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The U.S. Captures Nicolas Maduro
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- The U.S. Captures Nicolas Maduro
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- 4 months ago
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- Early this morning, the Trump administration carried out military strikes in Venezuela and captured dictator Nicollás Maduro and his wife.
Germania Rodriguez Poleo explains why Venezuelans around the world are celebrating and what must come next.
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- The U.S. Captured Maduro. What Comes Next for Venezuela?
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- 4 months ago
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- In the early hours of Saturday morning, Venezuelans awoke to the sound of U.S. helicopters overhead. Per President Donald Trump, the U.S. conducted a “large-scale strike” on facilities in what he has dubbed the “narco state” of Venezuela.
The U.S. has arrested Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Hours after the swift operation, Attorney General Pam Bondi unsealed the U.S. government’s charges against the now-deposed Venezuelan leader: narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, drug trafficking, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices.
Then, in a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said the U.S. would “run” Venezuela “until such time that we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.”
Why did Trump decide to act in Venezuela? Are the administration’s actions legal? What will happen to Maduro when he reaches American soil? And what will come next—both for Venezuela and for U.S. foreign polic...
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- Mamdani Just Became Mayor. This NYC Lawmaker Is Ready to Fight.
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- 4 months ago
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- Vickie Paladino is the second highest ranking Republican on the New York City Council. She's a Trump supporter who has lived her whole life in the Northeast Queens district she now represents. Critics call her hateful, a bigot, an Islamophobe, and over the last year, she's become perhaps the most controversial GOP lawmaker in the state. But she's also a throwback to a New York that is fast disappearing, a last of the Mohicans figure from the Rudy Giuliani era, and a dealmaker who enjoys the friendship and respect of her Democratic colleagues.
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- It’s Vance vs. Cruz for the GOP’s Future | Former Trump Official Sarah Isgur
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- 4 months ago
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Former Trump administration official and legal analyst Sarah Isgur joins Bari Weiss to break down what to expect from the Trump presidency in 2026—and her assessment is blunt. Isgur argues that Trump’s greatest achievement has also become his biggest risk: the consolidation of power inside the executive branch amid a hollowed-out Congress, leaving much of his agenda vulnerable to reversal. She warns that governing by executive order—from immigration to ignoring the TikTok ban—sets dangerous legal precedents and may leave Trump with little lasting legacy. Looking ahead to the 2026 midterms, Isgur predicts chaos driven by collapsing party structures, poor candidate incentives, and rapid voter realignment. She weighs in on potential cabinet shake-ups, the looming Vance-vs-Cruz fight for the GOP’s future, and why Trump is already edging toward lame-duck status—even as the consequences ...
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- Niall Ferguson’s 2026 Forecast: More War, More Antisemitism, Less Unity
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- 4 months ago
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In this year-end predictions episode, historian and Free Press columnist Niall Ferguson joins Bari Weiss to map the world heading into 2026—and his forecast is sobering. Ferguson argues we are firmly in “Cold War II,” with China replacing the Soviet Union as America’s primary rival, driving proxy conflicts, economic warfare, and rising geopolitical risk. He explains why China is unlikely to invade Taiwan in 2026, even as tensions intensify through trade, technology, and high-stakes Trump–Xi diplomacy. Ferguson assesses the grim outlook in Ukraine, where war is likely to grind on, the fragile ceasefire and unfinished conflicts in the Middle East, and the growing possibility of U.S. intervention in Venezuela. He closes with a stark warning about the global rise of antisemitic violence, calling it a defining and dangerous trend of the 2020s—and a moral test the West is failing to conf...
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- Bill Maher: Why Tucker Says *Crazy* Things.
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- 5 months ago
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- There Is No AI Water Crisis.
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- 5 months ago
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- There is no AI water crisis.
"There are many things to be concerned about when it comes to AI and its impact on our culture and workforce—but water usage should not be one of them," argues Jonas Du.
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- Did Trump’s Allies Help Break Andrew Tate Out of Romania?
