Best Townhall Review Conservative Commentary Podcasts (2025)

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Hugh Hewitt: Israel: Our Most Important Ally 1:00

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If you love America and want it to flourish—and most Americans do—it is necessary to understand that America’s most important ally is Israel. Period. Full stop. In the 25 months since the invasion of Israel by Hamas and rampaging massacre by the terrorist army from Gaza—followed by IDF grinding battle on six other fronts—we saw American support for…

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Seth Leibsohn: In Response to Resurgent Antisemitism 1:00

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With all the resurgent antisemitism breathing its odious stench on us—in precincts both left and right—we do well to remember how un-American and anti-American it all is. George Washington—America’s indispensable man, first in the hearts of his countrymen as children used to be taught—put this to rest long ago. In his letter to a Jewish synagogue i…

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Jerry Bowyer: A Pro-Life Win at Microsoft 1:00

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Microsoft just made a quiet but meaningful shift, and it happened because someone showed up. For years, Pregnancy centers were excluded from Microsoft's nonprofit discount program. Planned Parenthood qualified but pro-life centers that offer ultrasounds, prenatal care, and postnatal support - they were boxed out. So we filed a shareholder proposal …

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Carol Platt Liebau: The Supreme Court Takes Up Mail-In Ballot Case 1:00

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With mail-in voting on the rise – and elections more hotly contested than ever – the Supreme Court has stepped in. The justices will decide if states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, so long as they’re postmarked by it. Federal law sets a single Election Day. But eighteen states – including Mississippi – still accept ballot…

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Jerry Bowyer: Netflix and Our Children 1:00

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Netflix is in trouble, and it's not just about the ratings. The company is promoting transgender content to children, including shows like Dead End: Paranormal Park, and Strawberry Shortcake rated for young children. One show even featured a child shaming doctors for using biological pronouns. Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk canceled his Netflix subscription…

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Hugh Hewitt: Schumer Won't Be Able to Shake the "Schumer Shutdown" 1:00

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The “Schumer Shutdown” is effectively over, just in time for us to clean up the airport mess get the food that SNAP recipients. This epic failure of the record-setting shutdown of the federal government is carved in political stone for as long as Schumer will be remembered. The Congressional Democrats looked and acted like children throughout this …

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Chris Stigall: Trump's Tariff Strategy 1:00

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President Trump’s tariff strategy is not merely an economic and trade whim; it is a crucial and lawful defense against existential threats that require presidential action. In a world where adversaries use trade to undermine America's security, the commander-in-chief must possess the authority to declare emergencies and implement tariffs as strateg…

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Seth Leibsohn: Mamdani and Marxism 1:00

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About Zohran Mamdani’s election, a few thoughts: Listening to his supporters and statements, there is no question as to Marxist loyalty. And, as DSA Founder Michael Harrington wrote, Karl Marx is “a democratic socialist in the most profound sense of the phrase.” Neither should we be fooled by the DSA’s use of the word “Democratic.” China, Cuba, Nor…

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Ed Morrissey: Schumer Shutdown Was a Clown Show 1:00

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What did Senate Democrats get out of the 40-day Schumer Shutdown? Nothing more than what they would have gotten with the clean continuing resolution. Democrats didn’t get anything they wanted. They didn’t even get a pass on the filibuster for the debate on ACA subsidies, let alone a commitment for an extension. Schumer’s demand for a reversal of th…

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Hugh Hewitt: The 2025 Election and the 2026 Midterms 1:00

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After Tuesday night’s “thumping”— President Donald Trump has some big decisions to make. Tuesday was not a realignment. The simple reality is three blue states got bluer. What matters most and immediately right now in politics is redistricting of Congressional maps in red states that can do it. Republicans should not be shy about doing so. Trump ha…

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Ed Morrissey: RIP to an American Original: Dick Cheney 1:00

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It's the end of an era in American politics. Vice President Dick Cheney spent five decades as a leader in our country – as a member of the House, an official in three different administrations. Cheney reinvented the office of Vice President, with the support of President George W. Bush. He acted as a master strategist for the war on terror, promote…

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Carol Platt Liebau: Yes: Nigeria Is a "Country of Particular Concern" 1:00

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The images from Nigeria are heartbreaking. Women and children are being slaughtered, babies murdered, and Christian communities destroyed. It’s almost too horrific to comprehend. So it was both important and welcome when President Trump designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern.” The U.S. is calling out the atrocities being committed agai…

