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You can contend, as many do, that the reasons for the Democrats’ defeats in 2024 are obvious. But the Democratic National Committee’s job is to...
If you’re an Iran hawk, you had reason for some optimism when the U.S. war against Iran – don’t be like Putin and use the euphemism of a...
The big takeaway from last night’s primaries was that a endorsement from President Trump remains a likely sure-fire ticket to victory in a GOP...
Jonathan Martin of Politico writes that the scenario of Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman switching parties or becoming an...
My Monday Corner post about data centers asserted, “Janet Mills’s defiance of the state’s Democratic state legislative majority may be seen...
At the tail end of today's Morning Jolt, I mentioned a curious expenditure on the part of Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s...
Late last week, Maine’s Democratic governor Janet Mills vetoed legislation that would have placed a moratorium on the construction of new data...
As expected, a handful of readers contend that today’s Morning Jolt spelling out the background of Hasan Piker is elevating him or raising his...
Georgia Democratic congressman David Scott has passed away at 80 years old; may he rest in peace. As an octogenarian member of Congress, Scott...
The Southern Poverty Law Center is not a law enforcement agency. It is not an intelligence agency. It is not a traditional journalism institution...
Noah sums up the latest controversy surrounding Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy quite well. The only thing I would add is the context:...
We can debate whether the hateful little toad Nick Fuentes is genuinely influential in American culture; perhaps his audience is really just seeking...
The January 30 edition of the Morning Jolt looked at Trump’s cabinet and pointed to five figures as particular underperformers or liabilities:...
The White House messaging on Iran — or more specifically, the president’s — flips back and forth between two settings: Bold declarations that...
The January 30 edition of the Morning Jolt looked at Trump’s cabinet and pointed to five figures as particular underperformers or liabilities:...
The headline from the Associated Press – “Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns” — sounds pretty darn...
The dominant narrative for most of the past decade that a Trump endorsement just about guarantees a Republican will win his primary, and that crossing...
On any given week, the U.S. economy will generate numbers that look good in some ways (unemployment low by historical standards, inflation low by the...
Yes, yes, polls can be wrong, and the California state “jungle primary” won’t be held until June 2. There are 61 (!) candidates on the ballot to...
Up in the Maine Democratic Senate primary battle, the Graham Platner campaign contends to Axios that the contest is already over, and that governor...
Over in the most recent issue of the print magazine, I wrote about Virginia’s new Democratic governor Abigail Spanberger, and concluded,...
While the world is justifiably focused on Iran, the world remains a dangerous place for the U.S. and its allies on many fronts. I find myself wanting...
Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of the 2002 book The Emerging Democratic Majority, announces that his...
Back on March 8, my old traveling companion Kyle Orton wrote about the unlikelihood of a Venezuela scenario in Iran, and how it was unlikely that any...
Anybody who still believes that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a defender of Christian values is someone who wants to be fooled, and who is willfully...
The New York Times headline declares, “G.O.P. Bid to Target Transgender Athletes Falls Flat in the Senate.” Now, it did “fall flat” in the...
Today’s Morning Jolt notes the approximate location of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its carrier group in the eastern...
In the past few months, I’ve been particularly critical of President Trump’s comments on the economy, reiterating that you can’t spin people’s...
The U.S. federal government’s 2026 fiscal year began October 1, 2025. Since that date, 137 days have passed. On that date, the federal government...
President Trump in an interview with Brian Kilmeade of Fox News Radio, March 13: Kilmeade: You think Putin is helping [the Iranians]? Trump: I think...
Legendary conservative movement leader David Keene passed away March 8, at the age of 80 years. Here at NR, Grover Norquist wrote a beautiful tribute...
President Trump habitually publicly describes our European allies with thinly veiled contempt. (“Most European, nations, uh, they’re decaying....
Jonathan Martin of Politico wrote a long piece on Kamala Harris’ book tour, now having lasted than her actual presidential campaign, 166 days to...
I will believe that the MAGA crowd genuinely is concerned about the wrongdoing of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates when Epstein biographer, public...
I would have figured, if you’re the Iranian regime, and you have sleeper agents or sleeper cells on U.S. soil, and you find yourself in an all-out...
I would not pretend to be a constitutional scholar when it comes to Iran, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is just about the last expert I would cite...
In early February, Vogue‘s Maya Singer wrote a profile of California governor Gavin Newsom that described the governor as “embarrassingly...
Democrats have not won a statewide election in Texas since 1994. From 2002 to 2020, predictions that Texas will “turn blue” and elect a Democrat...
Iran Watch wrote on January 26, “Israeli officials reportedly estimated the size of Iran’s remaining arsenal to be 1,500 missiles and 200...
An ironic detail in the developments of the Pentagon’s ongoing fight with Anthropic about how it can use the company’s artificial intelligence,...