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President Trump: Our Munitions Stockpile Is ‘Fine’ and ‘Low’

President Trump in a phone interview with Wayne Allyn Root, yesterday: By the way, they talk about munitions and we’re fine with munitions. You...

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The Democrats still have a Biden hangover. And it’s hurting.

The Democrats still have a Biden hangover. And it’s hurting.
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Once Again, More Evidence That Putin Is Already at War with NATO

The Morning Jolt, reporting from Riga, Latvia, back in May: And a Latvian official who deals with national security issues speculated that perhaps a...

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Rolling Stone Predictably Swoons Over Hasan Piker

“Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?” asks the headline at Rolling Stone. Five paragraphs later, correspondent Josh Eells writes: Among his...

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Regarding Those Claims of $20 Burritos . . .

On X, there's been a considerable debate about the cost of living and whether burritos really cost $20. One of our TPUSA college students gave me...

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Will This Year’s Midterms Look Like 2006 All Over Again?

Yesterday, Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief, Cook Political Report and former editor of National Journal’s Hotline, suggested that this year’s midterm...

05.08.2026 4

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What ruined the Reflecting Pool? Jeanine Pirro had a choice.

What ruined the Reflecting Pool? Jeanine Pirro had a choice.
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Biden’s Covid Coordinator: ‘It Is More Likely to Have Been a Lab Leak.’

Interviews on the Sunday morning news talk shows don’t generate as much buzz as they used to, but the comments of Dr. Ashish Jha, Biden’s...

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Go Figure, It Turns Out the Iranian Regime Is ‘Unbelievably Duplicitous’

At 10:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, President Trump declared on Truth Social that “the U.S.A. is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic...

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If You Want to Hurt Russia’s Economy, Graham’s Bill Is the Best Option

Last week, former Senator Lindsey Graham's sanctions bill won overwhelming support in the U.S. Senate, with 84 senators voting in favor of a...

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Why Today’s Senate Appearance Is Not Helping Dr. Anthony Fauci

As laid out on today’s forthcoming Three Martini Lunch podcast, it’s understandable that critics of Dr. Anthony Fauci are frustrated by his...

29.07.2026 7

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More Frequent and Detailed Health Updates Would Be Better, Senator McConnell

Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, wrote to Senator Mitch McConnell and demanded, “as governor of the state you serve, I am calling on...

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Whom will Democrats nominate in 2028? The scales just tilted.

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Own a Piece of National Review History, For Just Under $4 Million

Anyone have a spare $4 million? Then you could be the next owner of William F. Buckley’s home in Sharon, Connecticut: “The Buckleys sold parts of...

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, January 2020: ‘Now We Know the Market Was Not the Source, It Was the Amplifier’

Very few people seem to care much about the origin of the Covid pandemic anymore. But Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is an exception, and on Saturday, he...

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An Early New Hampshire Poll Finds Democratic 2028 Frontrunner . . . AOC

The 2028 presidential cycle has not begun yet. But if you pay attention to the polling in states that are likely to be early in the cycle – the...

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Surprise, surprise. Trump’s Qatar Force One already has issues.

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Oh, Good, More Negotiations with the Iranians

The Wall Street Journal reports that Qatar and other unspecified “mediators” are working Monday to “push the U.S. and Iran into a new...

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Note to Self: Do Not Build Global Critical Infrastructure in the Middle East

A point that didn’t fit in today’s already-long Morning Jolt about data center construction, relating to security concerns… Back in July 2025,...

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Susan Collins, with $11 Million to Take On . . . to Be Determined

I don’t want to say that the U.S. Senate race in Maine is over, but new numbers out today show incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins has $11...

16.07.2026 10

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No, We Should Not Give Up on the Goal of a 2 Percent Inflation Rate

In response to Tuesday’s Morning Jolt, some readers contended that the inflation rate of 3.5 percent, year over year, wasn’t so bad, and that...

