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Teens are infuriating locals by riding over golf courses and doing wheelies on the Harbour Bridge. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - ‘We Need to Do McCarthyism to the Tenth Power’
For decades, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s name has been used as shorthand for the opposite of the aspirational ideal of civilized American politics. In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power. Indicating that anything resembled the tactics and smears of the late senator from Wisconsin has been enough to suggest that such behavior was out of bounds, with no rightful place in our modern politics. But now comes a small, influential group of hard-line right-wingers who believe that, in the words of one popular meme in such circles, McCarthy was right.McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s. In 1954, the conservative patron saint William F. Buckley Jr. and his friend and fellow conservative thinker L. Brent Bozell Jr. defended the senator in their book, McCarthy and His Enemies, as a sometimes-misguided figure unfairly maligned for his justified quest to root out Communist influence in government. Buckley called himself a “critic friendly to McCarthy” in 1959 and continued to defend the senator for decades. The conservative media personality Ann Coulter, in her 2003 book, Treason, made the case that McCarthy had been right that the government was crawling with Communists, and that the greater problem was that Democrats “didn’t give a damn” about Soviet infiltration. Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump and a MAGA-world podcaster, has been making the case for McCarthy’s rehabilitation since at least 2013 and remains fixated on the cause. When I recently raised the matter with him, he told me that “McCarthy is a hero to me” and explained that he had tried to buy the North Carolina home of McCarthy’s most famous target, General George C. Marshall. (Bannon said he ended up buying a home nearby.) More recently, the idea that “McCarthy was right” has been embraced by other influential voices around Trump—who learned some of his own hardball tactics from McCarthy’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn—though not, apparently, by the president himself. Some of his only searchable public utterances about the senator have been negative: In separate posts on X in 2018 and 2019, he cited a “Joseph McCarthy style Witch Hunt” and “modern day McCarthyism” in decrying the special-counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.The case for McCarthy’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - Pete Hegseth’s Troubled SoulCERTAIN MOMENTS are worth paying attention to because they reveal something essential about a person. They act as windows into an individual’s psychological state, their ethics, the orders of their loves and their hates. Such occasions are crystallizing.That’s been true of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon briefings since the war against Iran began. We haven’t learned anything we didn’t already know about Hegseth in these briefings. But the press conferences have reminded the world why he is exactly the wrong person to hold the position he does.Wednesday’s briefing, for example, featured the usual Hegseth hubris, strutting, and cockiness. “I stand before you today with one unmistakable message about Operation Epic Fury: America is winning decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy,” he said. He declared that, four days into the mission, Iran is “toast, and they know it. Or at least soon enough they will know it.” He compared the Persian nation’s predicament to that of a football team: “They don’t know what plays to call, let alone how to get in the huddle and call those plays.” There was not even a hint of the challenges that might lie ahead in the conflict with Iran, a nation of 90 million people that borders seven countries—challenges that might include internal fragmentation and chaos, a dangerous insurgency, humanitarian crises, regional destabilization, and global economic disruption.[Tom Nichols: Pete Hegseth treats fallen American soldier as a PR problem]Now, it may be that none of this comes to pass. The joint American-Israeli air campaign has been stunningly effective. A peaceful, enlightened, democratic, pro-American regime may emerge. And even if Iran turns out to fall far short of that ideal, it could still be that the next regime is better than the previous, wicked one. So the world may be better off as a result of this war. Or it may not. It’s simply too early to tell. Wars that begin well don’t always end well, and they often produce unintended consequences.Hegseth displayed the prickliness and defensiveness we’ve come to expect, along with his resentment against “fake news.” Hegseth complained that the war-related deaths of six Americans were front-page news. The press, he claimed, “only wants to make the president look bad.” There were also the requisite shots at Democrats, who he said are “rooting against the country.”But what was most striking about Hegseth’s press conference was his emotional affect, his delight in celebrating mercilessness, his… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago
