President-elect Donald Trump condemned Biden administration plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, mastermind of the 9/11 bombings, and two of his co-defendants that would enable them to escape the death penalty. Only when the families reacted with outrage did Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin backtrack. It may be too late. Earlier this month, a military […]
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to reenter the Oval Office, following a historic victory and a series of strong foreign policy appointments, his agenda includes an unusual surprise: “save TikTok.” The popular video-based social media platform currently faces the prospect of a ban in the United States. Whether the new administration can deliver on this promise […]
Buck Sexton was kind enough to have me on his show on Tuesday to talk about my new book, Sex and the Citizen, President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, and Trump’s plans for mass deportations. The whole 25-minute segment is worth watching, but I did want to revisit why I am cautiously optimistic that deportations will […]
President-elect Donald Trump may have made a mistake in choosing Fox News personality Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. However, the nomination merits an open mind. Hegseth is a problematic choice. He isn’t as ludicrous or insulting a selection as former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general, former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for […]
Pollster Nate Silver said President Biden should resign, in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday. “Is there any particular reason to assume Biden is competent to be president right now? It's a very difficult job,” Silver said in his post. “It's a dangerous world. Extremely high-stakes decisions in Ukraine. He should resign...
Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said Wednesday that their brand-new government efficiency panel will identify “thousands” of regulations for President-elect Trump to eliminate, which they argue will justify “mass head-count reductions” across government. The pair, who were named co-chairs of the panel last week, laid out their plans for the "Department of Government...
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) denounced the possibility of using the U.S. military for mass deportations, which President-elect Trump has said he'd be open to in recent days. "I will not support an emergency to put the Army into our cities. I think that's a huge mistake," Paul said Tuesday on Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight."...
President-elect Trump weighed in on the sentencing of the Venezuelan man charged for killing Georgia student Laken Riley earlier this year, hailing the verdict as "justice." “JUSTICE FOR LAKEN RILEY!” Trump posted Wednesday to his Truth Social site. “The Illegal who killed our beloved Laken Riley was just found GUILTY on all counts for his...
Rural Democrats are struggling to gain power in rural areas due to a lack of infrastructure investment, high gas and food prices, and a lack of local news, while Democrats need to prioritize connecting with and getting things done for the people of their districts to win over voters.
A former Georgia poll worker has been indicted after reportedly issuing a bomb threat against election workers, the Justice Department said in a press release Wednesday. In the release, the department said 25-year-old Nicholas Wimbish was indicted after allegedly mailing a letter threatening poll workers and for lying to the FBI. In mid-October Wimbish got...