Author: John Scott Lewinski

The DNC has a DSA dilemma. A Democratic Party looking to make some electoral purple somewhere in the red sea between the coasts on the 2024 election map wants to run to the middle to bring working-class voters back to its fold. Meanwhile, the young blood in the Democratic Socialists of America that drives publicity…

Their images and videos became Exhibit A for the winning 2024 campaign of President Donald Trump and his loyal followers, as Democratic rival Kamala Harris struggled to steer her party toward a more centrist presentation. Younger and louder representatives of the Left’s farthest-flung fringes seemed unable to suspend their very public and performative shows of…

The social media app Bluesky wasn’t born out of the storm clouds surrounding Elon Musk‘s Twitter-turned-X, but its growth in popularity is a direct response to a perceived shift to the right for users who prefer to “Tweet.” Bluesky is a microblogging platform that acts, looks, and operates like X. It began as a research…

Controversy continues to build over the use of the Signal social app by top national security officials from President Donald Trump’s administration to discuss an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Questions remain over whether the president’s Cabinet selections and top appointees, made up of less-experienced Washington outsiders, led to such ill-advised communication. The inadvertent…

At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, then-White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci joined state and local health authorities to hold powerful sway over Americans’ daily affairs and quality of life. Across the country, the men and women issuing virus-related guidelines and mandates were appointed by the president, city mayors, or county governments —…

It’s election night 2008, and President-elect Barack Obama is speaking before a celebrating crowd. In a flag-waving throng at Chicago‘s Grant Park, with the happy Democrats holding up the winner’s iconic “Hope” poster, some progressive devotees openly weep while others gaze up at the podium in elysian rapture. Jump ahead to July 13, 2024, in…

When President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office for his second, nonconsecutive term, there were predictable policy priorities for his first 100 days redux. Supporters predicted border reform, a walking back of DEI policies, and a Cabinet roster packed with Washington outsiders. What they probably didn’t expect was aggressive opposition to land policies in…

With the largest of the multiple Los Angeles-area wildfires finally contained and residents of the devastated Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities able to return and sift through the ashes of their lost homes, the final cost of the Southern California blazes is still not known. From the Los Angeles Times to the BBC, news outlets…

Celebrity A-listers from Hollywood to New York and back to Hollywood came out in their well-publicized legions to support Vice President Kamala Harris during her failed run for the White House. They sold every message from optimism and excitement to shame and threats for weeks, only to see Donald Trump earn his president-elect “Get Out…

It’s a long-standing tradition for outgoing presidents to issue pardons just before inviting their successors over to the White House for tea. For better or worse, President-elect Donald Trump has little regard for tradition, making it likely he won’t wait until early 2029 to forgive his supporters’ legal transgressions. Most experts believe Trump will come…