RCP Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon introduces the three winners of RCP's Samizdat Prize, Matt Taibbi, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Miranda Devine, and explains how they stood up to censorship and pressure from the government, media, and academia.
Ronna McDaniel, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, was hired by NBC News on Friday to be a contributor. "It couldn't be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna's on the team," said top NBC exec Carrie Budoff Brown.
Joe Biden is swimming in cash, but short on voters' support. The president has narrowed Donald Trump's polling advantage in recent weeks but still trails his Republican rival both nationally and in the Rust Belt's pivotal battlegrounds, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. Biden's approval rating, meanwhile, remains at a dismal 39 percent.
Where Things Currently Stand and Where They Could Be Headed
The Mahoning Valley was a Democratic stronghold for almost a century. Then Donald Trump came along.
Not so long ago, the default position, if one were an internet-savvy older person beginning to feel queasy when noticing groups of kids bent over their phones, was to say to oneself, "Well, that's life; once, Socrates feared print's effect on memory, and now, I fear this." One definitely didn't say out loud, online, "The kids shouldn't have phones," unless one were writing for the Atlantic. A weary "it has always been thus" pose toward the topic was in order-television, Walkmans, rock music, the... Читать дальше...
Kat Rosenfield on the Kavanaugh accuser's new book, 'One Way Back,' and peak #MeToo.
The murder, which in some ways mirrors a similar killing in Georgia last month, is likely to further fuel the inconsistent immigration enforcement policies of the Biden administration.
with Tyler Cowen
The North Hall of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Ridgefield, Connecticut, acts in 2024 much like the town of Gettysburg acted in 1863: as a space to handle our differences as citizens of the United States.