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Marc A. Thiessen (born 1967) is an American author, columnist and political commentator, who served as a speechwriter for United States President George W. Bush (2004–2009) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (2001–2004).


Thiessen's articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, National Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, USA Today and other publications. He has also appeared on Fox News, CNN, NPR, and other media outlets. In its January 11, 2010 issue, The Daily Telegraph named Thiessen number 97 of the "100 Most Influential Conservatives in America".

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... of the Post's (very large) stable of conservative columnists, like Jennifer Rubin, George Will, Marc Thiessen, Kathleen Parker, or Hugh Hewitt.
The terrorist attack in Barcelona followed a pattern that has left more than 100 people dead and hundreds more injured in Nice, Berlin, London, ...

It was not that long ago that a Republican presidential candidate vowed that “we will make America great again.” His name was Ronald ...
With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin hoped he could tilt Washington onto a more pro-Moscow course.
Reagan did not buy into the zero-sum economics behind the Trump immigration proposal, which holds that American-born workers are being ...
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg.

"It will be a cold day in hell before we allow the United Nations to directly tax American citizens," said Marc Thiessen who was the spokesman for the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the late rightwing Republican Senator Jesse Helms.
... to take a good, hard look in the mirror and ask themselves how they are contributing to our growing culture of political contempt.
A federal appeals panel's decision to uphold the stay of Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has dramatically raised the stakes in the coming Supreme Court fight - and increased the likelihood that Republicans may have to use the nuclear option to get ...
No, not the one that launches actual nuclear weapons. I mean the one that blows up Democratic obstruction to his Supreme Court nominee and puts a reliable conservative on the court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.
"Under the plan, all imports coming into the United States would be subject to the 20 percent tax, but exports would have the tax refunded - making them tax-free," Marc Thiessen, a resident fellow at conservative-leaning think tank the American ...
For all the legitimate criticisms of Donald Trump's inaugural address, one charge that is wholly undeserved is that his speech was divisive and targeted solely at his core supporters.
Wrong, at least according to Washington Post writer Marc Thiessen. Trump absolutely can make Mexico pay. Thiessen says the answer lies in a provision of the corporate tax-reform bill House Republicans plan to take up soon: the so-called "border ...
Hume appeared to be generally fed up with exaggeration and hyperbole among critics of President Donald Trump, as he called comparisons to Nazi Germany on Twitter "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and retweeted Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen's ...
Marc Thiessen, chief speechwriter of President George W. Bush, recently noted that Trump "has picked the most conservative Cabinet of any president in modern times.
From the right: How To Make Mexico Pay for the Wall Its leaders' vehement protests notwithstanding, Donald Trump "absolutely can make Mexico pay" for that border wall, asserts Marc Thiessen in The Washington Post. How? "A provision of the corporate ...
She also made arrangements for Marc Thiessen, a Fox TV News contributor and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, to speak to the Linfield student body.

