by Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics on December 3, 2024 at 3:27 PM

To cut off any risk of investigation into his corrupt family influence-peddling syndicate and spare his weak son from an almost certain prison term, President Joe Biden unsurprisingly broke his solemn pledge to the American people and pardoned Hunter. By doing so, the president reveals the hypocrisy of Democrats who hector us about morality and equal application of the law, while they weaponized our justice system against those with whom they disagree.

by David Dayen, American Prospect on December 3, 2024 at 3:19 PM

The inability to answer that question informs the election result.

by John Solomon, JTN on December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM

Left-wing fundraiser ActBlue failed to convince judge that it should not have to disclose documents. Something is not right, judge says as court gets involved in probe launched by Congress and 19 state attorneys general.

by Sohrab Ahmari, Compact Magazine on December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM

An essay published by The New Yorker on Monday claims that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, was forced to step down as president of the advocacy group Concerned Veterans for America amid serious allegations of misconduct.

by Jane Mayer, The New Yorker on December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump's nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job.

by Peachy Keenan, TomKlingenstein.com on December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM

Donald Trump's substantial gains with young women voters call into question almost every important claim the Democrats made.

by Susan Crabtree, Dao Prize on December 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics won the National Journalism Center's second annual Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism for her coverage of the United States Secret Service, particularly about the fallout from the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

by John Murawski, RCI on December 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM

As the autumn sun warms the historic campus outside, a professor specializing in ancient and modern political philosophy guides undergraduate students through the seemingly ruthless nuances of Machiavelli's 16th-century philosophy of morals.

by Steve Jurvetson, X on December 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM

Humanity's capacity to compute has compounded for as long as we can measure it, exogenous to the economy, and starting long before Intel co-founder Gordon Moore noticed a refraction of the longer-term trend in the belly of the fledgling semiconductor industry in 1965.

by Maureen Dowd, New York Times on December 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM

Democrats are eating a giant helping of crow since voters delivered a stunning victory for the Republican candidate

by Dana Goldman, LinkedIn on December 3, 2024 at 3:03 PM

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Schaeffer Institute Scholar Jay Bhattacharya as The National Institutes of Health director. I can't think of a better choice.

by Francis Buckley, NY Sun on December 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Beneath the folds of each of our two political parties, a hidden party struggles to emerge. It's not the woke Democratic Party of open borders and Saint Jussie Smollett, and it's not the Make America Great Again GOP of the January 6 rioters and Matt Gaetz. It's the Make America Normal Again party. MANA.