Together we made it to the end of another year, which, in Trump administration time, has felt more like an eternity — with a few extra hours to boot. Before we submit ourselves to three more years in the politics-obsessed reality television show that is modern-day America, let’s look back at the winners and losers of 2025, remembering who succeeded and who has seen better years.

Charlie Kirk’s legacy

This year will always be associated with the horrific assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. While both his murder and elements of the aftermath were terrible to witness, the outpouring of love for both Kirk and his legacy showed the best side of American conservatism and America more broadly. It should make Kirk’s family proud of what he accomplished in his short time on Earth.

Interventionists

Despite the hand-wringing of the isolationists who are seeking to take control of the Right, it was a great year for the “neocons,” the now-meaningless catch-all phrase used by these isolationists to describe anyone they don’t like. But with President Donald Trump fully engaged on the world stage — and even bombing the Iranian nuclear program into smithereens — it’s clear that the America-Only wing of the Republican Party is, for now, limited to complaining in the........

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