The right’s two responses to Trump’s indictment
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One may usher in an ugly new era of partisan lawfare
Ben Domenech
Ben Domenech is a US editor-at-large of The Spectator and a Fox News contributor.
Friday
Why Democrats shouldn't celebrate the charges against Donald Trump
The indictment of former president Donald Trump as part of an investigation into hush money paid in 2016 to an ex porn star is striking for a number of reasons. There is its historic nature, unprecedented and indicative of the weaponisation of government entities by partisans who head them. Trump is accused of having an affair with
Thursday
Banning TikTok is not about the booty videos
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Josh Hawley and Rand Paul duke it out on the Senate floor
Wednesday
The IRS came for Matt Taibbi. Could you be next?
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A massively increased IRS budget should put Americans on alert
Tuesday
Nancy Mace, the Waffle House populist
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The South Carolina lawmaker is a serious congresswoman in unserious times
Monday
When will Ron DeSantis call Trump a loser?
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The risks of non-response are that Trump defines him before he defines himself
Wednesday
We need a new word for ‘wokeness’
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It’s too silly-sounding to be an existential philosophical threat, even though it is
Tuesday
Ron DeSantis and the ghost of Republican governors
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His remarks on Ukraine recall the stumbles of candidates past
Saturday
AMLO hits a new low
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The Mexican president can’t pass the fentanyl buck
Friday
The Twitter Files hearing was disastrous for the Democrats
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Today’s left looks to Silicon Valley as a tool to shut up people they dislike
Thursday
Why using the military against Mexico’s cartels is catching on
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The peace of a border city cannot depend on those who direct drugs and human beings through it
Wednesday
Mexico has become a failed narco-state
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It’s time to treat the drug cartels like terrorist organizations they are
Thursday
Can Trump’s unorthodox campaign break the mold again?
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He’s bucked his rivals and headed to CPAC, but voters rejected this approach last time
Wednesday
TikTok may be the real test of the China Select Committee
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It will show how deep this new bipartisan reality on China really goes
Sunday
Woody Harrelson trolls the authoritarian left on SNL
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Scandalized critics are branding him an ‘anti-vaxxer’
Tuesday
Thunderdome 2024: here come the Republican hopefuls
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This primary has all the signs of being even bloodier than the 2016 one
Friday
Kamala Harris should run for Senate again in California
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Dianne Feinstein is retiring while as veep Kamala is only mired in disaster
Wednesday
A paean to the single cat lady
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The rejection of unmarried women by the Republican Party is shortsighted
A Republican presidential field with no Texans?
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As Ted Cruz bows out, the impact on the immigration issue could be substantial
Friday
How taxpayer money was used to silence speech
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The government censored the very people whose rights it promises to secure
