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Melissa Mackenzie

Melissa Mackenzie is Publisher of The American Spectator. Melissa commentates for the BBC and has appeared on Fox. Her work has been featured at The Guardian, PJ Media, and was a front page contributor to RedState.Melissa commutes from Houston, Texas to Alexandria, VA. She lives in Houston with her two sons, one daughter, and two diva rescue cats.You can follow Ms. Mackenzie on Twitter: @MelissaTweets.
by and | Mar 15, 2024

The massive number of immigrants flooding into America are born to fundamentally reshape the country — that’s been true of every successive wave of immigrants that cross the border. But there’s something different about this most recent wave. On today’s Spectacle podcast, The…

by | Mar 13, 2024

Karol Markowitz, columnist at the New York Post and co-author of the bestselling book Stolen Youth, joined publisher and host of The Spectacle podcast Melissa Mackenzie during The American Spectator’s education symposium in Palm Beach, Florida to discuss the radical woke ideology infecting grade schools in…

by and | Mar 11, 2024

Melissa Mackenzie, host of The Spectacle podcast and publisher at The American Spectator, welcomed the magazine’s newest hire, Nate Hochman, during The American Spectator’s education symposium. They talked about Nate’s experience at a left-leaning liberal college in Colorado Springs and discussed the developing tendency of…

by and | Mar 10, 2024

Peter Schwiezer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans, joined editor of The American Spectator, Paul Kengor, to discuss corruption and liberalism in American institutions of higher…

by and | Mar 2, 2024

Everyone knows that artificial intelligence is likely to be woke, but Google’s newest launch made that fact inescapable. Want an image of George Washington, a doctor, or a teacher? Gemini is sure to give you the most woke, diverse version…

by and | Mar 1, 2024

On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, host Scott McKay debriefs after his Saturday interview with Tucker Carlson. He tells cohost Melissa Mackenzie all about how difficult it was to look good on camera. (WATCH HERE: McKay to Tucker: It’s Obama’s World)…

by and | Feb 29, 2024

The last few days have been devastating for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and the almost-scary RICO case she leveled against Trump. As it turns out, not only did she hire her lover as a prosecutor, but the White…

by and | Feb 24, 2024

Tucker Carlson’s curious interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the convenient — and likely orchestrated — death of Alexei Navalny have left no doubt in anyone’s mind that Putin is a tyrant. But could the same be said of…

by and | Feb 24, 2024

Rolling Stone’s cover of actress Kristen Stewart made headlines last week as a perfect example of how vulgarity frequently masks incompetence in Hollywood. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay are here to discuss Hollywood trends in an…

by and | Feb 23, 2024

Late last week, a judge in New York ruled that former President Donald Trump would have to shell over $350 million to appeal a ruling on real estate fraud. The details of the case may be difficult to sort out, but Americans don’t seem…

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