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Julian Epstein

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I’m a longtime Democrat — fighting for GOP’s Mike Rogers, and my party’s soul, in Michigan

After decades of giving my all for Democratic House and Senate candidates, the victory of Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan means I'll be supporting a...

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Julian Epstein

Graham Platner and ‘New Wave left’ detest Western exceptionalism

Graham Platner would have been dismissed as unacceptable in the Democratic party just a decade ago.

07.06.2026 10

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What will the new congressional redistricting mean for the House?

In a widely expected, but nevertheless bombshell decision, the US Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down racial gerrymandering — Congressional...

02.05.2026 20

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Ineffective, reactive, questionably patriotic and temperamentally unstable Dems need to swing at fewer pitches

Democrat pols have become so reactive to Trump's every move, they — and voters — no longer know what they stand for as a party.

08.03.2026 20

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How ‘watermelon’ radicals made Democrats the party of appeasement

The case for a military strike in Iran is stronger than any we’ve seen in decades.

04.03.2026 20

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How Democrats’ impossible ICE demands will grind enforcement to a halt

Their proposals seem part of a larger plan to shut down ICE itself and impose a permanent version of the open-border policy American voters rejected.

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Centrist Democrats can beat the socialists at their own game — and win their party back

For decades, leftists have formed new parties as a means of pushing the Democrats toward their policy preferences. Now moderates have to adopt that...

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How Democrats threw a government shutdown and no one cared

The party of big government lost the presidency and both houses of Congress, then demanded a federal shutdown to impose its welfare-state agenda on...

26.10.2025 20

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How Trump became Washington’s unlikeliest centrist

Love or hate him, there is no denying that President Trump is on a roll, at home and abroad. 

05.07.2025 30

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Why Pres. Trump will win his battle against elite higher education

President Trump escalated his war on Harvard, Columbia and illiberal academia this week by suspending foreign student visas at Harvard and challenging...

07.06.2025 20

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How Democrats’ efforts to retool their message have become cartoonish

Wars seemed to be breaking out everywhere this week — in Kashmir, Congo, and in a new phase in Gaza. Closer to home, Democrats appear to be opening...

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