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Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Deserve to Be Impeached
You can dislike Hegseth. You can believe he’s terrible at his job. But he’s done nothing to deserve impeachment.
White House Pushes Back on Lawfaring Dems
In a three-page letter to California Congressman Robert Garcia, Donald Trump’s White House Counsel let Democrats know they’re in for a fight.
The Next Two Years of Trump
Officially a so-called lame duck, Donald Trump and Republicans face many challenges, but in politics, nothing is ever a sure thing.
Why Republicans Can’t Ignore the Gen Z Vote
Gen Z may make up a small percentage of the electorate, but its reach on social media helps shape the conversation surrounding elections.
After the Fall, Climbing Back
Comeback lessons from our military: put country first, then never, never quit.
Hegseth Is the Dems’ First Scalp
The war secretary is an obvious target because he represents the Democrats’ deepest insecurities.
Pugilist Stephen Miller Succeeds Susie Wiles
After a dismal midterm result for the Republican Party, a high-profile firing was in order. But is Miller really the panacea?
GOP Failed to Make the Argument
They not only failed to win the argument; they never made the argument and thus lost the vote.
90% of Voters in Exit Polls Cited ‘Corruption’ — Why?
More voters pointed to corruption than any other factor at the polling site. Are President Trump’s business dealings that shady?
Trump’s ’60 Minutes’ of Election Evaluation
Ross Douthat interviewed the president, who had much to say about many things related to the GOP’s midterm disaster.
Republicans Are on the Clock
The GOP not only needs a strategy for the final two years of Trump’s presidency, but a strategy for the final two months of the Republican-controlled Congress.
DeSantis Evaluates the GOP
Ron DeSantis runs a state where Republicans actually won these midterms. Can his more traditional brand of conservatism take the party back?
Fear Jon Ossoff
Youthful and good-looking, with a taste for soaring, idealistic rhetoric, he could activate the Democratic reflex to always look for the next JFK.
The MAGA Movement Forgot What Populism Is
The good news is that most of the necessary changes are easy.
Charlie Kirk’s Missing Influence
The absence of the TPUSA founder was much felt in this midterm election after leftist violence claimed his life.
Calmate, Republicans, Calmate!
Some advice to Republicans after Tuesday’s midterm drubbing: calm down and reassess the not-so-distant future political terrain.
A Moral Reckoning for Donald Trump
The test now is whether Republicans can recover the courage to govern by conviction, accept limits on power, and earn trust again one honest decision at a time.
Moral Inversion and Disengagement
Sadly, these two characteristics are now part and parcel of our political landscape. They were weaponized by Barack Obama.
Obama Has Lost His Fastball
By lowering himself to campaign for a Jew-hating Muslim, the former president shows that he long ago lost the touch that once electrified American voters.
NYT Goes the Full Godwin on Trump
In a hysterical defense of the woman formerly known as Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, The New York Times’s editorial board says Trump is just like Hitler.