Despite its seemingly noble name, if the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act becomes law, it will enable the incoming Trump administration to lead a government crackdown…
Presidential elections are, by no means, a one-night event. Nor are the final results — the only time votes are counted. Pre-election polls start releasing predicted voting results months in…
“Why would people in Wisconsin want to have a beer with you?” a reporter asked JD Vance in August. Even after a strong debate performance, the answer to the reporter’s…
Every presidential election cycle, I get unreasonably excited to watch presidential debates. Something about the lack of coherence, the dodging of questions, and the overall contentious nature of the event…
If the fiasco in the House of Representatives during the past two weeks has taught us anything, it is that no one wants to deal with the headache of being…
For the politically informed, the classic conservative Republican agenda is pretty easy to summarize. From the middle of the 20th century when the modern conception of the party came to…
The midterm elections were, overall, a poor performance for the Republican Party. According to FiveThirtyEight’s forecast, the most commonly predicted outcome was a 51-49 split in the Senate and a…
As history suggests that Republicans will pick up the seats they need to regain control of the House of Representatives this November, the actions of the minority party are becoming…
Have you ever wondered how to get away with murder? Simply look at the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. After fatally shooting two men, and injuring another at a Black Lives Matter…
In early 2018, two Harvard political scientists — Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — published How Democracies Die. Stretching over three hundred pages, the book's central theme discusses how democratically…