- FMCSA Chief Vows to “Clean Up the Mess” in Modern Trucking
The new FMCSA chief is signaling a tougher enforcement era for the trucking industry. Speaking at the Truckload Carrier Association’s annual convention in Kissimmee, Florida, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek D. Barrs told trucking executives that the agency will aggressively target fraud, unsafe operations, and regulatory loopholes that harm legitimate carriers. Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief who took leadership of the agency in October, said the FMCSA must restore trust in the industry by cracking down on “bad actors.” According to Barrs, the agency plans to strengthen enforcement, overhaul outdated systems, and ensure trucking regulations protect both professional drivers and the public. Tougher Enforcement Against Industry Fraud One of the biggest priorities for the FMCSA chief is eliminating fraudulent operators that exploit weaknesses in the system. Barrs highlighted growing concerns about shell entities and “chameleon carriers.” These companies repeatedly shut down and reopen under new names to avoid safety violations and penalties. To address this problem, the agency has already begun clearing problematic records from federal registries. Barrs emphasized that stronger enforcement will help legitimate carriers compete fairly while removing companies that cut corners on safety. Industry leaders largely support this approach. Many established carriers believe stronger enforcement levels the playing field and helps rebuild trust in the trucking industry. Crackdown on CDL Training Schools Another major focus is the growing number of questionable commercial driver training schools, often referred to as “CDL mills.” These operations allegedly push unqualified drivers through training programs without proper instruction. Barrs told trucking executives that the FMCSA has already removed more than 7,000 entry-level driver training providers from its official registry. He also suggested the system may require a complete reset to ensure training programs actually prepare drivers for safe operations on the road. The goal, Barrs said, is to make sure a commercial driver’s license truly represents professional competence and verified training rather than simply a piece of paper. Increased Scrutiny of ELD Certification In addition to driver training oversight, the FMCSA chief announced stronger enforcement involving electronic logging devices (ELDs). These devices track hours-of-service compliance and remain mandatory for most commercial drivers. Over the past six months, the agency has removed more than 80 ELD devices from its approved list after discovering compliance issues. Furthermore, Barrs revealed that more than 400 new certification applications failed the agency’s intensified review process. By tightening certification standards, the FMCSA aims… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago - Why Trump Changed His Mind on Kristi NoemKristi Noem played “Hot Mama” as the walk-up song for her formal introduction at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025. President Trump had put her in charge of his signature campaign promise—the largest mass-deportation campaign in U.S. history—and Noem took a fast, flashy approach to the job. She dressed as a Border Patrol agent and an ICE officer, and rode horseback at Mount Rushmore in ads. She flew to El Salvador and posed in front of a prison cell crammed with tattooed inmates. She made no apologies for aggressive enforcement tactics on American streets, even those that likely broke the law, or for the deaths of two U.S. citizens who opposed her approach.But it wasn’t the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year that finally cost Noem her job today, making her the first ousted Cabinet secretary of Trump’s second term. Instead, it was her self-promotion.Noem’s standing was already shaky when she went to Capitol Hill to testify this week. On Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a Republican, asked whether Trump himself had approved Noem’s $220 million ad campaign that featured her urging migrants to self-deport. Noem said yes, and defended the ads as “effective.”The ads “were effective in your name recognition,” Kennedy told Noem, saying that she put Trump “in a terribly awkward spot.” He was implying the commission of a cardinal sin for a Trump Cabinet member: seeking to outshine the president. Kennedy told reporters today that he had spoken with Trump. “Her version of the truth and the president’s version of the truth are decidedly different,” Kennedy said.Noem had been saying for more than a year that the idea for the ads came from Trump himself. But with public opinion souring on Trump’s mass deportations, the messaging campaign that Noem touted as a success—and the no-bid contracts behind it—had come under suspicion from lawmakers. A person familiar with the decision to fire Noem told us that the president was upset about her attempt to pass the blame for the ad campaign onto him, and for her equivocation on the questions about her alleged romantic relationship with Corey Lewandowski, who has been working at DHS as her de facto chief of staff.“Replacing Kristi was based on the culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures including the fallout in Minnesota, the ad campaign, the allegations of infidelity, the mismanagement of… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 weeks ago
