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The ‘Realists’ Try and Fail—for Now—to Steal MAGA’s Skinsuit

A controversial Koch-backed appointment is retracted, ostensibly over Middle East issues. But the battle is really about China.

byLee Smith

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Trump, China, and the Tariff Wars

This week, Walter and Jeremy discuss the U.S. cutting off intelligence sharing with Ukraine, shutting down American consulates overseas, TSMC’s $100 billion investment in Arizona, and Trump’s on again, off again tariffs on U.S. allies and enemies

March 7, 2025

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How Universities Lost Their Way, With Cary Nelson

The academic and writer joins Liel to discuss how universities abandoned free inquiry, how antisemitism took root on campus, and what can be done to restore intellectual integrity

March 20, 2025

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How to Change Politically, With Dr. Sebastian Gorka

The former Trump adviser and radio host joins Liel to discuss why so many Americans went MAGA, and why you shouldn’t go around calling people Nazis

November 21, 2024

Freedom of the Press in Ukraine

Putting out a provincial newspaper under fire with little paper while your neighbors are dying is not an easy job

byEfim Marmer

Why Tariffs Are Good

The claim that tariffs are inherently misguided and inevitably harmful does not stand up to scrutiny, especially when it comes to U.S. trade with China

byMichael Lind

Joe Rogan and the Jews

October 7 put Jewish blood in the water. What we’re watching now are the sharks.

byPark MacDougald

Blow Up Washington

By moving federal agencies out of D.C., Donald Trump can put the government back in touch with the people it serves while spreading federal dollars more equally, to places that need them

bySergiu KlainermanandJohn Londregan

A Bridge Too Far?

The debate over the nomination of Elbridge ‘Bridge’ Colby pits some of Donald Trump’s most prominent second-term supporters against the president’s own policies

byLee Smith

A History of Mass Relocation

What does the 20th century show us about President Trump’s proposal to permanently move the population of Gaza?

byBrian Horowitz

Reversing Kissinger

The former secretary of state’s 1972 opening to China badly weakened the U.S. By dispensing with that conceit, Trump shows he intends for America to win the great-power competition.

byLee Smith

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