Daniel Penny is a scapegoat for a failed system
He violated the code that regular workers and taxpayers are an afterthought in public policy
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Friday
Texas may strike down Ken Paxton and find him more powerful than ever
His existence is the end result of a Texas GOP that’s grown fat, happy and lackadaisical
Thursday
A new challenger enters!
And already the media and Trump-land are agreed: TOTAL DISASTER!
Wednesday
DeSantis, Musk and the tech civil war behind our politics
Plus: Poet laureate can’t define a ‘ban’
Behind the ludicrous travel advisories deeming Florida ‘hostile’ to minorities
Advocacy groups are showing their true colors, needlessly spreading fear because they don’t like Ron DeSantis
Tuesday
Why Idaho brought back the firing squad
Accused murderer Bryan Kohberger could face the method of death penalty Idaho re-instituted in March
The Seattle mayor’s CHOP cover-up
The city settled a lawsuit this week after former mayor Jenny Durkan illegally deleted thousands of emails and messages
Monday
Kevin McCarthy is making Biden work
Plus: Does the first lady get to choose the next NATO leader?
Sunday
Inside RFK Jr.’s kooky White House quest
An older generation of Kennedys sold hope. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is offering something weirder
Blink and you’ll miss this libertarian moment
The average American is hardly woke. But it’s difficult to cast your eye across the country and see a groundswell for individual liberty either
Will DeSantis lose if he runs to the right of Trump?
An anti-Democrat, somewhat anti-Republican and not consistently conservative candidate may be exactly what GOP voters want
Why won’t conservatives ask Trump tough questions?
If Trump had an ounce of self-awareness, he would not run
Is America a republic in name only?
We are living posthumous lives amid the shells of the institutions that once animated our political life
Can the Heritage Foundation unite the right?
Kevin Roberts wants to return his think tank to the heart of the conservative conversation
Friday
Biden’s damage-limitation campaign
Plus: Is Joe Manchin going back to school?
State Department offers counseling to staff it misgendered
The IT system assigned employees’ pronouns at random
Wednesday
Is Tim Scott in it to win it?
Plus: McConnell and Trump enjoy rare shared victory in Kentucky
The Durham report unmasks the Deep State
We need to spend less time debating its existence and more time reigning it in
Tuesday
John Durham exposes the whole anti-Trump caper
Will those responsible be held accountable? Fat chance
Monday
Philadelphia’s mayoral race and the complicated politics of America’s cities
Plus: Manchin teases presidential run (again)
