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David Brooks is one of the best-known public intellectuals in America… I have found him gracious and humble in person and have followed his writing with appreciation over the years. However, I was more than surprised by the headline of his latest Atlantic essay: “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake.” He notes that in the year 1800, three-quarters of American workers were farmers with large families living together. Until 1850, roughly three-quarters of Americans older than sixty-five lived with their kids and grandkids. Nuclear families (a husband and wife living with their children) were surrounded by extended or corporate families....

Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews BREAKING - Waves of Democrat influencers are being exposed as foreigners under X’s new location update, including leftist X agitator Alex Cole, who claimed he voted for Kamala but has now been revealed to be Canadian.

I don’t remember the first time I heard the phrase “ethnocentric”, but I remember the context. I was in some history class and we were studying a primitive South American tribe. They lived essentially the exact same way their ancestors had thousands of years ago. Our teacher told us their civilization was equal to ours, and we should never think that any civilization was superior to any other. Doing so would be “ethnocentric”, which apparently was a belief that our society was superior to others. The truth is, when we were first admonished about this I remember thinking something wasn’t...

VIDEOThe reactions of liberals to the White House meeting between President Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani are HILARIOUS. Apparently they are completely unaware of two books: "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu or "The Art of the Deal" by You-Know-Who. As a result, as you can see, they believe that Mamdani has the supernatural power to bewitch Trump into completely flipping a supposedly weak minded Trump into believing that Socialism as proposed by Mamdani is a great thing. As the cameo commentary by Michael Corleone in this video reveals, the poor shmoes were laughably unable to see what was...

The govt shutdown made a mess of the economic data surveying and statistical analysis generally needed for accurate snapshots of the economy. However, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) was able to release the September jobs report data {SEE BLS REPORT HERE}.The geopolitical trade reset continues delivering domestic economic fluctuations, as each sector and specific international dependency reacts to President Trump’s shifts and turns in targeted economic policy. The September jobs report caught the economic pundits off-guard, as it showed a much bigger gain in jobs than they expected.As noted by MSM, “The US added 119,000 jobs in September,...

Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK 🔥 WOW. You actually can’t make this up… Hakeem Jeffries just stood in front of the cameras and claimed: • “It’s a lie.” • “It’s a clown show.” • “I never met Epstein.” • “I never took his money.” Except… the financial records exist. The emails exist. The transactions are documented. You can deny reality, but you can’t erase a paper trail. For YEARS the American people were told that anyone who asked questions about Epstein was a conspiracy theorist. Now the very people who screamed “transparency!” are panicking because their own names are surfacing. The hypocrisy...

This week, a six-pack of Democrat members of Congress urged federal military and intelligence officers to disobey "illegal orders." The six included Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich), Sen. Mark Kelly (Az), Rep. Chris DeLuzio (Penn), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (NH), Rep. Chrissy Houlihan (Penn), Rep. Jason Crow (Colo). All touted their own prior service in these federal agencies. Their joint statement asserted "this administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but...

Is the Chinese economy collapsing? Or is something worse waiting in the wings?The short answer is that we could be looking at something much worse than a crashing economy. China could be part of a collapse of the global monetary system.We’ll begin the analysis with the latest official economic releases from China. These releases showed some of the weakest performance by the Chinese economy since the 2020 pandemic collapse.Things Aren’t Looking GoodIndustrial production growth for October declined to 4.9% (year-over-year) from a prior level of 6.5%. This was the weakest reading since August 2024. Some sectors receiving state support such...

The US Federal Aviation Administration warning of a 'potentially hazardous situation'...Venezuela... Israel's Chief of Staff warning about nationalist settler violence... President Trump on the attack via social media...Friday night routine... US Vice-President JD Vance says Canada's liberal immigration policies have... Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announcing her resignation... "I met with a man...who really wants New York to be great again. I'll really be cheering for him" President Donald Trump after he met New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani... Tonight, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily reinstating the redrawn US House districts in Texas... Six Hamas operatives killed...Gaza......

Keep his name out ya mouth!That's reportedly what the world's most famous helicopter mom Melania Trump told stepson Eric Trump after he recently breached the topic of baby brother Barron.In an interview with Megyn Kelly, Eric shed a little light on that infamous Inauguration Day exchange between Barron and out-stumbling President Joe Biden.There's long been speculation from lip readers and TDS sufferers that Barron cursed at Poor Old Joe – adding insult to injury as his daddy kicked the Bidens to the curb.But Eric shut that down.'[Barron said] something so polite I almost wouldn't even get it right,' Eric claimed,...