Let's be clear: Hillary Clinton did not lose the 2016 election because of Russian meddling or WikiLeaks. And here is the proof: WikiLeaks began publishing its trove of Democratic National Committee emails on July 22, 2016, three days before the ...
Let's be clear: Hillary Clinton did not lose the 2016 election because of Russian meddling or WikiLeaks. And here is the proof: WikiLeaks began publishing its trove of Democratic National Committee emails on July 22, three days before the Democratic ...
Kelly was similarly skeptical while interviewing Marc Thiessen, a resident fellow of the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a Fox News contributor, who claimed that the whole thing was Hillary Clinton's fault because she had a private email ...
In the Washington Post, Marc Thiessen outlines several ways in which the incoming Trump administration could revamp stale relations with Taiwan, including by signing a free trade agreement and upgrading the island's political representation.
In recent days, we have stopped to remember those who left us in 2016 whose lives profoundly changed the world around them - people such as John Glenn, Nancy Reagan, Muhammad Ali and Elie Wiesel.
Little wonder that, as Marc Thiessen of the American Enterprise Institute recently wrote, you can drive some 3,000 miles across the entire continental United States without driving through a single county that voted for Hillary Clinton.
Buzzfeed reported that the deal was worth $340,000, but that an unknown part of the money would go to Walker's co-author, Marc Thiessen. When Walker filed to run for president in 2015, he had to file a more detailed disclosure form that showed he had ...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - It is by now a commonplace to defend claims about the growth of "fake news" with the counter charge that people are seeking other sources of information because the mainstream media has lost credibility.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama said on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" that without the daily presidential briefings, Trump risks "flying blind.
We also regularly run columnists Stephen Moore, a Trump adviser, Michael Gerson, a former senior adviser to President George W. Bush; and Marc Thiessen, a former speechwriter for Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. And, by the way, we ...
"They got brought here at a very young age, they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs.
"They got brought here at a very young age, they've worked here, they've gone to school here. Some were good students.
The statement cites Marc Thiessen in the Washington Post, whose article "WikiLeaks Must be Stopped" called for diplomatic pressure to be brought on governments to arrest Assange.
The president-elect also shared a Washington Post op-ed written by former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen that used the GAI's report's data and questioned Obama's priorities.
Trump's call with Taiwan's president was a smart, calculated move designed to send a clear message: The days of pushing the United States around are over.
I feel duty-bound to remind readers that Marc Thiessen is not merely repeating dumb talking points, but is sincerely dumb himself.
Marc Thiessen's assertions are directly opposite those of his colleague at the American Enterprise Institute, Norm Ornstein, who has been studying gridlock in Congress for years and has detailed his findings in his books, to wit: It's even worse than ...
Kelly's conservative guest, Marc Thiessen, went on to argue that there was definitely a double standard, while noting there is a precedent for "speaking truth to power" at the National Prayer Breakfast, recalling Mother Teresa's powerful 1994 pro-life ...
If you thought the handwringing among the cast of Hamilton over the impending Trump presidency was bad, it apparently does not compare to the growing despair among the Obama White House team.
In regards to Bolton, Paul has been much harsher on him, possibly due to the bad history between them, as Marc Thiessen wrote.
Marc Thiessen argued that there is certainly precedent for "speaking truth to power" at the National Prayer Breakfast. Matt Bennett pointed out that Carson was at the president's podium, but Kelly shot back that all Pence wanted to do was enjoy a ...
As Marc Thiessen wrote for the Washington Post, "The reason Obama's legacy is so vulnerable today is that the 44th president relied more on executive actions - issuing not only executive orders, but also a record number of rules, regulations and ...
Obama built his legacy on the sand of unilateralism, instead of the rock of bipartisan consensus. And great will be the fall of it come Jan. 20, 2017.
Obama himself ripped up his predecessors' EOs on stem cell research, torture, and trade unions, W's former scriptwriter Marc Thiessen pointed out here this week. Trump has promised to "cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and ...
As Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen wrote in his column this weekend, "There are zero electoral votes in the State of Denial.
November 2013 - His book "Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge," co-authored with Marc Thiessen, is released. July 31, 2014 - The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the 2011 collective bargaining rights law. November 4, 2014 ...
"I don't know if it's going to swing the election but [premium hikes] certainly could have an impact," said Marc Thiessen, former speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, citing the impact in battleground states. The ObamaCare problems could ...
Winston Churchill once said that "if Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Before accepting the presumptions of Marc Thiessen's column "People of Faith, Look Out" (Oct. 17 Perspectives), PG readers should listen to or read Hillary Clinton's Women in the World Summit speech to learn the full context of her views.
Writing for the left-leaning Washington Post, Marc Thiessen, former chief speechwriter for George W. Bush, declared that "Hillary Clinton is a threat to religious liberty.
Thus members of the Clinton's inner circle created front groups to foment a "Catholic Spring" - says Marc Thiessen in The Washington Post, "because as their dear leader had announced, 'deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural ...
Former presidential speechwriter Marc Thiessen said it best: "Hillary Clinton is the second most unpopular presidential candidate in all of history.
In a speech not long before she launched her 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton made a stunning declaration of war on religious Americans.


 

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