David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is cohost of the “You’re Wrong” podcast and author of multiple books. Subscribe his Substack.
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Editor’s note: On Sunday, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., told “Fox News Sunday” he would not vote for the Build Back Better bill, saying, “I cannot… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding that Congress censure a colleague over offensive remarks. That’s a real demand happening right now, and reporters write about her… Read More
LawCommentary
The fact that the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion case didn’t stop Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from attempting… Read More
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Axios says there’s a “reckoning” in the media over coverage of the Steele dossier after the partisan oppo document’s primary source was charged with lying… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s been quite a spectacle watching people who credit Democrats with every job created and every percentage point gained in economic growth suddenly arguing that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
More destructive than any specific policy item modern Democrats are pushing this year are the ideas they use to justify their agenda. The $3.5 trillion… Read More
EconomyCommentary
White House chief of staff Ron Klain recently endorsed the idea that inflation and supply-chain struggles Americans are facing are “high-class problems.” I’m in no… Read More
EducationCommentary
Under a patina of impartiality, fact-checkers have long engaged in a uniquely dishonest genre of journalism, claiming mastery over truth and facts when, most often,… Read More
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There was a time not very long ago when political parties never would have entertained the idea of jamming through any massive, generational reform without… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Hunter Biden email cover-up may not be the most contemptible example of the modern political media’s corruption, but it is probably the most demonstrable…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez donned an elegant gown with the slogan “Tax the Rich” painted on the back at the Met Gala in New York, where… Read More
EnergyCommentary
President Joe Biden contends that the recent hurricanes that hit the United States prove we’re in a “climate crisis.” It’s a “code red” for the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
One of the most morally revolting talking points taken up by Democrats in their effort to deflect attention from President Joe Biden’s deadly incompetence in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The unfolding disaster in Afghanistan is a bipartisan, transadministrational failure. It is a humiliation. The fact is that after 20 years, after thousands of lives… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last week, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ordered a “code red,” releasing a “landmark” report warning that global warming was an existential threat… Read More
LawCommentary
Joe Biden certainly isn’t the first president to violate his oath of office, but he might be the first in memory to openly brag about… Read More
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Republican “anti-voting” laws, President Joe Biden claimed during his demagogic speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia last week, are the most “significant test… Read More
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Meghan McCain is leaving “The View.” One assumes that regular readers of editorial pages and political magazines aren’t exactly the prime audience for a daytime… Read More
SocietyCommentary
I’ve been writing about Colorado cakemaker Jack Phillips’ fight against cultural authoritarians for a long time. This past March, I noted that Phillips would probably… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The political media have spent the entire Joe Biden presidency up to this point pressuring holdout moderate Democrats to join the left’s efforts to destroy… Read More
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When Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., closed the door on eliminating the legislative filibuster this week, promising not to “weaken or eliminate” the 60-vote threshold, he… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has sent extra state patrols to Jewish neighborhoods after a rash of attacks, including the beating of a man by… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Only a few months ago, the Biden administration argued that Nord Stream 2, a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Germany, was “a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Presidents aren’t supreme beings imbued with the power to dictate economic conditions, pandemics or international events. We give them far too much credit and blame… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The New York Times reports that “Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine.” The pharma giant Pfizer earned revenues of $3.5 billion… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., gave a competent Republican response to Joe Biden’s mendacious speech Wednesday night to Congress. Considering the failed history of the opposition… Read More
EnergyCommentary
In anticipation of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, a two-day global gathering of more than 40 world leaders, President Joe Biden declared that the… Read More
LawCommentary
Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant attorney general of the United States, once promoted racist pseudoscientific quackery, arguing that the human brain was… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Major League Baseball is moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Coors Field in Denver. This, says ESPN, is “in response to a new… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
As we speak, there is no bill on the congressional docket that would provide Democrats an excuse to blow up the filibuster—or, as the media… Read More
