• “Former Russian President Medvedev Explains Why Putin Fights” By Clifford D. May: Clifford D. May uses recent comments from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to argue that Russia’s war in Ukraine is driven fundamentally by Vladimir Putin’s ambition to restore Russia’s status as an imperial “great power.” Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, declared that Russia must either remain a great power or cease to exist, which May interprets as unusually direct evidence that domination of Ukraine, rather than simply Russian security concerns, is central to the Kremlin’s objectives. May traces Putin’s claims about Ukraine to a distorted interpretation of the shared history of Kyivan Rus and connects the invasion to Putin’s longstanding view that the Soviet Union’s collapse was a geopolitical catastrophe. Given those ambitions, May argues that a comprehensive peace agreement is unlikely to satisfy Putin. Instead, he advocates pursuing an armistice that stops the fighting while continuing Western weapons and security guarantees for Ukraine, allowing it to strengthen its defenses and make renewed Russian aggression increasingly costly.

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• “Jeffries Lashes Out After Democrat Congressman Stuns Party, Endorses Trump-Backed Republican for Congress!” By Joshua C.: WLT Report highlights growing tensions within House Democratic leadership after retiring Maine Rep. Jared Golden endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in New York’s competitive congressional race against Democrat Cait Conley. Golden praised Lawler’s willingness to work across party lines, particularly his support for legislation protecting Maine’s lobster industry despite representing a district with no direct connection to it. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sharply criticized the endorsement, dismissing Lawler’s bipartisan reputation and questioning the significance of support from a retiring congressman outside New York. The article places the endorsement alongside Golden’s recent decisions to join fellow Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in supporting Republican procedural votes, portraying the developments as evidence of friction between moderate Democrats and party leadership. Golden, meanwhile, maintains that effective legislating requires cooperation across party lines rather than prioritizing partisan loyalty.

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• “Birthright Citizenship Not Settled After Supreme Court Case”: The opinion piece argues that the Supreme Court’s recent ruling did not resolve the underlying constitutional dispute over birthright citizenship. Instead, the Court addressed the authority of lower federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions against President Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict automatic citizenship for some children born in the United States. The author explains that the central question remains how the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, particularly the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” should be interpreted. Supporters of birthright citizenship maintain that the amendment guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil, while opponents argue that the language permits exceptions for children whose parents lack permanent legal allegiance to the United States. The piece concludes that the constitutional merits remain unsettled by this particular Supreme Court decision and will require further litigation before the Court can directly determine whether the administration’s policy is constitutional.

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• “The Way to Lose” By Mark Steyn: On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Mark Steyn revisits a column he wrote in 2002 warning that America and the West risked losing the broader conflict with radical Islam not on the battlefield, but culturally. Steyn argues that Western leaders and institutions were unwilling to clearly identify radical Islamism as the enemy, instead embracing a form of multiculturalism that emphasized tolerance, discouraged assigning blame, and often focused more heavily on perceived Western intolerance. He points to post-9/11 education, media, religious institutions, and President George W. Bush’s repeated insistence that “Islam is peace” as examples of what he considered a failure to make the moral and ideological case for the West. Steyn’s central argument is that military strength alone cannot win a long-term conflict if a civilization lacks confidence in its own values. Looking back 25 years later, he maintains that the warning was justified: Islamist movements may have been militarily weaker, but they possessed greater cultural confidence, while Western institutions increasingly struggled to defend their own civilization, liberal democracy, and rule of law.

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• “California Voters Pick Eric Swalwell’s Replacement” By Pedro Rodriguez: Pedro Rodriguez reports that California state Sen. Aisha Wahab won the special election runoff to replace former Rep. Eric Swalwell in California’s 14th Congressional District. Wahab, an Afghan American and progressive Democrat, defeated Bay Area Rapid Transit Board President Melissa Hernandez by roughly six percentage points and will serve the remainder of Swalwell’s term before the two face each other again in November. Wahab campaigned on fighting “corporate greed” and has backed universal childcare, Medicare for All, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She has also accused Israel of committing genocide and pledged to cut off U.S. funding, positions that prompted AIPAC and affiliated groups to spend millions opposing her candidacy. Wahab received support from Our Revolution, founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders, as well as prominent progressive Democrats including Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Maxwell Frost.

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• “The Legacy of Carlos the Jackal” By Clifford D. May: Clifford D. May examines the life of Carlos the Jackal to highlight the longstanding connections between revolutionary Marxism, Islamist extremism, and international terrorism. Born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez to a wealthy Marxist family in Venezuela, Carlos joined the Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and went on to carry out shootings, bombings, and the notorious 1975 attack on an OPEC meeting in Vienna. May argues that Carlos’s most enduring legacy may be ideological. In his 2003 manifesto, Revolutionary Islam, Carlos praised Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks while urging leftists, atheists, and other revolutionaries to accept Islamist leadership in a common struggle against America, Israel, capitalism, and Western influence. May contends that this alliance between the revolutionary left and radical Islam is now visible on American campuses and in street protests, even among young activists who have likely never heard of Carlos the Jackal.

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• “Six-Chart Sunday – Inheritances” By Bruce Mehlman: As the first Baby Boomers turn 80, Bruce Mehlman examines what the generation will leave behind for younger Americans. Boomers inherited a country entering an extraordinary period of postwar prosperity and technological progress, and they now hold a significant share of the nation’s wealth and leadership positions. But the inheritance awaiting younger generations is more complicated. While Boomers hold roughly $93 trillion in wealth, an estimated $36 trillion will ultimately reach Gen X and Millennial heirs, with most going to households that are already wealthy. At the same time, younger Americans will inherit a national debt approaching the size of the economy, looming Social Security and Medicare funding challenges, and historically low trust in government. Mehlman argues that perhaps the most consequential generational divide is cultural: younger Americans express substantially less confidence in institutions, patriotism, religion, family, and even America itself. The coming generational transition, therefore, will involve much more than transferring wealth and political power. It will require rebuilding the confidence and institutions necessary to sustain the prosperity Boomers inherited.

