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Josh Gottheimer: The Democratic Party Is Being Hijacked by Socialists
I serve in Congress. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory this week is only the latest evidence that my party is being overrun by antisemitism. We know where this…
Rep. Josh Gottheimer
Rod Dreher: Tucker Carlson’s Antisemitism
The podcast host says he harbors no hatred of Jews, but a careful look at the claims he lets pass without challenge and the cumulative picture they…
Rod Dreher
Welcome to the Age of Slopulism
Sometimes bad populist ideas are honest mistakes. Sometimes they are pushed for ideological reasons. The first can be corrected with better information…
Noah Smith
A New High for Legal Weed. The Wunderkind Who Lost $35 Billion. Plus. . .
A senator says his former son-in-law is unfit for Congress. How America’s enemies could hack the water supply. A dispatch from Ceuta. And more.
The Free Press
Will Republicans Renounce Max Miller?
The GOP congressman’s ex-wife has accused him of assault amid a custody battle. He has denied the claims and said he’ll stay in his race.
Audrey Fahlberg
Weed Is Everywhere. For Now.
For the first time on record, more Americans get high every day than drink or smoke. But there’s something everyone missed in the data—the days of legal…
Charles Fain Lehman
America Is Not Prepared for a War on Our Water
A suspected Iranian attack on water systems across America should be a wake-up call for us all.
Seth M. Siegel
Should I Get a Gun?
I’ve opposed them for most of my life. But right now, I’m considering getting a handgun.
Larissa Phillips
Justice for Salman Rushdie—and a Warning to the West
The conviction of the novelist’s attacker this week is a reminder of the sinister reach of Iran’s regime and the hazards that imperil free speech.
The Editors
‘Nixonmaxxing’ Is More than a Meme
Renewed interest in the disgraced 37th president isn’t about the past. It’s about the future.
Will Rahn
Laura Loomer, Lifelong Learner
From her hotel in Ukraine, a preeminent MAGA influencer warns of Russian disinformation.
Eli Lake
A Peace Plan for the Data Center Wars
Almost overnight, data centers have emerged as one of the most controversial issues in America. But do they need to be? Joe Nocera doesn’t think so.
Joe Nocera
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