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Elections Have Consequences

Elections Have Consequences
07.02.2025 5

Townhall

Erick Erickson

A Dunning-Kruger Plane Crash

31.01.2025 10

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Press Victims

24.01.2025 6

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Entropy on the Right

17.01.2025 4

Townhall

Erick Erickson

A Progressive Hellscape

“February was the wettest month in downtown Los Angeles since 1998. With over 12 inches of rain drenching the city, it was the fourth-wettest...

10.01.2025 4

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

A Progressive Hellscape

10.01.2025 9

Townhall

Erick Erickson

New Year, Same as the Old Year

The Romans set January as the first month of the year. Originally, March had been the start of the new year. But the early Roman kings, before the...

05.01.2025 5

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

New Year, Same as the Old Year

The Romans set January as the first month of the year. Originally, March had been the start of the new year. But the early Roman kings, before the...

03.01.2025 4

Townhall

Erick Erickson

A Light in the Darkness

The week before Christmas in 2006, on the same day I lost my job, doctors gave my wife six months to live. I had to be the one to break the news to...

28.12.2024 6

Townhall

Erick Erickson

A Light in the Darkness

The week before Christmas in 2006, on the same day I lost my job, doctors gave my wife six months to live. I had to be the one to break the news to...

27.12.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

No ‘Buts’ About It: Leftist Democrats Are Wrong in Excusing Violence

Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of...

15.12.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

The Democrats' Buts

Democrats are slowly, but surely, building a permission structure for progressive activists to kill those they determine are bad. From the rise of...

13.12.2024 50

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Democrats, It’s Going to Be OK

Dear Democrats, It is going to be OK. It really will. You’ll have the midterms in two years. There’ll be another presidential election in four...

15.11.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Dear Democrats

Dear Democrats It is going to be OK. It really will. You'll have the midterms in two years. There'll be another presidential election in four...

15.11.2024 20

Townhall

Erick Erickson

How Harris’ Many Missteps Doomed Her Candidacy

On the night of the election, a member of the Trump team called me about an hour after polls had begun to close to tell me they saw signs of a win....

10.11.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

The Aftermath

On the night of the election, a member of the Trump team called me about an hour after polls had begun to close to tell me they saw signs of a win....

08.11.2024 4

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Garbage In/Garbage Out

On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden made a joke about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was...

01.11.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Garbage In/Garbage Out

On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden joked about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was all the...

01.11.2024 10

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Harris’ Bold Miscalculation 

It is possible that former President Donald Trump has peaked too soon. The momentum in the race feels like it has moved in his direction, but we...

30.10.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Many Big-Name Democrats Are MIA on Kamala’s Campaign Trail

With only about 25 days until this damnably necessary act of democracy descends into recriminations and conversations about 2028, Donald Trump is...

11.10.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Caveat Emptor 

A few days ago, Iran launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Some of Iran’s missiles were hypersonic missiles traveling 10,000...

05.10.2024 6

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Caveat Emptor

A few days ago, Iran launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Some of Iran's missiles were hypersonic missiles traveling 10,000...

04.10.2024 4

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Democrats Support Foreign Interference to Stop Trump

REAL CLEAR POLITICS—For eight years now, Democrats have bemoaned interference in American elections. The national security apparatus of the United...

27.09.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

The Government’s Jobs Reports Were Off—Way Off

The government, for the past year, has overstated joblessness by 818,000 jobs. That revision comes on top of the monthly revisions already made. It...

23.08.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

The Jobs Aren't All Right

The government, for the past year, has overstated joblessness by 818,000 jobs. That revision comes on top of the monthly revisions already made. It...

23.08.2024 5

Townhall

Erick Erickson

Never Confuse Incompetence for Malice

A man can sleep better at night thinking evil men in charge have a plan than realizing incompetent idiots with no plan are in charge. Many...

19.07.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Never Confuse Incompetence for Malice

A man can sleep better at night thinking evil men in charge have a plan than realizing incompetent idiots with no plan are in charge. Many...

19.07.2024 20

Townhall

Erick Erickson