Virginia Republicans are bumping into a new reality of unelected institutions fighting them every inch of the way. Are we up to the fight? This is a long one. Which probably doesn’t surprise long-time TRS readers, but bear with me — I’m going someplace with this one. One of G.K. Chesterton’s observations is that it’s […]
Putin Threatens Nuclear War – Can You Survive a Hydrogen Bomb?
With the increasing concern over nuclear war resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s bizarre nuclear threats, many are asking can we survive a nuclear attack. While doomsday scenarios from a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and Russia firing a total of more than 10,000 nukes paint a dismal picture for any survival, smaller, limited or tactical […]
Winsome Sears Uses Her Birthday to Remind Democrats What’s Really Important
Friday was our lieutenant governor’s (a certified conservative rockstar’s) birthday! Staff: Join us in wishing the happiest of birthdays to Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears! #LG42 #everforward #MmePresident pic.twitter.com/WvthsSj2lM — Winsome Earle-Sears (@WinsomeSears) March 11, 2022 But in truly altruistic fashion, Winsome Sears used part of her day to remind Democrats about her commitment to charity […]
Joe Biden Can’t Defend His Views on Abortion
President Joe Biden continued to turn his back on his proclaimed Catholic faith when a reporter asked him, “As a Catholic, why do you support abortion?” Biden has no answer for defying Church teaching on #AshWednesday. pic.twitter.com/jYzTLLiNUK — CatholicVote.org (@CatholicVote) March 2, 2022 “I don’t want to get into a debate with you on theology,” […]
Internal Memo: Dems Should ‘Take Credit’ for Ending COVID
You won’t believe what’s in this crazy memo from Biden’s polling firm. Impact Research is one of the top left-leaning strategy and polling firms in D.C. They recently crafted a memo to Democrats about the current state of COVID politics. The memo was originally published on PunchBowl.news. Full memo published below! Right from the get-go this […]
Elon Musk Boosts Ukraine’s Ability to Defend Itself
As conflict engulfs much of Ukraine, Elon Musk stepped forward this week to answer a call for help from one of the nation’s top officials. For many months, Vladimir Putin’s troops have been amassing in ever-growing numbers, across much of the Ukrainian-Russian border. As talks between the nations broke down and became ever tense, it […]
Kinzinger Says ‘Insane’ House Republicans Are Feeding Into Putin’s Narrative
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) tore into his own caucus Tuesday. Kinzinger slammed the House Republicans’ official Twitter account for calling President Biden weak following his administration’s new sanctions against Russia. Mere hours later, Putin launched a land, sea and air invasion of Ukraine. This is what weakness on the world stage looks like. pic.twitter.com/0Krq48gbIy — House Republicans […]
Does the United States Have Any Compelling National Interest in the Ukraine?
For those who have watched the neoconservative brand shift from the Democratic Party in the 1970s and 1980s over to the Republican Party in the aftermath of 9/11 only to watch them magically transform back into Democrats after the election of Donald J. Trump, the obsession over Putin is a wonder to behold. Over at Bearing […]
The Weak Russia Hypothesis
One really hates to keep coming back to a recurring theme in the pages of this publication regarding the mishandling of the Russian Federation by the post-Cold War strategies of Western neoconservatives. Yet when the grip of neoconservatism — the old trope of liberals mugged by reality who flaked away from the Republican Party because […]