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Fraud by Design
Ninety-four shell companies in a single Columbus office building, and a federal program designed to make their fraud unfalsifiable.
The City That Forgot the Individual
Mamdani’s 375-page equity plan and his luxury tax share one doctrine.
The Hate Map’s Ledger
The Department of Justice has filed the case that fifteen years of conservative reporting already made. The record is older than the indictment, and the cost has not yet been counted.
Think More: Friday, May 15, 2026
Voegeli on the Democratic center that cannot hold, Chalk on the Greek inheritance of America 250, the Justice Department finds Yale Medical discriminated by race, and six more pieces worth reading.
Mainstreet Goes Broke
A new Napolitan poll finds 44% of voters say all their income goes to living expenses. Mainstreet and Elite Adjacent voters now live in two different economies.
Think More: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Rubio presses Xi on the Iran war, Mahoney on C.S. Lewis, Vance's task force halts $1.4B in fraud, and seven more pieces worth reading.
Who Decides What the President Sees?
The Gabbard memos describe an intelligence community that decided what an elected president could be told. The regime question follows from there.
The Exodus from Seattle to the Sunbelt
Howard Schultz built Starbucks in Seattle, then filed his indictment of Seattle from Miami. The blue-state business exodus is basic arithmetic.
The Censor Frightens More Than the Lie
Sixty-three percent of voters worry more about federal information control than about disinformation. The gap has widened since January, and the bipartisan consensus against censorship has held for half a decade.
Think More: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Fortgang on Turley's case against perpetual revolution, Wallsten on DEI displacing civics in higher education, Barone on the young and violent political left, and six more pieces worth reading.
The Slow Bleed
Republicans held a party ID lead every month from November 2024 through December 2025. Four months later, the lead is a deficit, and the leaners are gone.
Shanghai’s Million Dollar Man
The House Ways and Means Committee has spent a year mapping how Beijing-aligned money moves through American tax-exempt nonprofits. Three letters sent earlier May tightened the scrutiny.
Think More: Monday, May 11, 2026
Holloway on the constitutional case against Sullivan, Burton on the failed rebrand of liberal economics, Virginia Democrats float court-packing to save their map, and seven more pieces worth reading.
Sodom and Gomorrah Make Bail
Sanctuary policies grant illegal aliens legal protections that American citizens themselves do not enjoy. The Constitution has a name for it: nullification.
Think More: Friday, May 8, 2026
Kremer on the American Creed at 250, Bing West on the debt as national security, the SPLC blacklisted by its own rule, and six more stories worth reading.
The Country Catches Up to Callais
A new Napolitan survey finds voters reject race-based congressional maps by 45 to 33, with 64% favoring geographic lines. The Court was not the first to arrive at this conclusion.
Think More: Thursday, May 7, 2026
Jayapal admits to brokering oil for Cuba, Voegeli on a Democratic Party with no center, Solomon on the 2020 China cover-up, and Klavan on OpenAI's vanishing red lines.
America, Evil Empire
A plurality of Democrats now calls America a force for evil. The new Rasmussen survey on the United Nations is, in truth, a measurement of civic confidence at home.
“We Will Find You and We Will Kill You.”
After four years of a federal apparatus turned inward, the 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy names the actual enemies of the United States.
Think More: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Seven reads on the face the Democrats built, the apparatus pressing back, and the ingratitude of beautiful losers.
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