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The Trump Transition
A MAGA Attack on a Trump Nominee—and the Problem with the Woke Right
Critics of Sriram Krishnan are part of a worrying trend. It’s a force I know all too well.
Rupa Subramanya
Why Is Trump Suing the Media?
Over the past four years, the president was the victim of politically motivated lawfare. Now, he’s using the same tactic against news outlets.
Eli Lake
Niall Ferguson: The Vibe Shift Goes Global
At home, Yale Law School and DEI committees are out. Abroad, strength and escalation are in.
Niall Ferguson
How to Fix the NIH
Too many Americans are chronically ill. The new director of our National Institutes of Health has a mandate to change this.
Joseph Marine
Why Does Pete Hegseth Keep Talking About ‘Warfighters’?
As a Fox host, Hegseth successfully urged Trump to pardon several soldiers convicted of war crimes. Is that who he’ll support as defense secretary?
Elliot Ackerman
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
The billionaire on the left’s war on Silicon Valley, why AI censorship is “a million times more dangerous” than social media censorship, and why he’s…
Bari Weiss
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Preemptive Pardons Are a Terrible Idea
No president has ever issued preemptive pardons to an entire class of people. If Biden does it, it will mark a further degradation of American politics.
Eli Lake
Will Kash Patel Fix the FBI—or Break It?
With his pick for FBI director, Donald Trump has found someone who despises the deep state as much as he does.
Eli Lake
The Real Hunter Biden Scandal
The pardon is the least of it. The government weaponized the justice system to go after Donald Trump, but looked the other way at Hunter’s influence…
Eli Lake
Poetic Justice for Jay Bhattacharya
During the pandemic, the NIH director called for a ‘takedown’ of the Stanford scientist’s ideas. Now he’s poised to run the NIH himself.
The Editors
The Tulsi Gabbard Smears Are Unfounded, Unfair, and Unhelpful
Take issue with her views on Russia and Syria, not her motives.
Eli Lake
Peggy Noonan on How to Save America
‘Any jackass can knock down a barn, but it takes a man to build one.’ The columnist sounds off on populism, Trump, and the fragility of American…
Bari Weiss
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