On Wednesday, while writing a story on gerrymandering, I asked ChatGPT, “Which states have congressional delegation partisan breakdowns most divergent from the presidential vote in 2024?” The artificial intelligence interlocutor then named Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and Ohio as the biggest offenders, all of which are controlled by Republicans and have House delegations that skew […]
Democrats are so singularly focused on abortion that the party is now arguing that the First Amendment dictates that Planned Parenthood must be given taxpayer funding. Democratic attorneys general from 23 states are suing the Trump administration over defunding Planned Parenthood, emboldened by a liberal activist judge who has ordered that funding continue. California Attorney […]
There is a genre of online video and social media post that is revealing of our time. In one such video, an online fitness influencer posts herself crying in her car outside the gym. The words accompanying the tears: “Just saw a teenage boy (who’s just been taught how to bench for the first time) […]
The Democratic Party is whining about a new Texas Republican Party map released Wednesday that would turn the current 12-seat Republican advantage (25-13) in the House delegation to a 22-seat (30-8) advantage. Democrats are promising to fight the new map in court and threatening to gerrymander their own states to give Democrats a similar partisan […]
Who’s afraid of Sydney Sweeney‘s double-decker décolletage? Apparently, vast chunks of elite left-wing media, given its widespread apoplexy in response to the Emmy-nominated actress’s new denim campaign for American Eagle. MSNBC deemed Sweeney “disappointing” for starring in a “dangerous” American Eagle advertising campaign that embraces “an unbridled cultural shift towards whiteness.” The style correspondents of […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.” “In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” Bessent said Wednesday during an event with Breitbart News, discussing “Trump accounts.” These are savings accounts the Trump administration...
In the House of Representatives, many members compete for attention to make the news, but those who succeed in attracting the spotlight often face criticism from colleagues and must be strategic in their efforts to gain bipartisan support in order to achieve results.
Former CIA Director John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper used a joint op-ed to push back on claims from the Trump administration that Obama-era intelligence officials misrepresented conclusions about its review of Russia's effort to influence the 2016 election. “Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, and John Ratcliffe, the Central Intelligence...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will return to “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert on Thursday for her first post-election interview since her November loss to President Trump. The appearance comes days after Harris announced she would not run for California governor next year and also as she promotes her new book, “107 days” detailing...