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How Activists Hijacked Our Institutions
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- How Activists Hijacked Our Institutions
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- 1 year ago
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I’m sure you remember the images of Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
They were just nine months and four years old when they were kidnapped by Hamas along with their mother, Shiri, on October 7, 2023. It was impossible to look at the image of her shielding them, her eyes full of terror, the children clinging to her, and not think of the Holocaust.
For more than 500 days, people around the world prayed for the safe return of these babies. Our hopes were raised on February 1, when the fourth member of the family—Yarden Bibas—was liberated after 484 days in Hamas captivity.
But as this episode goes live, Kfir, Ariel, and Shiri Bibas won’t be returning home alive. Hamas instead will hand over their remains.
How can Israel live alongside an enemy that kidnaps and murders babies? And what does it mean for us to live...
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- Who Shot JFK? The Ultimate American Conspiracy
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- 1 year ago
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- Listen to the full episode of Breaking History: https://thefp.pub/3QmINR7
Donald Trump says he’ll declassify all the files about the assassination. We’d never have got to this point if it weren’t for a weird ’90s film.
Today we’re bringing you the third episode of Breaking History, a new podcast in which Eli Lake goes back in time in order to make sense of the present. The last episode was about the long history of progressives derailing California’s politics. In this episode, he explains how, exactly, the assassination of John F. Kennedy gave birth to so many wild conspiracy theories. If you want to understand why President Donald Trump recently ordered the director of national intelligence to plan how to release all the files relating to that dark day, you can listen to the episode—or read a print adaptation of it—here: https://thefp.pub/3QmINR7
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- Lively-Baldoni Has Killed Man-Bun Feminism
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- 1 year ago
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- “Justin Baldoni literally wrote the book on beta maledom… His whole public persona was being an ally of women—and this ended up being the key to his downfall.”
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- "1950s Sex Culture Got It Right" | Louise Perry
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- 1 year ago
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Running The Free Press is Bari’s hobby, but her true passion is being a yenta. And one thing Bari has learned from talking to young singles is that there is a total breakdown of sexual relations these days between men and women.
Some blame social media, dating apps, or the alleged feminization of men. But Louise Perry blames the sexual revolution. In 2022, Louise wrote this for The Free Press: “The sexual revolution isn’t only a story of women freed from the burdens of chastity and motherhood. It’s a story about the triumph of the playboy.” This argument is the crux of her book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, which has just been adapted for young adults—A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century: The Young Adult Adaptation of ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution.’
Lou...
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- "DOGE Isn’t Radical Enough to Save the UK" | Kemi Badenoch
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- 1 year ago
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On Monday at the ARC Conference in London Bari sat down with Kemi Badenoch, who has been in charge of the Conservative Party for a little more than 100 days. When they last spoke—in December, on Honestly—Trump had just become the president and she had just become opposition leader.
Bari asked her if she could turn her party—and ultimately, her country—around? And if so, how? This week, they sat for a follow-up conversation on immigration, the economy, whether the vibe shift has made it to the UK, and more.
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- Why Rick Caruso *Refused* to shake Jeffrey Katzenberg’s hand.
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- How California’s Leaders Caused the LA Fire Devastation | Former LA Mayoral Candidate Rick Caruso
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A lot of people are wondering if things in Los Angeles would look different if Rick Caruso had won the mayoral race against Karen Bass in 2022. If he had been mayor when devastating fires began in the city last month, could he have prevented them from consuming about 40,000 acres—an area twice the size of Manhattan?
At the time Caruso ran, many quietly supported the billionaire real estate mogul—scared to come out publicly for the white Boomer billionaire against the candidate (a black woman and a former physician assistant who happened to travel to Cuba eight times in the 1970s) who was backed by Barack Obama and celebrities like Shonda Rhimes and Ariana Grande.
But disaster has a way of clarifying things. And many—including the LA Times owner whose paper endorsed Bass—are expressing serious buyer’s remorse.
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- Why Aren't Young People Having Sex?
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- 1 year ago
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“Sex must be taken seriously,” argues Louise Perry in the introduction of her upcoming book, A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century. A good old-fashioned feminist, Louise believes that casual sex is not, by and large, good for women; she made that case in The Free Press’s first-ever live debate, and in her explosive debut book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution.
