Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings

 Legal Insurrection

“I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn’t have done what you’ve done to this guy.” 

"As these things often go, the aftermath of a political figure’s passing brings along with it varying opinions about the person, debates over their legacy, and speculation as to who will take their place if they still happen to be holding office.

"That has certainly been the case since news broke early Sunday morning that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), whose first Senate term began in January 2003, had passed away Saturday night “from a brief and sudden illness.”

"Graham, who had just gotten back from a Friday meeting in Ukraine with its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was 71.

"One of the things Republicans and Democrats alike will most remember Graham for was his powerful defense of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and his blistering criticisms of Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats, during the highly contentious confirmation hearings for Kavanaugh in the fall of 2018.

"Total war was declared on Kavanaugh, as Democrats were growing increasingly terrified that more conservative justices to the court would result in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Relatedly, two senators on the committee, Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), were preparing to run for president and used the hearings to stage stunts and elevate their national profiles.

"There were also the behind-the-scenes machinations of then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), which ultimately set the stage for the fiery speech Graham would later give during the hearings:

Senator Dianne Feinstein knew that a woman had sent a letter claiming the Kavanaugh assaulted her in high school, but Feinstein said nothing. Not during the hearings, not during her consultations with fellow Senators, not during her private interview with Kavanaugh.

Instead, after the confirmation hearings were closed and a committee vote ready, it was 

conveniently leaked to The Intercept and Buzzfeed that the letter existed, and that Feinstein had forwarded it to the FBI. Days later the accuser was revealed in a Washington Post interview and story to be Christine Blasey Ford." . . . More...

Minimum-Wage Bill Shows Yet Again That Congress Is A Refuge For Know-Nothings

"We'll put Democrats in power again if it takes every dime you've got!"

Issues & Insights  

"In addition to killing jobs, minimum-wage hikes also increase prices, as employers pass on to consumers as much of their additional labor costs as is possible." 

"Democrats have many problems, not the least of which is an inability to understand, and for some the refusal to accept, basic economics. If they did, there wouldn’t be proposals to raise the federal minimum wage to a preposterous $25 an hour.

"House Resolution 8555 would “place the federal minimum wage on a durable path toward a living wage,” requiring “large, highly profitable corporations to lead the transition.” Under its yoke, large employers would have to raise their lowest wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2027, a more-than-double spike that would shock the market.

"Large companies, defined as those with annual gross revenues in excess of $1 billion (there are more than 6,000 of them) or with 500 or more employees nationwide, will have to ramp up their minimum wage every Jan. 1 thereafter until the minimum hits $25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2031. Smaller companies will have to boost their hourly minimum to $14 next New Year’s Day and will have to meet the $25-an-hour standard by 2038.

“'We can afford it,” declares Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, who late last month introduced a similar bill in the Senate. “It’s not like we can’t pay a $25 minimum wage, we just choose not to because we’ve become okay with dozens and dozens of people in this country making hundreds of billions of dollars.”

"Who is “we,” Senator? Which company do you own? Which business did you start that will fall under the government’s wage boot? When was the last time you had to meet a company payroll? Anyone who would say “we” in this context is definitionally low-minded.

"Minimum-wage hikes are a combination of economic tyranny (there is no moral authority for lawmakers to tell private businesses how much they have to pay their workers, so they simply delegated the power to themselves) and economic lunacy.

"Raising the cost of anything, including labor, will lower demand, and in the case of a government-mandated minimum wage, that would be the demand for workers in the private sector." . . .

Trust the wisdom of the best and brightest leaders the Democrats provide.

France Explains They Can't Help Open Strait of Hormuz as They Already Sent All 15 Of Their Soldiers to Defend Greenland (Parody)

 In my opinion, having surrendered to Germany in just over six weeks, the Vichy Nazi puppet ally began rounding up French Jews to send to Nazi death camps has left a stain on France that will not fade.  One fears being a gloat today as the American Left (Democrats) will happily turn this nation into Vichy America. TD

Babylon Bee   "PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron explained today that the French Army simply could not help open the Strait of Hormuz as all fifteen of its soldiers have already been deployed to defend Greenland.

