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Explore the rise of the Democratic Socialist Party in NYC amid global political shifts.

How does a 33-year-old lifelong do-nothing — a person who has never held a real job, never suffered a true challenge, been handed everything on a silver platter — turn into a mayoral frontrunner in New York City? How does a self-described socialist who despises capitalism become the leading candidate for the mayoralty of the world’s financial capital? How does…

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty – nationalreview.com – October 29, 2025 The problems it solves are real but comparatively minor. The risks it creates are enormous. In some ways, I understand why there is some demand for a digital ID. In theory, a digital ID could offer individuals more privacy. Instead of handing your driver’s license over to a bouncer — who then learns…

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 29, 2025 Powell hints at no rate cut in December, but why cut this week? Yet inflation remains above the Fed’s official 2% target even excluding tariffs. When the Fed chief says inflation would be 2.3%-2.4% without tariffs rather than 2.8% (according to the Fed’s core personal-consumption-expenditure measure), Mr. Powell is admitting…

By: Brittany Bernstein – nationalreview.com – October 28, 2025 Gates is calling for a ‘strategic pivot’ toward focusing on disease and poverty and away from trying to stop rising temperatures. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates now says climate change “will not lead to humanity’s demise,” despite having spent years fearmongering over rising global temperatures. Gates authored a surprising blog post on…

A monthslong House investigation has concluded that President Biden “was losing command of himself” while in office and was not personally involved in many of the pardons, commutations and o…

The government shutdown gets uglier at the end of this week.

By: Walter Russell Mead – wsj.com – October 27, 2025 After meeting leaders in Japan and South Korea, the president has a summit with Xi. The steady buildup of Chinese military power in the South China Sea and around the Taiwan Strait allows Beijing to step up military pressure on American allies. Chinese cyberespionage and hacking capabilities allow it to…

In the late 1850s, “Bleeding Kansas” was the term used to describe the escalating cycle of violence, when surrogates for the Union and soon-to-be Confederacy fought each other over whether Kansas…

By: Kristi Noem – wsj.com – October 26, 2025 Antifa terrorists, gang members and rioters are endangering federal officers in American cities. Charlie’s assassination forced Americans to confront a dark truth: Leftist extremists are waging war on the rule of law, liberty and our way of life. Terrorists, gang members and rioters routinely attack federal law-enforcement officers working to reimpose…

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – October 2025 His changes will be difficult to reverse. It’s axiomatic in Washington, D.C., that changes that are undertaken by administrative action alone are easy to reverse. There’s no doubt that if a Democratic president wins next time, he or she will undo much of what Trump has done through executive action, but will he…