Her follow-up, out March 10, is “the young adult adaptation” of the earlier book’s argument. In it, Louise takes apart the assumptions of liberal, “sex-positive” feminism, which have been absorbed by so many young Americans. She comes to radical yet sensible conclusions, like: Not all desires should be acted on. Sex is better when you’re committed to your partner. Hookup culture is popular with men—but that doesn’t mean women have to participate in it.
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- Can America Win the AI War with China?
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- 1 year ago
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Two weeks ago, America thought it was leading the AI race. Then out of nowhere, an unknown Chinese start-up turned the American stock market—and that assumption—on its head. DeepSeek, a Chinese company founded less than two years ago, released a free AI chatbot that rivals the most advanced available open AI products. And they did it despite America’s prohibition on shipping our most advanced microchips to China.
America was caught flat-footed, asking how did this happen? And could we actually lose this tech war?
Now, if your understanding of computers stops at the term hard drive, don’t worry. Today on Honestly, Bari has two incredible guests, experts on both AI and China, who are going to break it all down for you. Tyler Cowen is an economics professor, AI expert, and a must-read writer at his blog, Marginal Revolution. He is joined today by Geoffrey Cane,...
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- Bari Weiss on Why She No Longer Has "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
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- 1 year ago
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- Should DOGE Burn USAID to the Ground?
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- 1 year ago
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It’s Trump’s third week in office and there is no shortage of news to report. Last week, RFK Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard advanced in their congressional confirmation hearings for Health and Human Services secretary, FBI director, and Director of National Intelligence, and criticisms of Gabbard resurfaced over her meeting with former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in 2017, and over her defense of Edward Snowden—who she refused to call a traitor.
Meanwhile, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United States, making him the first foreign leader invited to the new Trump White House. At a press conference with President Trump, he looked like the dog that caught the car when T...
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- The “Golden Age” for Jews Has Ended | Simon Sebag Montefiore
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- 1 year ago
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Did you know that Joseph Stalin could sing with perfect pitch? Or that he was so scared of his wife that he would hide from her in the bathroom? Did you know that Peter the Great liked to surround himself with naked dwarfs? Did you know that Catherine the Great—long smeared as a nymphomaniac—was actually a lovelorn monogamist? Or that King Herod’s genitals once exploded with maggots?
Most historians bore you with dry accounts of battles and treaties, and it’s hard to remember any of it. But not Simon Sebag Montefiore, who writes 900 pages that you cannot put down.
Sebag Montefiore is one of the most important historians alive today. His many books, like Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great & Potemkin are essential to understanding power, politics, revolution, dictatorships...
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- Some Advice for Democrats.
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- 1 year ago
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- Is TikTok a Threat to Americans?
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- Is China Winning the War for A.I. Supremacy?
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- 1 year ago
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- Is China Winning the A.I. Cold War?
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- 1 year ago
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Two weeks ago, America thought it was leading the AI race. Then, out of nowhere, a totally unknown Chinese start-up turned that assumption—and the American stock market—on its head.
DeepSeek, a Chinese company founded less than two years ago, released a free AI chatbot that rivals the most advanced available OpenAI products. And they did it despite America’s prohibition on shipping our state of the art microchips to China.
America was caught flat-footed, asking: How did this even happen? And could we actually lose this tech war?
Now, if your understanding of computers stops at the term hard drive, don’t worry. Bari has invited two incredible guests, experts on both AI and China, to break it all down for you. Tyler Cowen is an economics professor, an AI expert, and a must-read writer at his blog, Marginal Revolut...
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- What the Hell Happened to California?
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- 1 year ago
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- Listen to the full episode of Breaking History: https://thefp.pub/412V2bw
Today we’re bringing you the second episode of Breaking History, our brand-new podcast, in which Eli Lake goes back in time—to make sense of the present. The first episode was about the seventh president, the 47th president, and America’s occasional craving for an anti-elite elite.
In this episode, we travel to San Francisco in the 1970s, when a new, radical set of leaders took over the West Coast. This is when progressives first took root in California, where they remain supreme to this day—even though their policies have burned the state more than once.
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- DOGE Uncovers Wild Govt Spending
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- 1 year ago
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- Radicals Have Burned California Before | Breaking History Episode 2
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- 1 year ago
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- Our “Holiday From History” Is Over | Simon Sebag Montefiore
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- 1 year ago
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Simon Sebag Montefiore is one of the most important historians alive today. His many books, like "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar," "The Romanovs," and "Catherine the Great & Potemkin" are essential to understanding power, politics, revolution, dictatorships, and above all, human nature.
