There are certain moments in American history that refuse to fade, not because they are clean or easily understood, but because they are messy, painful, and unresolved. Ruby Ridge and the Waco siege sit firmly in that category, two events separated by less than a year, yet forever intertwined in the national consciousness. They areContinue reading “Remembering Ruby Ridge and Waco, Power, Memory, and the Politics of Selective Outrage”
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When Power Tests Principles: Zohran Mamdani, Public Contradictions, and the Predictable Drift Toward Compromise
There is a moment that reveals who someone really is, not when they are rising, not when they are speaking in front of friendly crowds or posting carefully worded statements that align perfectly with the values of their base, but when they are forced into a position where those values collide with power, scrutiny, andContinue reading “When Power Tests Principles: Zohran Mamdani, Public Contradictions, and the Predictable Drift Toward Compromise”
They Broke His Arm. Now Tell Me Again How MAGA Loves the Troops.
There is a video going around right now, and if you have not seen it, you need to. A Marine Corps veteran named Brian McGinnis walked into a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on March 4th, 2026, dressed in his military uniform, and stood up to say what a growing number of Americans have beenContinue reading “They Broke His Arm. Now Tell Me Again How MAGA Loves the Troops.”
The House That Protects Itself: AOC, the Transparency Vote, and the System That Enables Abuse
On March 4th, 2026, something happened in the United States House of Representatives that should have broken the internet, dominated every news cycle, and ignited the kind of righteous fury that Americans love to claim they have when it comes to protecting victims of sexual abuse. Instead, it was mostly met with the sound ofContinue reading “The House That Protects Itself: AOC, the Transparency Vote, and the System That Enables Abuse”
I Told You So: Zohran Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Is Everything Wrong With Progressive Politics
Let me start with something simple. I called this. Not in some vague, wishy-washy, “well anything could happen” kind of way. I called this specifically, and clearly, and the people who told me I was being too cynical, too harsh, too uncharitable toward a promising young progressive politician can now sit with what happened onContinue reading “I Told You So: Zohran Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Is Everything Wrong With Progressive Politics”
When Progressives Profit From the Language of Oppression: Why We Can’t Accept Harm Just Because It Comes From Our “Side”
There’s a moment that keeps replaying in my mind, one that crystallizes everything wrong with how some progressives have started to operate, how they’ve convinced themselves that the rules don’t apply to them as long as their targets are sufficiently deserving. It happened recently with Secular Talk, when Kyle Kulinski posted a video covering AlexContinue reading “When Progressives Profit From the Language of Oppression: Why We Can’t Accept Harm Just Because It Comes From Our “Side””
The Privileged Origins of Antifa: A Critical Look at Its Early Days and Contemporary Defenses
Antifa, a term that has come to represent a broad range of anti-fascist ideologies and actions, is often defended by its supporters as a grassroots movement of resistance to fascism. However, the early days of Antifa were anything but a spontaneous, populist movement. In fact, its origins were deeply rooted in privilegeâspecifically, the elite liberalContinue reading “The Privileged Origins of Antifa: A Critical Look at Its Early Days and Contemporary Defenses”
The Democratsâ Disastrous Shutdown Strategy: A Shameful Weaponization of Human Suffering
The government shutdown of 2025 has been one of the most shameful episodes in modern American politics, not just because of the dysfunction it exposed, but because of how both parties â especially the Democrats â turned human suffering into a political strategy. For over 40 days, the federal government was paralyzed, workers went withoutContinue reading “The Democratsâ Disastrous Shutdown Strategy: A Shameful Weaponization of Human Suffering”
Release the Files
Iâm a progressive. I donât like Donald Trump. Iâve opposed his policies, his rhetoric, and his toxic influence on this country. But Iâll say something that might catch people off guard: I wanted Trump to release the Epstein files. In fact, I was hoping he would. Not because I support him. Not because I believeContinue reading “Release the Files”