John Haas, an American historian and regular Current contributor, recently offered some interesting thoughts about Thomas Matthew Crooks, the young man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump last weekend. Here is Haas: Kristi Noem at last night’s Republican convention speaking […]
Live blogging night 2 of the 2024 Republican National Convention
Coming soon. In the meantime, check out our coverage of night 1. ***** Is the GOP unified? Maybe. But old GOP rivalries die hard. Remember when Matt Gaetz managed to get Kevin McCarthy removed as Speaker of the House? Remember […]
Conservative intellectual Robert George on the GOP: “Has no one any shame?”
Robert George, conservative intellectual and Princeton University professor, had some thoughts about Amber Rose, one of the speakers at the GOP convention last night. Here is Rose’s speech. Here is George on Twitter: Full tweet: Republicans: If you don’t know […]
Eric Trump compares Christian Right concerns about the GOP platform to “worrying about spots on the wall in the basement” when there are “real holes in the roof.”
The GOP landscape is changing. The Christian Right is in a tough spot right now. If they want to pledge blind loyalty to Trump they will have to deal with his views on abortion and marriage. Here is Christian Right […]
Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins is trying to make sense of the new GOP political landscape. It doesn’t seem to be going well.
Life used to be easy for Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council (FRC). Back in the good old days, the FRC railed against Roe v. Wade and the LGBTQ agenda, tried to help the GOP gain political […]
Jonah Goldberg: “I wish the Teamsters president would call for Tesla to be unionized, just to see what happens.”
Commentator Jonah Goldberg had the line of the night: Here is some context. Donald Trump gave the keynote address on night one of the GOP convention to Sean O’Brien, the president of the Teamsters. O’Brien was not there to endorse […]
Ross Douthat: “What if progress isn’t linear, and the World Spirit’s purposes are a bit more complicated than an optimistic form of liberal Protestantism expects?”
Sometimes history does not move in a linear direction towards “progress.” Ross Douthat offers us a short lesson in historical thinking: Here is Douthat’s column on Donald Trump: In different ways in my own lifetime, American conservatism and liberalism placed […]
J.D. Vance and the end of “Reagan’s view of America’s role in the world”
This picture is revealing. Two “America First” populists shaking hands while a classic Reagan Republican watches them and claps from a distance. Here is The Washington Post‘s editorial board: Former president Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running […]
What are evangelicals saying about day 1 of the GOP convention, including the VP pick of J.D. Vance?
We live-blogged night one of the Republican National Convention here. There were to highlights: the pick of J.D. Vance as Trump’s running mate and Trump’s first appearance after last weekend’s assassination attempt. Here are what some evangelicals are saying: Anti-Trump […]
Live blogging the first night of the Republican National Convention
Stay tuned to this post for remarks on the night’s activities. All times are Central. I’m watching on CNN and PBS Earlier today, we live blogged The Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest” in Milwaukee. You can check out our post here. […]
Ryan Walters, David Barton, and Steve Deace call on evangelicals to help carry Trump to victory in November
Ryan Walters is Oklahoma’s state superintendent of public instruction. He is calling for a “complete overhaul” of the Oklahoma social studies curriculum to emphasize Christianity and American exceptionalism. David Barton is a conservative activist who uses the past to promote […]
If Trump wants to stress national unity after the assassination attempt, I am not sure J.D. Vance is the best pick
Today we are learning that Donald Trump is going to rewrite his acceptance speech to stress national unity. Here is Salena Zito at The Washington Examiner:  Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the assassination attempt against him on Saturday […]
What J.D. Vance said about Donald Trump on July 4, 2016:
Trump’s vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, was once a never-Trumper: On July 4, 2016, Vance wrote an Atlantic piece titled “Opioid of the Masses.” The subtitle was: “To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s […]
CURRENT’s past coverage of J.D. Vance
Here is what we have written about Trump’s vice presidential pick: “What does J.D. Vance want? (April 24, 2023) “Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan: “I have the privilege to concede this election to J.D. Vance” (November 9, 2023) “The power […]
Trump picks J.D. Vance as his running mate
It’s official. Trump has picked the Ohio Senator as his running mate. Vance has moved from chronicler of Trumpism in Hillbilly Elegy, to a member of the MAGA faithful, to Donald Trump’s running mate. More coming. Stay tuned. Donald Trump […]
CNN is reporting that North Dakota Doug Burgum WILL NOT be Trump’s VP choice
Will it be J.D. Vance or someone else?
CNN reporting that Marco Rubio will NOT be Trump’s pick for VP
That leaves Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum. But who knows–it just might be someone else. Stay tuned. CNN is reporting that Trump will make the announcement in Milwaukee shortly before 4:30ET.
Cornerstone University is literally rewriting history
The purge at Cornerstone University appears to be very thorough. The University is eliminating references to its fired professors, the so-called “contrarians.” Not familiar with this ongoing story? Get up to speed here. An article on the Cornerstone website about […]
Covering the Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest”
The Heritage Foundation, the organizing responsible for Project 2025, is hosting a “Policy Fest” today at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. You can watch here. The opening video shows Biden stumbling over his words at the recent presidential debate. […]
Judge Aileen Cannon just dismissed the Donald Trump classified documents case. The timing raises questions.
Here is Katelyn Polantz at CNN: Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump. In a ruling Monday, Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution. More to come on this story, […]