"Though expressing their sincere desire to help, Macron stated that France simply did not have the military resources to help open the Strait while maintaining its protection of Greenland.

"'All of France's military might, specifically the one unit we have with fifteen soldiers, is already deployed," said Macron. "They cannot be relocated as they are bravely defending the shores of Greenland. Specifically, the one shore that's about fifty yards wide, the one next to 'Uncle Yert's Fish And Crabs.' You know the place. Anyhow, really wish we could help."

"Macron did offer President Trump his apologies, stating that France genuinely wished they had the resources. "If only we had more soldiers. We did have a sixteenth soldier, but he suffered a devastating baguette injury and will be out of commission for several months," said Macron. "Thus, France cannot contribute to this just cause. Je suis désolé, mon amour!"

"At publishing time, the French army had been reduced to fourteen soldiers after a horrifying escargot accident."

For you gearheads: What Stunned German Tankers Inside Captured American Shermans.

 Biên Tập Viên News

"On the morning of April 14th, 1943, a German engineer named Wanner stood at the edge of a concrete apron at Kummersdorf Proving Ground, 20 mi south of Berlin, staring at something that should not have existed. It was an American tank, an M4A1 Sherman, serial number USA 3067641. Cast hull, 75-mm gun, olive drab paint still showing the desert dust of North Africa.

"Someone had chalked armor thickness measurements on every surface, front, sides, turret, mantlet, each number followed by the angle of the plate. The Germans had been thorough. They always were. But, the numbers were not what stopped him. He climbed up onto the hull. The metal was cold under his palms. He lowered himself through the commander’s hatch, feet finding the turret basket floor.

"And for a moment, he just stood there in the fighting compartment, looking around. And that is when something changed. Not in the tank, in him. What this engineer saw inside that turret, what he touched, what he tested, what he wrote in his report, would quietly unravel everything the German armored corps believed about the enemy they were fighting.

"Not about American courage, not about American numbers, about something far more dangerous than either. This is that story. If the story of what Americans built and what it took to win matters to you, hit subscribe and the like button. It helps this channel reach the people who care. The Sherman sitting on the concrete at Kummersdorf had a name." . . .

*Captured Shermans | The Sherman Tank Site;     Germans Mocked the Sherman as a "Tommy Cooker" — Until Lafayette Pool Destroyed 12;     When 5 German Panthers Attacked — This Sherman Gunner’s 5 Shots Destroyed Them All

Tom Gayler at Millionaire Yachting has problems with information in the above:

Tom Gayler

Millionaire Yachting There are numerous historical problems here, ranging from outright errors to invented details.

1. The date at Kummersdorf is wrong or at least unsupported.

The post claims 14 April 1943 and gives a precise serial number, but there is no well-documented evidence that an M4A1 with that serial was being examined at Kummersdorf on that specific day. German testing of captured Shermans certainly occurred in 1943, but the exact date and circumstances appear to be invented.

2. The engineer "Wanner".

I am not aware of any documented German engineer at Kummersdorf named Wanner who wrote a famous report about a Sherman changing his view of Allied tank design. This reads like historical fiction.

3. "War Daddy the Second".

This is almost certainly fabricated.

"War Daddy" is famous because of the 2014 film Fury, whose Sherman carried that name.

There is no evidence that a Sherman of the 1st Armored Division in Tunisia was named "War Daddy the Second." It looks like the author borrowed a famous fictional name to make the story more engaging.

4. Unit designation.

It should be 3rd Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, not "Third Battalion, First Armored Regiment, First Armored Division of United States Army." That's not how the U.S. Army designated units.

5. Sidi Bou Zid date is wrong. This is the biggest factual error.

The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid began on 14 February 1943, but:

The German attack began before dawn on 14 February.

The major American armoured counterattacks involving Shermans occurred 15 February, not the morning of the 14th.

The post compresses several days into one.

