In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.
Four battleground Senate nominees who spoke sidestepped a pair of issues that have posed political challenges, focusing instead on Mr. Trump’s tax law and other topics.
Prosecutors alleged the former three-star general lied about his contacts with a Russian diplomat.
O'Reilly described the first-ever Republican midterm convention as a "marketing tool" to highlight opposition to the Democrats.
A recent election in Saxony-Anhalt shows the hard-right party has become a serious political alternative. The post The AfD’s Victory Accelerates the Demise of Germany’s Fake Conservatives appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The AfD’s Victory Accelerates the Demise of Germany’s Fake Conservatives A recent election in Saxony-Anhalt shows the hard-right party has become a serious political alternative. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images Saxony-Anhalt was once part of the heartland of East Germany. Today it is a German flyover state, with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the Federal Republic. Yet, like our own Mississippi, Saxony-Anhalt has many historical treasures for visitors who explore its small towns and villages. Martin Luther’s church in Wittenberg is in Saxony-Anhalt; the architect Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus…Open
Further enabling Ukrainian deep strikes would only worsen the threat from Moscow. The post How to Lower the Odds of Russia–NATO War appeared first on The American Conservative .
Ukraine How to Lower the Odds of Russia–NATO War Further enabling Ukrainian deep strikes would only worsen the threat from Moscow. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Among America’s European allies, predictions of Russian aggression abound. Never mind their claim that Ukraine is on the march, close to defeating the aggressive Bear. If Moscow does ultimately triumph, they warn, Vladimir Putin’s legions will inevitably march westward, despite their devastating losses in manpower and materiel in a fight right off Russia’s border. In fact, Putin has never demonstrated such an interest.…Open
One of the greatest things President Donald Trump has done for the country is to begin the long project of stripping our national parks and museums of anti-American bile. Earlier this year, I wrote about the New York Times’s special Fourth of July interview with Jia Lynn Yang, former national editor—and apparently quite an expert […] The post Who’s Telling ‘Yarns’ Now? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture Who’s Telling ‘Yarns’ Now? The New York Times and other elite institutions are protective of their own myths about the past. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) One of the greatest things President Donald Trump has done for the country is to begin the long project of stripping our national parks and museums of anti-American bile. Earlier this year, I wrote about the New York Times’s special Fourth of July interview with Jia Lynn Yang, former national editor—and apparently quite an expert on U.S. history . Her main point was that Americans who are…Open
On his party's biggest stage, Trump again puts himself in the center of the midterms, urging his supporters to pretend "I'm on the ballot" in a bid to energize the GOP.
"The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we're making must be spent in the United States of America," the president said.
Leland Vittert, host of "On Balance," interviews Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate.