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Kamala Harris Wants the DNC to Release its 2024 Election ‘Autopsy’

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...

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Simultaneous War and Peace in the Persian Gulf

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...

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Hey, Mr. President, How’s That Texas Senate GOP Primary Runoff Endorsement Coming?

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...

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Trump’s needling of India comes at a fragile time

Trump’s needling of India comes at a fragile time
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Does It Make Sense for John Fetterman to Flip Parties?

Jonathan Martin of Politico writes that the scenario of Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman switching parties or  becoming  an...

04.05.2026 8

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Mills Has Fallen; Platner Triumphant

My Monday Corner post about data centers asserted, “Janet Mills’s defiance of the state’s Democratic state legislative majority may be seen...

30.04.2026 9

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Keeping an Eye on Josh Shapiro’s Far-Reaching Ambitions

At the tail end of today's Morning Jolt, I mentioned a curious expenditure on the part of Pennsylvania Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro’s...

29.04.2026 10

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Why Trump’s ballroom can’t host the White House correspondents’ dinner

Why Trump’s ballroom can’t host the White House correspondents’ dinner
28.04.2026 10

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Governor Janet Mills Vetoes Maine’s Data Center Ban

Late last week, Maine’s Democratic governor Janet Mills vetoed legislation that would have placed a moratorium on the construction of new data...

27.04.2026 6

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Measuring Hasan Piker’s Influence Among Democrats

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...

24.04.2026 10

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Rest in Peace, Georgia Democratic Congressman David Scott

Georgia Democratic congressman David Scott has passed away at 80 years old; may he rest in peace. As an octogenarian member of Congress, Scott...

22.04.2026 10

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How Your Tax-Deductable Donation Went to the Klan, Neo-Nazis, and the ‘Sadistic Souls’

The Southern Poverty Law Center is not a law enforcement agency. It is not an intelligence agency. It is not a traditional journalism institution...

22.04.2026 8

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Chris Murphy Desperately Wants Democrats to Notice Him

Noah sums up the latest controversy surrounding Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy quite well. The only thing I would add is the context:...

21.04.2026 9

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Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids

21.04.2026 10

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Dirty Deeds, Done Quite Lucratively

We can debate whether the hateful little toad Nick Fuentes is genuinely influential in American culture; perhaps his audience is really just seeking...

20.04.2026 9

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Last Call for Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer

The January 30 edition of the Morning Jolt looked at Trump’s cabinet and pointed to five figures as particular underperformers or liabilities:...

20.04.2026 7

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Lucy and the Football, In the Persian Gulf

The White House messaging on Iran — or more specifically, the president’s — flips back and forth between two settings: Bold declarations that...

20.04.2026 10

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Checking in on Trump’s Cabinet Shuffle

The January 30 edition of the Morning Jolt looked at Trump’s cabinet and pointed to five figures as particular underperformers or liabilities:...

18.04.2026 8

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Europe Has Plenty of Oil, It Just Doesn’t Want to Use It

The headline from the Associated Press – “Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns” — sounds pretty darn...

17.04.2026 9

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Trump’s Endorsement, Not Quite the Final Word in the California GOP Primary

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...

14.04.2026 7

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One decent thing Biden can still do for the nation

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That Is . . . Not a Good Quarterly U.S. GDP Number

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...

09.04.2026 10

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‘Governor Eric Swalwell,’ a Fitting Punishment for California’s Sins

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...

08.04.2026 20

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Today, Maine; Tomorrow, the World

Up in the Maine Democratic Senate primary battle, the Graham Platner campaign contends to Axios that the contest is already over, and that governor...

07.04.2026 10

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As Viktor Orban goes, so goes MAGA?

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Virginians Are Not Impressed with the Start of the Spanberger Era

Over in the most recent issue of the print magazine, I wrote about Virginia’s new Democratic governor Abigail Spanberger, and concluded,...

06.04.2026 9

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The PRC’s Proud History of Reckless and Dangerous Experiments

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...

06.04.2026 10

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Trump shrugs off an attack on U.S. lives. The reason has a name.

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Democrats Have the Same Flaws as in 2024

Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of the 2002 book The Emerging Democratic Majority, announces that his...

26.03.2026 10

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‘The Venezuela Option Does Not Exist in Iran’

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...

25.03.2026 10

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If You’re Bombing Churches, You’re Not Defending Christianity

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...

24.03.2026 10

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There’s a reason for MAGA’s 100% support of Trump

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Who Fell Flat in the Transgender-Athletes Amendment Fight?

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...

23.03.2026 10

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A Rough Week for Russian Oil Tankers, Including the ‘Floating Time Bomb’

Today’s Morning Jolt notes the approximate location of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its carrier group in the eastern...

20.03.2026 10

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No, Mr. President, Oil Prices Are Not ‘Already Coming Back Down’

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...

19.03.2026 10

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DHS Employees Have Worked Unpaid for More Than Half The Current Fiscal Year

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...

18.03.2026 10

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President Softie Pushover

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...

18.03.2026 10

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Two Strange Omissions in Remembering the Work of David Keene

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...

17.03.2026 20

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When the Iran war ends, the mullahs will be broke

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France and Italy to Iran: Hey, Let’s Make a Deal!

President Trump habitually publicly describes our European allies with thinly veiled contempt. (“Most European, nations, uh, they’re decaying....

13.03.2026 10

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Is There Really Any Genuine ‘Harris 2028’ Enthusiasm?

Jonathan Martin of Politico wrote a long piece on Kamala Harris’ book tour, now having lasted than her actual presidential campaign, 166 days to...

11.03.2026 10

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Good News, CPAC, Steve Bannon Accepted Your Invitation!

I will believe that the MAGA crowd genuinely is concerned about the wrongdoing of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates when Epstein biographer, public...

11.03.2026 20

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Feds Issue an Alert About Communications to Potential Iranian Sleeper Agents

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...

10.03.2026 20

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Look who is wrong about the economy now

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Ayatollah Nepo Baby

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...

09.03.2026 10

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Katie Couric Asks Gavin Newsom, ‘Are You Just Ridiculously Good-Looking?’

In early February, Vogue‘s Maya Singer wrote a profile of California governor Gavin Newsom that described the governor as “embarrassingly...

06.03.2026 10

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The Steep Climb Ahead of James Talarico

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...

05.03.2026 10

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How Many Missiles Does Iran Have Remaining?

Iran Watch wrote on January 26, “Israeli officials reportedly estimated the size of Iran’s remaining arsenal to be 1,500 missiles and 200...

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Looks Like the Pentagon Will Be Using Anthropic’s A.I. For a While Longer

An ironic detail in the developments of the Pentagon’s ongoing fight with Anthropic about how it can use the company’s artificial intelligence,...

03.03.2026 20

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If you saw what Trump sees, I bet you’d become a hawk, too

02.03.2026 30

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