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• “Mamdani Promised Affordability. His New Amazon Delivery Plan Could Make NYC More Expensive.” By Jarrett Stepman: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pushing a new Delivery Protection Act that would impose additional licensing, safety, training, and labor requirements on last-mile warehouses and delivery operations. While Mamdani argues the measure will protect workers and hold companies such as Amazon accountable, Stepman warns it could have the opposite effect. Amazon relies on more than 40 subcontractors employing roughly 5,000 workers to make deliveries across New York City, and the company says the legislation could threaten those jobs and force delivery operations outside the city. Small business owners who operate Amazon delivery partnerships have also warned that the proposal could put them out of business. Stepman argues that the predictable result will be longer delivery times, higher costs for consumers, and fewer opportunities for workers and small businesses. It is another example of how Mamdani’s big government socialist approach to “affordability” could ultimately make New York City more expensive.

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• “Mamdani Purges Business Leaders to Cement Socialist Control of NYC” By Jarrett Stepman: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has removed all business and civic leaders from the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City board of advisers, marking the first time in at least three mayoral administrations that every board member has been dismissed. The Mayor’s Fund is designed to bring together city agencies, philanthropic organizations, community leaders, and the private sector to address challenges facing New Yorkers. Mamdani’s administration has indicated that the fund will move away from corporate leadership and instead emphasize working New Yorkers, activists, union leaders, and progressive organizers. Stepman argues that the overhaul is part of Mamdani’s broader effort to place ideological allies in positions of influence and reshape New York City government around his socialist agenda. Critics warn that removing business leaders from an organization that relies on public-private partnerships could further alienate employers, investment, and job creators at a time when New York needs them.

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• I am totally immersed in Daniel Silva’s new novel Ransom. He is an amazingly good writer and I look forward to every new adventure involving Gabriel Allon.

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Two unrelated stories recently captured the Democrats’ absurd opposition to the Save America Act.

First, the State of New Jersey admitted that at least 6,600 noncitizens had been erroneously registered to vote. According to ABC News, the voters had been incorrectly registered to vote when they applied for state identification — even though they reported being noncitizens in their applications. About 400 of them then cast ballots, counter to state and federal law.

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• “Chairman Steil Introduces the Voter ID Act” By The Committee on House Administration: Congressman Bryan Steil has moved to implement something that most developed nations have been using for decades: voter ID. This common-sense policy has been successful in virtually every country that has it. In Europe, western democracies use voter ID to ensure that elections are as safe as possible. In these countries, voters can use simple documents, such as a driver’s license or a passport, to prove their identity before they cast their ballot. Despite arguments from liberal naysayers, voter ID laws do not dampen turnout in nations such as France or the United Kingdom. Rep. Steil’s legislation does three things: requires an ID to participate in federal elections, creates a grant to reimburse states for providing free IDs, and allows provisional ballots to be cast if a voter accidentally leaves behind their ID. Each of these objectives are widespread throughout the world. Why should the U.S. be left behind?

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• The American Revolution of 1800: How Jefferson Rescued Democracy from Tyranny and Faction—and What This Means Today By Thom Hartmann argues that the American elections of 1800 was a defining moment that reshaped American history and ensured the survival of America’s democratic system into the present day. Compared to 1776, 1800 proved to the world that peaceful transfers of power were possible in non-monarchial systems. Hartmann investigates the divide between the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans, the crisis of Washington’s succession, and the crucial role Thomas Jefferson played in the process. The book showcases how this election defined the role of political parties, drawing lessons on the danger of polarization, attacks on civil liberties, the importance of respecting election outcomes, and the need to prioritize common principles over partisan gain. He suggests that modern democracy needs restraint, legitimate opposition, and peaceful transitions of power to survive.

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• California’s November Surprise: There Isn’t One By John Heubusch: Heubusch argues that despite the well-publicized campaigns of Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt, California’s electoral system all but guarantees a Democratic Party victory. In what he calls “one party rule” in California, Heubusch shows how California prohibits voter identification measures, pushes for mail-in ballots, and created the “Jungle Primary” system that no longer guarantees Republican candidates get a spot in general state elections. For instance, in LA’s mayoral race Spencer Pratt does not meet the threshold for continuing onto the runoff election, forcing Democratic voters to decide between two Democrat candidates. Along with the larger share of registered Democrat voters, he concludes that the races for California Governor and Los Angeles Mayor were long been decided before they even began.

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• An Autopsy of the DNC Campaign Autopsy by David Winston: Political strategist David Winston argues that the Democratic National Committee’s post-2024 election “autopsy” fails to answer the most important questions about why Kamala Harris lost. He contends the report overlooks key factors such as inflation, voter shifts among independents, women, and Hispanics, and why Democratic Senate candidates outperformed Harris in critical battleground states. The column challenges Democrats to conduct a more honest assessment if they hope to rebuild and win future elections.

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• “Budget Bloat: $5.7 billion deficit prompts prediction of ‘crisis’ in Pennsylvania” by Ford Turner (The Center Square): The deadline to pass a state budget in Pennsylvania is fast approaching, and lawmakers are bracing themselves for a deficit of about $5.7 billion. The political will to reduce that incoming deficit has already evaporated, perhaps as a consequence of last year’s state budget coming 135 days late. However, there are many unanswered questions that must be addressed in the upcoming budget negotiations.

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