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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 | Sep 21, 2022

It is 3 a.m. Central Time and I cannot sleep. Sleep is elusive the night before I travel anywhere but most especially when I know I’m going down to the Houston Medical Center three hours from now. I’m tired, so…

by | Sep 16, 2022

The only thing sure in life is death and taxes, and Americans, if current polling is to be believed, will vote for both in November. With inflation holding steady at 8.3 percent year-over-year, those predictions are doubtful, but let’s pretend…

by | Sep 1, 2022

By every metric, Joe Biden is a failed president, and that’s less than two years into his terrible tenure. Tonight, he will spend his time speaking to the nation doing what he does best: insulting everyone. He’ll accuse his enemies…

by | Aug 24, 2022

President Joe Biden, elder statesman, steady hand, and all-around good guy, just decided by fiat that henceforth and herewith, student loans shall be forgiven by Kingly decree. Thank you, Never Trump, for helping America restore norms. We, the humble servants…

by | Aug 23, 2022

Throughout history, children and their innocence have been used to serve sadistic adults’ ends. America in 2022 is no different. This enlightened generation features a new, proliferating business: chemical castration, genital mutilation, and body mutilation of underage children intended to…

by | Aug 11, 2022

Does Donald Trump have Jeffrey Epstein’s list of clients? The Deep State, Bureaucracy, Swamp, Administrative State, Military-Industrial Complex, Democrats, Media, Establishment Republicans, and crew are acting like Trump is Satan incarnate. At this point their loathing seems overwrought, to understate…

by | Aug 6, 2022

In the grips of monomania, psychotic people perseverate on their object of interest. They talk about their enthusiasm incessantly and believe, wrongly, that everyone else is similarly inclined. America’s establishment, left and right, and the media, are obsessed with Donald…

by | Jul 23, 2022

Remember Julia from the Obama campaign years? As she’s aged, she’s been the Democrats’ secret weapon. She is hip to the crisis du jour. She is educated, frustrated, and an agent of societal destruction. Julia champions the leftist life cycle,…

by | Jul 3, 2022

This Independence Day, Americans’ minds turn toward those who fought and died for the country and the people in that country they love. These people were, are, filled with hopes and dreams and ideals — ways to live a free…

by | Jun 24, 2022

To the Never Trump people: Elections matter. Here’s a link to the ruling. Because Donald J. Trump was president and because he had the courage to stick with solidly conservative jurists and because he, unlike Never Trumpers, knows how to…

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