The Percentages and the Politics: Inside the Minnesota “Assault Weapons” Poll and the National Divide ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The number is politically potent: “Nearly 70% of Minnesotans support it.” When Governor Tim Walz cites this poll to argue that “most Americans want assault weapons banned,” he’s performing a delicate rhetorical dance. He’s using a …
The Pillow, the Pulpit, and the Politician: Mike Lindell’s Unlikely Run for Governor ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The political stage in Minnesota was already crowded. Then, a new player walked on, not with a policy whitepaper, but with a pillow and a conspiracy theory. Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO turned election-denier evangelist, has officially filed …
The Medicaid Loophole: The Fact, The Frame, and The Fractured Trust WASHINGTON — The statement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is, in the strictest legal sense, a clean bullet point: Undocumented immigrants do not receive federal Medicaid dollars for comprehensive coverage. It’s a defensible fact, a retort to the sweeping claim that “illegals get …
The Unsettling Ingredient: When Food Safety Becomes a Crime Scene BILOXI, Mississippi — The scene is a familiar altar of American consumption: the supermarket bakery aisle. The smell of yeast and sugar. The soft, industrial glow on rows of packaged muffins and uniform loaves of bread. It is a place of mundane, trusted routine. That …
Hunter Biden was formally disbarred in Connecticut on Monday after a judge determined that he violated the state’s rules governing attorney conduct. The disbarment follows disciplinary complaints stemming from Biden’s federal gun and tax convictions, which were pardoned in December 2024 by his father, former President Joe Biden. Court records show that Biden consented to …
The Fortress and the Field: On Trump, Persecution Narratives, and the Battle for American Identity NEW YORK / WASHINGTON — The imagery is potent, almost mythic: a solitary lion, regal and unbowed, encircled by a snapping pack of jackals. This is the picture painted by actor James Woods and echoed in the core narrative of …
The Ghost in the Hearing Room: On Whiteness, Guilt, and the Unsaid in American Politics STATE CAPITOL — The syntax of the scandal is simple: a single, jarring sentence spoken in the fluorescent-lit chamber of a public hearing. “I don’t feel good about being white every day.” The Democrat state lawmaker who said it was …
The In-State Tuition War: Federal Law vs. “Sanctuary State” Identity WASHINGTON / SACRAMENTO — The legal missile has been launched. The Trump Department of Justice has filed suit against the State of California, taking direct aim at a core pillar of its “sanctuary state” identity: Assembly Bill 540. Passed in 2001, AB 540 allows certain …
The Prescription for Prime Time: Should America Ban Pharma Ads? WASHINGTON — Picture this: You’re watching the evening news. A montage of blissful, sun-drenched people appears, laughing, hiking, embracing. A soothing, authoritative voiceover begins: “Do you feel sadness? Fatigue? A lack of joy? Ask your doctor about Sunluma.” Cut to a rapid-fire recitation of side …
The Name on the Bill and the Lines in the Sand: Inside the Explosive Politics of the Kayla Hamilton Act WASHINGTON — The legislative maneuver is a classic of modern political warfare: take a horrific, singular tragedy. Name a bill after its victim. Frame the opposition vote not as policy disagreement, but as a moral …