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Congressman Brandon Gill does not look like a Texan. At 32, he looks like an investment banker and hedge fund analyst from the Ivy League, which he was until he ran for Congress in 2024 with the blessing of President Trump to succeed a retiring Republican.
But boy can the young man in the black suit grill.
A constitutional republic depends not only on honest elections, but on public confidence that elections are honest. When that trust disappears, every law, every court decision, and every elected official begins to lose legitimacy. The greatest threat to America’s future may not be violence or foreign enemies, but the slow erosion of faith in the electoral process itself. Without legal, transparent, and trustworthy elections, there can be no democracy—and no republic worth preserving.
The Framers decided the best way to choose Ambassadors, Justices and Ministers was for a single person to nominate and a larger group to approve.
Federalist 75 deals with the President and his power to make treaties with other nations, subject to approval of two thirds of the Senate.
SPLC Interim CEO Bryan Fair refuses to say if he regrets having Charlie Kirk on the group’s hate list.
Former White House ‘AI czar’ David Sacks discusses AI regulation, competition with China and the risks of advanced AI-powered ‘cyber weapons’ on ‘Kudlow.’
Secretaries Scott Bessent, Markwayne Mullin and Marco “Polo” Rubio testified before Congress this week. Democrat congressmen and Thom Tillis may wish to reconsider their life choices after the outings.
John Parillo, Federalist 65 and the Public’s Trust and Senate’s Power to Impeach
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi told the House Oversight Committee that then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was in charge of the Justice Department’s botched release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, acknowledging that there were “redaction errors” in the handling of documents, according to Bondi’s opening statement, which was obtained by MS NOW.
John Parillo expounds on Federalist 64 and the Power to Entangle the United States in the Affairs of Others
America still pretends elections are grassroots democracy while billionaires, super PACs, media empires, and donor networks quietly write the script behind the curtain. The takedown of Thomas Massie exposed the modern system in full view: loyalty to the political machine now matters more than principles, and dissent against foreign policy orthodoxy or party leadership triggers a flood of money, propaganda, and coordinated political punishment. Meanwhile, millions of cable-news-addicted voters rage on command over carefully curated culture-war distractions while the oligarch class tightens its grip on both parties, the media, and the national narrative.
Some people will make more money than others. It’s not racism, sexism, or any other ism. And nothing will change that.
Historian Steve Putney ponders what China’s President Xi meant when he asked President Trump “are we going to avoid the Thucydides Trap?” It describes a severe structural stress that occurs when a rising power threatens to displace a ruling power.
Led by John Thune, Republican senators have joined the resistance by going on recess without fully funding the Department of Homeland Security—perhaps in an effort to attract the terrorist vote.
Senators claim it is a pro forma recess and not a real recess. I never studied the law but I do know that when lawyers start talking in Latin, my liberty is in jeopardy.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., discusses efforts to hold fraudsters accountable on ‘The Story.’
American Indians in their winter camp at Wounded Knee, were murdered on Dec. 29, 1891, by federal agents and members of the 7th Cavalry who had come to confiscate their firearms “for their own safety and protection.”
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., discusses the success of Trump-backed candidates in Republican primaries, including his own victory, and says the MAGA movement remains strong on ‘The Evening Edit.’
John Parillo discusses Federalist 55 and the question: Just how many Representatives are needed to avoid tyranny?
I would agree with Senator Bernie Sanders on one thing – we must oppose the oligarchy! But what, or who, exactly is that? And does Bernie even know what he is talking about?
Let us start by defining an oligarchy – which is a small elite group, usually very well-off (wealthy), who use their positions to serve themselves (note – not serve the people)…This is not politics; the democrat oligarchy is undertaking a Blood Revolution to subvert and destroy America. That is why AOC said she is not interested in titles, her goal is to change the country. Believe her, Bernie, Mamdani and other democrat oligarch, as they all want to change our country forever.
John Parillo discourses on the compromise between direct democracy and states’ power via the House of Representatives and the Senate.