China is modernizing the PLA Navy and its nuclear weapons force. It has also formed a “strategic partnership” with a Russia that deploys a nuclear force that is at least equal to that of the United States. President Xi exudes confidence, while an aging President Biden exudes confusion.

Whatever you think about populism, left or right, the lyrics are worth paying attention to. In those three minutes, you’ll learn more about the anti-Washington grievances than in hours of reading erudite analysis by journalists who visited flyover country from their homes in Georgetown, Cambridge, and newly fashionable Brooklyn.

A few weeks ago in the Senate, we passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with overwhelming bipartisan support – we pass an updated version of this legislation every year to get resources to our military and to protect our national security.

The Inflation Reduction Act shows that Democrats are selling out taxpayers and America’s interests for the sake of their extreme climate agenda. That is why House Ways and Means Committee Republicans took action on legislation that would replace these handouts to the wealthy and well-connected with tax relief for working families. 

Bidenomics has been disastrous for the American people and is pushing our country toward bankruptcy. What Bidenomics has really brought us is the worst inflation rate in 40 years, the highest deficit in American history and an economy where the average Americans’ real wages are declining rather than improving. In addition, our economy has also struggled to return to the booming pre-pandemic employment levels.

One hundred and sixty-six days ago, Joe Biden promised he would visit East Palestine. He has failed to keep that promise. Not only has Joe Biden refused to visit East Palestine, but he has also refused to grant critical assistance to the recovery effort.

Two years ago, President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan left more than 1,000 American citizens behind enemy lines, billions in U.S. military equipment in the hands of the Taliban and 13 service members dead. 

“This is disgraceful,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, wrote on social media. “We had never indicted a former president or a leading presidential candidate. Joe Biden Democrats are weaponizing the justice system because they fear the voters.”

Prices are yet again a remarkable result of staggeringly sophisticated global cooperation. About them, no one realistically knows anything.

Self-interest is central to the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, who grew up in Russia and witnessed first-hand the oppression of free thought and free enterprise following the 1917 Communist revolution. Her masterpiece, “Atlas Shrugged,” is the ultimate roadmap to how American democracy can be subverted by leftist bureaucrats and a corrupt media to destroy some individuals and intimidate the rest.

If Newsom, Pritzker and Chicago’s administrators governed with more common sense and less WOKENESS, Illinois and California wouldn’t have driven so many citizens out of those well-paid police jobs that include generous benefits packages.

Miranda Devine is perhaps the most consistent voice on the shady relationships that President Biden and his son have cultivated with Ukraine. She has chronicled the saga prolifically since 2019, when Hunter’s fraught connection to the Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma first attracted public attention.

This past week was again the week of the antique machinery show, a week I have been looking forward to all year. I no longer feel nervous, just ever so happily excited as I climb up into the seat of my red tractor and join the line of proud tractor owners in the tractor parade.

Always be aware of your surroundings, and use your brain. Others doing the same thing you are doing is no assurance of safety. Your life may depend on it.

Republicans will know they're successful when people associate the party with entrepreneurship, high wages, and opportunities for people of all backgrounds to improve their lives. The first step is to change the old party name into something truly grand.