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An agonizing interview failed to end the GOP’s Marx problem

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It Turns Out the New Qatari-Donated Air Force One Isn’t Completely Secure

Last month, President Trump started using his new Qatari-donated version of Air Force One. “The safety and security of the commander in chief is our...

09.07.2026 10

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Kudos to the Trump Administration for Securing Ezra Jin’s Release

It may be small and little-noticed, but I would rank it among President Trump’s finest achievements in his second term so far: getting Chinese house...

06.07.2026 10

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Trump’s Economy Is Working Really Well for at Least One Guy

It says a great deal about today’s GOP that few if any Republicans think the gargantuan growth of the president’s wealth while in office is even...

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Kamala Harris, Privately Reaching Out to Mayor Mamdani

I remain a skeptic that the Democratic Party will nominate Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee for a second straight cycle. There’s a school...

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Not all states could stomach Trump’s Great American State Fair

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Russian Lawmaker: We Still Have Enough Equipment to ‘Blow Up Half of Finland’

Earlier this month, the parliament of Finland, the newest member of NATO, voted to change its laws to allow nuclear weapons to be deployed on its...

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Shockingly, Very Few People Want to Buy Jill Biden’s Book

It was never clear who the intended target audience was for Jill Biden’s White House memoir, It’s Everyone Else’s Fault But Mine — er, excuse...

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Say, I’m Starting to Think These Iranian Mullahs Might Not Be Trustworthy

In perhaps the least surprising news ever, Iran is breaking its promises in the Memorandum of Understanding. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

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What’s America really like? Ask the World Cup tourists.

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The Violations of the MOU Have Already Begun

Elaborating on today’s grim assessment of the U.S.-Iran MOA — I might use a different three-letter acronym to describe the so-called deal — if...

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Coming Soon: Late-Night Talk Show Host Rosie O’Donnell

Nothing will refute the accusation that broadcast network late-night talk shows are an increasingly outdated, heavily left-wing, increasingly unfunny,...

22.06.2026 20

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Good luck, JD Vance. I sense a setup.

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Good News: The Point Pleasant Beach Police Don’t Support the Punisher Logo

Last week, I wrote a Corner post about President Trump sharing an image of patches, reportedly from the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the...

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Spencer Pratt’s Frustrating, but Not Shocking, Third-Place Finish

To elaborate on Jeff’s unpopular-but-accurate assessment of the Los Angeles mayor’s race, Spencer Pratt’s third-place finish is deeply...

10.06.2026 20

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A ‘forgotten world war’ helped forge America

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Ukraine Wants to Help Us with Drones, but We Won’t Take It

Back in March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a deal that was proposed by the Ukrainian...

08.06.2026 20

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Trump on Israel and Iran: ‘I Call All the Shots’

Supporters of Israel who also support President Trump like to contend that that Trump is the pro-Israel president in American history. That’s about...

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President Trump Endorses Cops Using the Punisher Logo

Last night, the president shared images on Truth Social of two patches, reportedly from the New Jersey Department of Corrections and the PBA Local...

04.06.2026 20

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This June tradition divides America. Let’s wave the white flag.

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Jill Biden Has a Few More Lies to Tell You

Former first lady Jill Biden told CBS Sunday Morning that she never, ever saw any signs of her husband falling into cognitive decline, and even...

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Suddenly NATO’s Baltic Allies Are the Center of Attention

The Morning Jolt, from Riga, Lativa, back on May 14: If you compiled a list of the countries that are most likely to get invaded by a hostile force in...

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A Democratic House Candidate’s Minor, Long-Ago Work for an al-Qaeda Front

You might be asking, what could be worse than a Senate candidate with a Nazi tattoo? How about, a House candidate who did some work for al-Qaeda? Adam...

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The Well-Funded Online Influence Network Pushing Graham Platner

The phrase “it’s an op” – meaning an influence operation – is often, though not always, a marker of paranoia, a tendency towards conspiracy...

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In the disinformation war, the U.S. unilaterally disarmed

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This party is winning the wild redistricting wars — for now

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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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