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Townhall Review Commentary brings together political commentary and analysis from Salem Media's leading conservative talk-radio hosts.
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Hugh Hewitt: Trump’s Legacy and Iran
Yesterday00:01:00Tap to summarizeReliable reports from a variety of sources confirm President Trump had ordered a major escalation of combat with Iran for this past weekend only to call it off Saturday night. President Trump knows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps lies and that they cheat. There’s no reason to believe that they’ll not lie and cheat again. It is who they have always been. Since the revolution in 1979, the Iranian regime’s negotiators have fooled both Presidents Carter and Obama in comprehensive fashion, other presidents to some degree, but they have never fooled Donald Trump. Until this past weekend at least. Can we still pull of a win against the terrorist regime in Tehran? Yes. But only the president can do that. Not our allies. Not his advisors. Certainly not the legacy media. Trump has been surprising and indeed startling his critics for his nearly dozen years in politics. I’m hoping he has at least one more huge surprise in store.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seth Leibsohn: El-Sayed and the Marxist-Islamist Axis
3d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeWith Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan, the Democratic party has gone from Barack Obama denouncing those who said America deserved 9/11 to campaigning with those who say just that, like Hasan Piker, the left’s most famous podcaster. As the political philosopher Jerry Garcia wrote: “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” El-Sayed is the latest success endorsed and campaigned for by the Marxist-Islamist axis of the Democratic Socialists of America. This juggernaut is proving unstoppable in taking over the Democratic party. A generation ago, a real political philosopher, Harry Jaffa, pointed out: That with the fall of the Berlin Wall, utopian communism would no longer be seen as simply a threat from abroad—but a more “deadly and dangerous phase” here at home could follow. Quite right—a wall can stop people, but not their ideas. That enemy is here, and potent. The two-party system is now looking Republican on one hand and Marxist-Islamists on the other. We cannot simply wish this away or ignore it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Carol Platt Liebau: A Wake-Up Call for Voters
3d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeAs most Americans know, the Democratic Party has begun a dangerous flirtation with the Democratic Socialists of America. What’s shocking is how far and how fast the rot has spread. To his credit, Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi is pushing back with a pledge called the “Promise to America.” Its three core principles are simple common sense. We’re capitalist, not socialist. We want safety, not lawlessness. And we’re proud, not ashamed, of America. Here’s the disturbing part: of the 212 House Democrats, only 13 have signed on. That tells you how mainstream socialist ideas have become in the Democratic Party, and how radicals have intimidated the moderates. It’s shocking that these simple principles are now controversial in a major American political party. That should concern every voter who values freedom. Let’s hope it’s a wake-up call.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ed Morrissey: Racists and Demagogues in Sports Media
4d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeHow can you spot a racist? It's easy to do, especially in the Protection Racket Media. Just look for those who bring race into arguments as non-sequiturs in order to demagogue people whose opinions fall outside the elites' comfort zone. Thus we come to Howard Bryant and the Guardian. Reporters asked Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham to take a position on male intrusion on women’s sports. Cunningham opposed it as the “common sense” position. In response, Bryant offered a bizarre rant in which he claimed Cunningham was “anti-Black” as well as “anti-transgender.” This follows an equally bizarre essay from USA Today columnist Nancy Armour, which argued that Fever star Caitlin Clark should absorb more fouls without redress because Emmitt Till got lynched in the 1950s. Rather than address the real issue, sportswriters pulled a race card on both women. Sports media has become a new haven for craven and woke demagoguery. Don’t trust them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Larry O'Connor: Rand Paul’s Moment
5d ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeI’m sure many of you saw it or at least heard about it: Anthony Fauci pled the Fifth. The former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health was appearing before a Senate committee on Wednesday—and he went on to say nothing; he plead the Fifth well over 100 times. But that doesn’t mean it was for nothing. It may well result in further action. Simply put: Fauci was granted a pardon by President Biden. In accepting that pardon, Fauci no longer has the liberty to refuse to testify. But I would like to express a brief word of appreciation here. And that would be to Senator Rand Paul. Sometimes Rand Paul is brilliant. Sometimes he is a pain, frustrating me to no end. And sometimes I want to give him a medal. That was this week. That was Rand Paul at his best … his very, very best. He just has not given up on this issue. Thank you, Senator Paul.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: Continuing Education for Our Media Elite
