CHRISTIAN WHITON: Secretary Austin Commits An Act Of Decency By Revoking Shameful Plea Deals With 9/11 Terrorists
In an order issued Friday night, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cancel The Biden-Harris administration Shameful plea bargain He would have avoided the death penalty along with the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks. Austin, who was an Army general before becoming secretary, reserved the authority to make such deals for himself, telling officials in charge of […]
CHRISTIAN WHITON: Biden’s Press Conference Performance Bought Him Time — But Sealed His Fate All The Same
President Joe Biden achieved the worst possible outcome for Democrats at his NATO press conference on Thursday night. He delivered neither a solid performance that would have unbalanced critics in his own party who want him to quit the presidential race nor a repeat of the worst-in-history debate performance of June 27 that would have […]
CHRISTIAN WHITON: The Trump-Vance Ticket Is Bold Politics At Its Finest
Today, former President Donald Trump, who leads polls to reclaim the presidency, chose Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance to be his running mate. The move was bold and brilliant, and reinforces that the New Right that Trump leads is poised for a once-in-generation chance to remake U.S. politics. Vance once shared the skepticism many of […]
CHRISTIAN WHITON: The Day America Changed
So much came together at 6:11 pm on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, creating the most sudden and singular moment of clarity in our political time. At that moment, bullets from 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, came within inches of killing former President Donald Trump, striking him in the ear and killing a bystander. After falling to the […]