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MAGA has consigned the Reagan Revolution to “the ash-heap of history”

President Donald Trump is worried. Besides the recent concerns he expressed about the state of his soul, he fears the Supreme Court will strip him of his tariffs privileges. We know this because he had a temper tantrum upon hearing…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

Conversations around the effort to defeat insurgent mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have often started with a seemingly unrelated question: “Do you summer in the city?” At least they did for much of this past summer, when the ruling class of…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

In Trump’s America, we can find courage and refuge in poetry

If we are to understand the complexities of the human experience, it is the poet who is best able to articulate, to bear witness — not only as archivists, but as social and creative provocateurs for the sake of society…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization

“I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. OK? We’re going to kill them. You know, they’re going to be, like, dead,” President Donald Trump said in late October 2025 of U.S. military…

October 30, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“I’ll do whatever I want”: Trump threatens to deploy other military branches in US cities

President Donald Trump claimed that he can deploy any branch of the military in American cities as part of his ongoing domestic crackdown on protests against ICE actions. Trump has activated National Guard troops and deployed them to cities throughout…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Panic in the Hamptons: The fight to stop Zohran Mamdani

Conversations around the effort to defeat insurgent mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have often started with a seemingly unrelated question: “Do you summer in the city?” At least they did for much of this past summer, when the ruling class of…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Trump fires federal design oversight commission, barrels ahead with White House overhaul

President Donald Trump fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts on Tuesday, an independent federal agency that advises on design matters related to government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. The terminations were first reported by The…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Risks are too high”: Maryland’s top Democrat shoots down party’s redistricting push

The top Democrat in the Maryland Senate has roundly rejected an effort by his party to redistrict the state, arguing that the risks of redrawing maps outweigh the potential gains. Bill Ferguson explained his reasoning for opposing the plans in…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Tucker Carlson’s crash out is Charlie Kirk’s legacy

“Maybe you won?” Tucker Carlson conceded to start a new interview with the avowed white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Then Carlson’s phrasing turned definitive as he admitted that Fuentes has successfully wrangled ideological control of the modern conservative movement: “You won.” …

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Expert hired by Trump to prove election fraud debunks his “steady diet of lies and innuendo”

An expert hired by Donald Trump to substantiate the former president’s voter fraud claims regarding the 2020 presidential election called him out for continuing to peddle falsehoods. Trump in November of 2020, shortly after losing the election, entered into a…

October 29, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0