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Hinckley Walks: Reagan’s Would-Be Assassin Soon to Be Completely Free

John Hinckley, Jr. will be utterly free from state supervision soon. Should President Reagan’s shooter ever walk? Can such a mental illness actually go into complete remission?

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Bill Whittle Now

Bernie Backs Biden, But NYT Says Biden’s Lead Over Trump is Weak

On the day that twice-failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders endorses thrice-failed presidential candidate Joe Biden, NYTimes.com’s Nate Cohn warns Democrats about the weakness of Biden’s polling lead over President Trump.

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BWDC News

Links to ‘The Cold War: What We Saw’, Podcast Series by Bill Whittle

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Cold War

The Cold War: What We Saw | An Iron Curtain – Episode 1

In Part 1 of The Cold War: What We Saw, we will peel back the layers of mystery cloaking the Terror state run by the Kremlin, and watch as America takes its first small steps onto the stage of world leadership.

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Global Suicide Prevention: 25,000 Nukes on Hair Trigger and the Miracle of Survival

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Bill Whittle’s new podcast series, “The Cold War: What We Saw”, from Esoteric Radio Theatre. With 25,000 nukes on hair trigger, the survival of the United States and the Soviet Union is a modern miracle. Heroic personal stories and high-stakes decisions provide a lesson in global suicide prevention. Bill Whittle […]

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Anonymous Unmasked: Senior Official to Out Himself, Other Trump Critics Will Speak Out

On a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) the senior administration official who wrote last year’s New York Times “resistance” op-ed and 2019’s book, “A Warning”, said he won’t remain Anonymous forever. He also claims other Trump critics will speak out about the chaotic and dangerous president.

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Bill Whittle Now

No Defense for Trump? “Almost Everyone” Believes Trump Did It

Who will defend Donald Trump in his Senate trial if the House passes articles of impeachment, and how? That’s the question posed by former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal, who says Trump will face “charges almost everyone will believe are true.”

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Trump Under Siege: Dealing with Kim, Xi, Hong Kong, Middle East as Impeachment Rolls

Amped up trouble with China, North Korea, Hong Kong and the Middle East, compete for President Trump’s attention even as he’s besieged daily with the impeachment inquiry that divides his friends and excites his enemies.

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Right Angle

Berlin Wall Falls…by Accident: NOT a Triumph of Good Over Evil, Historian Says

The New York Times marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a photo essay, and quotes historian Anne Applebaum saying, “It was not a triumph of good over evil. It was basically incompetence — and chance.” Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott remember it differently.

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Bill Whittle Now

Pop President: What Donald Trump Gets That Ronald Reagan Could Not

President Trump puts on a spectacular display of message dominance while drowning out the mainstream media. Does this consummate entertainer — this pop president — get something that even Ronald Reagan could not? Have Americans changed in the intervening years so that Reagan couldn’t cut it today?

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Right Angle

How SNL Could Appeal to Conservatives: In the Wake of Shane Gillis-gate

Saturday Night Live reportedly believed that comedian Shane Gillis would appeal to conservatives, so they hired him in a shameless play for a bigger audience going into the 45th season of the once-great sketch-comedy show. Then they fired Gillis within hours.

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Trump Tweet-Trolls Iran Regime After ‘Catastrophic Accident’ at Safir Missile Site

President Trump Tweet-Trolls the Iranian regime using a satellite photo of a “catastrophic accident” involving its Safir SLV missile at Semnan Launch Site One. The American Left goes ballistic, accusing Trump of leaking the classified image.

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Bill Whittle Now

The Gracious R.B.G.: Ginsburg Praises Kavanaugh for Historic First for Women

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises her new colleague, Brett Kavanaugh, for being the first Supreme Court Justice to hire an all-female staff. Bill Whittle rarely finds anything to celebrate in Ginsburg’s actions or public statements, but this time she’s not only the Notorious R.B.G., but the Gracious R.B.G.. Yet CBS News misses a crucial detail in this story of historic firsts for women.

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Trump Gives Medal to Tax-Cut Champion, While NPR Calls Laffer Curve ‘Fake News’

As President Trump honors tax-cut champion Arthur Laffer with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, NPR says the Laffer Curve that describes the beneficial effect of those cuts, doesn’t work, and never has. Why are Republicans so in love with this economic theory that Democrats think is fake news?

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Why Can’t Progressive Media Make a Profit Trying to Destroy Capitalism?

Salon, ThinkProgress, Vox and other Progressive media outlets struggle to stay out of bankruptcy despite the growing popularity of socialism in the United States. Is this proof that free enterprise is a failed economic model when a good-hearted Progressive can’t make a profit trying to destroy capitalism?