The Biden Admin’s China Thaw Collides with Reality
Beijing might be willing to entertain substantive discussion only when the U.S. offers concessions.
Every Republican Party Chair in the Country Should Follow the New Wisconsin GOP Head’s Lead
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. With the red trickle behind us and the 2024 general election less than two years away, Republican voters will be faced with three options, like it, or not. The option a majority of GOP voters choose will be […]
SEASONS BEATINGS: Woman Arrested at South Carolina Airport For Physically Attacking Her Husband After Finding Sexually Explicit Photos on His Phone
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White House ‘Seeking to Hide Information,’ Rep. Jim Comer Says
A report on White House letters dismissing two representatives’ records requests has triggered backlash among House Republicans. The GOP Judiciary Committee said the White House leaked the story to Politico before sending the letters to Republican Reps. James Comer of Kentucky and Jim Jordan of Ohio. “Just before dawn at 4:33 a.m., the White House informed […]
Ted Lieu and Adam Kinzinger Demand George Santos ‘Resign’ and I Have Thoughts
As we previously reported, Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) confessed this week to lying about and embellishing significant portions of his life story during the course of his Congressional campaign. So far, Santos’ rehabilitation tour, which started with a disastrous interview he did with former Democratic Congresswoman and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, is not going […]
Podcast: PLU Lesson One—The Federalist, Nos 1 – 9
Lucretia and I held the first “classroom” for PLU (Power Line University) yesterday, with 110 people ultimately tuning in live for our first formal session on The Federalist Papers. We had a couple of technical difficulties—for some reason we kept failing to get the Chat window working right—and we had some hiccups admitting some live […]
Judge Rules Parts of Insane SAFE-T Act Violate Illinois’ Constitution
A Kankakee, Illinois County judge has ruled that parts of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today, SAFE-T Act, violate the Illinois’ Constitution. Pushed by radical leftist Democrats, the 764-page SAFE-T Act passed in January 2021 and would have abolished cash bail in most cases in beginning in January 1, 2023. The Cook County Record reports: Because, […]
George Santos can’t seem to explain his wealth
Following up on Ed’s earlier article, the odd story of New York’s latest Republican addition to the House GOP caucus continues to produce new wrinkles. We already covered the staggering list of things that congressman-elect George Santos apparently lied about on the campaign trail. Some observers haven’t seemed all that upset about this story because […]
Thought for the Day: Churchill on ‘Expert’ Rule
Churchill, writing in 1901 with advice clearly relevant for 2022: Nothing would be more fatal than for the government of States to get into the hands of the experts. Expert knowledge is limited knowledge: and the unlimited ignorance of the plain man who knows only what hurts is a safer guide, than any vigorous direction of […]
Rep. Katie Porter Is Apparently an Absolute Lunatic
There are a lot of members of the House of Representatives that would make a Koala Bear seem smart. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a certain shrillness in her Marxist platitudes that could be compared to nails on a chalkboard, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s drunken press conferences have become a staple in more recent years. Then […]