Brickbat: America’s Ally
A Saudi court has sentenced Salma al-Shehab to 34 years in prison after she was found guilty of using the Internet to “cause public unrest and destabilize civil and national …
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Pete Buttigieg Wants You To Pay Higher Gas Prices To Lower The Price Of His Electric Car
High gas prices, Buttigieg told lawmakers, are an instrument of social engineering to raise the American appetite for electric vehicles. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and …
Biden’s Middle East Trip Pits Human Rights Against Realpolitik
President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia in July as part of an effort to rebuild relationships in the Middle East and North Africa. Human rights …
Biden To World: Russia, Oil Sheiks, And China Control The U.S. Economy
President Joe Biden turned America’s financial crisis into a national security one by telling the world that foreign leaders have near-total control over the U.S. economy. The FederalistThe Federalist is …
Is DeSantis a Principled Governor or a Retaliatory Culture Warrior?
In this week’s Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie scrutinize Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ style of conservatism and touch on President Joe Biden’s upcoming …
House Resolution Seeks End to U.S. Military Involvement in Yemen
Members of the House introduced a resolution yesterday that would help end U.S. military involvement in the Yemeni Civil War if passed. The Yemen War Powers Resolution is sponsored by …
Saudi Prince’s Plan for ‘Walkable’ City of Single-File Buildings Could Be a Two Miles-Long Skyscrapers Instead
Saudi Arabia’s plan to build a linear city stretching out into the middle of the desert has perhaps gotten even dumber. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the kingdom’s The Line …
Biden’s Hidden War Is Destroying Yemen
On February 4, the U.S. State Department approved new proposed weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. If the deals aren’t blocked by Congress, the three …
FBI Declassifies 9/11 Memo After Biden Executive Order: “Puts To Bed Any Doubts About Saudi Complicity”
Saudi operative with “very high status” at the L.A. consulate was “in daily contact” with two of the hijackers… Free Thought ProjectIt is the mission of the Free Thought Project …
Kingdom of Silence
Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist formerly favored by the royal family, left his native country in 2017 and moved to the United States. He began writing a Washington Post column that …