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Category: Election 2026

  • The Only Proper Way to Vote (Hint: For the Party, Not the Person)

    By Selwyn Duke “I vote for the person, not the party,” people will proudly say. This is considered the enlightened position, taken by “free thinking” Americans unconstrained by partisan politics. Why, they’re fair-minded: They judge every politician as an individual. Here’s what no one says: In general elections, this is often what demagogues want you…

  • Are the Democrats Now a “Manchurian Party”?

    By Selwyn Duke The warning that there’s an “enemy within” certainly is not new. The description was used, for example, in 19th-century political and religious pamphlets. The Enemy Within would later become the title of books by commentators Michael Savage and David Horowitz, warning about the threat the so-called “Left” poses to civilization. Now another…

  • Graham Platner’s Gone, but Does He Merely Reflect Democratic Party Values?

    In 2006, it emerged that then-congressman Mark Foley (R-Fla.) had sent sexually explicit texts to a male congressional page. This made a continued career in GOP politics untenable, and he resigned from office the very next day. In 1989, it was revealed that a male prostitution/call-boy operation was being run out of the D.C. apartment…

  • Want to Be “More Like Europe,” Dems? Institute Voter ID

    By Selwyn Duke For years we’ve heard from a certain population segment and ideological set that we should, essentially, be “more like Europe.” We should have Europe’s nationalized healthcare. We should have Europe’s gun-control laws. We should have Europe’s taxation. We should have Europe’s environmental regulations. But the one way in which we could be…

  • James Talarico: Charismatic Leftist RADICAL Leads GOP in Texas

    By Selwyn Duke Will Texas have its own Zohran Mamdani or AOC in the Senate in less than a year? It’s possible — if early polls are any guide. Whatever the case, the man in question, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico, is the Mamdani west of the Pecos. He’s young, attractive, has an easy smile, and is…