Author Archives: Bill McCarthy

He Sat on the Spy Court. Then He Hosted the Delegation.

James Boasberg is the chief judge in the District of Columbia. Obama put him on [...]

The Reddest Big State Just Became a Coin Flip.

Ken Paxton buried John Cornyn in May. Sixty-three-eight to thirty-six-two. The establishment lost. The attorney [...]

Trump Sent the Cavalry. The Body Count Noticed.

A year ago Memphis was the poster. Highest violent-crime rate in the country in 2024. [...]

Trump Didn’t Buy the Ice. He Bought the Veto.

Friday the President said the United States now has permanent control over security — and [...]

He Said the Country Deserved It. Now He Wants a Cut of the Ticket.

Hasan Piker is not a senator. He is not a precinct captain. He is a [...]

He Did the Job. Then He Numbered It.

Friday he put twenty-five lines on the board and called it Term Three. It is [...]

Democrats Treat a Rule Vote Like Treason. The Other Side Treats It Like Weather.

House Democrats do not lose sleep over a member voting no on a messaging bill. [...]

He Can Uninvite Them to Dinner. He Cannot Padlock the Briefing Room on a Mood.

The president posted it Friday: CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, banned from the White House, [...]

He Ordered a Kill Switch for a Model That Lives in Another Country.

Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Friday. The press release said kill switch. The [...]

Pundits Called the Voters Gross. The Voters Called the Race a Tie.

A mid-September survey of 803 likely Michigan voters asked a question about the presidency, not [...]