While most of Sebag Montefiore’s books are biographies of people, Jerusalem is a biography of a city—one that is “the house of the one God, the capital of two peoples, the temple of three religions, and she is the only city to exist twice—in heaven and on earth.” The book takes you through 3,000 years of Jerusalem’s history, from King David to Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. It is a must-read. It has sold more than a million copies, and it has just been reissued in paperback.
With the ceasefire deal underway in Israel and with Donald Tr...
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- ‘I Risked Everything to Expose Britain’s Grooming Gangs’
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- 1 year ago
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- ‘I Don’t Think My Business Can Survive These Tariffs’
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- 1 year ago
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- DEI Is Finally Dead on Campus?
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- 1 year ago
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- How Tiger Mom Amy Chua Beat the Woke Mob
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- 1 year ago
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Fourteen years ago, Amy Chua published Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. It was received less like a book and more like a nuclear bomb. Here are some headlines from the time: “Why I Will Never Be a Tiger Mom.” “Why Amy Chua Is Wrong About Parenting.” “Amy Chua Is a Circus Trainer, Not a Tiger Mother.” “The Human Race Needs Elephant Mothers, Not Tiger Mothers.” “Amy Chua's Recipe for Disaster and the Externalized Cost of Book Sales.”
Then, just as the publicity around Tiger Mother died down, Amy came out with The Triple Package, about why some ethnic groups succeed. People called her racist. Then she came out in support of Brett Kavanaugh's court nomination in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal (before he was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford). Afterward, people accused her of misogyny and grooming. And she was almost forced out of Yale for it. ...
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- DEBATE: Trump Bans Transgender Troops from the Military
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- 1 year ago
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It’s President Donald Trump’s second week in office, and he has wasted no time being the wrecking ball he promised his voters he would be.
To talk about it all, Free Press senior editor Peter Savodnik is joined today by Brianna Wu and FP investigative reporter Madeleine Rowley, who spoke to Hegseth this week about his plans to end diversity, equity, and inclusion in the military.
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- Why the Food Babe Is Optimistic About the “Bipartisan” MAHA Movement
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- 1 year ago
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- Jillian Michaels Says Americans Are So Unhealthy Because “It's All About Money”
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- 1 year ago
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- A Night in San Francisco’s Open-Air Drug Market
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- 1 year ago
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We asked police, addicts, and residents to weigh in—while people appeared to overdose in front of our eyes. With politicians considering mass arrests, the city may be at a turning point. Ben Kawaller reports.
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- Calley Means: Why Americans Are So Sick.
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- America’s Health Activated Jillian Michaels
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- 1 year ago
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- Abandon Ultra-Processed Foods
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- 1 year ago
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- Inside the MAHA Revolution | Calley Means, Vani Hari, and Jillian Michaels
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- 1 year ago
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There has been a cultural sea change over the last year when it comes to health in America. It is shepherded by an unexpected coalition of nutritionists, longevity experts, wellness influencers, holistic and functional doctors of medicine, moms wearing babies and natural deodorant, mushroom shamans, and some vaccine skeptics. They’ve gathered under the banner of Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, and they’re here to tell us that plastic cutting boards, Diet Coke, and pasteurized milk—all things that once seemed perfectly normal in American life—are actually killing us.
A decade ago, if you read that list of personas you would think MAHA is some woo-woo, hippie progressive movement. But here we are in 2025, and this is the same group that helped usher Donald Trump to power.
What does MAHA stand for? What does it look like when it marries itself to power? And ...
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- The Backstory Behind Hillbilly Elegy
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- 1 year ago
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- When professor Amy Chua faced cancellation after the release of her 2011 memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” her student J.D. Vance sent an email that would set into motion his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy.”
“I wrote right back, and I just said, ’You have to write your own book.’ ”
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- DEBATE: Trump Reverses Biden-Era Transgender Policies | Batya Ungar-Sargon & Brianna Wu
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- 1 year ago
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- Is San Francisco Finally Abandoning Woke Politics?
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- 1 year ago
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Back in 2021, “equity” was the board’s guiding principle of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. At its inaugural meeting in January of that year, the word was uttered nearly two dozen times. “Equity and racial justice are the issues that matter,” Catherine Stefani, a former member of the board, said then. Both to “our country and our city right now.”
