Movies work like a cultural seismograph: They record public anxiety before politicians get around to admitting it exists. This year’s “Citizen Vigilante” is set in Europe, but the reaction to it belongs in a Washington conversation. Germany’s censors banned the film outright rather than let audiences see a story about migrant crime and judicial leniency, and the critics […]
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For the last month or so, we’ve heard nothing but “Graham Platner, Graham Platner, Graham Platner.” He is a quote-unquote “oyster man from Maine” that was a four-tour combat veteran, who the Democratic Party, Mr. [Morris] Katz, a very obscure 27-year-old activist, recruited for the Democratic Party to run against Susan Collins for the senior senator slot in Maine. […]
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Something stinks in New York City hall. While the United States is still sorting through the wreckage of recent military exchanges with Iran, a senior official in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration quietly scheduled a meeting with Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations. The get-together never happened because Washington stepped in and killed it. This is […]
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The senior senator from Kentucky vanished from public view more than three weeks ago. What started as a routine-sounding hospital admission on June 14 has turned into a master class in opacity, wild speculation, and secondhand updates from allies who insist he is still very much in the fight. Here is the unvarnished picture based […]
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used the nation’s 250th anniversary to deliver a speech from behind George Washington’s desk at City Hall, flanked by newly naturalized citizens. He framed America as a “grand experiment in self-governance” full of “contradictions,” while criticizing exclusion, wealth concentration, monopolies, and immigration enforcement. The address mixed nods to founding […]
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Sami Winc: Apparently, according to a Wall Street Journal article, they had a secret meeting in which they vented their frustration about [President Donald] Trump. They called it “Therapy Night.” But what the article said was they were discussing how to manage a breakup with the United States. Do you think that— Editor’s note: This is a […]
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Trump Just Made Clear That Game Is Over President Trump declared the interim agreement with Iran finished after Tehran’s latest round of aggression. The mullahs violated the deal they signed weeks ago, attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and then struck U.S. positions in the Gulf. Trump did not hesitate. American forces hit […]
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Graham Platner’s Senate Campaign: A Timeline Background and Launch Graham Platner, 41, is a Marine Corps veteran who served eight years, including three combat tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He launched his Democratic campaign for U.S. Senate on August 19, 2025, to challenge Republican incumbent Susan Collins, running as a populist on themes […]
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President Trump announced this week he will immediately petition the Supreme Court for a rehearing in the birthright citizenship case. The move comes after the justices struck down his executive order on June 30, 2026. This is not some minor legal squabble. It strikes at the heart of what it means to be an American […]
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I’ve spent time on both sides of a badge. I worked private security and executive protection, and in 1992, I drove in the presidential motorcade for President George H.W. Bush after the Los Angeles riots while working on an Assembly campaign with Young Republicans. I earned my California EMT license in 1992. I know what […]