6. "51 Shermans rolled out by midday." I have never seen a primary source supporting exactly 51 Shermans in that counterattack. It looks like a made-up precision figure.

7. "Most had never heard a tank gun fired in anger." This is dramatic rather than historical. Many soldiers had never been in combat, but that's true of almost every army entering battle for the first time.

8. "Quietly unravel everything the German armored corps believed." This is pure clickbait. German reports on the Sherman were generally favourable regarding:

reliability,

crew ergonomics,

visibility,

radio equipment.

But they did not conclude that it revolutionised their understanding of tank warfare." . . . 

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Porn Will Keep Destroying Lives Until We Honor Those Who Fight It

"The sexual revolution’s final victory is the inversion of honor and shaming anyone who fights obscenity."

The Federalist

" . . .it shapes appetites in destructive ways, desensitizing users and escalating their emotions, mental patterns, and actions toward greater extremes."

"The final victory of pornography in the United States lies not in the ubiquity of hardcore porn on every phone but rather the extent to which society tolerates it. We have laws against obscenity on the books in every state and at the federal level. But prosecutors everywhere find excuses not to bring obscenity charges.

"They cite First Amendment concerns. They worry about shifting community standards. They plead limited resources. It’s always someone else’s job to enforce the laws — feds wait for the states, states wait for the counties, counties for the cops.

"These excuses show that there is no longer honor in fighting porn, nor is there societal shame for producing pornography. This reallocation of honor and shame marks the sexual revolution’s deepest success.

"Our new Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, “Is General Obscenity Still Illegal? A Postmortem on the Bush Obscenity Prosecution Task Force,” reveals this cultural shift by investigating the last serious federal effort to prosecute pornographers. Launched in 2005, the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force (OPTF) under Director Brent Ward achieved convictions in every case it tried.

"Yet, as we show, the OPTF effort was doomed from the start. Ward’s 2007 resignation memorandum to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, published for the first time with the Backgrounder, reveals an operation “calibrated so as to render obscenity enforcement only minimally effective.”

"Organizational flaws abounded: chronic under-resourcing, FBI content guidelines that created a safe harbor for most pornography, too few investigators, a strange geographic separation between investigators and prosecutors, and a Task Force that depended on voluntary participation from U.S. Attorneys who often declined cases or dragged their feet." . . .

Porn exists in admissible forms even on the beaches and sports events.

Lindsey Graham’s Finest Moment; Democrats at their most contemptible

"If you remember, Justice Alito’s wife ran out of her husband’s confirmation hearing in tears over what Democrat senators were doing, not even the rabble-rousers in the crowd. You know, I looked at the Republicans on the committee, too, and they weren’t doing anything to stop it because they obviously have calculated that it’s beneficial for people watching to see, “Well, this is who the Democrats are. This is their supporters. This is the Democrat base.” I mean, it’s a bunch of sick people, folks."   Sick Democrat Base on Display at Kavanaugh Hearings - The Rush Limbaugh Show  Sep 10, 2018

South Carolina’s Senator Lindsay Graham has died UPDATED  Andrea Widburg

". . . "However, after McCain passed away and thanks to the Kavanaugh hearings, Graham found his mojo, becoming a stalwart defender of Donald Trump’s policies and a very good friend to Israel." . . .

Lindsey Graham’s Finest Moment During Kavanaugh Hearings | National Review    "The sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham at the age of 71 on Sunday morning prompted many reflections on his long and immensely influential career in public life.

"Among them, Graham’s impassioned support for Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings: . . . 

"Yes, it was a fiery exchange that summoned a lot of theatrics. But Graham channeled a sentiment that both animated and united Republicans at a time when the bitter debates over Donald Trump’s ascension to the top of the GOP’s ranks were still quite raw.

"It’s easy to forget the strength of the cultural currents against which Graham bravely struggled. . . 

Booker and Harris laugh during Kavanaugh's questioning

Lindsey Graham Calls Kavanaugh Hearing 'Most Unethical Sham Since I’ve Been in Politics'

. . . "Graham also lamented the impact Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle would have on the future. “This is going to destroy the ability of good people to come forward because of this crap,” he said, emphasizing that Kavanaugh had pointed out no other allegations had surfaced against him before this confirmation process."

