Incorporating the Pentagon into the campaign against political enemies — even those who make a craven video — raises the abuse of executive power to a new level.
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Senator Mark Kelly (D., Ariz.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 18, 2025.
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Mark Kelly and the Seditionist Six sounds like a bad lounge act. That, at any rate, is how I decided to treat it — which is to say, ignore it. After all, it’s Thanksgiving. As we enter the holiday season, it’s time for not just good cheer but introspection: how blessed we are to be alive at a time of such abundance. It shouldn’t be the occasion for the week’s third or tenth or whatever episode of Trump-era sound and fury.
But it is.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Mark Kelly and the Seditionist Six sounds like a bad lounge act. That, at any rate, is how I decided to treat it — which is to say, ignore it. After all, it’s Thanksgiving. As we enter the holiday season, it’s time for not just good cheer but introspection: how blessed we are to be alive at a time of such abundance. It shouldn’t be the occasion for the week’s third or tenth or whatever episode of Trump-era sound and fury.
But it is.
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About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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