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On Mass Surveillance, Will the Deep State Win Again?
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (245+ words) Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald worry Congress will reauthorize a controversial intelligence tool. Last Friday, three days before the sunset date, a vote in the House for a clean renewal of Section 702 failed, despite a full court press from the…...
Is J. D. Vance Our Guy?
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (303+ words) For the veep, it would seem a time for choosing. Still, 2028 is a long way away, and if Vance can secure some kind of diplomatic understanding with Iran that averts the resumption of war, he'll lay the groundwork for a…...
The May 17 Agreement's Failure Is a Warning About Lebanon
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (854+ words) The current peace process could well fall into the traps of 1983. "War is the continuation of politics by other means" is Clausewitz's most famous dictum." Lebanon has suffered far too much from the serial failures of diplomacy and the shortcomings…...
Trump's Fed Nominee Warsh Faces Rocky Confirmation Hearing
11+ hour, 26+ min ago (291+ words) Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve after Jerome Powell's term ends, faced a contentious Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. Democrats interrogated Warsh about his ability to maintain the central bank's independence under pressure from the president…...
Ceasefire Day 14: Ceasefire Set to Expire as In-Person Talks Unlikely
14+ hour, 49+ min ago (459+ words) A two-week ceasefire to the Iran War is set to expire on Tuesday as Iran says they still have no plans yet to attend talks to negotiate a deal. "We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats," he…...
Debasing Times
16+ hour, 23+ min ago (288+ words) Inflation damages more than the pocketbook. I never listen to the radio except by accident, as when, unavoidably, I overhear it; for, as Josh Billings said, it's better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. People sometimes ask…...
The Mandelson Scandal Could Topple Starmer
18+ hour, 23+ min ago (448+ words) The prime minister's U. S. ambassador was an Epstein crony with business ties to Russia and China, and Parliament demands answers. Britain has an alarming casualty rate as far as prime ministers are concerned. It has lost five in the last decade....
Trump's Overlooked Effort to Reduce Legal Immigration
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (334+ words) A new report counters the false, pessimistic claims of some right-wingers. 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....
Taki's Worst President
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1371+ words) Meet the man who destroyed Europe. The post Taki's Worst President appeared first on The American Conservative. Meet the man who destroyed Europe. During a very gay'in the old-fashioned meaning of the word'and drunken evening in Gstaad very long ago,…...
The UK Government Is to Blame for the Southport Murders
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (310+ words) Wokeism" has stymied British policing. 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…...