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W. James Antle III

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W. James Antle III is the politics editor of the Washington Examiner, the former editor of The American Conservative, and author of Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped?.

Police.

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W. James Antle III

A catalyst for gun control — or firearm ownership?

Flags.

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Neither side of the gun debate will budge. Now what?

Nancy Pelosi.

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Who should decide religious doctrine, Twitter or the church?

A donkey.

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A reckoning is coming for blue-checked progressives

Hunter Biden, Trump, and Putin.

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Who's disinforming whom? Why the DHS board failed

People talking.

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A better way to talk about racism

Chuck Schumer.

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It's the legislation, stupid!

An elephant.

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A lost appetite for war?

Bob Casey Jr.

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The end of pro-life Democrats

A Bible.

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The divided Methodist church?

JD Vance.

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What J.D. Vance's Ohio primary victory means

Samuel Alito.

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The damage overturning Roe can't undo

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn.

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The GOP's problem caucus

President Biden.

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What's Biden's Title 42 strategy supposed to be, exactly?

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk create a conservative utopia?

Mickey Mouse and an elephant.

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Taking on Disney is just a first step for the new right

Colin Kaepernick.

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Colin Kaepernick won't make it as a backup in the NFL

President Biden.

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Drums of war start to beat in Democrats' chests

Donald Trump and JD Vance.

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Trump's risk and reward in endorsing J.D. Vance

President Biden.

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Biden's Title 42 revocation borders on political malpractice

Coolidge and Trump.

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The vintage GOP emerging has a much newer origin

President Biden.

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If Democrats want norms back, they need to take some losses, too

A school bus.

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What conservatives mean when they say 'groomer'

Jared Polis.

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Civility will only take you so far on abortion

Gay marriage.

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Gay marriage is law, but what do we teach children?

Hunter Biden.

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Why conservatives are so mad about Hunter Biden

An elephant.

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How the GOP locked in the 'angry parent' vote

An elephant.

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Will trans issues share the same trajectory as gay marriage?

Kyiv.

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Russia's invasion isn't making natcons look bad

Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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The Jackson hearings are all about Roe v. Wade

Josh Hawley and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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GOP sharpens knives ahead of Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings

A bomb.

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Nuclear war isn't just diplomacy by other means

Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

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Why Trump dumped Pence — and what it means for 2024

Yelling.

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What the 'Don't Say Gay' bill debate tells us about democracy

Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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The right way to reject 'wokeness'

President Biden.

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Biden is following — and falling — behind on Ukraine