Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus is no longer on the Republican primary ballot in Tennessee’s Fifth Congressional District. And she’s not the only one. The entire GOP field in the Nashville-based seat is in chaos after the Tennessee Republican Party State Executive Committee (SEC) voted to remove Ortagus, Robby Starbuck and Baxter Lee from […]
Last week the Biden White House announced the introduction of a new rule aimed at combating “ghost guns” or firearms without a reference number. The new rule would expand the definition of “firearm” to include pre-fabricated and non-assembled kits available for sale. Naturally, Republican leaders in Congress are looking to fight back against the administration’s […]
The Easter weekend shootout at Columbia Centre is the latest in a long line of mass shootings in gun-free zones. The shopping center explicitly prohibits firearms and illegal weapons. Of course, the mall’s code of conduct didn’t keep the accused gunman, a gang member linked to a 17-year-old’s murder, from packing heat on the premises. […]
Airline stocks rallied on Tuesday following a federal judge’s decision to throw out the CDC’s mask mandate for travelers. America’s most popular airlines, including American, Delta, Southwest and United, confirmed Monday they would make mask-wearing optional on domestic flights. However, some added they would continue to insist on mask-wearing for some international flights, depending on […]
The ongoing feud between The Walt Disney Company and Ron DeSantis witnessed a significant escalation Tuesday. Ahead of a special legislative session, the governor urged lawmakers to end the children’s entertainment giant’s special status to operate as an independent government within its Orlando-area theme parks and resorts. DeSantis’ announcement, broadcast on television from The Villages […]
The Kremlin founded its first special operations forces – Spetsnaz – in the 1950s to conduct strategic missions against NATO installations. In 2009, emulating America’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) created in the 1980s, Russia formed a dedicated special-operations command organization – the Russian Special Operations Forces Command. This is a strategic-level special-operations organization tasked with the toughest, most […]
A lawsuit to remove controversial Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from the ballot has received the green light to proceed. The suit, filed by Free Speech for People, a left-wing advocacy group, seeks to disqualify Rep. Greene from running for reelection by claiming she helped instigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. U.S. […]
With the overturning of the CDC’s mask mandate, it’s a good moment to catalog what we’ve been saying for two years now. We’ve written quite a bit over the past two years about masks at Rational Ground. With mask mandates falling faster than an Omicron Gompertz curve, we thought it might be useful to review […]
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Amid the Siege of Mariupol and the sinking of the Moskva, battered and bruised Russian forces finished repositioning themselves for an offensive along a 300-mile front for control of Ukraine’s vast natural resources. Late last night, they struck with a thunderous artillery barrage to announce their new campaign. Already, some Ukrainians are calling the fight […]
For many state governments, these are the salad days. And as is always the case when states are swimming in cash, the politicians, interest groups and assorted others come up with new ways to either spend it on more government or cut taxes (and both if the surpluses are big enough). Where has all of […]
Wolverines! 1980s Movie About Americans Resisting a Russian Invasion Inspires Ukrainians
In the 1984 Cold War movie “Red Dawn” – as Soviet troops battled their own real insurgency in Afghanistan – characters played by Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey lead a guerrilla band of high school students from a small town in Colorado to fight a fictional Russian invasion of the United States. Their battle cry, like […]