This is where the argument’s authoritarian core becomes unmistakable. The lament is not really about pull-ups, haircuts, or even VMI itself. It is about the loss of a social order in which hierarchy was enforced informally by culture rather than formally by law—and in which men, trained separately, were habituated to rule. What is mourned […]
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Republicans Announce Their Next Targets After Indiana Crash and Burn
But early indicators—such as a healthy dose of special elections in the last year—suggest that the national backlash to Trump’s second-term agenda could be worse for the party than usual. Democrats have seen surprising gains in unexpected areas of the country, including in Tennessee, Georgia, New Jersey, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be […]
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John Roberts and the Cynical Cult of Federalist No. 70
“‘Decision, activity, secrecy, and dispatch will generally characterize the proceedings of one man in a much more eminent degree than the proceedings of any greater number,’” he wrote, quoting from No. 70. “The centralization of authority in the president alone is particularly crucial in matters of national defense, war, and foreign policy choices, where a […]
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Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’
For much of President Trump’s second term, the political heirs of his “America First” agenda have tried to form an intellectual framework for their movement that embraces nationalism while keeping overt bigotry out of the coalition. With the rise of Nick Fuentes, a 27-year-old white nationalist, and his young, racist and antisemitic “Groyper” movement, some […]
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Heritage Foundation President Offers to Quit Over Tucker Carlson Mess
Vance’s comment about “a couple elections in blue states” ignores the reality of the situation. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Georgia all saw big wins for Democrats Tuesday night, and they aren’t exactly blue states. And even within those states (and in bluer ones like New York and New Jersey), Democrats won in red districts. Democrats in […]
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Top Heritage Foundation Staffer Quits Over Nick Fuentes Civil War
When asked on 60 Minutes about pardoning Zhao, Trump replied: “OK, are you ready? I don’t know who he is. I know he got a four-month sentence or something like that, and I heard it was a Biden witch hunt.” The president then launched into an extended rant that was cut from the official version, […]
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Heritage Foundation Staff Revolt Over Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes
Instead, Roberts released a video on X Thursday in support of Carlson and Fuentes, calling the former “a close friend of the Heritage Foundation” and saying that “canceling” Fuentes is not the solution, even though he personally abhors what he says. In response, Heritage staff members—including Heritage research fellow Preston Brashers and Richard Stern, the […]
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Trump Obsessed Over Project 2025 Creator Getting “P***y” at Mar-a-Lago
HuffPost reported Monday that when a reporter asked Hegseth’s office if he was aware of the attention the tie had garnered from Russia, Pentagon chief spokesman Sean Parnell replied, “Your mom bought it for him—and it’s a patriotic American tie, moron.” It looks like this is becoming a thing—though it may be localized to questions […]
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Trump Openly Brags About Having a Project 2025 Creator on His Team
Lutnick expressed his belief that Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals in his social circle by videotaping them during massages: “They get a massage, that’s what his MO was. ‘Get a massage, get a massage,’ and what happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever, blackmailed people. That’s […]
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Trump Vows to Use Shutdown to Go After Dems With Project 2025 Creator
Lutnick expressed his belief that Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals in his social circle by videotaping them during massages: “They get a massage, that’s what his MO was. ‘Get a massage, get a massage,’ and what happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever, blackmailed people. That’s […]
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Trump Brags About Teaming Up With Project 2025 Creator to Target Dems
Lutnick expressed his belief that Epstein blackmailed powerful individuals in his social circle by videotaping them during massages: “They get a massage, that’s what his MO was. ‘Get a massage, get a massage,’ and what happened in that massage room, I assume, was on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever, blackmailed people. That’s […]
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The Right’s Insidious New “Manhattan Project for Babies”
Even if we accept Heritage’s premise that declining birthrates are a problem for any individual country, there is a far more effective solution available right now: immigration. Immigrants already make up a growing share of the American workforce and contribute significantly to the economy, communities, and yes—birthrates. But Heritage isn’t interested in those kinds of […]
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Trump’s BLS Chief Pick Has Chilling Solution to Terrible Jobs Numbers
“Trump’s got all federal agencies kind of coming together for seven days, going out, trying to stop the violent crime, all kinds of stuff. So we’re out here contacting people, talking to ’em, right?” the officer continues. “The quality of life offenses—smoking, drinking in public—it can’t happen outside, right? Most people know that. So we’re […]
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Trump’s BLS Pick Has Perfect Solution to Trash Economy: Hide the Data
“Trump’s got all federal agencies kind of coming together for seven days, going out, trying to stop the violent crime, all kinds of stuff. So we’re out here contacting people, talking to ’em, right?” the officer continues. “The quality of life offenses—smoking, drinking in public—it can’t happen outside, right? Most people know that. So we’re […]
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Learning History Is a Righteous Form of Resistance
Dr. Joshua Allen Gilbert listened to his patient describe their sexual encounters with women. Gilbert thought highly of this patient, whom he characterized as having a “high degree of intellectuality,” as well as numerous “positive attractions” with women. Gilbert’s patient was assigned female at birth but had been known to act more like a boy […]
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What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?
The primary aim of the political right, said the president of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, in early 2024, should be “institutionalizing Trumpism.” He and his organization meant this especially for the writing, teaching, and dissemination of American history. On March 27, President Donald Trump, echoing the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, issued an executive order, […]
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Project 2025’s Success Rate So Far Will Terrify You
The White House, for which Project 2025 had 13 listed objectives, is currently 92 percent complete, according to the tracker. Another 64 proposals are currently “in progress,” according to the tracker, including initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department, the Energy Department, and the Department of Commerce. They include policies that would […]
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