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The 2026 Immigration Debate: Border Security or Interior Enforcement?
Under Siege

The 2026 Immigration Debate: Border Security or Interior Enforcement?

by Carol MarksFebruary 26, 2026

Republicans are campaigning on immigration again in 2026. But if the border is secure, as we keep being told, what exactly is the crisis? Crossings have slowed and the chaos footage is no longer leading…

State of the Union 2026: A Night of Patriotism and Contrast
Guardians of the Republic

State of the Union 2026: A Night of Patriotism and Contrast

by Carol MarksFebruary 25, 2026

I stayed up past my bedtime to watch the State of the Union live. I wanted to see the room in real time, not filtered through highlight reels or cable commentary the next morning. Here’s…

Antifa Funding, Kash Patel, and America’s Endless “Coming Soon” Investigations
Left Unchecked

Antifa Funding, Kash Patel, and America’s Endless “Coming Soon” Investigations

by Carol MarksFebruary 19, 2026

FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI has uncovered major funding streams behind Antifa. That sounds like the kind of headline that should carry real weight. The problem is that Americans have heard versions of…

JLR Investigates and the Evolution of Citizen Journalism
Hot Headlines

JLR Investigates and the Evolution of Citizen Journalism

by Carol MarksFebruary 18, 2026

In Tucson, as cameras rotate and national outlets file their segments, one livestream keeps running. JLR Investigates has been on the ground covering the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie for hours at a time, offering viewers…

Thirty-Five Years Later, Ted Levine Is Sorry for Being the Villain
Stars, Stripes, & StupidityThe XX Files

Thirty-Five Years Later, Ted Levine Is Sorry for Being the Villain

by Carol MarksFebruary 18, 2026

In 1991, The Silence of the Lambs swept the Oscars. Best Picture. Best Director. Best Actor. Best Actress. Best Screenplay. It became part of the cultural lexicon. Hannibal Lecter was crowned one of cinema’s greatest…

CNN Calls the SAVE Act “Jim Crow 2.0.” Scott Jennings Asked “How?”
Pop Goes The Republic

CNN Calls the SAVE Act “Jim Crow 2.0.” Scott Jennings Asked “How?”

by Carol MarksFebruary 12, 2026

Scott Jennings is a national treasure and a champ for sticking it out over on CNN. Night after night, he sits across from Democratic media puppets and forces them to defend whatever slogan the Left…

Sunday Side-Eye: The Week That Tried to Upstage the Super Bowl
The Side-Eye

Sunday Side-Eye: The Week That Tried to Upstage the Super Bowl

by Carol MarksFebruary 8, 2026February 8, 2026

SUNDAY SIDE-EYE: THE WEEK THE NEWS CROSSED THE GOAL LINE… AND THEN LANDED IN THE END ZONE OF ABSURDITY It’s Super Bowl Sunday — the biggest TV event of the year and basically a national…

From Ice House to Winter House: How Politics Froze the Olympics
Stars, Stripes, & Stupidity

From Ice House to Winter House: How Politics Froze the Olympics

by Carol MarksFebruary 5, 2026

There was a time when the Winter Olympics were about snow, speed, strength, and the thrill of watching athletes do things the human body probably shouldn’t be able to do on frozen surfaces. It was…

Epstein Files Fallout as the Clintons Testify and Scandal Fatigue Sets In
Truths We Hold

Epstein Files Fallout as the Clintons Testify and Scandal Fatigue Sets In

by Carol MarksFebruary 4, 2026

The latest release of the Epstein Files was billed as a major moment of transparency, yet what the public received was a confusing and poorly handled document dump that managed to overwhelm attention while exposing…

Bad Bunny, Shock Value, and the NFL’s Fake Promise of Unity
Stars, Stripes, & StupidityThe Side-Eye

Bad Bunny, Shock Value, and the NFL’s Fake Promise of Unity

by Carol MarksFebruary 3, 2026February 3, 2026

Commissioner Roger Goodell insists the Super Bowl halftime show will be about bringing people together. That line gets recycled every year. It never holds up. The league does not pick performers known for playing it…

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I’m Carol Marks, the blogger behind An Americanist—a clean, no-nonsense space where politics, culture, and common sense meet. I write with a sharp eye and a dry wit, calling things the way ordinary Americans see them, not how elites wish we did. I don’t dress up the truth, I don’t follow the narrative, and I’m here to cut through the noise. If you’re tired of being talked down to, you’re in the right place.

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