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Jerry Bowyer: Shareholders Speaking Up 1:00

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The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk has sparked a wave of engagement from conservative shareholders of MasterCard, alphabet, PayPal, Salesforce, meta, Amazon, Texas Instrument, Starbucks, and others. Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA has been listed on the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate map and the SPLC's rhetoric has now been linked …

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Seth Leibsohn: Trump and a New Drug Czar 1:00

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America has a huge illegal drug poisoning problem. From 2021 to 2024 the American drug poisoning death toll was six times the number of deaths from Vietnam, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. Six times the number of Americans died from drugs in four years compared to Americans who died in those combined wars that lasted decades. In those four …

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Hugh Hewitt: High Stakes in New York City 1:00

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As we look at the New York City mayor’s race and the prospects of their actually electing Zohran Mamdani, the questions are emerging: How bad could he be? And: How bad could it get? The answers are "very" and "very much worse than it is right now, which isn’t great to begin with." Many Cuomo voters are throwing in with Cuomo for the most practical …

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Carol Platt Liebau: New York City in the Shadow of 9/11 1:00

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Twenty-four years ago it would have seemed unimaginable. Americans stood in horror watching the World Trade Center collapse—2,753 innocent people murdered by Islamist terrorists. Now, incredibly, a radical Muslim is poised to become New York City’s mayor. Zohran Mamdani’s rise could be an American success story—proof our country isn’t the racist pl…

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Ed Morrissey: Schumer's Dirty Baker's Dozen 1:00

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Thirteen times. Republicans have offered Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats that many opportunities to reopen the government with a clean continuing resolution. Thirteen times … and Schumer and his caucus chose again and again times to keep the federal government closed—all in an attempt to force Donald Trump and the GOP to repudiate their reconcil…

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Seth Leibsohn: A Commonsense Push on Our Universities 1:00

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For too long universities here have operated as islands, separate from their country, promoting junk thought and radical ideology. Thus, the Trump administration has proposed a funding compact for universities to receive federal dollars. This includes universities that host organizations supporting terrorist networks. Universities hosting organizat…

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Carol Platt Liebau: The Cowardice Behind a Cultural Collapse 1:00

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Germany has given the world many of the West’s most cherished Christmas traditions, including its famous Christmas markets. For centuries, these festive fairs drew visitors from across the world, and filled town squares with lights, music, and laughter. But no longer. This year, most of Germany’s Christmas markets won’t open at all. After Islamist …

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Ed Morrissey: Schumer Shutdown 1:00

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Senate Democrats keeping the government shut down are playing checkers—and forcing Senate Republicans to play chess. This week, Chuck Schumer followed up “No Kings” weekend by claiming that voters blame the GOP for the shutdown. Democrats leaked internal polling to that effect, except that the data actually showed a virtual tie on the question. And…

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Hugh Hewitt: As New York City Votes 1:00

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Voting for the New York mayoral race begins this week. If Republicans in New York City vote in large numbers for former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for mayor, the greatest city in the world will avoid a plunge into a spiral of collapse on many fronts. New York City is on the 8.5 million people, 4.7 million of them are active registered voters an…

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Carol Platt Liebau: The Supreme Court and a Colorblind Constitution 1:00

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The Supreme Court recently heard a Louisiana case with sweeping implications for how congressional districts are drawn. The issue: does Louisiana’s map amount to racial gerrymandering. And are majority-minority districts themselves constitutional? It’s hard to argue that dividing Americans by color is anything but discriminatory. These districts we…

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Jerry Bowyer: Putting an End to Debanking 1:00

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Federal regulators are finally investigating debanking. The Wall Street Journal reports that agencies like the FDIC and OCC are ordering banks to review account closures and identify cases where customers were shut out for political or religious reasons. This didn’t happen by accident. Groups like the Heritage Foundation, the American Family Associ…

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Seth Leibsohn: Gen Z and Christianity 1:00

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A recent piece in the New York Times takes note of the rise of Christian faith from Gen Z—but delivers some odd analysis along the way. The author claims these religiously awakened are questioning liberal democracy and see their faith tied to a politics of “good vs. evil;” and that they lack the sunbelt optimism that marked Ronald Reagan. This is a…

