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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 | Oct 19, 2023

Joe Biden shuffles along without the hip flexor strength to lift his legs. This decrepitude of body causes him to stumble and fall. His degeneration of mind causes him to mumble and talk a mish-mash of word salad. This slippage…

by and | Oct 19, 2023

Co-host Scott McKay is a happy camper in this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, as Saturday’s primary elections in Louisiana were a total wipeout of the Bayou State’s Democrats. He’s happy to tell you all about it as co-host…

by and | Oct 16, 2023

There’s an awful lot — and we mean that in every way imaginable — going on in the world, and, in this week’s Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay dive into as much as they can fit in…

by | Oct 13, 2023

I have a weird genetic quirk. My left eye is dominant, but I write and do most things better with my right hand — except, weirdly, dribble a basketball. I’m slightly ambidextrous. My brother is right-eye dominant but easily switches…

by | Oct 6, 2023

Jury duty gets a bad rap and for good reason: It’s time consuming, disruptive, and often means being away from seemingly more important things. But juries are critical to the American legal system and to the concept of justice in…

by and | Oct 5, 2023

In this episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie continue their conservative news and commentary. Topics of the day include everything from the sorry state of civics education and why justice in America might be dying…

by and | Sep 21, 2023

In this week’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Scott McKay and Melissa Mackenzie begin their conservative commentary with Lindsey Graham and his sabotage of the pro-life movement. They then discuss the Texas case against Ken Paxton and how RINOs…

by | Sep 19, 2023

Lindsey Graham sabotaged the pro-life movement post-Dobbs, and most conservatives missed it in the hubbub. When Graham proposed a national law banning abortion after 15 weeks, he changed every conversation around abortion from a win to a loss. Post-Dobbs, pro-life…

by | Sep 18, 2023

Phonics works. It teaches children to sound out words simply and efficiently. The problem with it? Nothing, except “educators” always think there’s some better way to do things. That was Lucy Calkins and the Columbia Teachers College Reading and Writing…

by | Sep 15, 2023

You are the target of an investigation. Federal agencies are stepping up their surveillance of average Americans everywhere. But it’s not just them. Americans are surveilling themselves and, by extension, letting others surveil them, too. Last week, my neighbor’s Alexa…

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