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David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and the author of the book "First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History With the Gun."
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Bernie's student-debt plan a dangerous scam

by David Harsanyi -- This week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed that it was "literally easier" for her to win the congressional election than pay off her student loan debt – which says more…

AOC's shameful ignorance of history

by David Harsanyi -- "The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is what they are." – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In April 1944, two Slovakian Jews named Alfréd more…

In defense of lobbying

by David Harsanyi -- The media adore stories that bolster prevailing narratives about the virtuousness of "bipartisanship" and the nefariousness of money in politics. Last week, they got both when socialist Alexandria more…

Sorry, Democrats, there is no 'climate chaos'

by David Harsanyi -- Climate isn't the same as weather – unless, of course, weather happens to be politically useful. In that case, weather portends climate apocalypse. So warns Elizabeth Warren as more…

Impeach Trump or go home, Democrats!

by David Harsanyi -- When House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that the United States had been plunged into a "constitutional crisis," a large swath of the media more…

Seth Meyers: Useful idiot

by David Harsanyi -- After listening to Seth Meyers run interference for Rep. Ilhan Omar last week, an exasperated Meghan McCain asked him: "Are you her publicist? Are you her press person?" more…

Liberals were wrong about tax cuts -- again

by David Harsanyi -- For those of you who survived the Great GOP Tax Cut Massacre, things are finally looking up. The unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent last month, the lowest more…