The Lindsey Graham Speech That Turned the Tide for Brett Kavanaugh

Sick Democrat Base on Display at Kavanaugh Hearings - The Rush Limbaugh Show    

. . . "It is indescribably unique. And it’s, under normal circumstances, a tremendous honor to go through the process. But it hasn’t been since Ted Kennedy and his Robert Bork rant back in the late 1980s. The Democrats have polluted and perverted the confirmation process when Republican presidents do nominating. That crowd that you saw in the Kavanaugh hearing? That’s who the Democrats are performing for. That’s the audience they’re trying to get votes from. And that’s when you have Cory Booker, “I’m having my Spartacus” moment.

You have Kamala Harris literally editing a comment that Kavanaugh made, leaving out two words. She changes his meaning entirely. She knows it! She knows that she’s editing him out of context, lying about it. " . . .

. . . "That’s the point. Point is the spectacle, to be seen making the spectacle, to have that make the news. It’s all coordinated with media, and it’s all designed to try to make Kavanaugh look like he’s the oddball." . . .

'Finally went to hell' | Watch: Iranian television celebrates death of Lindsey Graham  "Regime media outlets celebrated the death of US Senator who was outspoken about the threat the Islamic Republic poses to the free world. Iran has recently called for Graham's assassination."  

Heart issues; if he was stabbed it would be a middle east killing. If by a rifle, that would be an American liberal. If by the latter, perhaps at the prompting of at least three Biden speeches; celebrity or rock singer and talk show comedian encouraging. MSNOW a good suspect as well. TD

Mick Jagger takes a swipe at Bruce Springsteen over anti-Trump rants at gigs

Bruce: The Rosie O'Donnell of rock. Included below is my favorite Springsteen post and will be used as long as Bruce and I live. TD

James Gordon For Dailymail  

"The comments come after Springsteen turned many of his concerts this year into platforms for outspoken criticism of Trump."

"Mick Jagger took aim at Bruce Springsteen's increasingly political concerts warning that fans don't want to be lectured from the stage.

The Rolling Stones front man made the comments during an interview on The New York Times' podcast with David Marchese, where Jagger laid out his philosophy for entertaining stadium crowds. 

He appeared to distance himself after Marchese brought up avowed Donald Trump critic Springsteen who has repeatedly used his concerts this year to launch blistering attacks on the president and his administration.

Asked how he views his relationship with audiences compared with artists such as Bob Dylan and Springsteen, Jagger said his priority has always been making sure concertgoers leave feeling uplifted rather than weighed down by politics.

'The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is those people that come is to have the best time they possibly can,' Jagger said.

'For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world and their mortgages and whatever, just to give them the best time they can have.'

The 82-year-old rock icon compared attending a concert to watching a major sporting event, arguing that audiences should be able to switch off from the anxieties of daily life while the show is happening.

'You don't want to lecture them,' he said. " . . . More...

Ted Nugent has labelled Bruce Springsteen a "dirtbag"   . . . "Nugent continued: “So, I give them that salute for having that quality of virtuosos that deliver his music and instead of going after Bruce for being a dirtbag and supporting communists like Biden and Obama. People that ruined the quality of life, especially for minorities. How he can’t see that, I don’t know." . . .

Bruce Springsteen is hoping he can find common ground with former fans who have walked away from him because of his outspoken left-leaning beliefs.  

Bruce Springsteen Sucks, And Here Are 10 Reasons Why

Strange to post this because for years Bruce was a staple on my car and home satellite radios, but no longer. I loved so much of his music, even if I had to ignore his words at times. But to me now, that voice is the voice of bitter hate that sends thrills up the legs of lesser beings as Colbert, Kimmel, and people who listen to MSNOW and wear those Hamas scarves. The Tunnel Dweller

Nick Shirley's Latest Fraud Video Is Another Gold Mine

 Townhall   

“Your tax dollars are paying for elderly Koreans and Chinese to play ping pong and do tai chi, while the fraudsters give kickbacks to those who enroll,” Shirley wrote. 