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- 5 months ago
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- “Reject weakness in any form.”
“The world is hypercompetitive. If you’re going to be a man who’s going to sit and say, ‘I’m just sad,’ you are always going to lose in competition to men like me.”
“My sister is her husband’s property.”
“There is no such thing as an independent female.”
This is all Andrew Tate, the controversial “manosphere” influencer, whose content has racked up billions of views online. His blend of self-help rhetoric and shock-value provocation has earned him notoriety, millions of followers, and millions of dollars.
In the 2010s, Andrew rose to prominence alongside his brother, Tristan, through viral clips on TikTok, X, and YouTube, preaching ideas about how to make money, build physical discipline, and become a “high-value man.” He did this while also running a webcam porn business, which involved getting women to perform on camera for paying customers. And he sold...
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- Bill Maher on VIRAL Clash with Ana Kasparian Over Israel
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- 5 months ago
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- Bill Maher on Viral Ana Kasparian-Israel Blowup, “Dangerous” Tucker Carlson & Trump’s Biggest Wins
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- 5 months ago
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Bill Maher joins The Free Press’s Maya Sulkin for a wide-ranging conversation on political polarization, free speech, and the state of American democracy. Maher weighs in on the viral Ana Kasparian–Israel debate, calls out conspiracy culture on both the left and right, and explains why figures like Tucker Carlson thrive in today’s media ecosystem. From Trump’s biggest wins in the Middle East to identity politics, Gen Z, and what it means to be “politically homeless,” Maher makes the case for intellectual honesty—and why the center still matters.
Maher also hosts Club Random, a long-form interview podcast featuring hour-long, one-on-one conversations with an eclectic mix of guests. Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts.
Or watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clubrandompodcast
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- The Criticism of Karoline Leavitt's Vanity Fair Photos Is Hypocritical
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- 5 months ago
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- The discourse around Karoline Leavitt’s Vanity Fair photos is revealing, says Tanika D'Souza.
“Shaming someone for the way they look and what they choose to do with their body is either wrong—no matter who they’re shaming—or it’s not. The double standards on display are an example of how political resentment and divisions brew.”
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- Trump Signs Executive Order on Rescheduling Marijuana
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- 5 months ago
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- President Donald Trump just signed an executive order rescheduling marijuana.
For more than 50 years, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug—the same category as heroin, ecstasy, and LSD.
Today, Trump moved marijuana to Schedule III—the same category as Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and testosterone.
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- Bondi Beach: Why the West Can't Solve Islamist Terrorism
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- 5 months ago
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On Sunday, two gunmen murdered 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past several days. Just this week, a Jewish family’s home displaying Hanukkah decorations was fired on more than 20 times in California; a Hanukkah concert in Amsterdam was disrupted by thousands of protesters; and in New York City, one Orthodox Jewish man was confronted on the subway while another was stabbed in the street.
Sadly, we’ve grown accustomed to Jews in the West being regularly targeted—and this pattern has persisted all year. In Washington, D.C., this past May, Israeli embassy employees Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were murdered outside the Capital Jewish Museum. In Boulder, Colorado, this past June, a man used a makeshift flamethrower to attack a gathering calling for the release of Israeli hostages. A...
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- Trump Reschedules Marijuana
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- 5 months ago
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- President Trump just signed an executive order rescheduling marijuana.
For more than 50 years, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug—the same category as heroin, ecstasy, and LSD.
Today, Trump moved marijuana to Schedule III—the same category as Tylenol with codeine, ketamine, and testosterone.
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- The Jewish Parents Who Raised Mamdani Voters
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- 5 months ago
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- What does it feel like to be a Jewish New Yorker who realizes their own kid voted for Zohran Mamdani?
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- Can Comedy Save Civilization? Richard Dawkins on P.G. Wodehouse
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- 5 months ago
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- Richard Dawkins is best known as a formidable evolutionary biologist and biting critic of religion. But when he wants a break from polemics and proofs, he turns to P.G. Wodehouse for a belly laugh.
