Donald Trump was “very happy” with the way Walz handled the Minneapolis rioters. Here ABC News: In the hours after Vice President Kamala HarrisĀ announced Gov. Tim WalzĀ as her running mate, allies of former President Donald Trump rushed to denigrate the […]
Donald Trump
Yeah, stuff like this will really grow the party and win undecided voters
Donald Trump last night on Truth Social. He appears to be losing it:
Who are the “elites” in this election?
I’m looking forward to Will Bunch’s column on Tim Walz: And let’s not forget Walz’s master’s degree in educational leadership from Mankato State and Harris’s law degree from the San Francisco campus of the University California law school.
God and the political butterfly effect
How might we think about God and political history?
Explaining the strange attraction
Why have so many evangelicals become determined supporters of Donald Trump, despite his past adulteries and continued narcissism?
Trouble in paradise?
Here is Atlantic writer Tim Alberta on X: More context at The New Republic and here.
Shapiro defeated Doug Mastriano in 2022, so he knows how to run against MAGA. Will he be on the ticket in November?
Biden is out. He has endorsed Kamala Harris. But we still don’t know who the Democrats will pick to run against Donald Trump. Whoever it is, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro will be considered as a running mate. Here is our […]
Donald Trump responds to Joe Biden’s exit from the race
Apparently the assassination attempt on his life “changed” Donald Trump. We saw it during his RNC convention speech. We see it here. š
Joe Biden will not run for president in November 2024; endorses Kamala Harris
Trump told CNN that Biden was the “worst president in the history of our country.” He says he will have an easier time defeating Harris. What comes next? No one knows yet.
The Leviticus 8 thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
The Old Testament book of Leviticus, in chapter 8, deals with the consecration of priests. Here is how the passage describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons. The highlights are mine: TheĀ LordĀ said to Moses,Ā 2Ā āBring Aaron and his sons,Ā their garments,Ā the […]
Trump on the policy proposals in Project 2025: “They are extreme, I mean they are seriously extreme”
If you want to a get a sense of The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” check out our coverage of last Monday’s “Policy Fest,” a Heritage event held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. The following organizations serve on the […]
The mind of J.D. Vance
Ian Ward unpacks the intellectual influences that shape the mind of J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice-president pick. They are Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, blogger Curtis Yarvin, deceased philosopher RenĆ© Girard, writer Sohrab Ahmari, the group of […]
Jeff Greenfield: “Trump derailed his own convention speech”
While I was watching the GOP convention last night, I wrote this: In the end, I think this speech is really hurting Trump. He is replaying all the old hits. The assassination attempt has not changed his talking points in […]
What are evangelicals saying about Trump’s speech last night?
The GOP convention is over. Trump made his case last night in a long, rambling, and undisciplined speech. Check out our live-blogging of the night here. So what are evangelicals saying after the Trump speech? It seems like many MAGA […]
Live blogging night 4 of the GOP convention
It’s Trump’s turn tonight. Check out our coverage of night 1, night 2, and night 3. ***** U. S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana. He is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Says that this morning on his […]
What are evangelicals saying about J.D. Vance’s speech last night?
How are evangelicals responding to J.D. Vance’s speech and night 3 of the GOP convention more generally? It was a very interesting night. Check out our blow-by-blow account here. In the end, very few evangelicals leaders have said much about […]
The GOP invited the head of the Teamsters to speak. The GOP is opposed to organized labor.
Yes, Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Yes, Republicans still hate labor. Timothy Noah explains at The New Republic: Letās be clear. The Republican Party despises labor unions. Until recently it made little effort to hide […]
Evangelicals respond to night 2 of the GOP national convention
Night 2 of the Republican National Convention is in the books. See our live blogging of night 2 here. What are evangelicals saying? Bottom line: I don’t think many of them were watching. Charlie Kirk will be at an evangelical […]
“I guess there’s just a meanness in this world”
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 […]
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 […]