New York estimated 10,000 luxury second homes in May. By July, the roll had passed 30,000 — and the file it published was wider still. Kulak was not an insult. It was a definition. It had criteria — acreage, livestock, whether you hired hands — and clerks with forms to administer them. When the definition […]
In 2019, the most hopeful story on Earth was being written in Sudan. Millions of Sudanese — led, unforgettably, by their women — filled the streets and transformed Khartoum’s vast sit-in outside the military headquarters into a living symbol of freedom, where poetry, music, debate, and solidarity replaced fear. It was a peaceful revolution that […]
On the one hand, President Donald Trump has presided over a 1.3% increase in real average weekly earnings since the start of his second, nonconsecutive term. Median household incomes are up an average of nearly $3,000 in real terms. While inflation did indeed briefly spike in the aftermath of the Iran offensive, all signs indicate […]
Bill Murray tells Joe Rogan that “they framed Nixon” after reading Bob Woodward’s book about his friend John Belushi. Vice President JD Vance claims that “the ‘deep state’ took down Richard Nixon” before an applauding audience. The Richard Nixon Foundation produces dozens of viral videos that set archival footage of the 37th president to modern […]
This spring, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a viral video in which he announced his latest “tax the rich” scheme, specifically targeting billionaire Ken Griffin as a poster child for the policy. “This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million whose owners do not live full-time in the […]
The disgrace this week of Dr. Anthony Fauci allows America to look back on the awful COVID year of 2020, aptly with 20/20 hindsight. His stonewalling of Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) homeland security panel — he “pled the Fifth” 111 times — and the release of his diaries allow us to revisit and assess the […]
Are hard-left Democrats poised for more big wins ahead of November? All eyes are on progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist. Plus, a dive into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries and the fiery hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this week, President Trump’s impact on the midterms and...
President Trump lashed out early Friday over Sen. John Cornyn's (R-Texas) move to withhold his support for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination due to Trump’s proposed "anti-weaponization" fund, writing that the senator did not object to it prior to the president's endorsement of Cornyn’s primary opponent. “John Cornyn never had a problem with the...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci should have answered lawmakers’ questions during the hostile Senate hearing earlier this week, instead of invoking his Fifth Amendment rights. Smith argued that Fauci owed the public an explanation after serving as the face of the nation’s COVID-19 response....
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Hill Insider members can join us live today at 9 a.m. ET as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Democrats have never had it so good. The incumbent Republican president is wildly unpopular. President Trump is almost...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is warning that President Trump’s threat to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general and resubmit it in 2027 to circumvent GOP critics could backfire because control of the Senate could flip in November. Asked by a reporter Thursday whether it would...
