DHS’s crisis of legitimacy after the Pretti lies

February 02, 2026

DHS’s crisis of legitimacy after the Pretti lies

They were lies. Not honest errors in the fog of war. Not spin. Lies. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lied when she said of the Alex Pretti incident, “This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” Noem also lied by […]

Trump should go for regime change in Iran

When President Donald Trump promised Iranian protesters that “help is on its way,” he made a commitment that demands fulfillment. The administration appears caught between honoring that pledge and confronting a paralyzing question: what comes after we hit Iran? The Trump administration is wrestling with whether air campaigns alone can produce meaningful change that serves […]

California Democrats celebrate banning voter ID

California Democrats are taking a victory lap, celebrating the fact that their election system has no way of verifying that the people who are casting votes are legitimate, registered voters. The Supreme Court of California effectively struck down Huntington Beach’s voter ID law, refusing to review a lower court decision that blocked the law. The city argued […]

Indications that Trump is about to bomb Iran

U.S. military deployments and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric indicate that strikes against Iran will occur in the near future. Perhaps even this weekend or early next week. Trump warned on Truth Social this week that “a massive Armada is heading to Iran… Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and […]

Trump’s inspired nomination of Kevin Warsh

When President Donald Trump nominated Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve during his first term, the president was seen as making the safest possible choice for one of the safest possible stretches of modern finance, a central bank boss with a history of rarely rocking the boat and tended not to dissent from […]

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Syria’s Kurds have a problem

Fighting has returned to northeast Syria. Government forces are again pushing to take control of areas still held by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A temporary truce is now in place, but after more than a year of talks, Damascus and the SDF have failed to reach a real agreement on how these areas should be […]

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