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Say Her Name

Peachy Keenan

We are living in a real-life version of The Purge. Murders are up at least 44 percent in two years. For over two years, we heard a long list of murder victims shouted on TV every day. This new trend is a little different. In fact, I couldn’t help noticing that some particularly gruesome recent killings have been met with a strangely subdued reaction by the mainstream media. 

Slow-Motion Trans Wreck

Neera Deshpande

That we have reached a turning point on the issue of gender ideology is beyond question, especially seeing the increasing numbers of detransitioners—those formerly identified as transgender who have now returned to identifying with their sex—publicly speak out against the medical repercussions of gender ideology and transgender healthcare.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #137

Subpoena Party

The Editors

As midterms loom, Biden’s DOJ is handing out subpoenas like they’re going out of style–which in a sense they may be, since a traditional election moratorium on political maneuvering makes coming for Trump an increasingly bad look. But at this point, will the public really believe that the DOJ is dispassionate? Or, for that matter, that the economy is under control? Biden seems to be hoping against hope that they will, throwing a White House celebration while a massive freight rail worker strike is looming and inflation is still over 8% for the year. Plus: famed attorney Kenneth Starr passed away this week. What legacy did he leave behind, and how has the use of celebrity in the White House affected our politics? Our editors analyze it all.