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ANDREW MALCOLM
News and opinion writer with 55 years experience in media, politics, & govt. Author of 10 nonfiction books, 2 turned into movies. RedState Commentary Writer
| “I’ve been thinking recently why that is, why so many people from somewhere else can go to Washington to represent that other place – perhaps sincerely – and then so thoroughly be subsumed and absorbed into the self-centered, narcissistic culture of DC that worships power and seniority. It’s not called the swamp without reason. It was in fact a swamp in 1790 when Maryland so graciously donated the useless land for the new nation’s federal capitol. I think I’ve come up with at least one answer for the tragic disconnect: elected representatives end up becoming residents of the Washington area. There are legitimate, largely economic reasons for this which I will explain. But the end result is people elected from Tennessee or Indiana or wherever stop representing their home area. They become in effect representatives of Washington back to the people who elected them in the first place. That is the opposite of what the founding fathers intended.” | |
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ILYA SHAPIRO
Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow and Director of Constitutional Studies. Author of Supreme Disorder. Shapiro's Gavel on Substack.
| “When the initial pilot program leaked last fall, and then was being reviewed by various states, it started coming in for some criticism because it wasn’t just history and culture. It was ideology, it was critical race theory, reparations, black-queer theory – all sorts of red flags. And Florida did end up rejecting the curriculum. This was announced a few weeks ago in mid-January. And now, just a couple of weeks later, February 1st, the college board issued a revised framework while claiming it was not a response to Florida’s or other conservative criticism, but just they had heard from educators that some of these theoretical more secondary texts - the more polemical ones as it turns out - were too dense and were not good pedagogically. Curious timing that. And now of course, because of the reversal for whatever reason there is a backlash from the left.” | |
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ANDREW FEINBERG
Covering the White House, Congress, and US politics for The Independent
| “If he gets that 6 months, he can stay unless he is indited, and that’s only if he is indited for a crime that is commutable under US law – then he can be extradited under the extradition treaty between the US and Brazil. It has to be a non-political crime. It can’t be overtly political. The US and Brazil do have an extradition treaty, but like many extradition treaties the US has with other countries, there are safeguards built in it to prevent abuses. Now, I’m not saying the new Brazilian government would be abusing its power by investigating or prosecuting Bolsonaro if there is evidence, but there is always a chance that any country could try to abuse an extradition treaty, and that is why we have a process here in the US. But, it does look like Bolsonaro is going to be here for a while living a very strange touristy existence in Florida. Maybe he will go to Disney world?” | |
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JOEL RUBIN
Democratic foreign policy strategist at Democracy Partners, former Obama Administration Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, and Jewish Political Leader
| “I guarantee that if we had forcibly vaccinated every American, as we should have, we would right now have lower deaths and we would right now be much free-er than we currently are where people are still living in fear of getting the virus. So yes – I believe in life. No – I’m not sorry about the idea that we were careful in order to prevent people from dying. I’ll put on one other hat before I close which is I serve as a municipal government elected official in my town. One of my responsibilities is to protect public health and safety. I can guarantee you, and I know for a fact, that my residents did not want to get Covid. They did not want to have to go and vote in person for example on election day because they were afraid of it, and they are grateful that we in our town offices provide testing and masks for anyone that wants it. That’s called protecting life.” | |
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MITCH ROSCHELLE
Media Commentator / Macro Strategist / Podcaster / Public Speaker on the Economy, real estate, and policy
| “What’s interesting to me is the severity of Covid cases that have been circling around do not appear to be greater than that of the common cold or the common flu. And we didn’t use these tyrannical measures in any season to my knowledge when flu or common cold cases or any other respiratory virus was running rampant. However, Covid seems to be this game changer where for some reason you are morally inferior if you have a different opinion about masks, about personal choice, about vaccination, and so forth. The amount of virtue signaling that took place during the Covid craze where people put their face in a mask on their social media bio pics – their avatars – that tells me that we lost our minds from a virtue signaling perspective. And the judgements that came from those who had a different view towards the other opposing view became crazy.” | |
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"I love this idea. Plus I got to hear your voice. I really hope this becomes a useful tool. Personal opinion from me…when you thwart and hamper speech, like water it will seek its own level. New media is doing that."
From Dawn, on Andrew Malcolm's CenterClip Washington Commentary
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BRUNCH RECIPE OF THE WEEK | |
Given that this week is the State of the Union, we're featuring hoecakes, George Washington's favorite brunch recipe.
HOECAKES
by culinary historian Nancy Carter Crump for the book "Dining with the Washingtons"
Family members and visitors alike testified that hoecakes were among George Washington’s favorite foods. He invariably ate them at breakfast, covered with butter and honey, along with hot tea—a “temperate repast” enjoyed each morning.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 1/2 cups white cornmeal, divided
- 3 to 4 cups lukewarm water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- Melted butter for drizzling and serving
- Honey or maple syrup for serving
Instructions:
- Mix the yeast and 1 1/4 cups of the cornmeal in a large bowl. Add 1 cup of the lukewarm water, stirring to combine thoroughly. Mix in 1/2 cup more of the water, if needed, to give the mixture the consistency of pancake batter. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 200°F.
- When ready to finish the hoecakes, begin by adding 1/2 to 1 cup of the remaining water to the batter. Stir in the salt and the egg, blending thoroughly.
- Gradually add the remaining 1 1/4 cups of cornmeal, alternating with enough additional lukewarm water to make a mixture that is the consistency of waffle batter. Cover with a towel, and set aside at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Heat a griddle on medium-high heat, and lightly grease it with lard or vegetable shortening. Preparing 1 hoecake at a time, drop a scant 1/4 cup of the batter onto the griddle and cook on one side for about 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. With a spatula, turn the hoecake over and continue cooking another 4 to 5 minutes, until browned.
- Place the hoecake on a platter, and set it in the oven to keep warm while making the rest of the batch. Drizzle each batch with melted butter.
- Serve the hoecakes warm, drizzled with melted butter and honey or maple syrup.
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