Wodehouse’s satire skewered British aristocrats, Hollywood phonies, and self-important moralists with surgical precision. In this episode, Shilo Brooks sits down with Dawkins to find out why the British humorist remains one of the sharpest writers in the English language.
The conversation ranges from Wodehouse’s outrageous similes and linguistic brilliance to his imprisonment by the Nazis during World War II and to a larger question: why has humor been evacuated from modern intellectual life?
0:00 — Intro
0:53 — Dawkins on fiction and pleasure-reading
2:08 — The boarding-school moment that hooked him
3:08 — Jeeves, Blandings, Mulliner: the Wodehouse map
4:29 — Wodehouse’s life story and the war stain
6:05 ...
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- Republicans Accuse Climate Groups of Doing China’s ‘Dirty Work’ in the U.S.
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- 5 months ago
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- Exclusive: 26 states are asking Trump to investigate U.S. climate groups for their ties to China.
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- German Christmas Markets Are Becoming Unrecognizable
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- 5 months ago
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- After years of terrorist attacks and threats, German Christmas markets are becoming unrecognizable.
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- Are Conservatives Really Divided?
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- 5 months ago
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- “Social media doesn’t show you the world — it distorts it. It takes a tiny slice of humanity, amplifies the most extreme behavior inside it, and then convinces you that you’re looking at the whole picture.”
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- Antisemitic Terror in Australia
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- 5 months ago
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- A Dark Night for Australia’s Jews
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- 5 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3DmLpLi
This Sunday evening at Bondi Beach, the most popular beach in Sydney, two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration attended by more than a thousand people. At least 16 people were killed. Dozens were wounded. Victims ranged from just 10 to 87 years old.
This attack on Australia’s Jewish community comes after a steady rise in antisemitism in the country.
The FP's Rafaela Siewert sat down for a livestream with Erin Molan and Nomi Kaltmann to discuss what we know about this horrible event.
Erin Molan, a television presenter and host of The Erin Molan Show, was on her balcony near Bondi Beach last night when she heard the shots ring out. Nomi Kaltmann, a journalist, lawyer, and Tablet magazine’s Australia correspondent, told me about what the attack means for her Australian Jewish community.
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- Bari Weiss Sits Down With Erika Kirk | Full Interview
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- 5 months ago
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- Last week, Bari Weiss sat down with Erika Kirk for an hour-long town hall in front of a live audience on CBS.
It was an extremely powerful conversation. Erika and Bari spoke about a lot—rising political violence in this very divided country; the way some people justified or excused Charlie’s murder; what Erika thinks about some of the controversial things Charlie said in his lifetime; her response to Candace Owens and the conspiracy theories Owens and others are peddling; the growing antisemitism on the right; and, of course, her decision to forgive Charlie’s killer.
They also talked about the posthumous release of Charlie’s last book, Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life.
This town hall was the first of many conversations and debates Bari will be bringing to CBS News about the things that matter most. Which, of course, are often the hardest to talk about.
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- Woke Outrage Over Pantone's Color Of The Year
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- 5 months ago
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- Pantone’s new Color of the Year is…white—and the internet was not having it.
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- You've Been Lied To About Africa
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- 5 months ago
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- You’ve been lied to about Africa.
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- Why Are So Many College Students "Disabled?"
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- 5 months ago
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- Over 20 percent of Brown and Harvard students now claim disabilities.
“When students get extra time they don’t need, they’re being taught that claiming a disability and finding loopholes is how to get ahead,” argues Daniel Idfresne.
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- We Need to Be Honest About the Migrant Problem in Minneapolis
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- 5 months ago
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- Will Rahn speaks with Reihan Salam about the Minnesota welfare fraud scandal and what it reveals about government oversight, immigration, and assimilation in America.
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- When Elites Turn Evil
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- 5 months ago
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- Symptoms of Decay Are Everywhere
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- 5 months ago
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- The Moral Collapse of America’s Ruling Class | Dominic Green
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- 5 months ago
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- “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” This famous line from The Leopard has become a shorthand for moments when a ruling order senses its own looming downfall.
And it feels eerily relevant now, in an age when the liberal order we cherish seems increasingly unsteady. We are living in a moment when we shout “regime decline” from the rooftops. Lampedusa’s classic novel is about what it feels like to live inside history—inside the collapse of a social order and the disorientation that accompanies the fall of a ruling class.
In this episode, historian Dominic Green joins Shilo Brooks to explore why today’s American and British establishments resemble that fading aristocracy: oligarchic, overregulated, technologically backward, and increasingly contemptuous of the people they rule.
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- Why The EU Is Really Fining X $140 million
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- 5 months ago
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- The EU is fining X $140 million. It’s “about making platform owners like Elon Musk, who refuses to police speech on behalf of European regulators, bend the knee,” argues Esther Krakue.
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- Should Assisted Suicide Be Legal?
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- 5 months ago
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- Two Medical Experts Debate: Assisted Suicide
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- 5 months ago
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- One of the most complex medical, ethical, moral, and religious questions of our era is that of physician-assisted suicide—also known as Medical Aid in Dying, or MAID.
Eleven U.S. states and Washington, D.C. have legalized some form of MAID for terminally ill patients. And New York might join them.
Over the summer, a Medical Aid in Dying Act passed New York’s state legislature. It is now sitting on Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk as she decides whether to sign it into law.
Under the proposed New York bill, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live would be able to access a prescribed, self-administered life-ending medication.
Supporters argue that this is a compassionate option—one that can relieve people of immense pain and suffering, allowing patients to choose when and where they die, and to do so surrounded by loved ones.
Opponents see this as a violation of physicians’ fundamental oat...
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- London Now Averages 320 Stolen Phones a Day
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- 5 months ago
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- London now averages 320 stolen phones a day.
Esther Krakue was on Oxford Street for five minutes before her friend’s phone was taken. “This is Mayor Sadiq Khan’s London where phone theft, just like knife crime, and antisocial behavior have become normal.
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- Abigail Shrier Gives Nellie Bowles Advice
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- 5 months ago
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- "How do I build a sense of stability while also feeling like the world is falling apart."
Abigail Shrier answers Nellie Bowles in the first edition of her new Tough Love column at TheFP.com.
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- Hard Truth: The World Doesn't Revolve Around You.
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- 5 months ago
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- Stop Scrolling. Start Living.
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- 5 months ago
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- The West’s Crisis of Meaning—and Finding Our Way Out | Ryan Holiday
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- 5 months ago
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- According to Ryan Holiday, Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer is like the better, more mature cousin to The Catcher in the Rye. In this episode, Shilo Brooks sits down with the author and Daily Stoic founder to discuss the quiet Southern novel set in postwar New Orleans.
The book follows a Korean War veteran who has money, women, and a respectable job but whose inner life is defined by existential malaise and a spiritual itch that he calls “the search.” In the end, he resigns himself to the humdrum responsibilities of marriage and everyday life. Brooks and Holiday explore the book’s philosophical themes and its continued relevance in a media-saturated world where many of us, still starved for meaning, try to turn our own existence into a social-media performance.
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- Inside Trump’s ICE Raids—with the MAGA Mom Fighting Back
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- 5 months ago
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- When I met Aleah Arundale outside her home in Chicago a few weeks ago, she greeted me dressed in a sequined American flag skirt and a sweatshirt with “USA” printed on the front.
Arundale is the type of person who is hard to fit in a box. She’s loud and boisterous, and not just in her fashion choices. She’ll tell you she voted for Donald Trump in the last election because she felt the left had gone too far on social issues impacting her two young kids. She’ll also tell you she agreed with Trump’s pledge to shut down the border and stop the flow of illegal migrants coming into America.
But even as immigration has become perhaps the most charged issue in our politics over the last decade, Arundale has dedicated the last three years of her life to assisting Venezuelan migrant families settle in Chicago—helping them file for asylum, get out of the shelters, find work, food, schooling, and anything else they may need to begin building a life in America...
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- The MAGA Mom Helping Venezuelan Immigrants
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- 5 months ago
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- “There is a big difference between making sure new people come here legally and this sick, demented, you know, torture that we’re doing to people that are already here.”
The FP’s Tanya Lukyanova and Frannie Block spent the day with Aleah Arundale, the MAGA supporter who fights to protect her Venezuelan neighbors from ICE raids.
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- The Minnesota Fraud Scandal Was Enabled by DEI
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- 5 months ago
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- Feeding Our Future didn’t just commit fraud, they weaponized DEI, argues Esther Krakue.
The nonprofit told Minnesota officials that if they didn’t fast-track “minority-owned” applicants, they’d be hit with a racism lawsuit “sprawled across the news.”
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- A Man Should Know: How To Say Thank You
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- 5 months ago
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- "When writing a thank-you note, a few lines are enough. Thank the recipient, highlight for them a few specifics that you enjoyed from your time together, maybe a fun moment or something interesting they said. This is typically enough," writes Elliot Ackerman.
Read his full piece "A Man Should Know: How To Say Thank You" at TheFP.com.
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- The Real Poverty LIne
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- 5 months ago
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- Wall Street strategist Michael Green says the poverty line isn’t $31,200. It’s $140,000.
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- How it feels to be a new American 🇺🇸
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- 5 months ago
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- Land Acknowledgements Are A Horrible Idea
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- 5 months ago
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- "Once the logic of land acknowledgements and “decolonization” is followed, it leads very quickly to some very dark futures," argues Noah Smith.
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- Wellness Start-Up Turned S*x Cult.
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- 5 months ago
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- "The Second Amendment is a RIGHT" NRA Spokesperson Dana Loesch
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- 5 months ago
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- Trump Signs Executive Order on Muslim Brotherhood
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- 5 months ago
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- President Trump has issued an executive order targeting violent Muslim Brotherhood chapters and offshoots.
“This is one of the most significant counterterrorism directives in decades.”
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- The 14-Year-Old Running for Governor of Vermont
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- 6 months ago
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- Dean Roy is three months into his freshman year at Stowe High School in Vermont. By most measures, he’s a normal 14-year-old: He runs cross-country and likes Formula 1. In the winter, he enjoys Nordic skiing and tapping maple trees for syrup with his family.
He’s also running for governor of Vermont.
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- Inside OneTaste: The Wellness Trend That Hid a Sex Cult
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- 6 months ago
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It’s not every day we witness the downfall of a pro-orgasm wellness guru. But in June 2025, a federal jury sent founder—and alleged cult leader—Nicole Daedone to jail.
Two decades earlier, Daedone had founded OneTaste, a global wellness company promising sexual education, empowerment, and even enlightenment.
The company’s signature offering was a 15-minute clitoral-stroking method called “orgasmic meditation,” or OM, supplemented by for-purchase demonstrations, workshops, and retreats for members to immerse themselves in the practice. The goal was to make OM as common as yoga or meditation. “Do you want to OM?” was meant to reverberate across the San Francisco wellness community.
At its peak, OneTaste drew endorsements from Gwyneth Paltrow, Khloé Kardashian, Theo Von, and Tim Ferriss. But behind closed doors, a very different reality wa...
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- Alan Dershowitz vs. Dana Loesch Debate: Gun Control.
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- 6 months ago
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- Think for yourself. Subscribe to The Free Press today: https://thefp.pub/3SgfX5J
There are more civilian-owned firearms in the United States than in any other nation on earth. To many, gun ownership is the ultimate expression of our freedom and of the promise that power ultimately resides with the people, not the state. But they are also part of the reason that we have more gun deaths than anywhere else in the developed world.
The debate on guns in America stems from a single sentence from our Bill of Rights, written in 1791: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
That sentence—the Second Amendment of our Constitution, and the question of whether America would be safer without it—was the focus of our final live debate of 2025, held before a packed house at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater. On stage were two formidable debaters: attorn...
