It remains to be seen whether Graham Platner, the by turns troubled and troubling Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, sees his campaign end like Joe Biden after that ill-fated 2024 debate performance or, instead, like Donald Trump after the 2016 release of the “Access Hollywood” tape (or any number of other controversies).
Publication: The American Conservative
Springsteen and America Have Lost the Spirit of Unifying Rebellion
Privileged celebrities exploit partisan outrage and pose as martyrs.
Spencer Pratt’s GOP
The reality star–turned–mayoral candidate shows what a post-Trump GOP may be like.
LA Cop Mark Furhman, the One Criminal from OJ’s Murder Trial, Has Died
OJ’s acquittal, followed by Fuhrman’s conviction for perjury, stamped out white racial guilt for more than a decade. It was one of the best things that ever happened to Black people. Memories faded, and now we’re right back to infantilizing this one group of our fellow Americans.
Can Character Assassination Lead to Actual Assassination?
First the once-unthinkable becomes thinkable, then it becomes simply routine.
One Cheer for Trump’s Germany Troop Withdrawal
Like a mad king of old, Trump spends hours wandering his palace, developing plans to better display his wealth to an increasingly skeptical world. Occasionally he remembers his royal responsibilities and implements the right policy, though often for the wrong reason. Such as reducing the number of U.S. troops in Germany.
Moderate Lib Terrorism
Political violence is increasingly the property of the moderate left, not the fringes.
The Wintour of Our Malcontents
The Met Gala, held last night in NYC, is now the freak show to end all freak shows, run by Anna Wintour, the Brit lefty that poses as an upper class lassie, except to some of us who knew her long ago and her rather vulgar lefty old man.
Don Jr., the Candidate No One Is Talking About
For MAGA, familiarity may matter more than experience.
Is J.D. Vance Our Guy?
Vance is the least popular vice president ever, having plummeted 21 points in public approval since taking office.
MAGA’s Dead. What’s Next?
True liberalism is a right-wing ideology.
Is It Time to Impeach Trump?
Trump must be impeached and removed from office immediately before it is too late. He is a dictator, pure and simple, who may well seek to disrupt the 2026 congressional elections by illegally invoking the Insurrection Act to dispatch the military to seize voting machines and occupy voting places.
Media Coverage of the Iran Has One Target: Trump
The fourth estate is rooting against the president.
Trump Might Use Nukes in Iran
We should all be very worried about this war’s trajectory.
Is DEI Still Entrenched at the State Dept.?
The programs engineering a “diverse” Foreign Service are in limbo.
Chuck Norris, Patriot: Rest in Peace
Obituaries have understated how much the late martial-arts star meant for Americans in the armed services.
To End the Iran War, Trump Must Divorce Israel
The president should tell Netanyahu to kick rocks.
The Kennedy Cult, Truth and Fiction
The men were thuggish, but some of the women were quite nice.
Make Families, Not War
The administration has betrayed its promise of domestic renewal for American families.
Yes, Trump Can End This War
Getting a ceasefire won’t be easy, but America has leverage the president can use.
Even in Texas, Dems Can’t Leave Woke Behind
James Talarico is too woke for conservatives and too white for liberals.
So Much for the Anti-War Left
How AOC shows why the future of the antiwar movement must be on the right.
Trump Is Right About Netflix’s Political Bias
The company’s board member Susan Rice seeks anti-Trump revenge.
Who’s Afraid of AOC?
Conservatives mock the future of the Democratic Party at their own risk.