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On February 17, 2026, in the run-up of the primary election to determine the Democratic nominee and de facto future occupant of Illinois’s open U.S. senate seat, The New York Times ran a headline asking, “Can suburban support beat the party machine?” The Times was referring to what turned out to be the unsuccessful challenge of U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi against Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton. Krishnamoorthi is a Hindu born in Delhi and educated at Princeton who is supported by the Chief Technology Officer of Palantir as well as by Hindu and Indian donors and a series of universities and…
Image by Edgar Serrano. Donald Trump’s rhetoric and actions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba over the last year have few parallels in modern history. They have to be seen as marking a new stage. As such they call for a reevaluation of analysis and strategy on the part of the Left. Trump’s repeated threat to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages where they belong” is unmatched by the rhetoric of even the most notorious and brutal heads of state over the recent past. Decapitating the entire leadership of a country to compel total submission, as Washington and Tel Aviv…
Escalation Is Looking More Likely in Iran Source link
Some excerpts from Judge Cecilia Altonaga (S.D. Fla.) long opinion today in Pete v. Cooper (for more on the earlier phases of the case, see this post): This case arises out of defamation per se and related state-law claims, brought by Plaintiff, a Grammy-winning hip-hop artist known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, against Defendant, an online personality who goes by Milagro Gramz or Mobz World. Plaintiff alleges that Defendant orchestrated a retaliatory smear campaign against her because of her role in the 2022 conviction of Daystar Peterson, a Canadian rapper and singer known as Tory Lanez, who, after a widely…
Iran Is Unraveling, No Realistic Prospects of Victory or Peace Source link
Did the president screw up a possible agreement with his own impulsivity? Or was the imminent deal that he touted on Friday an illusion all along? Source link
On July 24, 2024, 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana took a taxi to a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in the north of England. What happened next would shock the UK to its core, sparking days of nationwide rioting and some of the most violent and widespread social unrest in decades. Within 15 minutes of arriving at the dance studio, Rudakubana had murdered three young girls, attempted to murder eight more, and attacked two adults who tried to stop him. Had they not managed to escape, thanks largely to the bravery of the adults at the scene, all 26 girls…
Getty Images and Unsplash+. For over a year, firing Trump via Impeachment in Congress has been a taboo subject for the so-called Democratic leadership – Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. Recently, their grip on their flock is unravelling. (See: RootsAction’s petition “Tell Democrats in Congress to Insist That Schumer and Jeffries Step Aside”) Jeffries is a repetitive “one-note Charley” – “House Democrats are going to focus on making life more affordable for the American people.” Speak for yourself, Hakeem. The majority of House Democrats are for Impeachment in part because Trump’s war, wage, price & tariff policies define UNAFFORDABILITY and,…
The open borders enthusiasts at the Cato Institute made a shocking discovery last week: The Trump administration has apparently cut legal immigration even more than it’s reduced illegal immigration. That seems incredible, considering there is virtually no new illegal immigration. But Cato’s immigration studies director David J. Bier believes this is the case, claiming illegal entries were already dramatically falling before Trump took office. “The falloff in illegal immigration continued a prior trend, while the cuts in legal immigration broke the trend of rising legal immigration from 2021 to 2024,” Bier claims, noting that “the cut to legal entries was…
Mollie Hemingway, author of “Alito,” joined “The Megyn Kelly Show” on Monday to discuss why Justices Alito and Thomas are likely to not retire this year, the potential Chief Justice Roberts is actually the one who might retire before the midterms, and more.MEGYN KELLY: What a timely book. I mean, it’s it’s crazy how timely it is. What’s your reporting on Justice Alito and the prospects of his retirement?MOLLIE HEMINGWAY: So people have been speculating that Justice Alito is definitely going to retire at the end of this term. They’ve been doing this for about a year. And I keep…