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Commentary In a recent Washington Post op-ed, three retired generals, Paul Eaton, Antonio Taguba, and Steven Anderson warn of a supposedly impending coup should Donald Trump be elected in 2024. The column seemed strangely timed to coincide with a storm of recent Democratic talking points that a reelected Trump, or even a Republican sweep of the 2022 midterms, would spell a virtual end of democracy. Ironies abound. From Election Day in 2020 to Inauguration Day 2021, we were told by the left that democracy was resilient and rightly rid the nation of Trump. The hard left, for one of the...

Joe Biden struggled to remember his own daughter’s wedding (of course Biden had to talk about himself). “My mind is going blank now, what’s the song that is played, where everybody is around the chair, you know, what – what, I can’t remember – anyway… so you know, what the hell’s going on here?…Look, I’m taking too much of your time,” said Biden.

Two suicide attacks were carried out outside the crowded Kabul airport on Thursday evening. At least 12 United States service members were killed and 15 others were wounded. According to local reports, the death toll is at least 90 with over 200 wounded. The Islamic State wing known as ‘ISIS-K is believed to be responsible for the attacks. The first bomb was detonated near the airport’s Abbey Gate and the other near the Baron Hotel. Hours later, witnesses reported a third blast elsewhere in the city. A video that was sent to us a few moments ago shows a really...