Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

WSJ Editorial Board Defends NYC “Subway Samaritan”

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: Was Mr. Penny wrong to intervene? The details of what happened will presumably be presented at trial, but it’s clear his intention wasn’t to kill Neely. It was to protect himself and others. As a 24-year-old veteran, he may have felt a particular responsibility to do so. We sometimes call such …

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WSJ: Carlson’s “Vulgar Messages Sealed His Fate”

The Wall Street Journal reports: Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with Dominion Voting Systems, they presented Tucker Carlson with what they thought was good news: They had persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, according to people familiar with the …

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WSJ Board Condemns “Smearing” Of Clarence Thomas

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: The left’s assault on the Supreme Court is continuing, and the latest front is the news that Justice Clarence Thomas has a rich friend who has hosted the Justice on his private plane, his yacht, and his vacation resort. That’s it. That’s the story. Yet this non-bombshell has triggered breathless claims …

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Russia Arrests WSJ Reporter For Supposed Espionage

The Wall Street Journal reports: Russia’s main security agency said it had detained a Wall Street Journal reporter for what it described as espionage. The Federal Security Service said Thursday it had detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, in the eastern city of Yekaterinburg. The FSB said in a statement that Mr. Gershkovich, “acting on the instructions of the American …

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Axios: Bloomberg Wants To Buy WSJ Parent Or WaPo

Axios reports: Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and media mogul, is interested in acquiring either Wall Street Journal parent company Dow Jones or The Washington Post, a source familiar with his thinking told Axios. Bloomberg wants to expand his media empire and sees Dow Jones as his ideal fit, but he would buy the Post if Jeff Bezos were interested …

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WSJ Board: “Dimwitted” Republicans Are In “Disarray”

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: If a Martian arrived in Washington this week not knowing who had won the November election, he’d be forgiven for thinking it was the Democrats. Usually the losers are in disarray, but not this time. Democrats in the House minority have completed a seamless transition to new House leadership with little internal dissent. …

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DeSantis +14 Over Trump In WSJ 2024 Primary Poll

The Wall Street Journal reports: Republican primary voters have high interest in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a potential 2024 presidential nominee and view him more favorably than they do former President Donald Trump, a new Wall Street Journal poll shows. In a hypothetical contest between the two, Mr. DeSantis beats Mr. Trump, 52% to 38%, among likely GOP primary …

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WSJ: The Biggest Lesson Of 2022 Is Trump Picks Losers

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: A 51-49 Senate will make life far easier for Democrats over the next two years. No single Democrat will be able to block a Biden nominee, and Democrats will now have a majority on every committee. Republicans will have one more seat to overcome as they try to retake the Senate. …

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Murdoch’s WSJ Scorches Trump Over Dinner With Nazi

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Trump isn’t going to change, and the next two years will inevitably feature many more such damaging episodes. Republicans who continue to go along for the ride with Mr. Trump are teeing themselves up for disaster in 2024. Worse is that Mr. Trump hasn’t admitted his mistake in hosting the …

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WSJ Editorial Board Calls On GOP To Dump Trump

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Donald Trump seems to be barreling ahead with an announcement Tuesday night that he plans to run for President again. The irony is that more Democrats than Republicans will be elated because they see him as the easiest candidate to beat one more time. The real restraint on Mr. Trump has been the …

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WSJ Editorial Board Blasts Trump For Mocking DeSantis

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: In case you doubt it, Mr. Trump is already mocking his fellow Republicans and potential competitors before Tuesday’s midterm election. Mr. Trump held a rally Saturday in Latrobe, Pa., ostensibly to boost turnout for GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz and nominee for Governor, Doug Mastriano.  But as usual with Mr. Trump, the rally …

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WSJ: Chess Grandmaster Likely Cheated 100+ Times

The Wall Street Journal reports: When world chess champion Magnus Carlsen last month suggested that American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann was a cheater, the 19-year-old Niemann launched an impassioned defense. Niemann said he had cheated, but only at two points in his life, describing them as youthful indiscretions committed when he was 12 and 16 years old. Now, however, an …

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WSJ Board: Trump May Get Mitch McConnell Murdered

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: We live in a polarized political age when rabid partisans don’t need provocation to resort to violence. This makes Donald Trump’s latest verbal assault against Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell all the more reckless. The “death wish” rhetoric is ugly even by Mr. Trump’s standards and deserves to be condemned. Mr. Trump’s apologists …

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WSJ: Trump “Utterly Failed” The Test Of His Character

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Mr. Trump took an oath to defend the Constitution, and he had a duty as Commander in Chief to protect the Capitol from a mob attacking it in his name. He refused. He didn’t call the military to send help. He didn’t call Mr. Pence to check on the safety of his loyal …

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WSJ Board: “Condemn White Replacement Theory”

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: Partisans are already using the massacre to leap to broader political conclusions, as they always do. There’s no doubt that a racist subculture exists in America and is spread on social media. Politicians and media figures have an obligation to condemn it and such conspiratorial notions as “white replacement theory.” But …

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WSJ Board Defends Running Trump’s “Bananas” Letter

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: The progressive parsons of the press are aflutter that we published a letter to the editor Thursday from former President Trump, objecting to our editorial pointing out that he lost Pennsylvania last year by 80,555 votes. We trust our readers to make up their own minds about his statement. And we think it’s …

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WSJ Board: If The GOP Deposes Cheney But Does Nothing About Greene, They Deserve Minority Status

From the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board: A few dozen backbenchers want to depose Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from the House leadership for voting to impeach Donald Trump. Other Members are concerned about the high public profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a freshman Member from Georgia with kooky views. If the House GOP punishes Ms. Cheney while saying nothing about …

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WSJ Editorial Board Suggests Trump Get “Counseling”

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: Former Presidents and Vice Presidents have told us how psychologically difficult the early months of lost political power can be. We can therefore empathize if former President Trump is frustrated these days, and perhaps that explains his attack on us Thursday over his role in the GOP’s loss of the Senate. …

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WSJ: Proud Boys Rioted Upon Trump’s “Call To Action”

The Wall Street Journal reports: On Jan. 3, three days before the attack on the Capitol, Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right organization known as the Proud Boys, shared a cryptic post on the messaging app Telegram: “What if we invade it?” The message was sent to his more than 7,000 followers on the app, with the first reply …

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Wall Street Journal Board Calls On Trump To Resign

The Wrap reports: The Wall Street Journal editorial board has joined the chorus of those in the media demanding Donald Trump resign as president. This comes a day after the riots from Trump supporters, egged on by Trump himself, stormed the Capital in a last-gasp bid to overturn the election he lost to Joe Biden. “This goes beyond merely refusing …

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