Washington should play off Moscow’s paranoia and launch new information operations to communicate Putin’s diminished strength, security failures and greatly reduced influence to Russia’s...
Government spending is out of control and has been for quite some time. One of the biggest culprits has been the Department of Defense. Last week, Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joined forces and introduced the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023 to try to bring some fiscal accountability to the Pentagon. It’s long overdue and an initiative that legislators from both political parties should support.
ONE THING REPUBLICANS AGREE ON. It's been nearly three weeks since former President Donald Trump announced that he had been indicted in the classified documents investigation. On June 8, the day of the announcement on Trump's Truth Social network, the former president's lead over top challenger Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was 30.3 points in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls. Today, Trump's lead over DeSantis is 30.6 points. A federal indictment, on top of a local prosecutor's indictment in New York City, seems not to have affected Trump's national poll numbers at all.
When major newspaper columnists set out to explain our baby bust, America’s low and falling birthrates since 2008, they typically begin with economics and government policy, which is fine. The problem is they typically end there, too.
Whistleblower testimony disclosed last week alleged the Justice Department manipulated the investigation into Hunter Biden to spare him from more serious charges than the ones to which he pleaded guilty. The claims disclosed flatly contradict Attorney General Merrick Garland’s promise to Congress that there would not be “interference of any political or improper kind” in the investigation.
The NBA’s social justice reputation is completely unearned. If the league allows Qatar to be an investor in one of its teams, it would be yet another reminder of just how morally bankrupt the league is.
Some commentators, reporters, and activists seem to sincerely believe that conservatives are making some sort of culture war offensive against gay and transgender people or their ideology.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is one of the biggest election deniers in Congress, and he still won’t quit his election conspiracy theories.
