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When Trump administration figures want to do a warm, humanizing interview these days, they can’t depend on the mainstream media. It’s often adversarial or downright hostile. Chatty bro podcasters such as Joe Rogan give them room to talk, but also challenge them on policy positions. Their best bet is The Katie Miller Podcast, a show hosted by Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, Trump’s chief policy advisor. She’s quickly emerged as the Barbara Walters, or Oprah Winfrey, of the new American conservatism. If Miller feels like a relatively new character in The Real Housewives of Pennsylvania Avenue, that’s because she married Stephen Miller in February 2020, toward the end

The Republican establishment is on the verge of extinction. Donald Trump’s first term wasn’t enough to kill it off: Trump came into office in 2017 with establishment figures such as Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan leading the party in Congress, and Trump’s own vice president, Mike Pence, had been chosen for that role as a reassurance to the old guard. Trump made some efforts to staff his administration with outsiders, but the likes of Steve Bannon or the ill-fated Rex Tillerson were heavily outnumbered by Republicans who would have been just as happy – or a great deal happier – to serve in another Bush administration.  This time, though, things are

Instead of vilifying Cheney, MAGA-world should offer him a bouquet of appreciation

Real patriots defend the Constitution when it is inconvenient

Like it or not, imperialism and colonialism are congenital to the American experiment

One thing is clear: Bukele is riding high in El Salvador and in Washington

His views are fast becoming the consensus, but people still find obscure reasons to oppose the man himself

What Trumpism represents, obliquely, is the final victory of the Buchanan-Perot tendency in national life

The president doth protest too much, methinks

Anti-woke pundits are gearing up for a battle

The Director of National Intelligence can make – or break – the President’s case for bombing Iran