Tim Donner

The Democrats' report about an election that cost them every bit of power was compiled by an independent agency in early 2025, though it has all the earmarks of influence from party officials in denial about the ultimate reasons for their defeat. The autopsy was immediately embargoed, leading to widespread speculation that it was just too embarrassing to release to the public. And now that it's finally been released more than a year later, it is easy to understand why.

Classic kitchen table issues have the GOP on edge as midterms approach. Four years ago, then-President Joe Biden and the Democrats were fretting over the cost of groceries and gas.

Is the progressive Senate candidate a ‘real Texan'? When most people think of Texas, what comes to mind is a gigantic state where alpha

When most people think of Texas, what comes to mind is a gigantic state where alpha males rule the roost, riding horses to their hearts’ content and consuming generous quantities of bourbon and the state’s signature Longhorn steaks.

Do the policies Dems are pitching to the public reflect any change of direction?

Even during times of trial and hardship over the first 250 years of this still-young nation, an overwhelming number of Americans considered themselves patriotic. It was taken for granted that, despite our historical imperfections, citizens of this country appreciated what a blessed land they had the good fortune to call their own. From the reverse angle, the ten million plus migrants who poured over our southern border during the Biden years punctuate the point that the tired, poor, and huddled masses beckoned by the Statue of Liberty more than a century ago still view America as the land of promise and opportunity. But what about the left?

As if they did not already have enough problems trying to put the Joe Biden era behind them, Democrats are now being forced to respond to the latest ill-timed volume of revisionist history that somehow manages to make the 46th president look even worse. And this time it comes from the hand of Jill Biden, whom many on the left blame for allowing Donald Trump back in the White House. Indeed, her soon-to-be-released book,

. And while it is hardly of the same magnitude as the 2020 presidential election, it involves the nation's second-largest city and should thus be of substantial concern to the millions of Americans worried about election security. The problem reared its head during the onset of COVID-19 and has hung on like the stubborn virus that created the trouble in the first place.

Multiple leftist narratives fall by the wayside. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The squeaky wheel always gets the grease.

In the end, it is more often than not true that a deal criticized by both sides – in this case, both hawks and doves – is probably a fair deal, or at least the best available deal. While it would be oh-so tempting to avenge a country openly committed to the death of America and bomb it to kingdom come, the president must consider the cascading consequences and evidently doesn't like what the aftermath would look like. The MOU represents a chance, not a blank check. You probably never expected Donald Trump and John Lennon to be incorporated into the same sentence, but here goes: All Trump is saying is give peace a chance.