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John McCormack
@McCormackJohn
Senior Editor @TheDispatch
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    John McCormack
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    Jun 1
    New: @BenSasse sits down for an interview with me at a bar in Manhattan. We talked about many topics—from his childhood to politics to Heaven—and why his message about “redeeming the time” after his terminal cancer diagnosis is resonating with so many. thedispatch.com/article/ben-sa…
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    John McCormack
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    Jul 16, 2024
    When you get home from Costco and realize this is the closest you’ll ever get to living the life of Bob Menendez…
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    John McCormack
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    Apr 14, 2025
    Bukele has already sent back 9 people to the United States that the Trump admin insists are gang members. So why can’t he send back Abrego-Garcia?
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    John McCormack
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    Apr 14, 2025
    Three quotations, minutes apart, that summed up today’s Oval Office meeting between El Salvador president Bukele, Trump, and Trump admin officials. 1. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi: “That’s up to El Salvador if they want to return him. That’s not up to us.” 2. Bukele: “I
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    John McCormack
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    Apr 3, 2021
    If MLB really believed Georgians are now living under “Jim Crow on steroids,” why are they only canceling 1 of the 82 MLB games scheduled to be played in Georgia in 2021? Why not cancel them all?
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    John McCormack
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    Jan 12, 2021
    According to a GOP source on conference phone call yesterday, Kevin McCarthy warned members not to verbally attack colleagues who vote for impeachment because it could endanger their lives.
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    John McCormack
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    Sep 19, 2020
    "Twenty-nine times in American history there has been an open Supreme Court vacancy in a presidential election year, or in a lame-duck session before the next presidential inauguration.... The president made a nomination in all twenty-nine cases."
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    History Is on the Side of Republicans Filling a Supreme Court Vacancy in 2020 | National Review
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    John McCormack
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    Jan 3, 2024
    You’d think nothing in the article could top the headline, but then you see @AP’s definition of scalping.
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    Jan 3, 2024
    Harvard president's resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism apnews.com/article/harvar…
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    Plagiarism is a breach of rules for Harvard University: usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/harvard-plagia… Claudine Gay was ultimately forced to resign for a series of breaches of this policy: freebeacon.com/campus/harvard… Plagiarism - or application of the rules around plagiarism - therefore cannot be considered a "weapon".
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    John McCormack
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    Feb 8, 2020
    Went to a bar in Manchester tonight where the bartender, who is eight months pregnant, got a $1000 tip from a member of the #YangGang. The bill was $91.
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    John McCormack
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    Jan 7, 2021
    Gov. Larry Hogan says requests to send in the Maryland National Guard were rejected for 90 minutes on Wednesday. Read this. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/…
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    John McCormack
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    Oct 9, 2019
    Rand Paul in 2015: We should promise the Kurds their own country if they "fight like hell" against ISIS. nationalreview.com/corner/rand-pa… The Kurds fought like hell against ISIS. Now Paul is cheering on Trump's decision to move 100 U.S. troops and abandon the Kurds to be slaughtered.
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    Rand Paul on the Kurds: Then and Now | National Review
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    John McCormack
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    Feb 9, 2021
    Trump was the first president to refuse to accept the Electoral College results. That refusal led to violence on January 6. The main point of disqualification is that a Trump 2024 candidacy—unlike almost any other candidacy—would very likely result in more violence if he loses.
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    John McCormack
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    Aug 14, 2018
    Hearing rumors there might also be tapes out there of Trump insulting American POWs and Gold Star mothers and saying that there were some "very fine people" at a torch-lit neo-Nazi march. Trying to confirm.
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    John McCormack
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    Aug 14, 2018
    Replying to @benshapiro and @allahpundit
    What if there were a tape in which Trump bragged about grabbing women by the genitals?
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    John McCormack
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    Jan 8, 2021
    Although many rioters clearly fought police to enter the Capitol, this video—which I am just seeing this afternoon for the first time—clearly shows Capitol police just standing by and welcoming a throng of protesters in:
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    John McCormack
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    Feb 4, 2021
    New: The Nebraska GOP drafts resolution to censure Ben Sasse before the conclusion of the Senate impeachment trial. Sasse responds: The Capitol riot “happened because the president lied to you.” nationalreview.com/2021/02/nebras…
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