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Can Republicans Defy Midterm History?

Surprisingly, they can—but even if they don’t, the Democrats will not fare very well, setting the table for a successful 2028 Republican election.

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Mogg Mogged Tucker and What the Commentariat Is Still Missing

Mogg Mogged Tucker and What the Commentariat Is Still Missing

On October 2, 2026, Tucker Carlson released his hostile interview with former U.K. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg. That was a bad move for the fired...

25.10.2026 4

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What The Latest ‘No Kings’ No Show Told Me

A lot of angry old liberals who don’t have a lot of enthusiasm going into November.

23.10.2026 20

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Ke Huy Quan’s Life Proves You Should ‘Never Say Die’ To The American Dream

A book review of Ke’s newly released memoir.

19.10.2026 20

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More Maxine Waters Town Halls: Lots of Noise and No Real Answers

More Maxine Waters Town Halls: Lots of Noise and No Real Answers

Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) is the only congressional representative in the South Bay section of Los Angeles County currently holding...

18.10.2026 30

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A New Book Reveals How DEI Is Helping To Kill Opera

Opera, as a great art form, is struggling for many reasons, but it would certainly help if opera lovers let go of their obsession with DEI.

12.10.2026 20

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Fareed Zakaria’s Failed Take on California’s Failed Governance

In June 2026, former Newsweek and Time Magazine editor (and one-time plagiarist), now current CNN host Fareed Zakaria made a stunning admission about...

11.10.2026 10

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Trump Trolls China, And The Chinese Youth Are Lying Flat

Not only are Trump’s economic policies working to constrain China, but China’s young are beginning to protest what’s effectively slave labor.

05.10.2026 40

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Rest in Peace, Kevin Whitt: Detransitioner, Pro-Family Activist, and Friend

He suffered emotional, physical, and sexual abuse many times as a kid. His peers mocked and teased him in grade school because of his effeminate ways....

04.10.2026 10

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Election 2026: The Becerra vs. Hilton for California Governor Debate

California has a chance to break the cycle of Democratic doom and destruction. A chance, but not a certainty. Election 2026 has been awash in good...

01.10.2026 10

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Election 2028: Democrats’ Best Chance Is Josh Shapiro

The problem for Democrats is that everything that makes Shapiro nationally viable is something that Democrats hate.

28.09.2026 30

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No Matter How High the Gas Prices, I Won’t Let Communists Win

Yes, the gas prices are high, but I live in California, where gas prices are always going to be higher than in the rest of the country. I don't...

27.09.2026 10

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Election 2028: Perhaps Gavin Newsom Has a Chance?

Gavin Newsom’s polished media appearances reveal a carefully managed strategy to ignore both his actual record and schisms among Democrats.

21.09.2026 40

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Is It OK to Hate Canada Now?

Blame Canada! Blame Canada! You know that everything’s gone wrong since Canada came along! — South Park, The Movie Blame Canada! Blame Canada! You...

20.09.2026 20

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Charlie Kirk, Rest In Peace

Just over a year has passed, and Charlie’s absence still hurts.

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25 Years Later

Twenty-five years later, 9/11 still lingers in our nation’s memory, though not as strongly as it should. 9/11 was the third time our country...

13.09.2026 20

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The Election 2028 Presidential Prospects As Of Now

If Republicans can figure out how to channel Trump without the bluster and focus on the DSA cluster of craziness, they can carry the MAGA agenda for...

09.09.2026 40

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The Maywood Academy High School Melee, Eight Years Later

[Editor's note: a video linked to this story contains profane language and fighting.] Social media is flooded with confrontation videos: high...

06.09.2026 20

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Only Reform Can Restore The UK

The United Kingdom is more disunited than ever.

03.09.2026 50

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A Proper President List

President Trump trolled Democrats by putting himself at the top of a list of the greatest presidents (and dissing Obama). Here’s my own, more...

31.08.2026 40

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Anti-Tribute to Milo Yiannopoulos

"And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges." William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1 Milo Yiannopoulos, the Gamergate...

30.08.2026 20

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The Log Cabin Republicans Lie Regarding The 'T'

The group is reducing their speed, but they still pursue an anti-family agenda which harms children, undermines families, and hurts society as a...

26.08.2026 50

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Californians Are Prepared To Run Their State Into The Ground

Communists and special interests are running the state into the ground, and normal people are too weak and disheartened to fight back.

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Stop Debating the Dumb, and Stop Watching Dumb Debates

In a previous report, I commented on Deborah Lipstadt’s book "Denying the Holocaust". She exposed the tricks and traps of dishonest...

23.08.2026 20

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Los Angeles County DA Hochman Is Doing The Right Thing

While conservatives generally support the police, an honest prosecutor will act against police officers who violate the public trust.

