Harry Tukis
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Trump’s Undeclared War: How a President Bypassed Congress and Lost the Strait of Hormuz
The Trump administration's escalating military conflict with Iran — a war in everything but name — has never received congressional authorization, yet American forces remain engaged in hostilities that have fundamentally reshaped…
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The Billionaire Philanthropist Who Never Worked in Intelligence Now Runs U.S. Intelligence
The Trump administration's appointment of Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence represents either a bold experiment in disruptive leadership or a dangerous gamble with America's most sensitive secrets. Given Pulte's complete…
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America Was Always Great — But We Keep Forgetting What That Means
America was always great — but have we forgotten what made it so? There’s a phrase that’s been rattling around our politics for nearly a decade now, and it rests on a…
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Ukraine War Briefing: $3.8 Billion Still Frozen as Kyiv Holds Eastern Lines
The war in Ukraine enters a grim calculus as winter 2025 approaches: American military aid sits unused while Ukrainian forces face renewed Russian pressure along a 600-mile front. Nearly $3.8 billion in…
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Stumbles Out of the Gate While Musk’s Starship Keeps Exploding Forward
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket has given the space race a new spectacle, and it's not the one Jeff Bezos wanted. Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully reached orbit on its…
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The Man With the Golden Grift: Trump’s Gilded Obsession and the Villains Who Came Before
There's something about gold that makes certain men lose their minds. Not the quiet appreciation of a wedding band or the historical weight of Fort Knox. I'm talking about the gaudy, ostentatious,…
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The Art of the Settlement: Trump’s IRS Battle and the $1.7 Billion Question Nobody’s Asking
The Trump IRS settlement is one of those moments in politics when the machinery of government produces an outcome so perplexing that even seasoned observers pause. The Trump family's ongoing legal entanglement…
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The Architecture of Untruth: How False Narratives Became a Governing Strategy
False narratives governing strategy has become a defining feature of modern American politics. There’s a pattern here. It repeats with such regularity that you can set your watch by it. A problem…
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The Blunt Instrument: How Executive Orders Became a Sledgehammer to Democracy
By Harry Tukis, Sr. Political Reporter Executive orders democracy advocates fear is under threat. There’s a peculiar irony in watching a president who campaigned against executive overreach wield the executive order like…
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The Ruler in Chief: How Trump’s Executive Overreach Reveals a Fundamental Misunderstanding of Leadership
Rulers Command. Leaders Inspire. America Must Decide Which It Wants. Trump executive overreach is redefining American democracy. A ruler commands. A leader inspires. The distinction matters now more than ever. A ruler…