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Ellie Gardey Holmes

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover. She is originally from Michigan. Follow her on X at @EllieGardey. Contact her at eholmes@spectator.org.
by | May 23, 2025

For a several-year span, when a celebrity announced that her child had transitioned to the opposite sex, she was showered with praise and attention. In fact, nothing compared to a transgender child in demonstrating how progressive, open-minded, and compassionate an…

by | May 22, 2025

A strange new tactic is taking on a central role in the pro-abortion world. Abortion, says this newly prevailing strategy, is not just a choice someone should be free to make so as to live out their chosen lifestyle. No,…

by | May 20, 2025

Last year, California, to great fanfare, became the first state to fund free health care for all its illegal immigrants — which totals about 1.8 million people. California Gov. Gavin Newsom framed the policy as a great moral achievement. “Through this…

by and | May 20, 2025

Serbian soccer player Nemanja Matić is facing a possible ban after he covered a rainbow patch on his uniform with white tape. Matić, who is a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church, isn’t the first to do so; other soccer…

by and | May 19, 2025

Michigan Judge Sima Patel ruled that certain provisions regarding abortion procedures — such as the 24-hour waiting period, informed consent, and physician-only abortions — are unconstitutional under Michigan’s Constitution. In this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes and…

by | May 17, 2025

With Pope Leo XIV being from Chicago, everyone seems to have some sort of connection with him — even if it’s as simple as sharing a love for the White Sox or having played tennis on the same court as…

by | May 16, 2025

A few blocks from where I sit writing this is Emory University Hospital Midtown, where Adriana Smith, a beautiful 30-year-old mother who was declared brain dead, is on life support. Smith is being kept on a ventilator because she is…

by and | May 14, 2025

Former President Joe Biden appeared on BBC and The View on a press tour last week, with high hopes of a return to the public eye. Join Ellie Gardey Holmes and Lyrah Margo on this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast as they react…

by | May 14, 2025

The mainstream media, ignorant of Christianity as ever, is bungling its coverage of the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV. Perhaps the worst offender of this is the New York Times, which botched its interpretation of the new…

by | May 14, 2025

From top to bottom, the pornography industry is built on, fueled by, and perpetuates the demand for videos featuring women who never consented to their distribution — or even to being filmed. That’s according to a report titled “Not a…

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