 "Nick Shirley is back, this time exposing large-scale Medicare fraud involving senior centers for elderly Koreans and Chinese. It’s another video that’s nearly an hour long, which he posted in full here: . . .  

"Fraud is running rampant in NYC.

Palace Daycare collected $9.4 million last year by allegedly handling 8,000 different patients. But when Nick Shirley and Dr. Oz show up on camera to ask the staff for their actual daily numbers, the math immediately falls apart, and the manager fakes a phone call to hide it. The staff claims they see about 100 patients a day across two shifts. But the receptionist admits 8,000 patients a year is impossible. But the most revealing evidence is the staff itself--every single person in the front office was hired exactly one month ago. The entire previous workforce left at once. The current employees do not know who manages the business. They have never met the owners. They cannot name their actual employer. This is known as a structural reset. In organized fraud, clearing out legacy staff creates a human shield of ignorance. If new workers lack operational history, they can sit under questioning and truthfully say they know nothing. This is not a business with high employee turnover. Rather, it's a financial crime scene.

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— American Debunk (@AmericanDebunk) July 11, 2026

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK - Don Surber

 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK - Don Surber  

"Housing prices have fallen in Red China’s 70 major cities from a peak in September 2021 to a low that wipes out 20 years of gains. They must have communist mayors like Chicago, LA and NYC do."

"ITEM 1: It used to be all about the Benjamins. Thanks to Bidenflation, the $1,000 bill, which features President Cleveland, has replaced the $100 bill.

"Now it is all about the Grovers.

"OK, I used the line in a previous newsletter but a reader sent this image and it was too good to throw away.

"ITEM 2: In a segment on Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization, CNN quoted a tweet from non-existent Congressman Jack Kimball.

"Senators Anita Mann, Mike Hunt and Ben Dover must have been unavailable for comment.

"ITEM 3: Democrats struggled to find a replacement for Graham “Cracker” Platner for the Senate in Maine.

"Hard to nominate a normal person when your party has none

"ITEM 4: CNN tweeted:

The 2026 Dem insurgency is a new tea party on steroids

Approval of Own Party

🔵 Democrats 2026: 47%

🔴 Republicans 2010: 52%

House Members that have lost primaries:

🔵 Democrats 2026: 5

🔴 Republicans 2010: 2

"Judging by what happened to the Tea Party, expect massive disappointment within the Vodka Party next year.

"ITEM 5: France beat Morocco in that World Cup thingy. Moroccans tried to burn down the Eiffel Tower.

"So I thank the USA team for tanking to Belgium because I would not want to have my Belgian waffles burnt.

"The Moroccan moles also vandalized London, which was a relief to all the children they didn’t defile that night." . . . More...

European Fans Mocked U.S. Stadiums… Until They Actually Saw Them

 Host Nation Report

"European football fans spent months mocking American stadiums, NFL venues, soccer culture, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States… until they walked into SoFi Stadium, MetLife, AT&T Stadium, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and Levi’s Stadium. From Los Angeles and New York/New Jersey to Dallas, Atlanta, and Santa Clara, the billion-dollar World Cup venues, massive crowds, USMNT support, American Outlaws, fan zones, and hybrid grass pitches completely flipped the narrative. The same critics who called it a FIFA money grab and said America wasn’t ready for football were suddenly shocked by the scale, atmosphere, technology, and fan experience inside the biggest stadiums in the world."

From before the World Cup began: "For anyone who has not only traveled throughout Europe, but spent time and lived there for months/years, the condescending European attitude towards the United States, Americans and the American sports experience should come as no surprise. Europe, western Europe especially, vacillates between annoyance to outright contempt for the US. It's baked into their minds from a young age and continually broadcast and reinforced via their media. The World Cup has done something even I didn't expect, it revealed the corrupt agenda that the European media operates by (sound familiar?). And to the credit of the Euro football fans, they're being honest about how much they're enjoying the US and their interactions with Americans. What I'm really looking forward to is the months/years after World Cup and the new narrative that may be coming from Europe about America. We shall see."