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For decades, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s name has been used as shorthand for the opposite of the aspirational ideal of civilized American politics. In the way that Kleenex has become interchangeable with tissue, McCarthyism, for many, is an eponym for the unjust, reprehensible use of political power. Indicating that anything resembled the tactics and smears of the late senator from Wisconsin has been enough to suggest that such behavior was out of bounds, with no rightful place in our modern politics. But now comes a small, influential group of hard-line right-wingers who believe that, in the words of one popular meme in such circles, McCarthy was right.McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s. In 1954, the conservative patron saint William F. Buckley Jr. and his friend and fellow conservative thinker L. Brent Bozell Jr. defended the senator in their book, McCarthy and His Enemies, as a sometimes-misguided figure unfairly maligned for his justified quest to root out Communist influence in government. Buckley called himself a “critic friendly to McCarthy” in 1959 and continued to defend the senator for decades. The conservative media personality Ann Coulter, in her 2003 book, Treason, made the case that McCarthy had been right that the government was crawling with Communists, and that the greater problem was that Democrats “didn’t give a damn” about Soviet infiltration. Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump and a MAGA-world podcaster, has been making the case for McCarthy’s rehabilitation since at least 2013 and remains fixated on the cause. When I recently raised the matter with him, he told me that “McCarthy is a hero to me” and explained that he had tried to buy the North Carolina home of McCarthy’s most famous target, General George C. Marshall. (Bannon said he ended up buying a home nearby.) More recently, the idea that “McCarthy was right” has been embraced by other influential voices around Trump—who learned some of his own hardball tactics from McCarthy’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn—though not, apparently, by the president himself. Some of his only searchable public utterances about the senator have been negative: In separate posts on X in 2018 and 2019, he cited a “Joseph McCarthy style Witch Hunt” and “modern day McCarthyism” in decrying the special-counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.The case for McCarthy’s… [TheTopNews] Read More.
2 weeks ago
CERTAIN MOMENTS are worth paying attention to because they reveal something essential about a person. They act as windows into an individual’s psychological state, their ethics, the orders of their loves and their hates. Such occasions are crystallizing.That’s been true of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon briefings since the war against Iran began. We haven’t learned anything we didn’t already know about Hegseth in these briefings. But the press conferences have reminded the world why he is exactly the wrong person to hold the position he does.Wednesday’s briefing, for example, featured the usual Hegseth hubris, strutting, and cockiness. “I stand before you today with one unmistakable message about Operation Epic Fury: America is winning decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy,” he said. He declared that, four days into the mission, Iran is “toast, and they know it. Or at least soon enough they will know it.” He compared the Persian nation’s predicament to that of a football team: “They don’t know what plays to call, let alone how to get in the huddle and call those plays.” There was not even a hint of the challenges that might lie ahead in the conflict with Iran, a nation of 90 million people that borders seven countries—challenges that might include internal fragmentation and chaos, a dangerous insurgency, humanitarian crises, regional destabilization, and global economic disruption.[Tom Nichols: Pete Hegseth treats fallen American soldier as a PR problem]Now, it may be that none of this comes to pass. The joint American-Israeli air campaign has been stunningly effective. A peaceful, enlightened, democratic, pro-American regime may emerge. And even if Iran turns out to fall far short of that ideal, it could still be that the next regime is better than the previous, wicked one. So the world may be better off as a result of this war. Or it may not. It’s simply too early to tell. Wars that begin well don’t always end well, and they often produce unintended consequences.Hegseth displayed the prickliness and defensiveness we’ve come to expect, along with his resentment against “fake news.” Hegseth complained that the war-related deaths of six Americans were front-page news. The press, he claimed, “only wants to make the president look bad.” There were also the requisite shots at Democrats, who he said are “rooting against the country.”But what was most striking about Hegseth’s press conference was his emotional affect, his delight in celebrating mercilessness, his… [TheTopNews] Read More.
