The alliance is not only ideologically congenial, but electorally valuable. The post A Durable Coalition: Social Conservatives and Antiwar Voters appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics A Durable Coalition: Social Conservatives and Antiwar Voters The alliance is not only ideologically congenial, but electorally valuable. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images) The administration is not popular . After being elected on a platform of avoiding unnecessary wars, President Donald Trump and the GOP made the decision to risk a global recession and a potential Democratic sweep in the midterms by starting a war in the Middle East. Predictably, the Republicans are now the electoral underdogs and need to do some hard thinking about the future of the party and its policies. One potential…Open
Maybe the biggest threat to the beleaguered country comes from inside. The post Zelensky and Ukraine Are in a World of Trouble appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Zelensky and Ukraine Are in a World of Trouble Maybe the biggest threat to the beleaguered country comes from inside. (paparazzza/Shutterstock) A world of trouble is dawning for Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky. And not just because they are losing the war, which they are. Despite pro-Ukraine governments and media in Western countries overplaying Russia’s losses in troops and underplaying its gains in territory, the reality on the ground is becoming increasingly hopeless for the eastern European country. Russia’s gains are not spectacular, but they are steady. They are slowly…Open
Tariffs and antitrust are yin and yang. Ranchers need both for a functional market. The post The Republican Playbook for Saving the American Rancher appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics The Republican Playbook for Saving the American Rancher Tariffs and antitrust are yin and yang. Ranchers need both for a functional market. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) On Monday, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, and the manufacturing policy director Pete Navarro held a joint press conference to provide an update on their antitrust investigation of the Big Four meatpackers, which combined control more than 85 percent of the U.S. beef processing market. This investigation began with President Donald Trump’s November…Open
State Sen. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, told the Illinois Senate Revenue Committee it is time for businesses to pay high taxes just like his neighbors do to fund public education.