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Donald Trump just pulled off a political maneuver that has Democrats reeling — and, frankly, they should be. With a potential government shutdown looming on September 30, the Trump administration has made it clear that if Congress can’t pass a clean Continuing Resolution to keep the government running, federal workers could be facing mass firings. Not furloughs. Firings. Real jobs on the line. For years, Democrats thought they could weaponize shutdowns as a way to extract concessions from Republicans. Now, Trump has flipped the script by putting the pressure right back where it belongs: on them. The House passed a...

I believe that Trump is trying to defeat socialism forever (see my essays here and here). It’s an important idea that deserves more scrutiny. Trump wants to fix American systems so that wokeness and left-wing progressivism will go away and never come back. “Tosh!” people say. “Socialism always comes back,” and that’s certainly a real risk. It is true that Trump holds a unique pull and, therefore, can draw many to vote Republican, but one day, he’ll be gone, leaving many Americans vulnerable to the mainstream media. While MSNBC has lost much credibility, as evidenced by its recent viewership loss,...

Donald Trump has a plan to make America's health care great again. It's very simple, he says: Lock the best health care policy minds in a room -- and don't let them out until they've crafted a plan for providing terrific coverage for everyone. But the strategy, laid out in Trump's most recent book, begs the question: Who exactly would be locked in that room? And who is advising him on ideas which are as unorthodox for a GOP frontrunner as his candidacy? Trump has repeatedly said everyone should have access to health care -- going so far as to...