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PODCAST: America First, Unbound?

President Donald Trump’s latest moves on the Ukraine War and tariffs signal the full emergence of his “America First” agenda, unencumbered by the moderating voices of his first administration. America...

The Case for a Write-In Candidate In the 2024 Election

Joe Biden failed in three of his four runs for president. Donald Trump is on a path to chalk up his second loss in three tries. Biden escaped Harold Stassen’s...

Podcast: Who Is J.D. Vance? (w/ Harry Kazianis)

Who Is J.D. Vance? (w/ Harry Kazianis) On Monday, Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his 2024 running mate. A recent convert to the MAGA movement, Vance has...

Trump Picks JD Vance: America First On Steroids Has Arrived

So much for the notion that Donald Trump will pursue a kinder, gentler approach to the presidential race. In selecting J.D. Vance, Trump has doubled down on America First and...

Donald Trump and His Legendary Big Mouth Will Cost Him The 2024 Election

“If I wasn’t a libertarian I am now,” former President Donald Trump said in a speech on Saturday during the Libertarian National Convention. He didn’t get exactly the response he...

VIDEO: Authoritarianism and the American Right (w/ Jacob Heilbrunn & Curt Mills)

Heilbrunn’s book contends that, like the Left, the Right has a long history of upholding foreign autocrats as models for America, culminating in praise for Russian president Vladimir Putin and...

Podcast: Nikki Haley’s Not-So-Super Tuesday (w/ Harry Kazianis)

With Nikki Haley now out of the race for the GOP nomination, will Donald Trump try to bring her back into the fold as his vice presidential pick, or has...

The Fall of Lauren Boebert Has Begun

Lauren Boebert Switched Congressional Districts to Remain in Congress. Can She Survive Politically? – In late December, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado announced that she will switch congressional districts as...

Ron DeSantis Was Destined to Lose

In bowing out from the presidential race today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis yielded to the inevitable. His campaign began with a botched rollout on “X” with Elon Musk and ended...

How To Save the Republican Party

Since winning a flukish election against a flawed candidate in 2016, the Republican Party has been on a relentless downward spiral. In election after election – from the 2018 midterms...

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The Republican Party Is Truly Lost

Since House Republicans managed to take down one of their own – namely, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) – we saw a painful spectacle of dysfunction. Countless lost votes, anger,...

The Republican Party has a Foreign Policy Problem

If President Donald Trump accomplished anything during his four years in office, it is that he broke the pre-existing U.S. foreign policy consensus, upending previously held beliefs regarding China, Arab-Israeli...