Victor Davis Hanson is a rare gem. America needs more people like him but most scholars are too afraid to speak up against the powerful DC elites. Victor Hanson nails what is wrong.
The following is a brief essay by Sundance over at CTH. It is a short history of how American foreign policy has arrived where it is.
President Trump and Alina Habba, Trump’s lawyer, speak to the media following another day of nonsense testimony in the New York civil case against Donald Trump.
John Fetterman has apparently engaged in some self-introspection.
The House went home on Friday without electing a speaker. The media is apoplectic that this is paralyzing the country. Last I checked everything is still running smoothly here. The pundits are worried about the country being forced to shut down some unnecessary functions next month.
My question is, “is that really a downside to this situation?”
California has apparently decided that kids should not be held accountable for their behavior in school. From the Epoch Times: ...
Senator Diane Feinstein has died. Feinstein served 30 years in the US Senate. Feinstein was 90 at the time of her death and had been in poor health for some time. Feinstein had missed several months this year when she was sidelined with a case of shingles.
Governor Newsom will appoint a replacement to fill out her term. The Democrats are calling for quick action since many “crucial” votes are coming up.
Multiple media reports are saying that Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in Russia. For those who may be unfamiliar with the name, Progozhin was the leader (and owner?) of the Wagner Group. This is a significant military group that takes on military actions for Russia.
Starting the fiscal year 2026, Minnesota will give $15 million to those who have been harmed by marijuana prohibition. Yes, you read that right. If you suffered because marijuana was a prohibited substance, the State of Minnesota will see that millions of dollars are available to help you over that trauma.
Sounds like a good program for Hunter Biden.
PDJT has been battered again and again since June 2015 when he came down the escalator to announce his candidacy. Since PDJT embarked on this journey, it has been a moral crusade, one that has resonated with the people of this country and with others around the world. Regardless of what they have thrown at him, the baseless impeachments, the current made-up legal challenges, the people are seeing through the BS and the smokescreens that have been thrown up.
On Monday, PDJT released an op-ed in Newsweek that destroys the woke establishment in Washington. It distills the issues, events and consequences of all that has transpired. As President Trump notes toward the end of his discussion, “there must be a reckoning.”
Some interesting items coming out of a recent Substack post by Seymour Hersh. For those not familiar with Hersh, his story is one of fierce independence. Hersh has been at the forefront of investigative journalism for decades. The My Lai massacre expose earned Hersh a Pulitzer. This was at a time when getting a Pulitzer really meant something.
Hersh’s recent piece examines the state of the Democratic Party as the 2024 election cycle approaches.
We are now beginning to hear about an exit strategy from the morass that the West finds itself in. Ukraine is desperate to find any possible breakthrough to sell to their NATO masters at this point. However, the much-vaunted counter offensive (first in the Spring, then in June) has failed to materialize. No breakthroughs have been achieved despite massive losses of manpower and equipment