Chronicles of a Dying Empire

The double standards of partisan outrage

Pete Hegseth is a national embarrassment, but he’s far from the only one—and his enablers include renowned Democrats

Dec 9 • 

Shahid Buttar

17

2

9

10:54

November 2025

The best news you’ll read all weekend

Just before a holiday tragically celebrating the indigenous genocide across North America, a Native American tribe in California got back a piece of…

Nov 30 • 

Shahid Buttar

29

13

Maybe Trump did deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

My reasoning might surprise both his supporters and his critics

Nov 24 • 

Shahid Buttar

13

1

13

9:08

Senate sellouts enrage Democrats—but why act surprised?

The Democratic Party has spent decades making concessions to the GOP, but a new generation of emboldened voters might be done settling for scraps

Nov 12 • 

Shahid Buttar

22

3

14

12:31

Pelosi finally retires after forcing conservative politics on congressional Democrats for decades

“Journalists” are re-writing history today to serve a powerful political dynasty, cement a cult of personality, and further degrade the vestiges of…

Nov 6 • 

Shahid Buttar

62

1

41

10:16

October 2025

(More than) A Dozen Ways that Trump’s policies are destroying the U.S. economy (Part III)

The American economy is suffering a death by a thousand self-inflicted cuts—including one that rises to the level of unconstitutionality

Oct 17 • 

Shahid Buttar

18

19

Who made the Gaza peace plan possible?

An international debate over the Nobel Peace Prize overlooked voices standing in solidarity and bearing witness to international crimes

Oct 11 • 

Shahid Buttar

25

1

16

10:23

September 2025

Stumbling into the thought police

I was silenced once in retaliation for raising my voice in public, before being silenced again this week when raising it privately

Sep 24 • 

Shahid Buttar

16

8

8:56

It’s not about Kirk, or Kimmel, or Colbert

Legions of conservatives and liberals alike have recently raised alarms about freedom of expression, after turning a blind eye to far worse abuses…

Sep 20 • 

Shahid Buttar

34

11

23

7:20

Why celebrate a “happy” Constitution Day?

As the document that inspired the world to emulate its example falls to ruin at the hands of maniacs, outrage seems more fitting than celebration

Sep 18 • 

Shahid Buttar

23

1

10

A shot heard 'round the world

The assassination for Charlie Kirk accelerates more than one alarming trend, as America continues to stumble into the abyss it has been digging for…

Sep 11 • 

Shahid Buttar

22

2

17

Trump’s arbitrary assassinations were enabled by Democrats

Observers reacted to Trump’s assassination of suspected drug traffickers presumptively described as terrorists, forgetting how Obama and his enablers…

Sep 9 • 

Shahid Buttar

39

2

36