Unpacking the GOP’s red October
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Matt Gaetz is content to watch the world burn — and he’ll keep all the rubies he can gather along the way
Ben Domenech
Ben Domenech is a US editor-at-large of The Spectator and a Fox News contributor.
Tuesday
Friday
Joe Manchin has every reason to run for president
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The typical reasons that prevent politicians from running on a third-party line simply don’t apply to him
Thursday
An election and debate overtaken by events
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The dynamics of the 2024 election change dramatically
Wednesday
Four big takeaways from a disappointing election night for Republicans
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Let’s dig into the results
Tuesday
Why the Kim Reynolds endorsement of Ron DeSantis matters
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While endorsements don’t typically matter, this one could be the exception
Thursday
Does Joe Biden have an Israel problem?
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The revealing split on the left
Thursday
2024’s foreign policy swerve
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Nuking the GOP’s agenda, Dems create a foreign policy election
Wednesday
Who is Mike Johnson, the new House speaker?
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Ideologically, the closest thing in national politics to him is Mike Pence
Friday
Migrant mania comes to sanctuary cities
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The border crisis is now taking over New York and Chicago. Will that change anything?
Thursday
A return of the hawks?
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Israel redefines the GOP primary
Wednesday
Being denied a job for supporting Hamas isn’t ‘cancel culture’
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The accusations of conservative hypocrisy are wide of the mark
Thursday
The Ronna Romney RNC is utterly useless
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It’s time for the top candidates to ditch it
Wednesday
Steve Scalise faces a few more obstacles
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Holdouts on a Scalise speaker vote are likely to extract significant commitments of their own
Thursday
Will the chaos be unbroken?
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How Capitol Hill breakdown could impact 2024
Wednesday
The Hateful Eight hand the House to the Democrats
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McCarthy’s ouster is not, to say the least, good for the next generation of conservatives
Tuesday
Matt Gaetz catches the car
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He got Kevin McCarthy out. Now what?
Monday
RFK goes rogue
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He is almost certainly running for president as a third-party candidate
Thursday
What’s the point of these debates?
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Is this supposed to help the GOP?
Tuesday
Is Newsom’s centrist shift for 2028… or 2024?
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The California governor is taking this moment to put himself in a more moderate place
Friday
Zelensky forced to make an impossible sell
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There are limits to what he can achieve with one more drab olive green reminder of his needs in Washington