My close friends blame me for everything that Donald Trump does.One year ago I, a lifelong Democrat, wrote in The Free Press that I had just voted for Trump. I realized that my party had turned its back on working-class families like my own—in favor of identity politics, free trade, and open borders.Many people warned me about publishing the essay. They told me the reaction would be brutal, and they were right. Strangers on the internet relentlessly harassed me. Death threats flooded my inboxes. People accused me of being a Russian asset.They also told me that the left would use...

Following the gangbusters’ September jobs report that vastly eclipsed expectations, CNN hacks are now awkwardly doing the Watusi dance to try and explain around why the Trump economy isn’t the disaster they said it was. The November 20 headline from CNN Business Executive Editor David Goldman, senior economy writer Alicia Wallace, and senior reporter Matt Egan was just chef’s kiss: “Wait, I thought the economy was terrible. What happened?” The authors gruffed over how “Entering this week, the perception of America’s economy was overwhelmingly negative.” But then, CNN’s apparent hopes to bury Trumponomics once and for all backfired. After the...

Grok Summary of Video Transcript:In short, the draft is widely seen in Kyiv and Europe as a forced settlement that rewards Russian aggression and permanently weakens Ukraine, while Zelensky walks a tightrope: dependent on U.S. support, battered domestically, and unwilling to accept the proposed concessions without major changes and real security guarantees. A final deal remains distant.A leaked 28-point U.S.-drafted peace plan, negotiated directly between Washington and Moscow without Ukrainian or European involvement, has caused alarm in Kyiv and European capitals. Key elements of the proposal include:Ukraine formally cedes the occupied Donbas territories (most of Donetsk and Luhansk) to Russia.Permanent...

In the grand theater of American decline, there are few characters so destructive as the Affluent White Female Liberal (AWFL), a suburban archetype with a Prius, a “Coexist” bumper sticker, and an unquenchable thirst for moral superiority. From the San Francisco Bay Area to the halls of Democrat power, these women, often secular, privileged, are kicking out the pillars upholding our society. Their hyper-liberal zeal promotes family breakdown, political alienation, cultural Marxism, and racial division, all while patting themselves on the back for “saving” the world. It would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous — the irony that the...

OPINION/ANALYSIS The Battalion student newspaper at Texas A&M university does not seem to be a fan of conservative student thought. An analysis of the 60 opinion pieces focused on politics published since November 2024 found that nearly all of them — 50 — leaned liberal (35), left-leaning (5), far-left (5), and liberal satire (5). Only 7 of the opinion political pieces were moderate or neutral, and a total of three were conservative, or a ratio of almost 17 to 1 liberal to conservative. The research was conducted by student Justino Russell, who was inspired to dig into the analysis after...

Adam Johnston @adamkjohnston Less than 3 minutes into the Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution, and we get: 1. White people are bad. 2. Native Americans had a centuries-old democracy before British colonists arrived. 3. Benjamin Franklin copied the Native American blueprint.

Federal authorities with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested a top official with the Arizona Attorney General’s office on felony charges of controlling and trafficking stolen property. This comes as Attorney General Kris Mayes faces scrutiny and a potential federal investigation for weaponizing her office and apparently accepting bribes to grant unprecedented prosecutorial authority to an outside nonprofit group in her case against alternative 2020 electors in Arizona. The Gateway Pundit spoke to Rep. Abe Hamadeh, who sent a letter to the DOJ last week, demanding an investigation into Mayes. He revealed that Mayes’s bribe was used to fund...

Looks like Morning Joe forgot to lug along the seven-second-delay machine when it moved from MSNBC to MS NOW. Back in 2008, we noted that Morning Joe had instituted the seven-second delay two days after Joe Scarborough dropped an F-bomb. Scarborough went potty mouth again today. It came in response to Speaker Mike Johnson's and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's comments on the video released by six congressional Democrats telling members of the US military they can refuse to obey illegal orders. [snip] Scarborough said: "He lies so pretty. I mean, it's too easy for him to lie." Willie...

Border Patrol and ICE raids have caused fear amongst latino construction workers in Charlotte, NC. Construction sites in Charlotte are near ghost towns with not a worker in sight. Border Patrol invaded Charlotte, NC on November 15, 2025, churches have been raided, construction sites have been raided, people walking on the street have been arrested and sent to ICE detention enters. ICE was believed to of left the Charlotte operation, but then the government said yesterday that they will be in Charlotte for a while. Video shows a construction site at Panda Express being raided by Border Patrol. The latino...

WASHINGTON – Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) sent a letter to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s attorney, David Kendall, emphasizing that while the Committee remains engaged in good-faith negotiations, the Clintons are required to comply with lawful subpoenas and appear for scheduled in-person depositions. “The House Oversight Committee is continuing its review of the federal government’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. In July, Democrats and Republicans on this Committee approved a motion to issue subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton. The Committee has since worked in good faith to schedule in-person depositions,...