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What Is Populism in American Politics? The Conservative Movement Explained

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What Populism Is Populism is a political style or framework that divides society into two groups: an ordinary, virtuous people and a corrupt, self-serving elite. The populist political project is to return power to the people and displace the elite. In American politics, populism has appeared across the political spectrum, from William Jennings Bryan on […]

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What Is Wokeism? The Conservative Definition and Critique

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What Wokeism Is Wokeism is a colloquial term for a set of progressive social justice beliefs and practices that have become institutionalized in corporations, universities, government agencies, and K-12 schools over the past decade. The term derives from ‘woke’, originally African American Vernacular English for awareness of racial injustice, but has expanded to encompass a

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What Happened to Europe’s Car Industry? The Policy Story Behind the Headlines

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The Scale of the Contraction Between 2023 and 2026, European automotive manufacturing has undergone a contraction without precedent in the postwar era. Volkswagen announced multiple German plant closures. Stellantis cut production at facilities in Italy, France, and Germany. Ford’s European operations have shrunk to a fraction of their peak. The combined effect on employment in

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How Tariffs Work and What They Mean for American Workers: A Conservative Analysis

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What a Tariff Is A tariff is a tax imposed by the importing country on goods coming in from abroad, collected at the point of entry. When the United States imposes a 25 percent tariff on steel from a particular country, American companies that import that steel pay 25 percent of its value as a

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Darrell Issa on Government Oversight: Key Points from Breaking Battlegrounds

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Who Darrell Issa Is Darrell Issa represents California’s 48th Congressional District and serves on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He is one of the longest-serving members of Congress with a specific focus on oversight and government accountability.   As Chairman of the House Oversight Committee from 2011 to 2015, Issa

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Kimberley Strassel on Biden’s Record: What She Told Breaking Battlegrounds

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Who Kimberley Strassel Is Kimberley Strassel is a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board and author of the weekly Potomac Watch political column, one of the most-read conservative political columns in American journalism. She is the 2014 Bradley Prize recipient and the author of ‘The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free

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How Social Security Works and What Reform Proposals Are on the Table

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How Social Security Works Social Security is a federal insurance program funded by payroll taxes. Workers and employers each pay 6.2 percent of wages (up to the taxable maximum, $176,100 in 2026) into the Social Security Trust Fund. Those contributions fund current retirees’ benefits, Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system, not a personal savings account.

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What Is the Domestic Policy Council? Role, History, and Current Priorities

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What the Domestic Policy Council Does The Domestic Policy Council is a unit within the Executive Office of the President responsible for coordinating the development, implementation, and communication of the president’s domestic policy agenda. It serves as the central coordination point for policy development across cabinet departments when an issue requires input from multiple agencies,

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How the Electoral College Works and Why Conservatives Defend It

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How the Electoral College Works Each state receives electoral votes equal to its total congressional representation, House seats plus two Senate seats. California has 54 electoral votes (52 House + 2 Senate). Wyoming has 3 (1 House + 2 Senate). Washington, D.C. receives 3 electoral votes under the 23rd Amendment. The total is 538. A

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What Is the Deep State? The Conservative Argument Defined

What Is the Deep State? The Conservative Argument Defined

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What the Deep State Means The deep state, in the conservative policy framework, refers to the permanent class of federal employees and agency officials who hold career positions independent of electoral outcomes and who, through their control of information, regulatory processes, and institutional norms, can shape — and in some cases resist — the policy

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