17.08.2026 40

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Crying About the Kids’ Failures Doesn’t Help Them Succeed

We have all seen the video of the frustrated teacher crying for his senior class on Instagram and on X. The New York Post filled in the details,...

16.08.2026 20

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A New Book Provides Vital And Vivid New Insights Into Abraham Lincoln

Matthew Pinsker’s “Boss Lincoln” looks at the man who used America’s party politics to help create the Republican Party to lead the way on...

14.08.2026 50

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The Caribbean Is Shifting Right, Except For Barbados

Unfortunately for the people of that island nation, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s leftist governance is corrupt and tyrannical.

10.08.2026 60

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Special Education Failures in Public Education — The Norm, Not the Exception

Before working as an activist, commentator, and director in an international pro-family non-profit, I was a teacher. Full-time or part-time,...

09.08.2026 30

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California Schools Are Going Broke – No Surprise There!

California schools are going bust. Is it any surprise? California government faces routine rounds of boom-bust deficits. The political class squeezes...

05.08.2026 30

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In Latin America, The Rise of Zionism Signals Communism’s Collapse

As conservative politicians win elections, defeating entrenched antisemitic, communist interests, those same nations are beginning to ally with...

03.08.2026 40

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Denying the Holocaust: Deborah Lipstadt, Revisited

Written 30 years ago, the modern Democrat party is making the information as relevant as ever.

29.07.2026 40

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Los Angeles’s School District Went From Morally To Financially Bankrupt

It was inevitable that the LAUSD’s obsessive focus on left-wing politics would wreak havoc in the classroom and that students would vanish.

20.07.2026 40

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Just Pick a Time Already!

In a rare showing of long-overdue bipartisanship to solve an issue that has become a non-issue, the House of Representatives just passed the Sunshine...

19.07.2026 30

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Trump Is Righting Latin America

Back from the brink of communist destruction, Trump deserves credit for the rightward lurch across Latin America.

15.07.2026 50

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Thank You, President Trump, for a Wonderful 250th Anniversary

Thank You, President Trump, for a Wonderful 250th Anniversary Independence Day has come and gone, but President Trump still deserves special...

12.07.2026 30

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Pro-Lifers Must Recognize That Abortion Stops Only If Women Face Consequences

The Pro-Life movement keeps trying soft approaches to end abortion, but the only thing that will stop the slaughter is for women to know they,...

06.07.2026 50

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The People Who Enable Men in Women’s Sports

The United States Supreme Court has weighed in, and in a welcome 6-3 decision, they have determined that states can bar confused men from women’s...

05.07.2026 40

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Book Review: Torched, by Jonathan Vigliotti

Flames, firestorms, and abject Democrat failure are the clear and present themes throughout the CBS News correspondent’s brand new book.

01.07.2026 50

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The DSA Takes Over The Democrat Party

Democrats didn’t stop them from taking over their party, but we can and must stop them from taking over entire state governments and our nation.

29.06.2026 60

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LA Votes to Give Illegals the Vote

Los Angeles, the city that no longer loves itself, the city that is casting out the angels and replacing them with progressive demons and rabid...

28.06.2026 30

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LA Does Not Love LA

Rolling down Imperial Highway Sweet Nasty Redhead on my sideSanta Ana winds blowing hot from the north We were born to ride. Rolling down Imperial...

21.06.2026 40

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Christian Giants Stand Up to Pride

“Oh, I don’t wear the ribbon.” – Cosmo Kramer, “The Sponge,” Seinfeld “Oh, I don’t wear the ribbon.” – Cosmo Kramer, “The...

20.06.2026 40

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With Comedic Flair, Seinfeld Reduces The Palestine Conflict To Nothing

The protest culture is wearing thin. The outrage culture is getting old. The cancel culture is just wrong, and people are refusing to bow to it.

19.06.2026 40

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Massie Exploits the USS Liberty

On June 8th, 2026, retiring U.S. Republican Rep. (also grifter, laughable libertarian, and self-serving politician) Thomas Massie (KY-4) gave a floor...

14.06.2026 40

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Lessons From The California 2026 Primary

There is a way to turn things around in California...just not right now, and not as fast as I would like.

12.06.2026 60

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California Primary Election 2026: A Reflection

Will California voters ever learn?

09.06.2026 60

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Politics Isn’t Fair. Bianco Should Have Won.

You can have the right resume, an excellent pedigree, a great record of accomplishment, and you still don’t get elected. Politics isn’t fair....

07.06.2026 30

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Fukuyama’s Follies

The irrelevant, failed social scientist took to social media to do what irrelevant failed social scientists do when they are desperate to re-establish...

02.06.2026 70

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Decline Is a Choice – Success Isn’t Inevitable

Decline is a choice. President Trump could not have said it better. Two years ago, everyone was talking about the Roman Empire, musing over its tragic...

31.05.2026 50

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