Indeed, for over a decade, San Francisco has enacted policies rooted in social justice. In 2013, the city police department ordered officers not to pursue nonviolent offenders unless they posed a risk to public safety. Addicts were allowed to inject dangerous drugs like heroin and fentanyl in the open air, and overdoses soared. Meanwhile, scenes of people brazenly shoplifting goods from Bay Area drugstores went viral after petty crime was decriminalized. And Shamann Walton, the board president from 2021-2023, spearhe...
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- Working-Class People Don’t Support Utopian Ideas Like ‘Abolish the Police.’
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- Working-Class Americans Want the Basics Like Security and Affordability, Not Fashionable Ideology
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- What Russians Think of Tucker Carlson
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- 1 year ago
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Three days into his second term, President Donald Trump threatened to impose “high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States” if Moscow doesn’t reach an agreement to end the war in Ukraine “soon.”
But since the start of the war in February 2022, the West had placed so many sanctions on Russia that it has surpassed Iran to become the most sanctioned country in the world. But whether they’ve made a significant difference in the lives of ordinary Russians is hard to know. What is clear is that the sanctions have proven insufficient in hurting the Russian economy enough to force the Kremlin to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
Last year, Putin boasted about Russia’s economic resilience and its resistance to Western sanctions, saying: “We have growth, and they have decline.” A few months later, Tucker Ca...
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- Their Son Was Murdered by Hamas. What Do They Think of the Hostage Deal?
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- 1 year ago
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- The parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was killed in Hamas captivity, reflect on the relief and concern they feel over the Israel-Hamas hostage deal.
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- Jillian Michaels on MAHA Under Trump
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- 1 year ago
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- WATCH: LA Fires, MAGA's Schism, and Meta's Big Pivot
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Trump’s inauguration is right around the corner, and there is so much to cover about the new White House. In the coming weeks, we’ll have key figures in the Trump administration on Honestly to talk about what they are planning.
But, we all know that if Trump 2.0 is anything like Trump 1.0, there are going to be a lot of twists and turns here. And we want to analyze and break down each development that unfolds in Trump’s new administration.
Starting today and for the next few months, we’re going to bring you weekly episodes with two of my favorite guests: Batya Ungar-Sargon and Brianna Wu.
Batya Ungar-Sargon is a Free Press contributor and the opinion editor at Newsweek. Brianna Wu is a Democratic fundraiser and activist, and in her past life, a video game developer. If you’ve heard them together on Honestly before, you know that these two come from dif...
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- Inside Trump's MAGA Victory Rally.
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- 1 year ago
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- Sen. Ted Cruz on TikTok, China, the Ceasefire Deal, and Much More
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- 1 year ago
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- A wide-ranging conversation live in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Trump's inauguration.
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- Mold, Potholes, Broken Doors, Collapsed Ceilings: LA Fire Stations Are Falling Apart
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- 1 year ago
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- Xaviaer DuRousseau Says People Are Finally Being 'Honest' in Their Support of America
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- “Biden Wasn’t Running the Country.” Speaker Mike Johnson on the Biden Cover-Up
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The FP is in our nation’s capital for the inauguration—and we’re talking to everyone with skin in the game. Today, hear Bari Weiss in conversation with Speaker Mike Johnson on the future of America under Donald Trump's second administration.
Stay tuned for more conversations from "The Free Press in D.C."
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- What Do Russians Think of the War?
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- 1 year ago
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Read more about Tanya's trip to Moscow: https://thefp.pub/4g17cpH
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- The Rose Bowl Is a Base Camp for Over 3,000 Firefighters Battling the L.A. Fires
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- 1 year ago
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- Introducing the Breaking History Podcast with Eli Lake
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- 1 year ago
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- Before Donald Trump, there was Huey Long. Before the Columbia tentifada, there was the Weather Underground.
Eli Lake knows that history doesn’t repeat itself—but it rhymes. Listen to Breaking History, launching Jan. 22. https://thefp.pub/4je6JmJ
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- H.R. McMaster’s Tell-all on Trump
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Very few people have worked closely with President-elect Donald Trump, gotten fired, and walked away with a pretty balanced view of him.
But former national security adviser to Trump, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster is an exception.
In his book At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, he gives an honest account of working in Trump’s first administration: the good, the bad, and the unexpected.
Last week, McMaster sat down with Michael Moynihan at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia for an in-person Free Press Book Club event to discuss it all. They talk about his moments of tension with Trump, his understanding of Trump’s foreign policy, and how Trump’s rhetoric toward adversaries was actually good, despite being villainized by the press. And also, as McMaster puts it, Trump can be “so disruptive, he often inte...
