
Matt McDonald
Managing Editor at Spectator US
🇺🇸 managing editor, the spectator. tips: [email protected]
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Feb 25, 2025 |
thespectator.com | Stephen MIller |Stephen Miller |Derek VanBuskirk |Grace Curley |Matt McDonald
Sean Hannity played the role of the coroner for traditional news outlets in an interview with Mediaite this morning. “That’s why legacy media is dead — they don’t know it yet, because they don’t tell the truth. They lied about the cognitive state, they lied about immigration, they lied about the economy,” he said before pulling out a list of other untruths that seemed more like an autopsy than anything else.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
thespectator.com | Matt McDonald |Derek VanBuskirk |Sergey Radchenko |Teresa Mull
The Senate may be filled with octogenarians, but it defied the odds this week with a marathon “vote-a-rama” that lasted almost ten hours — just in time to set it up on a collision course with the Republican-led House across the Capitol. Despite the stated preference of President Donald Trump for “one big, beautiful bill” for reconciliation, the Senate pushed through a giant reconciliation bill, which will be smaller than whatever the House seems poised to pass.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
thespectator.com | Matt McDonald |Sergey Radchenko |Teresa Mull |Freddy Gray
National Harbor, MarylandElon Musk made a surprise appearance at CPAC Thursday afternoon, where Argentinian president Javier Milei presented him with a chainsaw. “This is a chainsaw for bureaucracy!” Musk said, brandishing it before a whooping crowd. The Department of Government Efficiency chief took to the stage with Newsmax host Rob Schmitt. Musk wore his MAGA hat — “dark gothic MAGA!” as he said — a black jacket and mirror shades, which he kept on for the duration of his appearance.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
spectator.com.au | Matt McDonald
National Harbor, MarylandElon Musk made a surprise appearance at CPAC Thursday afternoon, where Argentinian president Javier Milei presented him with a chainsaw. “This is a chainsaw for bureaucracy!” Musk said, brandishing it before a whooping crowd. The Department of Government Efficiency chief took to the stage with Newsmax host Rob Schmitt.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Matt McDonald |Ann Rodgers
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, steadfast Nicaraguan church leader, gave his first interview since being exiled to the Vatican in January 2024, and it came amid another cancellation of the legal status of a Catholic organization as the Sandinista regime effectively extinguishes civil society groups and religious orders.
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RT @ambermarieduke: This @TheSpectator cartoon from 2021 was eerily prescient ... https://t.co/blF3qyX2UG

my personal favorite was what @Freddygray31 and i saw firsthand in manchester, new hampshire in early 2020. a harbinger for things to come, as documented by freddy @TheSpectator here: https://t.co/8PBLWp29Ft

It didn't magically start in 2023 and honest observers knew something was wrong with Joe Biden from the jump. Here are a sampling of headlines from my stories we ran at @TheSpectator during Biden's campaign and the early days of his presidency. https://t.co/73OoEVz4cl

RT @KateAndrs: Why Trump met Syria’s interim president @owenmatth for @TheSpectator 👇 https://t.co/qLYzTFEgyX