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NEWSNATIONNOW (Michael Ramsey) - Tupac trial: Rap icon's final moments in Las Vegas Sat Aug 15 05:31:22 2026

What was Tupac Shakur doing that day in Sin City, nearly 300 miles from his home in Los Angeles?

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ivan Eland) - Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work Sat Aug 15 04:26:27 2026

Sanctions alone rarely force capitulation or even major concessions. The post Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Trump’s ‘Low-Key’ Economic Strategy Won’t Work Sanctions alone rarely force capitulation or even major concessions. Although President Donald Trump is unable to publicly admit that “mistakes were made” in his war with Iran—as American leaders sometimes describe their own blunders—he seems to be implicitly acknowledging that the military strategy he pursued has failed. He’s moving to a new strategy of extracting concessions from Iran via economic coercion, rather than bombing. Trump has described this as a “low-key ” and longer-term approach to the conflict. He is concentrating on opening the Strait of Hormuz, downgrading the focus on negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program, which he has insisted…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Spencer Neale) - Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t Sat Aug 15 04:26:26 2026

Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. The post Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics Platner is Gone—The Threat to Collins Isn’t Despite an embarrassing scandal, Troy Jackson may be a stronger Democratic nominee. When Graham Platner, the Democratic Senate nominee for Maine in this year’s midterm election, announced on July 8 that he was suspending his campaign and then formally withdrew two days later, many Republicans celebrated. A cascade of controversies, from his Nazi-linked tattoo to a sexual assault allegation he still denies, had shattered the campaign of the tough-talking, lumberjack-looking oyster farmer who’d pitched himself as a political outsider with deep Maine roots. Even Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), his earliest champions, turned on him. Though Republicans…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Scott Greer) - ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away Sat Aug 15 04:26:24 2026

Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. The post ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away appeared first on The American Conservative .

Politics ‘Woke 1’ Never Really Went Away Progressives may be less forthcoming, but they haven’t changed their beliefs since the mass lunacy of 2020. Photo by: John Senter/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has popularized a new way for lefty Democrats to excuse their ideological excesses of the recent past. “Woke 1 was crazy,” she told ABC News on Sunday. The possible 2028 contender made the comment to excuse previous extreme positions taken by the Wisconsin socialist politician Francesca Hong, dismissing them as all part of some youthful indiscretion. Hong and the rest of the left have now grown up and aren’t so crazy, we are told. The main problem with AOC’s statement is its…Open