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Democrats, It’s Going to Be OK

Dear Democrats, It is going to be OK. It really will. You’ll have the midterms in two years. There’ll be another presidential election in four...

15.11.2024 8

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Dear Democrats

Dear Democrats It is going to be OK. It really will. You'll have the midterms in two years. There'll be another presidential election in four years....

15.11.2024 20

Townhall

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How Harris’ Many Missteps Doomed Her Candidacy

On the night of the election, a member of the Trump team called me about an hour after polls had begun to close to tell me they saw signs of a win. A...

10.11.2024 5

The Daily Signal

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The Aftermath

On the night of the election, a member of the Trump team called me about an hour after polls had begun to close to tell me they saw signs of a win. A...

08.11.2024 10

Townhall

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Garbage In/Garbage Out

On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden made a joke about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was all...

01.11.2024 6

The Daily Signal

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Garbage In/Garbage Out

On Sunday, a comedian opening the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden joked about Puerto Rico being a garbage island. On Monday, that was all the...

01.11.2024 20

Townhall

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Harris’ Bold Miscalculation 

It is possible that former President Donald Trump has peaked too soon. The momentum in the race feels like it has moved in his direction, but we...

30.10.2024 10

The Daily Signal

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Many Big-Name Democrats Are MIA on Kamala’s Campaign Trail

With only about 25 days until this damnably necessary act of democracy descends into recriminations and conversations about 2028, Donald Trump is...

11.10.2024 6

The Daily Signal

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Caveat Emptor 

A few days ago, Iran launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Some of Iran’s missiles were hypersonic missiles traveling 10,000...

05.10.2024 4

The Daily Signal

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Caveat Emptor

A few days ago, Iran launched approximately 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Some of Iran's missiles were hypersonic missiles traveling 10,000 miles...

04.10.2024 3

Townhall

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Democrats Support Foreign Interference to Stop Trump

REAL CLEAR POLITICS—For eight years now, Democrats have bemoaned interference in American elections. The national security apparatus of the United...

27.09.2024 9

The Daily Signal

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The Government’s Jobs Reports Were Off—Way Off

The government, for the past year, has overstated joblessness by 818,000 jobs. That revision comes on top of the monthly revisions already made. It is...

23.08.2024 6

The Daily Signal

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The Jobs Aren't All Right

The government, for the past year, has overstated joblessness by 818,000 jobs. That revision comes on top of the monthly revisions already made. It is...

23.08.2024 8

Townhall

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Never Confuse Incompetence for Malice

A man can sleep better at night thinking evil men in charge have a plan than realizing incompetent idiots with no plan are in charge. Many Americans...

19.07.2024 4

The Daily Signal

Erick Erickson

Never Confuse Incompetence for Malice

A man can sleep better at night thinking evil men in charge have a plan than realizing incompetent idiots with no plan are in charge. Many Americans...

19.07.2024 20

Townhall

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It’s Worst of Both World for Biden’s Enablers

Years ago, a dear friend who worked for former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld invited me to join the two of them at a photography exhibit. The...

13.07.2024 8

The Daily Signal

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The Plot to Oust Joe Biden

Senior Democrats have concluded two things. First, Joe Biden must step aside in favor of Kamala Harris. Second, Joe Biden will not, so they will...

05.07.2024 20

Townhall

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A Festering Evil in the Shadows

"The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again," read the headline of a column penned by Graham Allison and Michael J. Morell in Foreign...

28.06.2024 10

Townhall

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Help Me, Bob Iger. You're My Only Hope

On Oct. 30, 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and, with it, "Star Wars." Since then, Disney's stewardship of a property George Lucas...

21.06.2024 4

Townhall

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Help Me, Bob Iger. You're My Only Hope.

On Oct. 30, 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and, with it, "Star Wars." Since then, Disney's stewardship of a property George Lucas...

