Forget Gold Medals. Trump’s After California.

In early August, Trump signed an executive order creating a White House Olympics task force. He put himself in charge and stacked it with allies like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Vice President J.D. Vance. Donald Trump isn’t coming to California to hand out medals. He’s coming to stage a power grab. The 2028 … Read more

Obituary for TikTok US: 2017-2025

UPDATE: TikTok goes down. TikTok comes back up. All in less than 24 hours. Convenient how creating the problem lets you swoop in to save the day, isn’t it? We’re all being played. Gone Too Viral In a time when our lives were choreographed by algorithms, filled with lip-synced trends, and stitched together into a … Read more

DNC Heartbreak, American National Interest, and a Widening War

The absolutely most heartbreaking moment of the DNC Convention was the appearance of Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, American-Israeli parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The entire crowd was in sympathy and in tears as Rachel and Jon told the story of their son’s kidnapping and the 109 people, including 45 Americans, who were still held hostage … Read more