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Texas Tribune Smears Sheriff Over Immigrant Crime Claim

Washington Free Beacon

The Texas Tribune corrected an article Thursday that took a Texas sheriff’s words out of context to smear him. The paper initially claimed the sheriff referred to immigrants as “drunks who would run over your children and they will run over my children” before amending the article to include necessary context. The sheriff was specifically referring to illegal immigrants who are repeat criminal offenders, and was not trying to generalize about all immigrants.

Warren Pushes to Tax, Regulate Investments That Enriched Her

Washington Free Beacon

Elizabeth Warren’s plan to crack down on the private equity industry would place stringent regulations on a source of funds that helped enrich her as a law professor at Harvard. The plan, which would heavily tax and regular private equity firms to stop what Warren has called Wall Street’s “legalized looting,” could also end up hurting her former Harvard colleagues and Massachusetts retirees.

Ben Rhodes Should Probably Just Shut Up About Foreign Policy

Washington Free Beacon

Ben Rhodes’ ability to deliver hot takes on U.S. foreign policy again and again for years while maintaining his status as an “expert” in the eyes of the national media, despite no discernible track record of successful foreign policy accomplishments, is quite extraordinary. These days, Rhodes is criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the coordinated drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities.