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Tommy Tuberville has been sounding the alarm about jihadist threats in America. He’s warning about enemies inside the gates. He’s calling it an urgent national security issue. And on that point, he’s right. Radical Islamist…
If you have been reading An Americanist for any length of time, you have probably noticed a category called The XX Files. That is where I tend to file stories about women’s sports, women’s spaces,…
Why the “Video Game War” Debate Is Happening The internet has been arguing over a series of stylized videos about the recent strikes on Iran. The clips look more like animated presentations than traditional military…
Another week, another batch of headlines that make you stop mid-scroll and mutter, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” From corrections to the infamous Mueller report footnotes, to New York City spending billions on hotel…
Warnings about potential drone threats against California may only be precautionary, but they remind Americans of something important: even a state whose politics drive the rest of the country crazy is still part of the…
A convicted child sex offender who identifies as a woman is currently serving a 40-year sentence inside a women’s prison in Maine, a situation that highlights a policy many Americans have been warning about for…
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took over at Health and Human Services, many people expected fireworks around COVID vaccine policy. Kennedy built much of his reputation questioning how the government handled vaccines during the pandemic.…
When Donald Trump picked Kristi Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security, I will admit I had my doubts. DHS is not a ceremonial post. It is one of the largest and most complicated…
I recently read a column in The Hill arguing that America is losing its global influence because other countries supposedly don’t like us anymore. The argument leaned heavily on phrases like soft power, moral authority,…
When news broke that the United States had launched strikes against Iran’s leadership, my first reaction was probably the same as many Americans. Iran’s regime has spent decades chanting death to America, funding terrorist proxies,…
