Brady Leonard

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Brady Leonard

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) drew the ire of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party by caving to Republicans to avoid a government shutdown earlier this month, and he used his Tuesday appearance on The View to give yet another gift to Republicans. “You know what their attitude is, ‘I made my money all by myself. How dare your government take my money from me?’ … They hate government — government’s a barrier to people. A barrier to stop them from doing things,” Schumer said.

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Brady Leonard

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder and owner of the Washington Post, made waves this week when he announced the paper’s editorial page will be taking a new direction. “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets,” Bezos said in a note sent to staff on Wednesday.

2 months ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Brady Leonard

By and large, Donald Trump 2.0 has been a dramatic improvement from the president’s first term. From setting Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency loose to audit large swaths of the federal government to initiating peace talks in an attempt to end the war in Ukraine, Trump is operating at a pace not seen from a modern presidential administration.

2 months ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Brady Leonard

New talking points have gone out, and left-wing journalists and pundits have agreed that claiming the nation is in some sort of “constitutional crisis” is the soundest strategy to aid their beloved Democrats in their time of need. You could be forgiven if you believed members of the corporate press are just now discovering the Constitution, considering that they display profound ignorance of the nation’s founding documents at any available opportunity.

2 months ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Brady Leonard

Michigan senior Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he will not be seeking reelection and intends to retire at the end of the 119th Congress. “I always thought there would be a time that I would step aside and pass the reins for the next generation,” said Peters, 66, who has represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate since 2014. “I also never saw service in Congress as something you do your whole life.”Democratic Gov.