2 weeks ago
The new FMCSA chief is signaling a tougher enforcement era for the trucking industry. Speaking at the Truckload Carrier Association’s annual convention in Kissimmee, Florida, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Derek D. Barrs told trucking executives that the agency will aggressively target fraud, unsafe operations, and regulatory loopholes that harm legitimate carriers. Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief who took leadership of the agency in October, said the FMCSA must restore trust in the industry by cracking down on “bad actors.” According to Barrs, the agency plans to strengthen enforcement, overhaul outdated systems, and ensure trucking regulations protect both professional drivers and the public. Tougher Enforcement Against Industry Fraud One of the biggest priorities for the FMCSA chief is eliminating fraudulent operators that exploit weaknesses in the system. Barrs highlighted growing concerns about shell entities and “chameleon carriers.” These companies repeatedly shut down and reopen under new names to avoid safety violations and penalties. To address this problem, the agency has already begun clearing problematic records from federal registries. Barrs emphasized that stronger enforcement will help legitimate carriers compete fairly while removing companies that cut corners on safety. Industry leaders largely support this approach. Many established carriers believe stronger enforcement levels the playing field and helps rebuild trust in the trucking industry. Crackdown on CDL Training Schools Another major focus is the growing number of questionable commercial driver training schools, often referred to as “CDL mills.” These operations allegedly push unqualified drivers through training programs without proper instruction. Barrs told trucking executives that the FMCSA has already removed more than 7,000 entry-level driver training providers from its official registry. He also suggested the system may require a complete reset to ensure training programs actually prepare drivers for safe operations on the road. The goal, Barrs said, is to make sure a commercial driver’s license truly represents professional competence and verified training rather than simply a piece of paper. Increased Scrutiny of ELD Certification In addition to driver training oversight, the FMCSA chief announced stronger enforcement involving electronic logging devices (ELDs). These devices track hours-of-service compliance and remain mandatory for most commercial drivers. Over the past six months, the agency has removed more than 80 ELD devices from its approved list after discovering compliance issues. Furthermore, Barrs revealed that more than 400 new certification applications failed the agency’s intensified review process. By tightening certification standards, the FMCSA aims… [TheTopNews] Read More.
2 weeks ago
Kristi Noem played “Hot Mama” as the walk-up song for her formal introduction at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025. President Trump had put her in charge of his signature campaign promise—the largest mass-deportation campaign in U.S. history—and Noem took a fast, flashy approach to the job. She dressed as a Border Patrol agent and an ICE officer, and rode horseback at Mount Rushmore in ads. She flew to El Salvador and posed in front of a prison cell crammed with tattooed inmates. She made no apologies for aggressive enforcement tactics on American streets, even those that likely broke the law, or for the deaths of two U.S. citizens who opposed her approach.But it wasn’t the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year that finally cost Noem her job today, making her the first ousted Cabinet secretary of Trump’s second term. Instead, it was her self-promotion.Noem’s standing was already shaky when she went to Capitol Hill to testify this week. On Tuesday, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana, a Republican, asked whether Trump himself had approved Noem’s $220 million ad campaign that featured her urging migrants to self-deport. Noem said yes, and defended the ads as “effective.”The ads “were effective in your name recognition,” Kennedy told Noem, saying that she put Trump “in a terribly awkward spot.” He was implying the commission of a cardinal sin for a Trump Cabinet member: seeking to outshine the president. Kennedy told reporters today that he had spoken with Trump. “Her version of the truth and the president’s version of the truth are decidedly different,” Kennedy said.Noem had been saying for more than a year that the idea for the ads came from Trump himself. But with public opinion souring on Trump’s mass deportations, the messaging campaign that Noem touted as a success—and the no-bid contracts behind it—had come under suspicion from lawmakers. A person familiar with the decision to fire Noem told us that the president was upset about her attempt to pass the blame for the ad campaign onto him, and for her equivocation on the questions about her alleged romantic relationship with Corey Lewandowski, who has been working at DHS as her de facto chief of staff.“Replacing Kristi was based on the culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures including the fallout in Minnesota, the ad campaign, the allegations of infidelity, the mismanagement of… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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