Thaddeus G. McCotter – American Greatness

Trump Supporters Must Avoid Overconfidence

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 07:00:25 +0000

The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has led his supporters and some, though not all, of his opponents to acquire a greater perspective […]

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Will the Left Respect Democracy If Trump Wins?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 13 Jul 2024 07:00:19 +0000

The left and its mocking bird media are fond of asking whether the GOP and MAGA movement will “accept the results of the election.” Their […]

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Stop Messaging for the Enemy

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 06 Jul 2024 07:00:01 +0000

During the existential ideological struggle of the Cold War, the United States and her allies were acutely aware the Soviet Union presented both a strategic […]

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Reject Myopic Thinking, Not Mr. Trump’s V.P. Choice

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:00:27 +0000

There has been much talk about whom presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump should choose for his running mate. It is right and proper […]

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The Left: Force-Feeding Americans Liver and Onions

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 07:00:49 +0000

Liver and onions. My father loved liver and onions. He would fry them up in our tiny galley kitchen. The stench, er, aroma, would imbue […]

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NATO’s Hairline Fissures Part 2: The Use of Western Weapons Inside Russia?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 07:00:17 +0000

[Last week, we looked at NATO’s divisive debate over Ukraine’s membership. This week, we look at NATO’s disagreement over the use of Western weaponry on […]

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NATO’s Hairline Fissures Part 1: Ukraine Membership?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 07:00:35 +0000

[This is the first in a two-part series about a pair of divisive issues within NATO regarding Ukraine.] In response to an earlier instance of […]

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A Final Indignity to the Arsenal of Democracy?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 25 May 2024 07:00:07 +0000

It is Memorial Day weekend. A time for us to commemorate and reflect upon the ultimate sacrifices given by our fallen citizen-soldiers and the enduring […]

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Patria y Vida: A Cuban Mother’s Cry Against Censorship

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 18 May 2024 07:00:29 +0000

As Americans celebrated Mother’s Day, Cuba’s communist government was imprisoning the mother of a three-year-old daughter for telling the truth about the regime’s brutality. In […]

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Truth or Censorship: The Legacy Media’s Death Spiral

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 11 May 2024 07:00:54 +0000

One of the consequences of the Communications Revolution has been the deterioration of the traditional news media into just another endangered industry clamoring for protectionism. […]

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Reconstructing Gaza: The International Community’s Cycle of Impotence

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 04 May 2024 07:00:08 +0000

If ever there was an example of the lethal, recurring consequences of the self-proclaimed “international community’s” inanity and impotence, it is their recurrent bouts of […]

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Cannibalism: A Teachable Moment

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 07:00:29 +0000

One bone of contention with the Biden administration, the left, and their regime media enablers is how, while claiming they want to speak truth to […]

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The U.S. Department of State: How Can You Praise What You Hate?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:00:54 +0000

How can you praise what you hate? Sadly, this is not a rhetorical question but one in need of answering by the America-loathing leftists burrowed […]

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Historical Anomalies of the 2024 Presidential Election Part 2: America’s First Lame Duck Election

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 07:00:55 +0000

[Last week, we examined the historical anomaly of Mr. Donald Trump attempting to become only second president in American history to win non-consecutive terms of […]

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Historical Anomalies of the 2024 Presidential Election (Pt. 1): Make America Grover Again

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 08:00:02 +0000

In America’s 2024 presidential election, there are two political anomalies in play. Each has a bearing on the race, though in differing degrees and during […]

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Our Consumptive Economy: ‘A Sordid Boon’

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 08:00:36 +0000

Whispered about in hushed tones by a frightened society, it was named “consumption” due to its effects draining the victim’s body of vitality and the […]

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Unity: A Tale of Three Presidents

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:00:24 +0000

In a country deeply estranged along party lines, President Joe Biden’s recent State of the Union constituted a partisan diatribe, not a unifying address. This […]

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The Biden Administration Attacks Democracy Abroad

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 08:00:02 +0000

A friend sent me a link that, upon opening it, I initially thought I had been directed to The Babylon Bee. I rubbed my eyes […]

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Trump 2024: Presidential Campaign or Revenge Tour?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 09:00:47 +0000

Steamrolling through the Republican primaries, for some time former President Donald J. Trump has known he will be the 2024 GOP nominee. For an even […]

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Google’s AI Chatbot Gemini: ‘The Ultimate Computer’

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 09:00:24 +0000

Captain’s log, stardate 4729.4: In the transporter room, Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock welcome Commodore Robert Wesley aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Wesley: Have […]

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The Domino Theory 2.0: Ukraine Then Taiwan?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:00:35 +0000

In yet another example of “how the more things change…” When assessing the Domino Theory 2.0, one discovers the dominoes are in the details—or, more […]

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NATO’s New Mission: Peace Through Censorship

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:00:13 +0000

When pondering the ranks of institutions captured by leftist elitists, one of the most ominous is the American military. The left is brazenly proselytizing, neutering, […]

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Populism, Pacificism, and Isolationism (Part 3): The Future

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 10:00:21 +0000

This is the third article in a three-part series on populism, pacificism, and isolationism. The first article, “The Past,” can be found here. The second […]

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Populism, Pacifism, and Isolationism (Part 2): The Present

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:00:12 +0000

This is the second article in a three-part series on populism, pacificism, and isolationism. The first article, “The Past,” can be found here. As in […]

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Populism, Pacifism, and Isolationism (Part 1): The Past

