Recent articles
April 2, 2026
Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed
She did what Donald Trump wanted her to do. That turned out to be part of the problem.
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March 31, 2026
Trump Can’t Scare Iran and Reassure Oil Markets at the Same Time
But he’s trying.
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March 25, 2026
The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked
If the Iran war goes badly, the isolationist, anti-Israel wing of the party is likely to steer the GOP’s future.
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March 17, 2026
Joe Kent’s Secret
If Trump can never be wrong, then he can only be wronged.
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March 13, 2026
Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing
If you want to believe the Iran war is going as planned, don’t listen to the defense secretary.
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March 5, 2026
How Kristi Noem Lost Her Job
She probably should have seen Trump’s decision to find a new homeland-security secretary coming.
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March 3, 2026
A Very Stable War
J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.
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February 12, 2026
Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
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February 10, 2026
Even After RFK Jr., Democrats Can’t Quit the Kennedys
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
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February 5, 2026
All My Ex–Democratic Saviors Live in Texas
Once again, the party’s statewide candidates seem to have grander ambitions than victory.
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February 3, 2026
Trump’s Crypto Defenses Aren’t Reassuring
An Abu Dhabi royal seems to have gotten what he paid for, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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January 27, 2026
Trump Blinks
The president’s retreat in Minneapolis is a stinging defeat for the national conservatives.
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January 25, 2026
What MAGA Really Thinks of the Second Amendment
Now Americans know.
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January 22, 2026
Why Conservatives Defend ICE
Republicans deplore the mayhem in Minnesota—but blame protesters and Democrats for it.
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January 15, 2026
Elizabeth Warren’s Abundant Mistakes
Her critique of moderate Democrats is a grotesque mischaracterization of her opponents within the party.
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January 14, 2026
Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up
The raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home is deeply troubling.
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January 12, 2026
Banana Republicanism
A criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will test whether Republican loyalty to the president has any limits.
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January 12, 2026
Trump’s Shrinking Coalition
The president can no longer present himself as anti-system, because he has become the system.
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