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Carol Platt Liebau: Moral Confusion at Church 1:00

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Canterbury Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in England. Over the centuries, pilgrims like those in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales have worn grooves into its stone steps from ascending them on their knees. But last week, the Church of England decided to allow the cathedral’s interior to be covered in graffiti — supposedly to reflect the voices of “marg…

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Hugh Hewitt: A Moment of Gratitude 1:00

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The saying “If grief could be seen, the world would be covered in black” is often attributed to Francis Weller. For two years, Israel has been wrapped in black. Even when many hostages were freed, the shadow remained. Now, after the release of the final 20 living hostages and as a cease-fire hardens, rays of light are emerging from that tortured an…

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Ed Morrissey: A New Hope for The Middle East 1:00

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“God Bless the Peacemaker,” read the Jerusalem Post as Donald Trump arrived in Jerusalem. Trump certainly earned that title, but now he wants to add another: Dealmaker. Trump addressed the Knesset in celebration of the deal that brought the hostages home and promises an end to Hamas’ threat to Israel. Trump urged Israel and its neighbors to focus o…

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Jerry Bowyer: Charlie Kirk and a Way Out of Our Political Cult 1:00

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Charlie Kirk’s journey shows that political engagement, far from distracting young people from faith, can actually prepare them for a deeper relationship with Christ and a deeper appreciation of the Gospel. Generation Z—particularly young men—has grown up in what really ought to be seen as a cult—a political cult, the cult of woke—facing stultifyin…

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Carol Platt Liebau: First Amendment Freedom Before the Supreme Court 1:00

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Charlie Kirk’s journey shows that political engagement, far from distracting young people from faith, can actually prepare them for a deeper relationship with Christ and a deeper appreciation of the Gospel. Generation Z—particularly young men—has grown up in what really ought to be seen as a cult—a political cult, the cult of woke—facing stultifyin…

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Seth Leibsohn: Progress on the Intractable in the Middle East 1:00

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The Donald Trump Gaza peace plan marks a major development toward solving the intractable—but, as Winston Churchill once said, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” There is a lot to worry about, yet. First, the return of living hostages is a breakthrough, but unless Hamas is d…

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Carol Platt Liebau: A Shameful and Dangerous Moment 1:00

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America recently learned that Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, sent texts wishing death on a political rival and his children. Someone who fails such a basic test of personal decency is obviously unfit — morally and perhaps psychologically — to serve as any state’s top law enforcement officer. But apparently it’s not…

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Seth Leibsohn: A Massive Moral Crisis 1:00

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Hugh Hewitt: The Schumer Shutdown Continues 1:00

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Seth Leibsohn: Islamist Terror in the UK 1:00

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The Islamist terrorist attack in Great Britain against Jews, at a Jewish synagogue, on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, was all too predictable. Only the day before, three Hamas terrorists were arrested in Germany. 2025 Europe is hauntingly familiar. In Great Britain, there’s been nearly a 700 percent increase of antisemitic incidents over t…

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Carol Platt Liebau: The Genocide We're Not Hearing About 1:00

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It’s impossible to turn on the news without hearing about alleged genocide in Gaza. In fact, there’s an actual genocide happening in Nigeria, but since it doesn’t involve Israel bashing, the legacy media doesn’t seem to care. According to Nigeria-based civil society watchdog Intersociety, more than 7,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria in 20…

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Hugh Hewitt: The Schumer Shutdown 1:00

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So Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have done it: The minority leaders in both the Senate and the House and have rallied their Democrat colleagues to not support a Continuing Resolution that would keep the government running. Senate Majority leader John Thune had put forward what we call a “clean CR”—a clean Continuing Resolution that just allows …

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Carol Platt Liebau: The Weaponization Whiplash 1:00

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The left is in full meltdown about the Comey indictment. They’re outraged about weaponization of the justice system. They’re about a decade late. Back then, Comey’s FBI used a Clinton campaign opposition memo to get a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. Then Comey drove the Russiagate hoax by ensnaring Trump’s National Security Advisory in a perj…

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Chris Stigall: Hope In Policy 1:00

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In a landmark moment for public health, the Trump administration announced a series of initiatives that signify a compassionate and long-overdue approach to addressing the autism epidemic. Led by HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and his team, it will include a comprehensive investigation into potential root causes, including acetaminophen exposure during preg…

