Rep. Kevin McCarthy: The Fiscal Responsibility Act is an important first step in relieving America of its crushing debt.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
“Unelectability” Won’t Defeat Trump in 2024
Gerald Baker: For one thing, he won in 2016. And his opponents look weak for not simply calling him unfit to be president.
The Left’s War on the Rule of Law
There’s no greater threat to our form of government than attacks on the Supreme Court and the judiciary’s legitimacy.
Free Daniel Penny
How many wish that he had been in their subway car during a moment of danger?
CNN Brings Trump Back
Peggy Noonan: Well, that was a disaster, a politically historic one. It situated Donald Trump as the central figure of the 2024 presidential cycle, certainly more compelling than the incumbent or the other competitors. It will have an impact on the campaign’s trajectory.
Law-and-Order Trump Has an Evil Twin
Karl Rove: He once stood strong against “anarchy,” then turned to praising the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters.
Trump Loses a Sexual Abuse Suit
Even when it’s in his legal interest, Mr. Trump can’t stop from justifying his crude behavior. This is the Donald Trump whose words and actions so often subverted his own Presidency. Yet if most Republicans dismiss the verdict as one more political assault, Mr. Trump’s opponents and the press have themselves to blame. They also show no restraint.
Glenn Youngkin Isn’t Running for President…Yet
If Trump and DeSantis both stumble, don’t rule out a late entry by the Virginia governor.
The U.S. Navy’s Bud Light Moment
Amid a recruitment crisis, the military brass are preoccupied with woke identity politics.
Democrats Have Become the Party of “No”
Biden must mumble ‘MAGA Republicans’ in his sleep, since he won’t talk to them.
America Hits Bottom with Trump and Biden in 2024
There was once a time when candidates for high office were expected at least to seem morally fit.
Don’t Count Ron DeSantis Out
If he wants to win, he has to ease up on the culture war and start appealing to moderate primary voters.
Biden’s Early Announcement Isn’t a Sign of Confidence
If he were sure of his prospects, he’d hold off while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting.
Biden’s Four More Years Sounds Like a Prison Term
Who is honestly enthusiastic about Joe Biden’s campaign for a second term except perhaps for a son who can hope that a father in the White House will continue to shield him from the accountability he deserves? Certainly not most Americans.
The President Shouldn’t Run Again
Age is only one of the reasons. But it’s impossible to know Mr. Biden’s real physical and mental state because the White House goes to great lengths to hide it. But his decline is clear to anyone who isn’t willfully blind.
Have a Cold Bud Light, Not a Woke One
Anheuser-Busch is losing customers over Bud Light’s partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, but the company’s problem is more fundamental. The brewer has fallen in line with other companies engaged in “stakeholder capitalism,” which prioritizes broad social issues over shareholder value.
The Tennessee Bullhorn Isn’t Working
Biden and Schumer now say it’s heroic to disrupt a legislative proceeding.
Trump Sides with Disney
The former President goes for woke to trash Ron DeSantis.
If Western Civilization Dies, Put It Down as a Suicide
Gerald Baker: We in the West are in the grip of an ideology that disowns our genius, denounces our success, disdains merit, elevates victimhood, embraces societal self-loathing and enforces it all in a web of exclusionary and authoritarian rules, large and small.
The Truth About Clarence Thomas’s Disclosures
He reported carefully on his inherited real estate. ProPublica’s reporting was slipshod and incurious.
Trump’s Enemies Need Him
He brings them a sense of purpose—not to mention ratings and in some cases money.
The Smearing of Clarence Thomas
The left gins up another phony ethics assault to tarnish the Supreme Court.
The President Can Pardon Trump
Vivek Ramaswamy: If he fails to do so and I am elected president, I will pardon Mr. Trump on Jan. 20, 2025.
What’s Missing in the Trump Indictment
For the charges to be felonies, Alvin Bragg needs a second crime. What is it?