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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.
The Strait of Hormuz Is Not Iran’s
Project Freedom ends ten weeks of pretense in the Strait of Hormuz.
Think More: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Justice Alito restores the VRA to its original purpose, 148 House districts come back into play, and a plurality of Democrats now call America evil.
Think More: Monday, May 4, 2026
The SPLC's 11-count indictment reaches Sen. Ossoff, a Russiagate architect retreats, and the Declaration finds its first printer. Nine reads.
The Pay-and-Chase State
Federal agencies lost $186 billion to improper payments last year. The House Oversight Committee just passed nine bills built on the premise that the government cannot police its own outflows.
Bullet Trains to Nowhere
An eighteen-year demonstration of what happens when progressive utopianism meets the discipline of cost, geography, and schedule.
After Iran, the Wallet
Rasmussen's latest finds the Economy reclaiming voters' top issue spot for the second week running, and the GOP's traditional advantage on it is gone.
Think More: Friday, May 1, 2025
Leibovitz on what grew Cole Allen, Devine on the Biden vaccine cover-up, the SCOTUS donor-privacy ruling, and more.
We Don’t Want You Here
A governing ideology that sorts citizens cannot be surprised when they leave.
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