21.06.2024 10

Townhall

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The American Troubles

The left in the United States has incredible clout to push their narratives nearly frictionlessly through cultural institutions. CNN has now multiple...

14.06.2024 10

Townhall

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Discredited and Clueless

This week, an important revelation happened in Hunter Biden's criminal trial. After 51 supposed intelligence experts declared his laptop and the...

07.06.2024 6

Townhall

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Someone Needs to Go to Jail

The "Australian Ballot" is the ballot Americans know and trust. First used in Australia in 1856, the ballot is what we know as the secret ballot....

24.05.2024 10

Townhall

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Joy Cometh in the Morning

17.05.2024 10

Townhall

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Biden's Impeachable Moment

On Dec. 18, 2019, House Democrats impeached Donald Trump. They found he had withheld congressionally approved arms and aid to Ukraine in order to...

10.05.2024 40

Townhall

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A Lack of Imagination

Some House Republicans have decided they will oust Speaker Mike Johnson. Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, among...

03.05.2024 20

Townhall

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The Most Disturbing Part of It

The Big Ten, the Pac-12, and the Ivy League are overrun with antisemitic students protesting in favor of Hamas. They claim they support Palestinians,...

26.04.2024 20

Townhall

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Polling Is Not Leadership

In the mid-'90s, President Bill Clinton hired famed pollster Dick Morris to triangulate Clinton's path to victory in 1996. Morris told Clinton that...

12.04.2024 30

Townhall

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Not Exactly Something Normal

Christianity is a weird religion. Other religions have a version of the "Golden Rule." Other religions have a watery creation. Other religions have...

29.03.2024 30

Townhall

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Pause

The world is headed into Holy Week, the holiest of times for the world's more than 2 billion Christians. Christians believe that Jesus of Nazareth...

22.03.2024 40

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TikTok Delenda Est

TikTok is an app for sharing short videos that keep people entertained. It is how more and more Gen Z kids get their news and information. It is also...

15.03.2024 6

Townhall

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A World Order, If You Can Keep It

With the exception of Pearl Harbor, the Western Hemisphere escaped World War II mostly unscathed. It also led, to paraphrase Japanese Adm. Isoroku...

16.02.2024 20

Townhall

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This Gridlock Is a Feature, Not a Bug

There are many things many people want Congress to do. I would like a law that allows private citizens to execute any slowpoke in the fast lane on the...

09.02.2024 10

Townhall

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When Losing Becomes Profitable

The Republican National Committee has been meeting in Las Vegas. Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk arranged counter-programming in Vegas with a handful...

02.02.2024 30

Townhall

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The Trick That Dropped Atlanta Crime

You have undoubtedly heard that crime is down in a lot of places. One trick often employed in places like San Francisco is not to report crimes....

26.01.2024 50

Townhall

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Weakness Provokes Bullies

North and South Yemen no longer exist. During the Cold War, North Yemen had ties to the West, and South Yemen had Marxist leadership, branding itself...

19.01.2024 10

Townhall

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The Reality of Small Margins

I support limited government because I am a Christian. I believe we are all sinners. I want as few in charge of me as possible. In Congress,...

12.01.2024 30

Townhall

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Joe Biden Preps Trump Endorsement

On Jan. 6, 2024, President Joe Biden intends to address the nation in a campaign kickoff. He will make his focus the "threat to democracy" that is...

05.01.2024 70

Townhall

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Christmas Perspective

Seventeen years ago this week, I started the day losing my job and ended the day looking my wife in the eyes to tell her she was going to die. Doctors...

22.12.2023 30

Townhall

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Come As You Are

The holidays are messy. Families are messy. People are stressed and in perpetual pursuit of the recreated perfect memory that was not but has become...

15.12.2023 10

Townhall

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So Far Past the Rubicon

In early January of 49 B.C., Julius Caesar and his army crossed the Rubicon, triggering a Roman civil war that eventually led to Caesar's...

08.12.2023 10

Townhall

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