Speaker Johnson undermines Trump on Ukraine; Outrages Conservatives
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing fire from conservatives in Congress for his pushing of the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) Act for […]
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The Second Trump Cabinet
What will a new administration, with President Trump as the 47th Chief Executive, look like, and who will man it? Here is one version of what we can expect.
President Trump Defends Tough Rhetoric Against Democrats
In his first presidential town hall of 2020, President Trump said that he will continue his tough rhetoric against his Democratic opponents as he goes […]
Don’t Let Mueller Fool You
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday gave a performance in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees that Fox News anchor Chris Wallace […]
Hell No! We Won’t Go (to Kansas City)!
On Thursday, a gaggle of civil servants protested the proposed relocation of a couple of Agriculture Department bureaus from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City, Missouri […]
Kentucky Fried Bureaucrats: ‘Take Them to Kansas City!’
Once more, life imitates art. And when politics is involved, the genre is usually comedy. This week’s aped art was legendary producer Samuel L. Bronkowitz’s […]
Why Are Democrats Obstructing Justice?
It was a shocking acknowledgment from a fierce (and profane) Russian collusion propagandist. “The Democrats have a clock ticking,” warned CNN analyst Phil Mudd on […]
How the Mueller Report Covers for Clinton and the Conspirators
On April 10, Attorney General William Barr got to the heart of the Russia collusion hoax in a delicate and understated manner. “Well, I guess—I […]
China vs. A Liberal World Order
For six decades after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Great Britain was able to underwrite a liberal world order based on freedom of navigation […]
How Trump Masterfully Frames the Ilhan Omar Debate
Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to the American Right in a good long while. The second-best thing to happen to the American […]
The Mueller Dud
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] The release on Sunday afternoon of Attorney General William […]
Trump Lost Nothing in Hanoi
When Donald J. Trump took office in January 2017, the outgoing Obama Administration national security team cautioned Trump’s transition team that North Korea was a […]
Jumping the Shark with Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen testified in Congress Wednesday. And boy was it rough. Cohen prostrated himself in front of the House Oversight Committee and begged for forgiveness […]
A Plum Post for a Prominent Trump Foe
On Friday, following the dramatic arrest of a prominent Trump supporter on charges of lying to Congress, President Trump gave one of the nation’s most […]
James Wolfe: The Liar No One Is Talking About
In a recent court filing, the defendant’s attorneys begged for mercy. The offender—once a high-level government official assigned with protecting national security secrets—had pleaded guilty […]
The ‘Trump Doctrine’ Is the Future of Conservative Foreign Policy
For the past two years we have seen the emergence of a coherent Trump doctrine in both words and deeds. align=”right” Weekend Long ReadThere is […]
Does ‘Make X Great Again’ Ever Happen in History?
The short answer: Sometimes. Here’s one example. By 527 A.D., the Eastern Roman Empire at Constantinople seemed fated to collapse like the West had a […]
The Science-Based Community and E-Cigarettes
Government agencies populated with scientists people are pleased to call “experts” are often thought to be above the ordinary give-and-take of politics and, especially, immune […]
Trump Just Guaranteed Pelosi Will Be the Next Speaker
Wednesday morning, basking in the shade of the red wall he helped build to hold back the vaunted “blue wave,” President Trump tweeted: In all […]
A New Lady for the United Nations
As the position of ambassador to the United Nations is about to be vacant, from the retirement of the well-regarded Nikki Haley, former governor of […]