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John Whitehead “There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.” — Ludwig von Mises Once again, the police state is up to its old tricks, stoking tensions over whether or not the government is forced to shut down, even partially, due to a default on the national debt. Yet while these...

In Germany, one tends to overlook the fact that, even in classic immigration countries like the United States, the borders are not just standing open. The flood of migrants has grown too great. Migration is perhaps the area that demonstrates most clearly the deep mark that Donald Trump has left on American politics. Even though the Democrats have long condemned...

Luis Miguel Trendiness should never take the place of timelessness. Not in the life of the individual, not in society, and not in a political movement that earnestly seeks to do good for society. Yet the mainstream conservative movement’s desperation to be “hip” and “relevant” in order to win over the youth vote has led to a pitiful state. Like...

Some dogs have a bad habit of chasing moving cars. To what end? What would they do if they caught up with the car? Do they have a destination in mind? This describes the American Republican Party well. For half a century, from election to election, the party has promised to take away a woman’s right to abortion. From judicial...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced articles of impeachment against Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray. “Director Wray has failed to uphold his oath and has instead overseen a denigration of the principles of our democratic republic by utilizing the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Federal police force to punish or intimidate anyone who questions or opposes the...

Commentary Some Senate Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to “use” the 14th Amendment to raise the debt limit by executive decree. For example, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stated: “The 14th Amendment is not anyone’s first choice. The first choice is that the Republicans raise the debt ceiling because the United States government never, ever, ever, ever defaults on its legal...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Monday that debt limit talks with Democrats and President Joe Biden are “not in a good place,” saying that Biden had delayed talks for 100 days. A debt ceiling meeting has been scheduled for 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. The meeting was originally set for last Friday but was postponed. Adding to the pressure, Treasury Secretary...

A key aide to President Joe Biden said Sunday that American business leaders’ chief concern is not inflation or recession but the looming threat of a “catastrophic” government debt default. Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the country’s top business leaders have told her that their biggest concern is...

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he believes he has a path to defeating President Joe Biden in a 2024 primary in response to claims he’s a long-shot candidate. In a recent interview, Kennedy said, “Yes, I can win,” when asked about his chances of ousting Biden in the primary. “The public polls are showing me at 20...

Tucker Carlson’s announcement that he would be bringing his “same show” to Twitter drew more than 126 million impressions this week, signaling there is widespread interest in a program with the former Fox News host hasn’t waned. Of that figure, some 26.6 million watched the clip on Twitter. In the video, Carlson said that he would be doing a similar...

Lawmakers and political insiders had a wide range of reactions to former President Donald Trump’s participation in a Town Hall event hosted by CNN. Trump’s May 10 appearance at the New Hampshire event allowed the candidate to present his plan for the country as he wades deeper into his 2024 presidential campaign. Many Republicans congratulated the former president on his...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has blocked Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from hosting a May 10 event on Capitol Hill to commemorate the Nakba, which is how Palestinians label Israel’s Independence Day. “It’s wrong for members of Congress to traffic in anti-Semitic tropes about Israel. Not only do I condemn Rep. Tlaib’s anti-Israel event on May 10, I am hosting...

Shop For Night Vision | See more... It’s So Funny How Republicans, Democrats Don’t Talk Anymore - The American Spectator President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders today over the debt ceiling, which the Treasury will hit in about a month. A wounded political animal — 36 percent approval rating indicates wounded — Biden may go for broke, in a...

Shop For Night Vision | See more... American Democracy Faces a Serious Test – Watching America Global democratic politics have turned increasingly chaotic in recent years. Countries with less developed democracies have retrogressed, and the old democracies are in disarray. The U.S., regarded as a model of democracy, has repeatedly veered off course politically. Donald Trump, the most prominent destroyer...

A group of 43 Republicans in the U.S. Senate said on May 6 that they “oppose raising the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms,” coalescing around their House counterparts ahead of the White House meeting over the federal debt ceiling amid a monthslong political standoff. “The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House Republican conference in support...

President Joe Biden has shrugged off concerns about his age for re-election and said he’s still “effective.” “I have acquired a hell of a lot of wisdom and know more than the vast majority of people. And I’m more experienced than anybody that’s ever run for the office. And I think I’ve proven myself to be honorable as well as...

Billionaire Warren Buffett said during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha that he’s bullish on America’s economic prospects despite the bitter political divisions of today, although value investors like himself should get used to “making less” in part because so many are following similar strategies. In the annual event that Buffett calls the “Woodstock for Capitalists” that draws tens of...

On Friday, Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav spoke in defense of CNN’s upcoming town hall interview with Donald Trump, saying that the former president deserves airtime on the news network. “He’s a frontrunner. He has to be on our network,” Zaslav said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” program in a segment posted to Twitter, speaking of the Trump town...

The U.S. Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding if it will issue an opinion in a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. Many legal observers had speculated that the case was dead after a state supreme...

Commentary We’ve crossed the three-year mark of the worst years for freedom in our lifetimes. What do we see? Something I’ve expected since the entire fiasco of lockdowns began. I wrongly assumed it would begin immediately. It waited three years but it is finally here; a full-on revolt against all the forces that broke the world. The patterns are all...