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Arthur Sido's avatar

It is certainly of minimal consolation but at least many of the old guard that had been cast out of polite conservatism have lived long enough to be shown to be right all along.

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Patrick Cleburne's avatar

It is not a consolation to be litigated into suspension and likely personal bankruptcy with virtually all 'friends' on the Right MIA.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/10/28/why_is_new_yorks_ag_targeting_a_castle_in_west_virginia_1143835.html

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Mark Cromer's avatar

Peter, her shoddy treatment of you and VDARE is hardly surprising, as Ingraham has been a slippery and fair weather pseudo-advocate for immigration restrictions throughout her career. I still recall her utterly disgusting treatment of Rick Oltman way back in the 2000s (when we were both still at Californians for Population Stabilization), having him on her MSNBC show to ask him a series of straw man questions including something along the lines of: "So, is it all people you want there to be less of, or is it just brown people you want to die?" I just wish Rick would have retorted: "Why thank you, Laura, we're all inclusive at CAPS. But do tell, will you be wearing the strap-on tonight, or will your girlfriend be assuming the man's role for a change?" I wrote a scathing rebuke of Ingraham, but Diana Hull's cooler head prevailed and we just moved along. So I suppose her Janey-Come-Lately to the dance is sort of good news, just don't count on her sticking around for long. Cheers old pal!

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Peter Brimelow's avatar

Thanks Mark!

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John Groenveld's avatar

Ann Coulter featured VDare's plight in this week's UNSAFE podcast:

https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/podcast-5-stories-of-the-week-4e1

A half-hour well spent.

John

groenveld@acm.org

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Eric Novak's avatar

In almost 25 years of reading VDARE regularly, how did I miss that Richard Hanania was a contributor? What did he write?

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Patrick Cleburne's avatar

He wrote (wisely) under a pseudonym - Richard Hoste.

https://vdare.com/writers/229

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Eric Novak's avatar

A ha.

Thanks Patrick.

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Captain Jack's avatar

Agreed. She definitely OWES you. Big Time.

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Andrew's avatar

I have heard Ms. Ingraham make a lot of positive comments about Pat Buchanan over the years.

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..'s avatar

True, but she never learned the most important lesson from Pat, and that's to have a spine.

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Meg Burns's avatar

Be not the first by whom the new are tried,

Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

LG was still positioning herself as a mainstream-media figure. But the Overton Window has shifted just a bit.

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John Groenveld's avatar

Does someone have the link of Ingraham's interview of Donald Trump for Rupert Murdoch in the lead up to the 2020 election against Joe Biden where she calls Trump out for his "legal good, illegal bad" salesmanship.

It is no wonder why Trump couldn't overcome Democrats.ORG and Cheap Labor Lobby cheating in 2020. :(

John

groenveld@acm.org

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John Groenveld's avatar

Mediaite's Zachary Leeman on Ingraham's interview of Trump today for Lachlan Murdoch in the lead up to the 2026 referendum on Hakeem Jeffries impeaching Trump:

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-tells-laura-ingraham-the-u-s-lacks-talented-people-in-discussion-on-work-visas/

John

groenveld@acm.org

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Marko's avatar

Where does PB state that Hanania is a contributor to VDARE?

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Peter Brimelow's avatar

I linked to (my comment on) his substack, but as other have noted, he wrote for VDARE using the pseudonym Richard Hoste.

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