Wilsonian Vices

For most of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson was a progressive icon. America’s 28th president was widely regarded by the left for pioneering reforms he enacted over the course of his tumultuous two terms in office. But recently Wilson’s star has lost its luster. In his new book, Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn, Christopher Cox explains why.

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'We All Know and Trust Harris To Make the Right Decisions': Left-Wing Immigration Groups Plot To Push Harris Further Left After Election

Dozens of immigration and progressive groups are quietly plotting to push Vice President Kamala Harris back to her leftist border policies should she be elected in November, Axios reported. 

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Harris’s Far-Left Friends Hopeful for Nat Sec Positions Under Her Admin

Far-left allies of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris are hoping to fill the national security openings in her administration with personnel who want to push progressive policies on numerous international issues, including the Israel-Hamas war, Politico reported Tuesday.

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Show Me the Dark Money

"Dark money" is an accusation progressive journalists and pundits have lodged for years to elicit fears of old white men—conservative and perhaps connected to the fossil fuel industry—paying millions of dollars to impose their reactionary politics on an unsuspecting American public it continuously blocks from being on "the right side of history."

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Ruben Gallego Ditches Progressive Caucus Ahead of Tough Senate Race

Arizona Senate candidate Ruben Gallego, who once touted himself as a "true progressive voice in Congress," has quietly disassociated from the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The Democratic congressman quit the 104-member caucus at the end of last year, and removed references to his membership from his campaign website this week, Politico reported. Gallego told Axios he quit because dues for the caucus "went up."

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Midwest Mystic or Manchurian Candidate?

Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965) left his mark on what he memorably proclaimed the Century of the Common Man—as plant geneticist, entrepreneur, spiritualist, author, magazine editor, transformative secretary of agriculture under Franklin Roosevelt, and Roosevelt's second vice president. To his admirers Wallace was a conviction politician who denounced segregation in front of Southern audiences and criticized Cold War profiteers long before Dwight Eisenhower alerted us to the military-industrial complex. Detractors mocked Wallace as a religious crank, bureaucratic bungler, and apologist for Joseph Stalin.

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In NYC Subway, Leftist Governance Reaps What It Sows

The Left spent last week trying to turn one of New York City's mentally ill homeless into the next George Floyd.

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Dem Dark Money Kingpin Quietly Awards Grant to Liberal Group To Fight Dark Money in Politics

A foreign billionaire who has emerged a major source of cash for the American left's biggest dark money groups is now using his network to fund Common Cause, a left-wing organization that says it will use the billionaire's money to reduce "the influence of money in politics," the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

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The Big Law Bias: To Represent Conservative Clients, Top Lawyers Often Forced To Leave Their Firms

The indictment of former president Donald Trump—unprecedented in U.S. history and based on what many experts say are flimsy foundations—has stoked fresh fears about the politicization of the justice system. But it has also highlighted a trend that began long before Trump's arraignment: the politicization of top-flight law firms.

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They're the Democratic Party's Top Operatives—and Lobbying for a Company Accused of Destroying Black Heritage Sites

American Bridge 21st Century is the progressive movement’s largest super PAC, and it has a staff of Democratic superstars to prove it.

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