Pretending that he’s a groundbreaking or cathartic or unifying figure won’t work. He’s been around too long.
Publication: National Review
Trump’s Tragic Fall
The horrifying images of Trump’s rabble storming the Capitol, leaving five people dead, will forever shame his legacy. Certainly he did not intend it. But if it was not a foreseeable result of all he did and said up until then, it was weirdly inevitable, like the bloodbath at the end of Hamlet.
The Right-Wing Outlets That Told Trump Fans What They Wanted to Hear
Rarely did a day go by without OANN and Newsmax publishing election fraud stories based on the questionable opinions of Trump sycophants.
Flight 93 Mentality Led to Capitol Hill Riot
The mood perfectly captures what happened at the U.S. Capitol — fevered, dark, and apocalyptic. Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested — he plowed his plane into the ground.
Try Him Now
Donald Trump has spent his life dodging the consequences of his misbehavior. For once, he must be punished.
Your Rioters Are Worse Than Our Rioters
Our priority should be to make sure neither the summer’s riots nor last week’s assault on the Capitol happens again. Not to score partisan points.
Trump’s Disgusting Coda
Rich Lowry: The president has been engaged in a grotesque display of failed leadership since he insisted late on Election Night that he’d won big.
The Trump Presidency’s Inevitable, Wretched End
It began in shame and dishonesty. It concludes in shame, dishonesty, cowardice, and rebellion against the Constitution.
Trump’s Shameful Georgia Election Call
Rich Lowry: If he were to succeed in his bid to remain in office, he’d provoke a disastrous constitutional crisis. His hour-long lobbying of Raffensperger to declare him the winner in the state is among the worst things an American president has ever been caught saying on the record.
Trump’s New Year’s Resolution: “Find 11,780 Votes”
No, Mr. President, Georgia can’t just “recalculate” the vote so that you win.
New Civics Mandates Will Be Woke
Far from restoring traditional understandings of American citizenship, the proposed history and civics mandates will entrench woke ideology nationally, imposing it on the reddest of red-state school-districts, and ultimately on private and religious schools as well.
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” — Yes and Stop Singing This Song Filled with Celebrity Condescension
The gist of the song is a juxtaposition guilt trip, contrasting an indifferent world of “light,” “plenty,” and “joy” — presumably, the world of most Western record-buyers — with the supposedly helpless suffering of the song’s subjects.
The Presidency Comes to a Close
Jim Geraghty: I’m not sure how much good it does for White House staffers to say, on background to reporters, that they are deeply concerned by the president’s mental state. If you really think the president of the United States is nuts or about to do something terrible, you probably ought to put your name on the accusation.
History’s Weakest Impeachment Case, One Year Later
The Trump impeachment stands out for lowering the bar for impeachment. That’s chiefly because this was the only presidential impeachment that didn’t bother to allege an actual crime.
Well Done, Mr. Attorney General
Bill Barr was the ideal attorney general for this toxic environment.
Weren’t We Supposed to Be in Post-Election Chaos by Now?
Our fellow citizens do stupid things all the time. But most Americans are not the idiots showing up on your social-media feed. Most people aren’t trying to build a personal brand, stir up an angry mob, or lead a revolution. They’re just trying to live their lives. And thus, we can start to ask . . . maybe Americans aren’t easily led to violence by heated rhetoric and maybe we’re not tightly wound rageaholics…
Texas Unleashes an Absurd Kraken
The Supreme Court can’t dismiss this suit fast enough.
Vaccine Wariness Is Understandable But Misguided
Skeptics’ apprehension toward a vaccine produced in record time as a result of an unprecedentedly enormous, concerted effort to make it, one representing a remarkable new advance in medical technology, is very natural. It is not inherent proof of stupidity or paranoia for the average citizen to be, if not suspicious, then at least nervous about being inoculated with such a vaccine. It’s proof of humanity.
Reject Xavier Becerra, Biden’s Health Secretary Nominee
Amid a once-in-a-century pandemic, Biden has selected a left-wing culture warrior as his administration’s top health official.
Newsmax Host Greg Kelly Defends Trump’s Fraud Theories
It remains to be seen what Kelly will do when Trump eventually leaves office — he didn’t return a request for comment on his future plans. But for now, he seems to be enjoying every minute of it.
Trump’s Disgraceful Endgame
Almost nothing the Trump legal team has alleged has withstood the slightest scrutiny.
Trump Faces Critical Choice About His Political Future
Trump may be forced to choose whether he wishes to emulate Andrew Jackson, the aggrieved victim of the crooked bargain of 1824 that denied him victory in that year’s presidential election. Jackson stormed back in 1828 to an overwhelming populist victory. Otherwise, Trump would risk being reduced to the status of sore presidential losers such as Al Gore and Hillary.
The Coming Anti-Covid Restriction Backlash
Many Americans have lost patience with a new normal that has, at times, been arbitrary and poorly thought through.
Trump’s Disgraceful Gambit
Sidney Powell’s story is that the surprisingly strong Trump turnout “broke the algorithm” of the corrupted machines, and then the fraudulent ballots were desperately hauled in to make up the difference.This is lawyering worthy of the comments section of Breitbart.