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The GOP Can’t Beat Something with Nothing

Commentary executive editor Abe Greenwald’s admonition for the GOP ahead of the midterms is worth careful consideration. The rise of the Democratic...

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The Pro-Science Left Is More Pro-Left Than Pro-Science

An organization “promoting science” is dragging Senator Mark Kelly into the 2028 presidential race, according to Axios’s Holly Otterbein. The...

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Don’t Blame the Iran War for the Awful Jobs Report

“US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs amid strain from the Iran war,” said one headline that exemplified what seems to be the consensus in...

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Hasan Piker Is a Symptom, Not the Cause

It’s pretty bleak out there. But if you’re looking for a sliver of hope, it seems that a critical mass of Democrats understand that most Americans...

06.08.2026 2

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Cori Bush Bet It All on Israel and Lost

“I have not heard one single tangible policy from the other side,” Missouri Congressman Wesley Bell (D.) told his supporters on Tuesday night....

05.08.2026 5

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The ‘Autonomous Zones’ Are Back

Stop me if this sounds familiar. Late last month, a police officer in Madison, Wis., was attacked by a knife-wielding man who was resisting arrest....

04.08.2026 5

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The Reflecting Pool Is Now a Serious Scandal

Granular observers can probably distinguish between the left’s objections to this Trump construction project and that. But the layperson — i.e.,...

04.08.2026 5

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When It Comes to Iran, the Trump Administration Leaks Like a Sieve

It would be one thing if, even on the rarest of occasions, we were privy to a leak from the most sensitive quarters of the U.S. military and...

03.08.2026 5

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Francesca Hong: A Conversion without a Conversion Narrative

The Wisconsin Democrats panicking over their own voters’ seemingly imperturbable support for socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong could...

31.07.2026 6

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Fauci’s Treatment at Republican Hands Retraumatizes Politico

The Covid-era retrospectives that Anthony Fauci’s congressional testimony (or lack thereof) inspired are not exclusive to the right. Politico, too,...

30.07.2026 5

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Is Iran’s ‘Surprise Attack’ a Sign of Strength or Weakness?

According to the Western press, time is on the Iranian regime’s side. The Iranians themselves may not agree. U.S. officials called the volley of...

29.07.2026 4

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On Voter ID, California Democrats Back Unions over the Public

Sure, a majority of Californians support a proposal that would compel Golden State voters to produce identification at the polls or to vote by mail,...

28.07.2026 8

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The Democratic Party Fights Back Against the Socialist Takeover

Joe Biden didn’t mince words when his White House set out to kneecap the radicals in his party who nearly cost him the presidential nomination in...

28.07.2026 7

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For the Left, the ‘Genocide’ Lie Does All the Heavy Lifting

Even the left’s own house organs acknowledge that accusing Israel of “genocide” has become a “litmus test” within the Democratic Party — a...

22.07.2026 10

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For the DSA, ‘Working Class’ Is a State of Mind

For a movement that is obsessed with class distinctions and interclass conflict, the Democratic Socialists of America don’t seem to have an...

21.07.2026 10

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Russian and Chinese Support for Iran Is a Testament to the War’s High Stakes

The two U.S. service members who were killed in an Iranian missile attack on an American base in Jordan were reportedly victims of Iran’s...

21.07.2026 10

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Kamala Harris’s Advisers Are Delusional

New York magazine’s David Freedlander assembled a variety of juicy quotes from Democratic insiders for his piece on Kamala Harris’s insatiable...

20.07.2026 10

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It’s the Loudest Issue on the Internet, but Congress Has Logged Off

On the internet, Israel is at the center of everything. Israel is to blame for the collapse of the cease-fire with Iran, not the Iranians who fired on...

16.07.2026 10

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Does JD Vance Think Trump Is an Agent of Foreign Influence?

Typically, an embattled administration looking to shore up support within what it views as influential elements of its base will dispatch its...

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Congress Cannot Rearrange the Cosmos

As Congress once again attempts to meddle with America’s clocks, it’s worth reviewing how Americans think about daylight saving time. A March...

15.07.2026 10

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The ICC Deserves ‘Dismantling’

The Guardian probably didn’t set out to make Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s point when it critiqued the secretary of state’s searing...

14.07.2026 10

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We Don’t Need a Moral Pretext to Enjoy Mansion Porn

I don’t know how many Wall Street Journal subscribers would justify the periodical’s expense because they cannot get enough class envy, but that...

14.07.2026 10

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Trump Confronts the Iranian Threat by Copying Them

By now, it shouldn’t be hard for even the staunchest supporters of President Trump to admit that the effort to strong-arm Europe into giving up...

13.07.2026 10

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Is Iran Trump’s ‘Forever War?’

America is “drifting into a new kind of forever war,” Georgetown University adjunct and senior fellow at the Stimson Center Kelly Grieco proposed...

13.07.2026 10

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Lindsey Graham’s Finest Moment

The sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham at the age of 71 on Sunday morning prompted many reflections on his long and immensely influential career...