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Albert Mohler: When Civil Religion Meets the Gospel 1:00

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The nation at large and certainly our elite media continue to wrestle with what to make of the recent memorial service for Charlie Kirk. Some are likely to argue that it was just “civil religion”. That's a term that was invented in the 20th century by sociologist Robert Bellah, and he was trying to argue that an awful lot of American religion is ju…

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Hugh Hewitt: How Do You Cover Forgiveness? 1:00

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"How do we cover that?" That had to have been the topic on the table of those newsrooms on Monday morning following the memorial service for my colleague Charlie Kirk on Sunday. Much of post-modern media simply lacks basic fluency in the language used and the truth claims affirmed by the speakers. Erika Kirk made a heart-breaking and deeply moving …

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Seth Leibsohn: We Should Not Reward Hamas With Statehood 1:00

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The UN recognizing a State of Palestine is in vogue. While the popularity of such a cause is increasing, so, too, is its danger, ignorance and capitulation to ahistoricism. The Palestinian effort, Palestinianism, is a cause and ideology of hate and violence, no matter how dressed up its propagandists try to color it. The official emblem of the Fata…

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Seth Leibsohn: An Appeal to the Better Angles of our Nature 1:00

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In a day and age of fleeting stories fed to us by a constant conveyor belt of crisis and frenzy, keeping us all in a constant state of agitation with little ability to focus on the meaningful, what cannot be ignored is that our nation recently witnessed the first national political assassination in over 50 years. In the wake of that, the memorial s…

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Ed Morrissey: Erika Kirk Draws A Loving Line In the Sand 1:00

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As the national political temperature hit dangerous levels, Erika Kirk offered a moment of grace with just three words—speaking of the man who shot her husband at the memorial this past weekend: “I forgive him.” With those three words, the young widow did more than attempt to restore calm in an increasingly violent era in American politics. She tes…

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Hugh Hewitt: We Shall Not See His Equal Again 1:00

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I first met Charlie Kirk a dozen years ago on the campus of Colorado Christian University, where I was teaching some 40 high school students a two-week course on the Constitution and the outline of American history. Bill Armstrong—then the president of CCU, a former US Senator—asked me to set aside an hour to two for a young man starting a new proj…

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Albert Mohler: We Need to Talk About the Trans Issue 1:00

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We have to talk about the trans issue and—most recently—the young man arrested for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Utah’s Gov. Cox made it clear in his statement: the alleged killer’s roommate, “was a romantic partner, a male transitioning to female.” It was immediately clear that mainstream media wanted to stay as far away from that part of the…

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Carol Platt Liebau: How Did it Come to this? 1:00

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Decent people were stunned and horrified by the assassination of husband, father, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But almost as disturbing was the celebration from so many quarters. Fellow Americans—including many in “helping professions”—applauded the brutal slaying. And we’re left wondering: How did it come to this? Perhaps it shouldn’t b…

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Seth Leibsohn: Charlie Kirk: Vocal About His Christian Faith 1:00

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Right now, the phrase “there are no words” has never been more poignant. And yet, we have seen a profligacy of words: some beautiful, some awful, and some words we’d like to hear but haven’t—particularly from those who created the diseased environment of parlance justifying violence. Like to point to something that’s been particularly true of Charl…

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Ed Morrissey: Free Market Consequences for Despicable Speech 1:00

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For years, the Left claimed that cancel culture was merely consequences for bad speech. Now that the free market has applied the same rules to them over their celebrations of political assassination, they’re trying to claim victimhood. The latest example comes from former Washington Post editor Karen Attiah who got fired this week over her social m…

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Carol Platt Liebau: Judges Eroding Public Trust 1:00

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Last week, NBC News conducted what it described as “rare interviews” — and indeed they were. Rarely has any news organization allowed twelve federal judges to use it to bash the Supreme Court under the cloak of anonymity. These judges are unhappy with the Supreme Court for overturning lower court rulings involving the Trump administration with mini…

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Chris Stigall: A Thunderbolt to the Heart of America 1:00

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The shocking news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination strikes like a thunderbolt to the heart of America. At only 31 years old, Charlie was more than a political voice. He was a husband, a father, and a relentless champion of freedom, faith and conservatism. I had the privilege of meeting him recently. His conviction reminded me of the same clarity and…