Among the signs of civilizational collapse are sinking fertility rates, a culture that promotes the postponement or abandonment of the pursuit of family life, and the release of a widely acclaimed movie that denigrates marriage itself. “One should always be in love,” reads the quote by Oscar Wilde that opens the rancid new comedy-drama The Invite. […]
It turns out that conservatives’ direst fears about the new Little House on the Prairie remake — Ma is a sex worker! Pa is trans! — were overblown. Still, Netflix’s eight-episode production is strangely unreal, like a two-legged horse or a pitchfork with no tines. A sanded-down work of historical bowdlerization, the show reimagines Manifest […]
Republican campaign committees and political action committees are outraising their Democratic counterparts by millions of dollars ahead of the November midterm elections. But in an election cycle where President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, and Democrats are itching to regain control of at least one branch of Congress after being shut out of […]
The third round of July Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive this payment on July 22. The first round went out on July 8 to those born on or before […]
The warning from Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) that he could leave the Democratic Party over its fading support for Israel comes with a large asterisk. It was a threat that prompted the centrist Democrat to spend much of Thursday clarifying to reporters in the halls of the Capitol. Roughly half of House Democrats voting to […]
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, in a recent CBS News appearance, had a problem he could no longer avoid. Over nearly eight years in the Texas House, Talarico built a national brand as a viral progressive who quoted the Bible in defense of left-wing causes. Now he is running statewide in a state that […]
The Democratic Socialists of America released a new party platform this week that would fundamentally remake the U.S. constitutional system, calling for the abolition of the Senate and the replacement of the presidency and Supreme Court with bodies subordinate to Congress. The manifesto comes after a series of primary victories by DSA and progressive candidates, […]
The campaign finance arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee cut off a fundraising avenue for House Democrats who voted this week to slash U.S. aid to Israel. As of Friday afternoon, AIPAC had removed donation buttons for more than a dozen House Democrats from its online fundraising portal, despite those lawmakers still appearing […]
Two U.S. Forest Service workers were freed early Friday morning after they were taken hostage in rural Northern California. “I’m grateful beyond words that both of our Forest Service employees taken hostage on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest are home safe,” Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said in a statement. The employees were taken hostage by two […]
President Donald Trump‘s comments alleging Chinese interference during the 2020 election reignited tensions with China, setting up a potentially fraught meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the fall. The White House reportedly said the meeting between the two leaders is still on track, but Beijing hit back on Friday after the Thursday night primetime […]
