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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 | Feb 19, 2024

President Joe Biden’s recent memory lapses and his angry press conferences have stirred up a national conversation on both the right and the left about whether Biden should bow out of the 2024 presidential race — and whether Democrats have…

by and | Feb 16, 2024

If you’re a Taylor Swift fan (or a resident of Kansas City) you may have thought Sunday’s Super Bowl went rather well. Hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay are neither of those things, and so, in today’s episode of The…

by and | Feb 16, 2024

You will likely hear little to nothing about the trans shooter with “Palestine” scrawled across her gun who opened fire in Joel Osteen’s megachurch in suburban Houston. That’s because the shooting fits none of the narratives the Left wants us…

by | Feb 10, 2024

In the end, the Tucker Carlson interview of Vladimir Putin surprised because it was utterly conventional. No weird forced, barking laughs from Tucker. No wild-eyed proclamations from the Russian president. The interview was two hours of two very smart people…

by and | Feb 9, 2024

Saturday mornings at The American Spectator are about to get a whole lot more fun. For the next 10 weeks, Scott McKay’s newest novel, King of the Jungle, will come out chapter by chapter. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa…

by and | Feb 8, 2024

Oct. 7 pulled back a veil on global politics. Not only did it demonstrate the vitriol Israelis face in their own country, but it also revealed the ugly head of anti-Semitism in the United States. On today’s episode of The…

by and | Feb 7, 2024

At first, Sen. Mitch McConnell was proud to have worked with Democrats in the Senate to propose the now-infamous border bill. Now, he and the GOP are backpedaling just as fast as they can. On today’s episode of The Spectacle…

by | Feb 5, 2024

America’s illegal immigration problem created by President Joe Biden’s administration embodies an ideology and achieves a very specific purpose — one that receives nearly no mention because to note it would reveal the game. Illegal immigration is a classic Marxist…

by and | Feb 2, 2024

Taylor Swift changes GDPs worldwide and has the whole world humming her tunes — but Spectacle host Melissa Mackenzie thinks she’s overrated. Swift, she protests, uses the same three chords and pairs them with mediocre lyrics to deliver a sappy…

by and | Feb 1, 2024

Who votes Democrat, runs the cultural institutions, and wants to replace your gas stoves and cars with electric ones? The 1 percent, that’s who. On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay talk about the latest…

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