Wednesday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Zohran Mamdani, Maxwell Frost, Tucker Carlson, Clara Jeffery, Karoline Leavitt, Christopher Bedford, Ken Langone, Mike Johnson, and more.
McKinley’s Second Term Interrupted by Assassin’s Bullet
Reelected in 1900, William McKinley’s place in history seemed to be written as an expansionist president who was balancing power in both foreign and domestic policy.
President Autopen Admits Scandal to NYT
Joe Biden and The New York Times essentially confirmed that the former president did not always even know who he was pardoning before a staffer with an autopen did it for him.
Tuesday: Below the Fold
NATO arms deal, Trump can dismantle the Department of Education, Cuomo launches independent bid, inflation ticks upward, Pentagon snubs Aspen Security Forum, and more.
The Big (Rotting) Apple
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s housing policies are a cotton-candy-covered-crowbar. Which is to say: They look like a sweet deal for New Yorkers until reality clocks them on the head.
What’s This ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Probe All About?
After years of fruitless investigations of Democrat treachery regarding their persecution of Donald Trump, a newly uncovered FBI probe offers a different and more promising approach.
How to Clean Up Biden’s Immigration Crisis
Anarchists rule the streets, and ICE agents are under fire, while politicians grumble about fairness for the immigrants who shouldn’t be here illegally in the first place.
Tuesday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mark Alexander, Matt Walsh, Joe Biden, Ana Navarro, Ilhan Omar, Gary Bauer, Charlie Kirk, and more.
Reader Comments
“I’ve always supported a three-strike rule. … We should treat schooling as we ought to treat U.S. citizenship: a precious gift we shouldn’t give away to idiots.”
Monday: Below the Fold
Tariff revenue turns May deficit into June surplus, Ukraine weapons reversal, State Department layoffs, President Autopen goes on the defensive, AOC slanders Trump, and more.
The Epstein Files: What Is Trump Thinking?
We elected Donald Trump to make the tough calls on our behalf, and the unsatisfactory moving on from the Jeffrey Epstein case is the toughest of calls.
Newsom’s Illegal Immigrant Child Weed Pickers
Democrats are outraged not because a pot operation is employing illegal teens but because the Trump administration is working hard to enforce U.S. immigration and child labor laws.
Biden’s DEI Hire at SCOTUS Hits a New Low
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s latest inane opinion managed to annoy fellow DEI hire Sonia Sotomayor, who questioned whether Jackson understood what the case was even about.
MTG Pushes Cloud-Seeding Alarmism
After the horrific and deadly flash flooding in Texas over the July 4th weekend, the firebrand Georgia lawmaker is seeking to codify the cloud-seeding alarmism conspiracy as a key cause.
Monday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from John Brennan, Jamie Raskin, Tiffany Cross, Gavin Newsom, Allen West, Terry Gilliam, Jamie Dimon, Ken Martin, Victor Davis Hanson, and more.
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