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 10:00:48 +0000

Historically, there have long been strains of pacificism and isolationism in our nation. Even before our nation’s founding, pacificism was a central tenet of the […]

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What about Parents’ ‘Lived Experience’ with Their Child?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:00:11 +0000

Among the left’s multi-pronged war on Western civilization, one of the most prominent is its assault on parental rights. Recall how when parents learned of […]

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Measuring Decline in Real Time: America’s $34 Trillion National Debt

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 10:00:22 +0000

During the founding of the American Republic’s revolutionary experiment in self-government, its architects looked to antiquity for guidance. The Athenian city-state and the Roman republic […]

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‘High on Likes’: Driving Under the Influence of Social Media at the Crossroad of Freedom and Serfdom

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 10:00:37 +0000

As the New Year commences, I peeked into the rearview mirror and rediscovered an article that appeared in Lisa DePasquale’s diurnal newsletter, Bright. Published on […]

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A New Year’s Resolution for 2024?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 10:00:16 +0000

There is an obvious, if unspoken, irony in this holiday season’s greeting of “have a happy new year!” At continuing intervals next year, nearly half […]

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Why Are Today’s Politics So Awful?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:00:20 +0000

“Why are today’s politics so awful?” There are several reasons, many of which will be explored in this four-part series. In a nutshell (pun intended), […]

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Part III: Why Are Today’s Politics So Awful?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 10:00:22 +0000

”Why are today’s politics so awful?” There are several reasons, many of which will be explored in this four–part series. In a nutshell (pun intended), […]

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Part II: Why Are Today’s Politics So Awful?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 10:00:32 +0000

“Why are today’s politics so awful?” There are several reasons, many of which will be explored in this four-part series. In a nutshell (pun intended), […]

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Why Are Today’s Politics So Awful?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 10:00:27 +0000

(Editor’s note: This is a first in a four-part series). People often ask, “Why are today’s politics so awful?” There are several reasons, many of […]

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The ‘Complexity’ of Idiocy

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 10:00:48 +0000

Often, yours truly has expounded (okay, ranted) upon the term “narrative,” which is just an artful euphemism for “lie.” A device drawn from fiction, as […]

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Save the Planet, Cull the Herd!

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 10:00:58 +0000

With but a few keystrokes, (post-)modern technology’s search engines will spew out the reasons for the impending climate apocalypse, such as fossil fuels, agricultural practices, […]

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Iran’s Less than Nuanced View of Bi-Lateral Relations:

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:00:11 +0000

One of the more odious aspects of the cornucopia of hypocrisy that is the Left’s “woke” ideology is how, after assuming its intellectual and moral […]

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Easy for Me to Say

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 10:00:06 +0000

Given my past involvement with foreign affairs, many of my friends share with me their views and concerns about current events. Presently, many of my […]

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Never Again

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 10:00:27 +0000

Dateline: Shura Military Base in Ramle, Israel Joel B. Pollak, Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News, reports that Israel was compelled to take the extraordinary step […]

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The Temperature Plummets in the New Cold War: Hamas’ Terrorist Attack on Israel

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 10:00:12 +0000

America, Europe, and the entire Free World are engaged in a new Cold War. Our tentpole enemies of this Authoritarian Axis are communist China, Russia, […]

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Hamas Terror: Madness and Method

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 10:00:01 +0000

The deepest forms of evil committed against another person and/or people possess both a madness and a method. During last week’s murderous terrorist attack by […]

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The Lesson of ‘Ouster-Gaetz’: The Most Dangerous RINO Is the One Claiming to Be a RINO Hunter

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 10:00:40 +0000

Tuesday’s ouster of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) brings to a head long simmering questions Republican-Populists must confront if the movement is to prove […]

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Democrats

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:00:26 +0000

In Real Clear Opinion Research, Carl M. Cameron’s article “Is Censorship a Partisan Issue” provides Democrats an exceptional opportunity to follow the facts. The Left […]

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Radical Chic & The DIE Cult: They Don’t Wanna Face It

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 10:00:17 +0000

During the late 1960’s and early 1970’s “radical chic” was all the rage among the upper middle class. In today’s parlance, it was a cultural […]

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Paving a $32 Trillion Road to Ruin

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 10:00:35 +0000

A lifetime ago when I served in Congress, visiting constituents would always ask what it was like to work in such a historic and scenic […]

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The WEF and the Climate Cult:

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 10:00:25 +0000

One should never underestimate the Left’s propensity for projecting its sins upon its victims; nor, when the Left does manage to admit the destructive effects […]

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Are Swampy Political Consultants Mucking Up GOP Populism?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:19:06 +0000

There is one segment of the swamp which receives relatively little attention, especially given their ability to muck up the Republican-Populist movement: political consultants. This […]

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Trump: The Leader of a Faction or a Party?

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:00:46 +0000

Throughout my time campaigning for public office, over the course of several Republican Party primaries I ran against an incumbent, as an incumbent, and for […]

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Trump Isn’t Just the Target, He’s the Pretext

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 10:00:47 +0000

It is August: another day, another partisan Democrat indictment of Trump, while Americans either cheer, scream, or shrug as they head once more unto the […]

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The Regressive Left’s Counter-Revolution

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 10:00:14 +0000

Previously, I made a brief survey of American students’ ominous decline in history and civics; the education establishment’s risible attempt to escape any blame; and […]

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Major League Inside Politics Nears the Trade Deadline

Thaddeus G. McCotter — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 10:00:55 +0000

Prior to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) August 1 trade line, we examined whether the Democrat and Republican parties are considering the trade route to improve […]

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