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This type of coup was supposed to have been rendered impossible back when our grandfathers were in middle age. Now we know better.The following was republished with permission from Armas. The coup d’état against President Biden illuminates the themes exposited in the essay on Sen. J.D. Vance’s thought and rhetoric, to which I refer the reader. Coup terminology in this case is not overwrought: a sitting president of the United States has had his political future terminated, which means his political present is ended as well. Absent potential there is no power, and therefore no purpose. The logical corollary to...

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has launched a petition to push for Republican National Committee (RNC) chairwoman Ronna McDaniel’s ousting a week after he called for her to take the stage at the third Republican presidential debate and resign. The petition can be found at fireronna.com, which was paid for by Ramaswamy’s campaign. It asks visitors, “Should RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel be fired?” and provides yes or no options for them to select. WATCH — Vivek Slams RNC for Picking NBC for Debate, Calls for McDaniel’s Resignation: “Party of Losers”:

“Word on the national security street is that General James Mattis is being given the bum’s rush out of his job as commander of Central Command, and is being told to vacate his office several months earlier than planned,” reports veteran national security correspondent Thomas E. Ricks. It now appears likely that Gen. Mattis, a Marine Corps legend, will leave his post as head of America’s most important combatant command in March, several months earlier than planned. Ricks continues: Why the hurry? Pentagon insiders say that he rubbed civilian officials the wrong way — not because he went all “mad...