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It’s Monday morning, and suddenly the news cycle woke up. Everyone’s back from their cute little holiday break, and the headlines are flying. At An Americanist, we’ll cut through it, give you what matters, and…
2026 Predictions: America Turns 250, And Naturally, Everything Gets Weird America is about to blow out 250 candles. That is a big birthday. It is also the perfect excuse for the country to do what…
If aliens landed in 2025 and turned on American cable news, they’d think we were running two separate countries — with different facts, different villains, and totally different levels of panic. So instead of arguing…
Merry Christmas, From a Grateful Heart Christmas doesn’t need a lot of decoration to matter. Long before lights, lists, and full calendars, there was a quiet night, an ordinary manger, and the birth of Jesus,…
A Case That Ended, and a Judge Who Wouldn’t Let It Go For months, Judge James Boasberg has tried to insert himself into the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected…
Turning Point USA: When the Roadmap Went Missing Turning Point USA events have always served a clear purpose. They were built to energize young conservatives, offer a roadmap, and send people home ready to act.…
Trump Found a Bigger Room for the Joke We were still enjoying Trump’s latest round of trolling. The plaques aimed at former presidents landed exactly where they were meant to. Some of those presidents are…
Dan Bongino Didn’t Leave the FBI. He tapped out. Dan Bongino is resigning as FBI deputy director after less than a year on the job, and the official language already feels like a parody. He…
When Skepticism Becomes a Suspect Behavior I ran across a report this week claiming older Americans are driving political polarization and conspiracy thinking online. You’ve probably seen some version of it already. Still, the headlines…
I wrote this piece for Victory Girls Blog, where it was originally published. I’m sharing it here as part of An Americanist’s Field Notes. Bondi Beach Was Not a Surprise. It Was Permission. Terrorists targeted…