12.07.2026 10

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Where’s the Contradiction?

Here’s a revealing admission from progressive commentator Emma Vigeland, a co-host of The Majority Report:...

10.07.2026 10

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Journalistic Negligence in Defense of the Violent Left

If the Washington Post’s news reporters were capable of shame, they probably would not be sticking with their description of a small-cell left-wing...

09.07.2026 10

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Democrats Can’t Wipe Away the Platner Stain That Easily

Democrats are patting themselves on the back for cleansing their party of Graham Platner, and to hear them tell it, you’d never know that party...

09.07.2026 10

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Iran Tests Trump’s Appetite for Humiliation

A little over a week ago, I wrote that Iran’s tests of Trump’s resolve to pretend that his memorandum of understanding is intact and in force will...

07.07.2026 20

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Does Josh Shapiro Have a Fight in Him?

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro sounds like he’s itching for a fight with his party's insurgent socialist wing, whose uncomfortable marriage...

06.07.2026 10

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The Intifada Sidelines the Resistance

Four years ago, Mallory McMorrow wasn’t just a rising star within Michigan’s Democratic Party but a “role model” that every Democrat in...

06.07.2026 10

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The Handful of Democrats Fighting Back Against the DSA Takeover

For the most part, the most prominent Democratic lawmakers in the country are making peace with the rise of the Democratic Socialists. Democratic...

02.07.2026 10

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The U.S. Approach to Iran Talks Is as Clear as Mud

The Trump administration is not speaking with one voice when it comes to its efforts to secure a durable and advantageous peace with Iran through...

01.07.2026 20

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The Court Gave Agency Back to the Parties but Not the Courage to Wield It

The Dispatch’s David Drucker recently summarized the result of Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision striking down limits on coordination between...

01.07.2026 20

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How Much More Evidence Do We Need?

Fifteen-term Representative Diana DeGette was ousted by her Democratic constituents last night in favor of the 29-year-old Democratic Socialist Melat...

01.07.2026 10

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America’s economic engine is outperforming this century’s expectations — whether the Dems like it or not

We should be grateful that the left’s insatiable appetite for other people’s money is matched only by their ineptitude in stealing it.

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It’s Just Another Isolated Incident

Melat Kiros, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Colorado’s first congressional district, is a dyed-in-the-wool Democratic Socialist. At least,...

26.06.2026 20

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Iran’s Tests of Trump Will Keep Coming, and They’re Going to Get Worse

It was Iran’s terrorist catspaws in Hezbollah who were the first to test Trump’s commitment to his supposedly war-ending memorandum of...

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The Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party That Everyone but the Democrats Saw Coming

The first time I ever heard of Zohran Mamdani was in early February 2025. Donald Trump had just taken the oath of office for the second time....

25.06.2026 10

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Marco Rubio Cleans Up Trump’s and Vance’s Mess

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has resurfaced after a conspicuous absence from the diplomatic stage following the implementation of Donald Trump’s...

24.06.2026 10

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Gen Z? Doesn’t Ring a Bell

There’s a bit of a mismatch in the results produced by a recent survey of 2,000 British citizens. That poll found that an absurd number of...

23.06.2026 10

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This Is What ‘Revolutionary Terror’ Looks Like

Two people are dead, including one police officer, after a gunman opened fire in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood. According to legacy...

23.06.2026 10

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Trouble in the Democratic Socialists’ Paradise

John Fund’s timely warning about the march of the Democratic Socialists through America’s electoral institutions should not be missed. His...

22.06.2026 10

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The Fantastical Abstract World of the Democratic Socialists

If you were looking for an excruciating experience, the New York Editorial Board -- a Substack -- has you covered. The outlet recently posted a...

19.06.2026 10

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Trump Throws Vance and Rubio Under the Bus

The president has struck an obdurate pose in defense of his supposedly war-ending memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Republic. For the most...

18.06.2026 20

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Trump’s Feeble Threats Are Not Credible

Donald Trump’s aides and allies continue to claim that the versions of the Iran War-ending Memorandum of Understanding presently circulating in...

17.06.2026 10

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I Learned It by Watching You

Alaska’s director of elections, Carol Beecher, was unsparing in a letter explaining her decision to boot Dan Sullivan from the ballot in November....

16.06.2026 20

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An Epochal Mass Casualty Attack Targeting ‘Capitalist Elites’ Thwarted

The Washington Post’s comically vague dispatch on the thwarted terrorist plot targeting Donald Trump’s UFC event on the White House lawn on Sunday...

16.06.2026 20

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Patriotism Should Not Be Another Partisan Costume

According to NBC News, “America at 250 is riven with doubt and pessimism.” The assessment is fueled by the outlet’s latest poll, which found...

15.06.2026 10

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All That for This?

It’s unwise to invest too much emotional and intellectual energy in the selectively leaked terms of the deal that will supposedly end the conflict...

12.06.2026 20

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