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Most Americans are aware of Kamala Harris’ lack of preparedness to run for the presidency in 2028 after the sound beating by Donald Trump in 2024 in which he took all the battleground states.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is best known for his coddling of immigrants, his inability to manage the land against fires and the aftermath, his mismanagement of the costly high-speed rail system. … read more
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What! Republicans are going weak-keened?!
I darned near lost it while reading the banner headline across the top of six columns in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday morning while enjoying my coffee. It read, “Manchin Warns GOP: Don’t End Filibuster,” the longstanding rule that requires a 60-vote supermajority to bring most bills to the floor.… read more
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I usually don’t pay too much attention to polls, but two polls by the usually accurate Rasmussen Reports and another by Reuters/Ipsos that received detailed coverage on retribution in the daily paper deserve comment.
Trump Targeting Enemies
This poll by Reuters/Ipsos is a natural follow-on to my last edition, The Chickens are Coming Home to Roost, in which I briefly reviewed charges against individuals who attempted to keep Trump from winning in 2016, 2020 and 2024.… read more
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You will recall, I am sure, how the left plotted to keep Donald Trump from returning to the White House with 91 felony counts in four criminal indictments in four different cities.
Democrats had visions of him handcuffed in an orange jump suit and took pleasure in referring to him as a felon, but through it all, he hung in there, even appearing in court when he wasn’t required to be there.… read more
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Enough seriousness for the week.
All of us, at one time or another, have disliked a photo taken of us. That includes President Trump, who disliked the cover photo selected for the recent TIME magazine.
“Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time,” he said.… read more
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On October 7, 2025, after years of dueling keyboards with Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan, I finally designated her as my nemesis as a conservative political commentator, tired of her disdain for President Trump.
It was her November knee jerk reaction to Trump’s selection of Pete Hegseth to be his defense secretary, writing that Hegseth didn’t possess the seriousness of General George Marshall.… read more
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As I listen to Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and the few progressive microphone seekers looking for their 15 seconds of fame, it’s easy to see why their party is in deep doo-doo.
Rather than tell us how they view the party’s future, they continue to berate President Trump, even though he’s doing what he said he would do and why most people voted for him. … read more
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While recuperating from a fall that left me with a fractured rib, I was doing physical therapy and watched 24/7 news. I saw Attorney General, Pam Bondi, as she took on the Democrats of the Judiciary Committee.
With notes from a manila file folder, she took on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who called for ethics investigations into members of the Supreme Court who may have violated the rules.… read more
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If I had a nemesis as a conservative political commentator, I guess it would be Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan. While I have been critical of the positions she has taken on issues and individuals, I have frequently remarked about her wordsmithing talent, dating back to the Reagan administration, where she was a speechwriter.… read more
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“Like Charlie, you are touching lives too!”
From time to time, I receive a flattering comment like this from one of my readers. I decided to include it in my lead because it arrived after my last piece in which I wrote that Charlie Kirk’s legacy would live on, and I was considering my approach to fulfilling that promise.… read more