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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 08 > understanding-the-middle-east.php

Understanding the Middle East

9+ hour, 32+ min ago   (101+ words) powerlineblog.com Understanding the Middle East Michael Doran must be my favorite commenter on the Middle East. He is a former student of Bernard Lewis, a Hudson Institute senior fellow, and a regular contributor to Tablet. In 2019 Liel Leibovitz profiled…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > greed-unleashed.php

Greed Unleashed

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (340+ words) Governments are the greediest institutions in our society. So it was no surprise when the news that Elon Musk had become the world’s first trillionaire caused liberals to salivate at the thought of getting their hands on his money. Elizabeth…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > the-deal-this-time-2.php

The deal this time

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (411+ words) Lee Smith has written three books supporting President Trump against his attackers: The Plot Against the President (2019), The Permanent Coup (2020), and Disappearing the President (2024). His most recent book is The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > another-critic-heard-from.php

Another critic heard from

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (222+ words) I wrote about the response to my Imprimis essay “Learning From Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal” in “The Imprimis experience.” Given Imprimis‘s circulation of some 7,500,000, the Imprimis experience has been something new for me. I rate it up there with…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > peace-for-our-time.php

Peace for our time

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (239+ words) We interrupt this program to report that President Trump has more or less announced peace for our time on Truth Social: “The deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow.” Below is a screeshot of Trump’s text posted to Truth Social....

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > adios-3.php

Adios!

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (232+ words) From the New York Post, More Democrats support mass deportations, removal of criminal migrants, new poll shows. According to the poll, 71% of Democrats now support deporting criminal migrants, compared to 63% in April — an 8-point increase in just one month. Republican…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > belfast-is-burning.php

Belfast Is Burning

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (347+ words) I wrote here about the attempted decapitation of a random citizen on a Belfast street by a Sudanese immigrant. The result has been predictable: riots, accompanied by indefensible violence. Josh Hammer writes: This week’s coverage has been instructive. The framing…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > for-what-its-worth-coda.php

For what it’s worth: Coda

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (401+ words) Yesterday in “For what it’s worth” I took the case of the eight indicted “pro-Palestinian” defendants associated with the University of Michigan as illustrative. A reader kindly wrote to remind me: Those are (some of) the students that Professor Derek…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > spencer-pratt-im-not-going-away.php

Spencer Pratt: I’m Not Going Away

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (134+ words) Spencer Pratt released a fiery new video today. He says he will continue his campaign to expose the corruption that has driven Los Angeles into the ground. And he says he has evidence against one of the two socialists who…...

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powerlineblog.com > archives > 2026 > 06 > spacex-goes-public.php

SpaceX Goes Public

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (359+ words) SpaceX’s initial public offering hit the market today, with shares priced at $135. The stock closed at $160.95, up 19% on the day’s trading. So as of this evening, the company’s market capitalization is $2.1 trillion, making it the sixth-most valuable company in the…...