Oct 12, 2025
    We have become a “Papers, please” country just in time for our 250th anniversary.
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    James Surowiecki
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    Oct 12, 2025
    The guy being interrogated in this video is a native-born U.S. citizen. He answered the agents' questions truthfully, and gave them his driver's license. And they still dragged him in and held him for hours. So what? You have to carry a passport or your birth certificate or else
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    Matt Welch
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    Sep 13, 2018
    Investigators also discovered bullets, in his body, shot by a reckless and belligerent intruder who illegally entered his property.
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    FOX 4 NEWS
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    Sep 13, 2018
    DEVELOPING: Search warrant: Marijuana found in Botham Jean’s apartment after deadly shooting bit.ly/2D2fd0u
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    Matt Welch
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    Sep 30, 2020
    Fuck it, just fight.
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    Matt Welch
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    May 7, 2020
    The Conservative Hoax Machine tried to smear Dr. Anthony Fauci as a sex criminal. But then the alleged victim recanted, saying that Jacob Wohl had "charmed me into taking money to do this." @NancyRomm has the goods.
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    She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Paid Her to...
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    Matt Welch
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    Apr 28, 2022
    Banning menthol cigarettes and paying off affluent kids' student loans during a stagflationary period is a choice.
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    Matt Welch
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    Jan 5, 2023
    "I served with him for a decade, and I saw what he is. He's not a trustworthy person," @JustinAmash said, about Kevin McCarthy. "He'll do whatever it takes to maintain power....He's a compulsive liar. Always has been."
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    Justin Amash: Kevin McCarthy Is a 'Compulsive Liar' Who 'Cares Only About Power'
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    Matt Welch
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    Aug 27, 2020
    "He shrunk government," says Gov. Kristi Noem, speaking about Donald Trump. The government is nearly $1 trillion larger on an annual basis than it was when he took office. Trump did not reduce, let alone shrink, government.