There’s something revealing about people who seem to get satisfaction from tearing others down. Belittling someone offers a temporary feeling of superiority. It’s a convenient substitute for confronting your own insecurities and shortcomings. I intentionally left the author’s name out. She’s easy enough to find, but I’m not interested in rewarding this behavior with more attention.

I swear, these people could watch Washington set a pile of money on fire and suggest throwing more money on it to put it out.

I swear, these people could watch Washington set a pile of money on fire and suggest throwing more money on it to put it out.

You've had 33 years in the Senate to address rural healthcare. But congratulations on discovering the problem just in time to blame Trump.

A stylist can fix an outfit. I’m genuinely curious who you hire to fix whatever this performance is.

If you are someone who is undecided about voting, I would like for you to consider this before casting your vote. France is practically the progressive wish list come to life. Universal healthcare. Heavily subsidized college tuition. Public insurance covering transgender healthcare. They even recognized Palestine. And somehow, rioters are STILL burning the place down. Progressives are constantly saying that America needs government programs, more benefits, more taxpayer-funded everything. Well, France has a whole lot of what American progressives keep demanding. And a violent fringe just torched a historic city hall. At what point do we admit that throwing more government benefits at people won’t magically produce a peaceful society? You can subsidize practically everything except personal responsibility. And frankly, I’d rather America learn from France’s mistakes than pay to repeat them.

Dominik Tarczyński walked through Warsaw at 1 AM to make a point that should embarrass half of Europe’s political leaders. Quiet streets. Churches without barricades. Beautiful architecture that hasn’t been vandalized. Imagine that. A country that actually prioritizes protecting its own people, culture, and borders. Meanwhile, France is dealing with riots and looting, and the same political class responsible for decades of failed policies still has the nerve to lecture Poland about tolerance. Europe shouldn’t have to choose between compassion and civilization. Poland understood something its neighbors seem determined to learn the hard way: A country has every right to protect what makes it worth living in.

I love how Europeans can spend so much time criticizing Trump over Greenland, then turn around and deliver a dramatic speech about the Arctic's strategic importance.

Is this actually a thing?! A woman in Cook County, Illinois, says she was early voting and selected Republican judicial candidates when a message appeared on her screen: “People are not typically choosing this person!” Excuse me? Since when does a voting machine have an opinion about your choices? If this happened as described, I have some serious questions. Has anyone else experienced this? I’d really like to know.

And this is the reason I don’t think anything is going to happen to Ilhan Omar. We still haven’t been able to deport someone accused of domestic violence and trafficking.

This is the face of hope for France.

One of my biggest complaints about my undergraduate and graduate education is that nobody prepared me for how many people would deliberately manipulate the system. I’ve worked with people who genuinely needed government assistance and struggled to get it. I’ve also encountered plenty of people who had absolutely no intention of working and knew exactly how to get every benefit available to them. Food stamps, Medicaid, housing assistance, cash benefits, you name it. And here’s what gets me. These programs aren’t necessarily easy to navigate. There are applications, eligibility requirements, income documentation, deadlines, renewals, and endless paperwork. I’ve seen people who desperately needed help get overwhelmed trying to figure it all out. Yet somehow, there are people who have mastered the process. They know what to apply for, what to say, what paperwork to submit, and how to keep those benefits coming year after year. So when I hear politicians suggest that requiring a driver’s license or state ID to vote would be too difficult for some of these same people, I have to laugh. You expect me to believe someone can successfully navigate multiple government bureaucracies to collect benefits but can’t figure out how to get an ID? Give me a break. I’m not talking about people with disabilities or those who genuinely need help. I’m talking about people who have made living off government assistance a career. Because if you’re capable of managing all that paperwork, meeting those deadlines, and navigating those systems, you’re demonstrating some pretty useful skills. Imagine what you could accomplish if you put that same effort into getting a job.