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A criticism-driven round-up centers on The Brink Of War, arguing Angel Studios is accelerating a nationalist, crowd-funded propaganda arc by mythologizing Reagan, while companion pieces examine a gendered real-life crime doc (A Child Of My Own), a climate-change documentary (An Inconvenient Truth), and a Scorsese-in-context piece on The Departed, illustrating how 2026 cinema contests politics, memory, and power.
Neuroimaging links larger amygdala and stronger responses to unfamiliar faces with conservative leanings and threat sensitivity, but large replication studies show the effect is small and not diagnostic; the amygdala may function as a significance detector rather than a fear center, habituation reduces responses to known faces, and cross-group contact generally reduces prejudice, suggesting biology partly influences discomfort with difference but isn’t destiny.
Vice President JD Vance is under an unusually intense wave of intra-GOP criticism early in the 2028 cycle; his allies say the attacks are coordinated to undermine him, while critics focus on his foreign policy views (including talks of a peace deal with Iran). Despite the friction, his favorability is described as steady, suggesting the sustained assault could shape the crowded GOP field in favor of Vance by keeping him in the spotlight.
Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain blasted Bruce Springsteen in a podcast, labeling him an “annoying, bitter old man” who should stop talking about politics and even calling Born in the USA a diss to America. Cain, a self-described conservative married to Trump adviser Paula White-Cain, says he tries to keep politics out of his music but defended his own patriotic stance and noted his ties to Ted Nugent and Kid Rock, while also recounting Journey’s long career and past White House interactions with President Trump.
Former VP Mike Pence says Trump’s second term departed from Reagan-era conservatism—limited government, free markets, and the sanctity of life—while criticizing the administration for not sufficiently restricting abortion pills, condemning a DOJ 'weaponization fund,' and arguing the drift could jeopardize Republicans in the 2026 midterms and beyond.
Kid Cudi has dropped M.I.A. as the opener for his current tour after M.I.A. made viral conservative remarks at a Dallas show. Cudi said he told management to notify M.I.A.’s team that offensive remarks wouldn’t be tolerated on his shows, citing fan backlash. The article notes M.I.A.’s history of controversial statements, including anti-vaccine rhetoric and a Trump endorsement, as context for the controversy.
Tucker Carlson apologized on his show for backing Donald Trump, saying he and others were implicated in Trump’s rise and that it was a moral failure to mislead voters; in a conversation with his brother Buckley Carlson, he reflects on Trump’s ascent, the erosion of conservative values, and acknowledges a personal reckoning as the rift with Trump widens.
At a Turning Point USA event at the University of Georgia in Athens, Vice President JD. Vance praised Donald Trump but avoided a full endorsement, while addressing conservative students’ concerns about high costs of living and signaling a measured path within the GOP.
Trump’s plan to end U.S. involvement in Iran isn’t healing rifts within the GOP; while the ceasefire is praised by some, others warn of domestic costs and political risk ahead of the midterms, and Democrats push for further war-powers oversight even as Republicans back air strikes more than troop deployment, underscoring a party divided over how to handle foreign policy and its domestic implications.
Adam Carolla, the comedian and podcaster, has embraced a conservative-leaning stance in his work, resisting the idea of being labeled a conservative comedian while acknowledging libertarian leanings and a preference for saying whatever he wants; during the COVID era he attacked Fauci and school shutdowns, a stance that strained Hollywood relationships and even drew a nudge from Judd Apatow to tone it down, and he continues to steer his career toward audiences that respond to his unapologetic, provocative humor.
Richard Grenell’s year at the Kennedy Center was marked by a combative, politically charged agenda—pushing a non-woke stance and triggering turbulence within the arts institution before his term ended.
A long-running German study of gifted (IQ 130+) and non-gifted adults shows they largely share the same political views, with one gender-based exception: non-gifted men score higher on conservatism than gifted men, while women show no difference. The results support cognitive-flexibility and centering ideas, suggesting high intelligence does not predict radical politics, though the study’s small sample and Germany-specific context limit generalizability.
The article discusses the shift in Nashville's Music Row and country music industry towards embracing MAGA and conservative politics by 2025, with artists and industry figures openly supporting Trump and producing politically aligned content, reflecting broader cultural and political changes in the U.S.
The article outlines five key turning points over the past year that have led to a deepening internal conflict within the MAGA movement, highlighting ideological splits over foreign policy, cultural issues, and extremism, which threaten to reshape the future of American conservatism beyond Trump's influence.
The AmericaFest conference in Phoenix showcased divisions within the conservative movement, with high-profile figures like Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro clashing over ideological purity and controversial figures like Nick Fuentes, amid the backdrop of Charlie Kirk's death and internal disagreements about the direction of conservatism.