JOE ALLEN: The free market ain’t going to cut it. For someone like me, and for many tens or hundreds of millions of people around the country, we don’t give a fuck. You’re going to have to have ways to bring these companies to heel, whether it’s state level or federal level.
JOE ALLEN: A community doesn’t want it, then let them reject it. This bullshit line that this is all driven by China or the Left, it’s insane. These people have legitimate reasons. They love nature. They love continuity of culture. Conservative impulses.
JOE ALLEN: People like me, billons of people are subject to the decisions made by billionaires. And we were not consulted. We’ve been told that what will make America great again is to build better machines. I believe what will make America great again is to cultivate finer human beings.
At a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, President Trump mostly offered retreads and self-congratulation. Then, he offered to pay Americans $5,000 apiece if Republicans kept power.
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 .
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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 .
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