Washington Post: Yes, the DSA Really Does Want to Destroy Capitalism

 HotAir   

"The DSA approach wouldn't restore the monarchy, but it would put all of the power of all of the largest corporations in the hands of the government. Instead of diversifying power centers, it would consolidate them. And before you know it, you're Cuba or Venezuela or China."

"I've written a few of these articles at this point. There was this one with a run-down of what Democratic Socialists want. And there was this one based on a Thomas Edsall column saying the DSA were really just pretending to be working class.

"Today the Washington Post business section has an article which, similar to the first one linked above, walks through the differences between mainstream Dems and the DSA. For instance, on how many hours people should work:

The 40-hour workweek has been the law since 1940. Although some Democrats have advocated a shorter workweek, they are largely content to focus instead on protecting overtime pay, union organizing rights and worker safety. The DSA, on the other hand, has made cutting the standard workweek to 32 hours part of its economic platform.

"On the minimum wage, Dems want to put it up to $15 an hour (or maybe $17) while the DSA is talking about pushing it to $30. But as the story notes, the Dems seem to be moving the DSA's direction. As I wrote here, Sen. Chris Murphy is backing a bill to raise the minimum wage to $30.

"And of course the Dems have been trying to defend and expand Obamacare while the DSA is demanding Medicare for All.

The DSA wants to replace the system entirely, framing health care as a basic need that should be “decommodified,” meaning it shouldn’t be bought and sold on the market like other goods. Their solution is Medicare-for-all, a single-payer government system that would eliminate most private insurance.

"As I pointed out before, Bernie Sanders has been promoting this for years. But there's a very good reason it hasn't happened, not even in California where progressives have a supermajority. The reason is the cost." . . .More...

Here’s What You Need To Know About The Charlie Kirk Assassination Trial, Day 5

 We Won't Know If Tyler Robinson Will Stand Trial Until September

“A prompt determination is imperative in the interest of justice. The Court is approaching the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death. Ten months have passed since the defendant was arrested, and the preliminary hearing has now concluded.” Breccan F. Thies

Rookie judge

"The preliminary hearings used to determine whether Tyler Robinson will be tried for capital murder ended Friday, with no answer as to whether Robinson will stand trial for the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

"Judge Tony Graf will need to review all the evidence put before the court over the last five days to determine whether the bar of probable cause is met in order to send the case to trial. State prosecutors, Robinson and his counsel, and Graf will meet again on Sept. 1 at 10:00 a.m., after which Graf will, at some point, make the decision.

"The defense introduced one new witness Friday, Caitlin Oliver, a forensic biologist for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) who worked on the DNA analysis of evidence pertaining to the gun and ammunition allegedly used by Robinson.

"Robinson’s attorneys have exclusively called forensic analysts as witnesses in an attempt to create a level of doubt about forensic and DNA science as a whole. Defense attorney Michael Burt did the same Friday with Oliver, often reading from standard operating procedure (SOP) manuals and textbooks about the reliability of the science.

"He has pointed to the fact that there is no scientific way to be 100 percent certain of one’s DNA evidence on an item, but Oliver and others on the stand have said that is why they use a statistical representation of the possibility that someone’s DNA is on a piece of evidence — as opposed to another person’s — instead of claiming absolute certainty.

"For numerous pieces of evidence, including multiple locations on the rifle, cartridges, and other items, the likelihood that the DNA is Robinson’s has been extraordinarily high.

"Utah State Bureau of Investigation Sgt. Jennifer Faumuina, the lead for the evidence response team in the Kirk case, testified, for example, that the DNA profile obtained from swabs of the trigger and trigger guard is “at least 1 trillion times more likely if it originated from Tyler Robinson as a major component and three unrelated unknown individuals than if it originated from four unrelated unknown individuals.” . . . More...

Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow.