In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers shot and killed at least one Palestinian and critically wounded another Thursday as a horde of armed settlers attacked a Palestinian village near the city of Qalqilya. Over 620 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank since October 7, while the official death toll […]
In more election news, the immigrant rights group Make the Road Action has announced its support for Kamala Harris in its first-ever general election presidential endorsement. The group acknowledged the vice president has a checkered track record on immigration, including warning migrants, “Do not come,” during a visit to Guatemala. The Biden administration has launched […]
Plus: Ukraine’s surprise invasion of Russian territory.
Our increasingly imperial executive branch has become the center of American politics as the presidency itself shrinks into irrelevancy. It is a dangerous dynamic that threatens the future of our country, and it’s been exposed during our current president’s lamest of lame-duck final months in office. President Joe Biden—if we can still give him that […]
The Washington Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, but it reads like it’s owned by the Democratic National Committee. Consider the bias by omission. On Aug. 9, Washington Examiner reporter Gabe Kaminsky found an uncomfortable story: “Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, on at least five occasions as governor of Minnesota, hosted a Muslim cleric […]
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we dig into the boldest promises from the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns. It’s a veritable cornucopia of proposed tax cuts, governmental price controls, and every social and economic fantasy in between. Bipartisan support and backlash to these promises have social media and network television spinning. We’ll […]
All repressive and authoritarian regimes, from Caracas to Pyongyang, suppress speech. Rulers like Russia’s Vladimir Putin or China’s Xi Jinping cannot tolerate truth, as it can threaten their hold on power. Today, free speech is under attack even in the “free” world, and those attacks are undermining democracy at its core. An informed electorate will […]
“There’s a lot of opposition to just hearing what President [Donald] Trump has to say,” Elon Musk said at the beginning of his two-hour interview on X with the 45th and would-be 47th president. Musk noted, “I got a letter from the EU Commission, like, saying to not have disinformation during this discussion we’re having. […]
The Donald Trump-backed candidate for state attorney general says he supports the move by his former opponent—Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat—to threaten to prosecute a GOP township candidate over her Facebook posts. Matthew Deperno, Nessel’s former opponent and the lawyer for Michigan’s Kalamazoo County Republican Party, said Kerry Lynn Elieff likely broke a […]
One of my favorite bits of ancient wisdom, which I have quoted many times over the years, is the Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu’s adage that a battle is won before it is fought because it is won by choosing the terrain on which it is fought. Accordingly, as I noted in a column a […]
