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Daniel J. Flynn

Daniel J. Flynn, a senior editor of The American Spectator, serves as a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution for the 2024-2025 academic year. His books include Cult City: Harvey Milk, Jim Jones, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco (ISI Books, 2018), Blue Collar Intellectuals: When the Enlightened and the Everyman Elevated America (ISI Books, 2011), A Conservative History of the American Left (Crown Forum, 2008), and Intellectual Morons: How Ideology Makes Smart People Fall for Stupid Ideas (Crown Forum, 2004). In 2025, he releases his magnum opus, The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer. He splits time between city Massachusetts and cabin Vermont.

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Wray and the Federal Bureau of Obfuscation

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jun 2, 2023

When did the FBI become the FBO? Rather than allow Congress to pursue its oversight responsibilities, the Federal Bureau of…

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How Conservatives Can Win the Next Debt-Ceiling Fight

by Daniel J. Flynn | Jun 1, 2023

The debt-ceiling bill passed the House 314–117 in a bipartisan vote Wednesday evening. Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but not Hakeem Jeffries…

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Today, Congress Plays Let’s Make a (Debt-Ceiling) Deal

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 30, 2023

Washington made an agreement that congressmen will vote on as early as today. The country awaits to see what sits…

Spectator A.M.

McCarthy, Debt Ceiling Deal Is Not a Win

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 30, 2023

Toward the end of the legislation raising the debt ceiling, listed provisions detail congressional support for various permits and the…

In Print - Summer 2023

Who Let Roderick Spode Edit Jeeves?

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 26, 2023

Will publishers next lop off the silent “P” in “Psmith” for fear of otherwise offending the pterodactyls? Penguin Random House…

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Contrary to Post–Jan 6. Claims, the Military Does Not Overflow With Extremist Nuts

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 25, 2023

The military as a breeding ground for domestic terrorists comes as the latest narrative to crash upon hard data. A…

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Joe Biden Keeps Lying That His Son Died in Iraq

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 24, 2023

“My son was a major in the U.S. Army,” Joe Biden told Marines stationed in Japan on Thursday. “We lost…

Spectator A.M.

State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh Breaks Down While Defending Minor Sex-Change Surgery

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 22, 2023

The most remarkable aspect of Machaela Cavanaugh’s engineered meltdown on Friday pertained to her profession: state legislator. Reason and rhetoric…

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Peter Strzok, Villain

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 18, 2023

Peter Strzok described John Durham as “essentially writing a four-year editorial for what he and Bill Barr thought Donald Trump…

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John Durham Gave Americans Something as Important as Justice

by Daniel J. Flynn | May 16, 2023

Perkins Coie, the law firm employed by the Hillary Clinton campaign, hired Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on Donald…