Ellie Gardey Holmes

I am excited to share that my book, “Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power,” with a foreword by @newtgingrich, is out today! Learn the details of Newsom’s scandal-ridden life and his endless quest for power. Get it at Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B0D7BZ8YYL/

Looking forward to the abortion pill chapter

Newsom should start being honest about his advantages in life, or the American people will see him as a liar for spinning a tale of woe from a life of privilege. My latest for @FDRLST: thefederalist.com/2026/02/27/ric…

The average California teacher’s paycheck (present cash compensation that goes directly into their bank accounts, before taxes) is $101,084 in 2023-2024. That is straight from the state’s dept. of ed website. Also, they get free healthcare; they don’t pay any premiums for their own health insurance. That was two school years ago. They got a round of raises since then so it’s fair to say it’s around $106,000 now. The state additionally pays 20% in cash directly into their pensions, so 106K*1.2 = $127,200. Let’s add in the value of not paying social security taxes, too. That makes it about $135,000. A $135,000 to produce results much worse than Florida, where they make about half as much. They just got a huge round of raises in San Francisco too. That isn’t accounted for in the above numbers. And other districts are in negotiation for more wage increases. They own the politicians and don’t care about the budgets so don’t be surprised if I’m quoting $200,000 average salaries for them in 2031.

The Women Who Will Haunt Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Campaign spectator.org/the-women-who-…

Brad Wilcox, the UVA sociologist, was skeptical of Charlie Kirk’s claim that women who don’t have kids by age 30 have a 50% chance of going childless. Then he looked at the data, and realized Kirk was right. compactmag.com/article/get-ma…

I buried 87 children today. Babies conceived through IVF whose parents realized their dignity and wanted to give them a burial that valued their worth as human beings made in the image and likeness of God. Pray for an end to IVF.

Gender Studies Got So Unhinged That Texas A&M Shut It Down with @amspectator spectator.org/gender-studies…

This young girls parents helped her destroy her life at 11 years old. Eleven. Years. Old.

Left image : the self-conception of the liberal. Right image: the empirical reality (h/t @kevinnbass).

Mass celebrated at Notre Dame this evening at a student-built ice chapel dedicated to St. Olaf. Intrepid @NCRegister student reporter Abby Strelow says that there were ~2,000 students who participated in the celebration of Candlemas.

Holocaust Denial Warrants a Revival of the Ancient Greek Custom of Ostracism gingrich360.net/p/holocaust-de…

JUST IN: Josh Hammer on what would happen to the GOP if the Tucker/Candace/Fuentes Far Right Anarchist Wing takes over the GOP: “If the Republican Party, God forbid, becomes a vehicle for, for Groyperism, for white identitarian politics, for right-wing anarchy, whatever you want to call this particular ideology, that would be the death knell, right? That would be the death knell for the Republican Party as a politically salient political vehicle in America. And because the Republican Party at this time is the only political vehicle that is currently capable of saving America…but that would be something close to the beginning of the end of the American Republic…the moment really does call for the leading men of the moment, folks like President Trump, folks like Vice President J.D. Vance, whoever else wants to rise to the challenge who has the gravitas and the credibility to do so.” @josh_hammer @RealCandaceO @TuckerCarlson @NickJFuentes @CBNNews @benshapiro

I'm grateful to @DouthatNYT for giving me and Helen a forum for a full, frank disagreement about her "Great Feminization" thesis. nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opi…

No to the groypers. No to cowards like Tucker Carlson, who normalize their trash. No to those who champion them.  No to demoralization. No to bigotry and anti-meritocratic horseshit. No to anti-Americanism. No.

I agree that those interested in leadership, history and politics (and law) should read @herandrews essay. The trouble is that grand theories are risky because they tend to underestimate the complex causes of a phenomenon. That is very much true with the Great Feminization Thesis. The thesis leaves out far too much that explains our moment better: massive secularization; the triumph of progressive education; the rise of legal positivism; the sexual revolution and its brand of feminism. These ideological movements have wreaked havoc on culture, education, law, and the relations between the sexes. Until recently, most conservatives viewed them together as progressivism. Far easier, I guess, to point to the *one grand cause* of female group dynamics than to rebuild intellectual foundations, institutions, communities, families. If you want reason to be the effective principle of law -- which you ought -- you need to recover authentic liberal education and classical legal education. And for that, you need robust intellectual and moral formation in families and schools. As it turns out, *groups of women* dedicated to forming human beings in educational settings especially tend to be rather effective stewards of these truths. Theories based in evolutionary psychology with a static, Hobbesian account of human beings as bundles of (masculine/feminine) desires won't get your there. Never has, never will. If your account of the human being -- and human beings working together -- doesn't include basic distinctions between virtue and vice, you're simply on the wrong track. You're observing only a piece of the puzzle, never the whole.

Influencer Shay Martin created 12 children via IVF while her husband was dying of cancer. She chose the “healthiest” girl to carry. The other 11 siblings? Frozen in storage at $85/month. She hasn’t decided if she’ll ever “use” them. IVF treats children like products, chosen or discarded at will.

Lila Rose, a convert to Catholicism, has played a pivotal role in the pro-life movement. Through her leadership of Live Action and her awareness-raising podcasts, she has helped advance both the cause of life and the promotion of the Catholic faith. Her tireless efforts have made a meaningful difference in raising awareness and inspiring others to take action.

One of the reasons I won’t read @CrisisMag. This is from their editor…

"...Medical schools have long been riddled with leftist admissions officers who prioritize their racial preferences over improving the health care system — and saving people’s lives." via @EllieGardey at @spectator  spectator.org/what-on-earth-…

Great piece from @EllieGardey at @spectator: "Mahmoud v. Taylor shows quite clearly that public school leaders use these books to turn children against the religious beliefs of their parents." spectator.org/supreme-court-…