Dan McLaughlin

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Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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Only thing New York Times likes about Kamala Harris is she isn't Trump

Talk about damning with faint praise. The New York Times editorial board endorsed Kamala Harris for president on Monday — but the real headline should have been “anybody but Donald...

Trump-Harris debate confirmed what we know: He's combative, she's dishonest

Nobody came away wondering what Trump thinks are the most important issues of the day — but the moderators repeatedly changed the subject when things got uncomfortable for Harris.

Democrats blame Russia to dismiss China's dragon in the room

For years now, Russian interference has been the Democrats’ all-purpose excuse for suppressing bad news — like the fact that Chinese influence has penetrated deep into American politics.

Dems bury an angry, shouting Joe Biden at 11:30 p.m. in final disgrace

The Joe Biden show is officially in reruns. Biden even got bumped out of prime time. His speech started at 11:28 p.m., in the hour when old sitcoms run in...

Tim Walz is a far-left progressive whom Harris, and the media, will lie to make a 'moderate'

By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris is banking that the national political press can be counted on to hide from voters the fact that Walz actually...

In his 'farewell,' Joe Biden shows exactly why he had to go

Joe Biden said his farewell to the nation Wednesday night, and it was the same old malarkey.

Biden's now-unmistakable mental weakness is an invitation for America's enemies to attack, attack, attack

Joe Biden’s disastrous debate is a political crisis for his campaign and his party.

Dems fearing Trump's 'retribution' have only themselves to blame

Democrats and their allies in the press are melting down at Donald Trump’s talk of “retribution” through the legal system.

Joe Biden's reckless plan to take in Gazans won't even satisfy Israel-haters

Joe Biden trying to lose the election is the best explanation for why his administration is?actively considering?letting refugees from Gaza into the United States.

Joe Biden can't get out of the hole he's already dug for himself

After losing to President Joe Biden in 2020, polls consistently show Donald Trump leading ahead of the current president.

If Joe Biden is unfit to stand trial, he’s unfit to be president. It's that simple

Special counsel Robert Hur’s nearly 400-page report is full of damning evidence of Biden’s carelessness with vital national-security secrets.

It's time for a serious talk about Veep Kamala Harris...

Kamala Harris currently has a 35.5% approval rating as her favorability has been under water in every single poll taken since August 2021.

Biden's primetime address isn't about Israel — it's for his terrible poll numbers

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the war between Israel and Hamas after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

With removal of McCarthy, rogue Republicans just keep helping Democrats

Tuesday’s vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House — the first such removal in American history — was an act of staggering stupidity and self-destruction.

Of course Menendez won't resign — corrupt politicians today are shameless

Sen. Bob Menendez is running for re-election. Of course he is. Doesn’t anybody have any shame anymore?

Senile Joe Biden rambles about pony soldiers, Vietnam and lies about 9/11

President Joe Biden, who served in the Senate during the Vietnam War, was in Hanoi Sunday. His staff made the mistake of letting him talk to the press.

Criminal defendants make terrible candidates — the GOP must free itself from Trump

Nominating former President Donald Trump again would be a disaster for Republicans. The criminal charges are one of the biggest reasons why. Even if you think that’s unfair, it’s reality.

Liberal media bends over backward to dismiss new Joe Biden revelations

I used to work as a lawyer. There’s a lot more money in defending criminals in the law than there is doing the same as a reporter. The whole point...

Trump indictment: Not everything that’s bad in politics is illegal

Maybe Jack Smith thinks there’s so many charges against Trump now that nobody should care about the details. But in a nation of laws, the rules matter. Even for Donald...

Woke Hollywood cuts the nation a break — and cancels itself

Maybe entertainment's writers and actors will learn something in their time off -- and maybe the country could use a break from them.

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