Democratic governors in New York and Michigan have turned their backs on democracy and are playing politics with the people’s representation. They are slow-walking special elections to fill vacant seats, likely because they suspect Republicans will win.
Publication: Washington Examiner
Tim Walz Rebrands Himself as an Obnoxious Fake Tough Guy
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) is rebranding himself ahead of a possible 2028 presidential run to match what he thinks Democratic voters want. Judging by his new public persona, Walz thinks Democrats want an obnoxious jerk.
Resistance Will Only Make Trump Stronger
The legal resistance to the second Trump administration should be careful what it wishes for because district court rulings are inevitably appealed and the buck always stops with the Supreme Court.
America Is Experiencing a Christian Awakening
There is by no means a major resurgence in Christianity, but faith content is increasing in popularity which could lead to a rise in Christian adherents. Many were shocked recently when a Christian podcast, The Rosary in a Year, surpassed The Joe Rogan Experience on Apple podcasts.
Trump Is Cleaning Up DC
Supporters of President Donald Trump have said for years that he would clean up Washington, D.C. While they were usually talking about the federal government, it turns out Trump is cleaning up the district as well.
The War on Woke Isn’t Won
In his first months in office, President Donald Trump has begun to defang the DEI industry. You know, the harmful grift that discriminates against people who happen to be white on the pretext of remedying the effects of past discrimination against people who mostly died generations ago.
Kieran Culkin’s Oscars Moment Highlights the Power of Permanent Things
At the peak moment of his professional success, Culkin’s heart instinctively turned toward the permanent things: marriage, family, and the enduring bonds that outlast fleeting career highs.
Hollywood’s Decline Is an American Tragedy
The movie industry has earned every ounce of derision it receives. Hollywood’s commitment to pumping left-wing cultural programming into the nation’s bloodstream has driven its decadeslong fade into irrelevance. The industry morphed into a propaganda machine.
Linda McMahon Should Loose the DOGE Dogs on Biden’s Loan Forgiveness
The first weeks of the Department of Education under the second Trump administration have been, in a word, eventful.
Emperor Newsom Podcasts While California Burns
The only Democrat more delusional than those who forgot that they used to have their own Joe Rogan is Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). He somehow believes he’s the man to replace the podcast luminary who was a Bernie Sanders backer and lifelong liberal until the Left lost its mind.
Trump to Make Christmas Great Again at Kennedy Center
Having taken over the Kennedy Center, Trump intends a major cultural retrograde. His Christmas improvement — “a big, huge celebration of the birth of Christ,” per new Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell — has many questioning whether this is not just a MAGA approach to the same event.
Slumping Liberal Media Figures Should Take a Few Days Off
It’s a truism in baseball that you can’t swing your way out of a slump. Sometimes, it’s best to take a few games off to clear your mind. That’s the advice we’d give to a few prominent liberal news anchors: Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, Margaret Brennan of CBS News, and Kaitlan Collins of CNN. The trio have been whiffing badly on live TV throughout the first month of Trump’s second term.
Dipping a Toe into the Gulf of America
Trump’s exclusion of the AP from the Oval Office and Air Force One for using “Gulf of Mexico” rather than switching to “Gulf of America” is petty, dictatorial, and wrong. The AP says it uses “Gulf of Mexico” because that’s been the name for 400 years and its continued use avoids confusion. But the organization long ago polluted its news writing with leftist assumptions.
Woke Is Dead. Nike Didn’t Get the Memo
Nike ran its first Super Bowl ad in 27 years last week. The ad, called “You can’t win. So win,” made no sense. It was an expensive gambit that leaned into woke capitalism and fake feminism and failed to root itself in any relevant consumer or cultural insight.
Europe Can’t Yet Handle the Truth
Sometimes a friend needs to hear the truth, even or perhaps especially if it hurts. Europe is a case in point. JD Vance delivered the painful truth at the Munich Security Conference, and the fact that it made his German hosts literally cry underscores both the veracity of his message and the state of denial to which our trans-Atlantic friends have sunk.
Is Disney Back to Putting Families Over Politics?
One of the hopes from the 2024 elections is that major corporations such as Disney would reevaluate to whom they are trying to appeal. It appears that the House of Mouse is finally starting that self-reflection.
Pam Bondi Lays Waste to the Lawless Garland Regime
Attorney General Pam Bondi has barely been in office for a week but has already sent a clear message that the Justice Department is under new management. On Wednesday, Bondi announced she had filed a lawsuit against the state of New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY), and New York AG Letitia James for what she said was prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens.”
The War on Plastic Straws Highlights Dems’ Shoddy Science
President Trump‘s executive order ending the federal government’s push to transition to paper straws is a good reminder that environmentally-obsessed Democrats regularly botch “The Science.” This is especially true when it comes to their climate policies.
How the Left Lost Its Cool
Many are now positing what was recently unthinkable: President Donald Trump, the beta-carotene-hued king of all things camp, is suddenly “cool.” “Trump is cool now,” an incredulous Bill Maher remarked on a recent episode of HBO’s Real Time.
Ending Plunder and Grift at USAID
Guatemalan transgender organizations scooped $2 million from the USAID. Advancing DEI in Serbia was financed with $1.5 million, and $47,000 was found for a transgender opera in Colombia. These and many other left-wing grifts are being brought to light by Trump administration moves to get bloated federal spending under control.
Trump 2.0 Is Miles Ahead of the Democrats
Perhaps Trump simply learned how to combat the Left’s tricks, or he is surrounded by far more competent advisers this time around. Maybe the bullet that nearly killed him focused the president in ways not seen in his several decades in the public eye. Whatever the case may be, this version of Trump is a far more effective weapon against the Left than many thought possible.
Tulsi Gabbard Is the Right Person to Lead the Intelligence Community
President Donald Trump was elected with a mandate to deliver bold change in Washington, and his choice of former Rep. and Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence does just that.
Trump’s Executive Order Will Defend Women
On Day One of his second term, President Donald Trump took bold action to protect women’s rights by signing a powerful executive order defining male and female as the only two and separate sexes. Trump’s sex-definition executive order is a nationwide victory for women and girls.
Blame Dem Party Incompetence for Palisades Destruction
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed all their state’s reservoirs were full when Los Angeles started to burn this year, but that is not true. Why it lay empty as firefighters ran out of water is an indictment of federal overregulation and slavish Democratic adherence to bureaucratic processes that defy reason and common sense.