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeMentalist Oz Pearlman was featured at the recent, rescheduled dinner of the White House Correspondents’ Association. The choice of a “mentalist” for the entertainment portion of the program was apt. Performers in that category combine psychology, suggestion, observation, misdirection and showmanship to create the illusion of mind reading. For the reporters in the room, Pearlman could even be categorized as continuing education. Members of the legacy media are relying on the practices employed by Pearlman to draw conclusions about President Donald Trump. Keep your eyes and ears open for reporting in print or on broadcasts that relays what the president or vice president is “thinking” or “feeling,” as opposed to what they have said or done. And that’s not "reporting," of course. It’s guessing. The appearance of a mind-reader among the Beltway’s news business elites was just so “on the nose.” Did any of the assembled reporters even notice the mirror in the room?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Seth Leibsohn: The Red Star Caucus
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeIt’s been attributed to George Carlin that if fascism ever comes to America, it will come with a smile. Ronald Reagan said it will come in the name of liberalism. But what of communism? Recently, Shannon Bream of Fox News, interviewed the co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Megan Romer. Last weekend, the New York Times gave her a glowing profile. She comes off friendly, affable and…smiley. What elite media never reports, Ms. Romer is a proud member of the “Red Star Caucus.” The Red Star Caucus defines itself as “a Marxist-Leninist caucus in the DSA.” The new DSA platform, which the DSA proudly promotes and admits to, and it’s not just incarceration of criminals, but our entire constitutional structure. As we consider the bloody history of communism, we should recall the words of the great writer Hilaire Bellow talking about those watching from beyond the grave. He reminds us: “we are watched by large and awful faces from beyond; and on these faces there is no smile.” This Marxist/DSA threat is nothing to smile about.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hugh Hewitt: Persevere
1w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeThe future of the West and President Donald ’s reputation within it through the centuries will depend on the outcome of the ongoing battle with the Islamic Republic of Iran. America is decisively winning that battle, but it has not yet won it. If President Trump perseveres, that will not happen. If he abandons the battle, it could be the worst foreign policy debacle for the United States since the end of the Vietnam War, rivaling even that of catastrophe of President Joe Biden’s command to American forces to quickly depart Afghanistan in 2021. Iran is run by religious fanatics. That is the defining threat Iran poses to the region and indeed the world. Most of the West doesn’t want to deal with the implications of a theocracy bound up in medieval theology and run by fanatics in possession of WMD. President Trump is willing to do this and he’s acted on it. Now he must finish the job.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Ed Morrissey: It's Not a Red Scare - It's a Code Red
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarize Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress. Eliminate the Senate. Seize ownership of “essential industries.” These are not just hysterical claims about the Democratic Socialists of America. This is the platform the DSA adopted and published. DSA co-chair Megan Romer confirmed on Fox News Sunday that the DSA and its candidates will pursue those goals, and by any means necessary. These DSA activists and candidates do not want to just win elections. They want a toehold for a revolution. It is not a game to them, nor a pose, and the events of the last century make very clear what the outcomes of such a revolution will be. Even winning an attempted revolution against the constitutional order would devastate the country, and the DSA does not plan on losing it. When communists tell you who they are, believe them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Carol Platt Liebau: The Democrats Are Being Consumed
2w ago00:01:00Tap to summarizeUntil now, hard-left influencer Hasan Piker was perhaps best known for appearing to use an electric shock collar on his dog during a livestream. Now he's making news again—for addressing the College Democrats of America convention dressed as Mao Zedong. Piker has called Mao "one of the great leaders of this world." Yet Mao's policies are widely estimated to have caused the deaths of between 40 and 70 million people. Had Piker shown up dressed as Hitler, the outrage would have been immediate—and rightly so. Mao deserves no better. Piker’s appearance, and his denunciation of mainstream Democrats for compromising with so-called fascists, reflects the extremist rhetoric gaining ground on the left. Unless Democrats of good faith confront that radical fringe, their party risks losing itself. Let's hope it's not already too late.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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