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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...

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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 9

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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...

01.07.2026 10

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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...

01.07.2026 10

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

30.06.2026 30

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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...

29.06.2026 9

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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...

29.06.2026 10

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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...

25.06.2026 10

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

23.06.2026 40

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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...

22.06.2026 20

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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 10

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Good luck, JD Vance. I sense a setup.

15.06.2026 20

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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...

11.06.2026 10

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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 10

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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...

08.06.2026 10

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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 10

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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...

29.05.2026 20

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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...

28.05.2026 20

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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...

27.05.2026 20

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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...

26.05.2026 20

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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...

07.05.2026 30

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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...

06.05.2026 30

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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...

06.05.2026 30

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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 40

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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 30

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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 30

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

28.04.2026 40

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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 20

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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 30

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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 30

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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 30

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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 20

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Trump steps up a campaign against teaching English to immigrant kids

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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 20

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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 20

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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 30

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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 20

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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 30

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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 20

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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...

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