The dreaded rematch of Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump now seems like it will only be halted by some unforeseen drama – and not by Ron DeSantis.

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – April 24, 2023 Trump’s latest attack on DeSantis and Florida is not merely untrue but an assault on the entire concept of truth. On Friday, Donald Trump’s campaign launched a rhetorical fusillade against Republican governance of Florida, arguing that under Ron DeSantis, “Florida continues to tumble into complete and total delinquency and destruction,” that “the real...

Presidential primaries get very dirty, and that’s to be expected. But here in April 2023, the GOP one has already descended into a disgusting spiral of lies and insanity — because of the increasingly disordered and amateurish Donald Trump campaign.

Doubtless your mother used to tell you to count your blessings. It was good advice. Your situation may be bad. In the case of the United States, things indisputably are bad, and worsening.

You cannot ignore the issue of abortion. A 40-year precedent was overturned in the Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade. Abortion is a winning issue because it is a relevant issue. It is not going to go away.

On Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s improbable and inevitable run against Joe Biden.

By: Meg Kinnard – apnews.com – April 20, 2023 A major anti-abortion group is blasting former President Donald Trump, saying his contention that abortion restrictions should be left up to individual states, not the federal government, is a “morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate.”

By: Ryan Mills – nationalreview.com – April 21, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone on Friday, issuing a full stay in a legal case challenging the government’s approval of the drug more than 20 years ago. The court’s decision halts, at least for now, a lower-court ruling from earlier this month that would have...

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – April 20, 2023 It’s difficult to understate the perverse incentives that penalizing homebuyers with good credit will create. The fallout from the 2008 implosion of the mortgage market was still settling over the American economic landscape in mid February 2009, when Barack Obama’s party passed a massive $787 billion stimulus designed, ostensibly, to staunch the bleeding. Not...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has unveiled a sweeping package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion into next year. The Republican leader announced the bill Wednesday just as President Joe Biden was preparing to deliver a speech in Maryland. The 320-page package imposes a long list of Republican priorities, including new spending caps, work requirements for recipients...