Matt Lewis
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You’re Going to Miss Mitch McConnell When He’s Gone
Whether you’re a Democrat or a non-MAGA Republican, we should be very concerned about who’s going to replace the 81-year-old Republican Senate leader. → Read More
Biden’s Befuddled Response to the Ohio Train Disaster Is Unacceptable
He’s the leader of the “I feel your pain” party. Why the hell hasn’t he showed up to comfort the people of East Palestine? → Read More
Pence Is the Reagan Republican No One Wants Anymore
The former vice president was right to break ranks with Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis in recent days but it makes him out of touch with today’s GOP. → Read More
Fox News Knew Trump’s Big Lie Was BS the Whole Time
Emails and texts revealed in the Dominion lawsuit show the right-leaning network’s biggest stars and bosses never believed Trump’s election fraud lies—but spread them anyway. → Read More
The Real Reason Trump Is Calling DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’
It’s no joke. → Read More
Marjorie Taylor Greene Tried Being Normal, but Quickly Realized It’s Just Not Her Jam
The Georgia congresswoman’s brief foray into diplomacy, sanity, and decorum didn’t take. Now she’s acting like a maniac again. → Read More
Why Trump’s Reign of Republican Terror Is Really Ending
He always seems to prove the haters wrong. Don’t count on that this time. → Read More
These Doomed Candidates Could Help Trump Survive a Primary
Running for president and losing might seem harmless. This time is different. → Read More
Kari Lake Is Choosing to Be a Loser
Two months ago she was the GOP’s rising star. Now she’s one of the last dead-enders clinging to Trumpian election fraud lies—something even Republicans are sick of hearing about. → Read More
Right-Wing Hosts Try Saving Kanye but He’s Too Far Gone
Alex Jones and others have desperately tried to throw the rapper a lifeline but he clearly doesn’t want to be rescued. → Read More
Be Thankful for America (Even if You’re a Culture Warrior)
This Thanksgiving, the left and the right should stop living in a dystopian fantasy that this country’s never been worse. We’re actually miraculously lucky. → Read More
Kari Lake Is Dangerous Enough to Get Elected President
The Arizona upstart is an election-denying MAGA culture warrior, but without Trump’s baggage or DeSantis’ prickly demeanor. → Read More
We Need to Stop Calling Far-Right Extremists ‘Conservatives’
Trump radicals are besmirching the good name of real conservatives. → Read More
How Trump Vanquished One-Time Conservative Contenders
Ben Sasse is just the latest in a long list of one-time promising conservatives who “could’ve been somebody”—if it wasn’t for Donald Trump. → Read More
Republicans Somehow Made Celebrity Worship Even Dumber
The party of Trump is now the party of Hershcel Walker, Dr. Oz, and Kanye West. → Read More
Biden's ‘Soul of America’ Speech Was Just a Democratic Campaign Ad
The president could have risen above politics and called for unity against Trump’s attacks on democracy. But midterms are coming. → Read More
Trump Won’t Turn Down the Heat—He Needs to Play the Victim
The ex-president says he’ll do whatever he can do “help the country,” but that would mean ending his lies about stolen elections and corrupt FBI agents. → Read More
I’m a Conservative, and I Don’t Know What the GOP Stands For
Free markets? Nope. Limited government. Uh-uh. Strong foreign policy? No, America first. Rule of law? LOL. → Read More
They Took Down Madison Cawthorn—and Lauren Boebert’s Next
The same group that leaked the nude video of Madison Cawthorn is hoping to take down the congresswoman from Colorado in her upcoming primary. → Read More
Steve Schmidt Was Always a Hack
The former McCain campaign manager is either an oblivious idiot or a wily deceptive grifter. → Read More