Darren J. Beattie, the acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, is a weirdo. But he’s not unique. Beattie is one of many imitators of Tucker Carlson, whose contrarian brand demands ever-escalating enthusiasm for conspiracy theorists, foreign dictators, and bigoted “dissidents.” Like Carlson, Beattie has helped convince… Continue reading How weird is Darren Beattie?
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Meet DOJ White House Liaison Paul Ingrassia
Who is Paul Ingrassia, the White House Liaison for the U.S. Department of Justice sworn in on January 20? Like so many presidential appointees, Paul Ingrassia is a partisan sycophant. “HERE’S TO 2025: THE YEAR OF DELIVERANCE AND THE START OF AMERICA’S GOLDEN AGE,” Ingrassia wrote in a December 31, 2024 post featuring a photo… Continue reading Meet DOJ White House Liaison Paul Ingrassia
Sohrab Ahmari is trying to find the guy who did this
Avowed “pro-life New Dealer” Sohrab Ahmari, a founder of Compact Magazine and fixture on the socially conservative socialist fringe of the New Right, cannot BELIEVE his movement is so riddled with antisemitic cranks. How did this happen? Ahmari might ask his friend (and Compact contributor) Pedro Gonzalez, who was outed as an antisemite by their… Continue reading Sohrab Ahmari is trying to find the guy who did this
American Virtue is cancelled
Building a political network around imitators of Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes has its challenges. Ask the Bull Moose Project, a Generation Z populist nonprofit which has shuttered its “American Virtue” subsidiary hardly a year after launch. As you read this, remember that The Heritage Foundation and Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) partner “American Moment” cosponsored… Continue reading American Virtue is cancelled
Potemkin Populism
Populists said the 2022 midterms would prove they were the future of the conservative movement. Rebuffed by voters, politicos who pinned their careers on grandiose, grievance-driven central planning are left manning storefronts in a populist Potemkin village. Praising nationalist populist candidates Blake Masters, J.D. Vance, Joe Kent, and Anthony Sabatini, Claremont Institute Vice President of… Continue reading Potemkin Populism
J.D. Vance’s Imitation Campaign
Donald Trump’s last-minute endorsement of J.D. Vance in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary was a big win for the social science experiment Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is conducting in our state. Thiel, a founder of PayPal and federal Big Data contractor Palantir, donated an unprecedented $10,000,000 to a super PAC for Vance last spring. After… Continue reading J.D. Vance’s Imitation Campaign
JD Vance digs a hole to Russia
Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance appears to think his path out of a hole he dug for his flailing campaign runs through the center of the earth. “I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another,” Vance told Steve Bannon on February 19. Vance and his… Continue reading JD Vance digs a hole to Russia
A new Right, with fewer rights
The New Right promises Compassionate Conservatism with less compassion, less conservatism, and lots of coercion
Kasich Republican J.D. Vance: The Worst Option in Ohio’s Senate Race
Cross-posted from PJ Media and Ohio Press Network. There are several credible candidates in Ohio’s Republican primary to replace Sen. Rob Portman next year. With so many options for voters, deciding whom to rule out seems like a smart first step. Contenders include former state treasurer and legislator Josh Mandel, former Ohio GOP chairwoman Jane… Continue reading Kasich Republican J.D. Vance: The Worst Option in Ohio’s Senate Race
Everyone Expects the New Right Inquisition
Consumed with jealousy over the Left’s use of big government to punish political opponents, the authoritarian New Right is trying to tighten its grip on the GOP. Libertarians will be first to go in the New Right Inquisition. Responding on Tuesday to a New York Times Magazine story about American populist-nationalist enthusiasm for Viktor Orban,… Continue reading Everyone Expects the New Right Inquisition