Matthew X. Wilson

American aesthetics are unironically better than any civilization in history and it's not even close

@RepDonBacon @ThraceAlex @AlaskaNorseman @OmahaChamber Openly admitting you will vote for more bad policy because you're offended by what an (understandably) angry grassroots conservative said to you on X merits expulsion from the House Republican Conference and removal of committee assignments.

@ThraceAlex @AlaskaNorseman @OmahaChamber I will vote my Christian and American values. You’ve convinced me now to look at Venezuela and El Salvador TPS. Thanks.

Removing TPS status for Haitians living in the United States would cost 350,000 workers their ability to work at a time when we’re already facing serious workforce shortages. I’ve heard from healthcare providers and business leaders across Nebraska, including @OmahaChamber, who are concerned about the impact this would have on patient care and our economy. I don’t see the goodness of deporting people who are here legally, working, and contributing to our country.

Happy tax day, California!

@Jaxon__White @JoshShapiroPA Wearing those sneakers with a suit should be totally disqualifying for a presidential bid. Put on some black Oxfords, or at least dark-brown ones.

Gov. @JoshShapiroPA has been wearing white sneakers recently, instead of his black ones. In this essay, I will explain why this fashion change could be teasing a 2028 presidential bid…

Reads like a right-wing headline generator.

@Antunes1 Actually, you don’t.

You have to pick a side.

Exactly zero people who insisted this could never happen and made lurid predictions of violence and coups will be deterred from sharing their expertise in the future.

most people don't realize *Paris was modeled after DC.* not the other way around. -1791: L'Enfant finishes his plan for DC -1853: Haussmann begins his first boulevard, la Rue de Rivoli America was first to many things, & we never give ourselves the credit

@AlexanderPayton Addiction is an imperfect word here, but if someone desires fervently to stop consuming pornography and is unable to do so, how better can that situation be described?

This is just humiliating and weird but it’s worth pointing out for the record that “porn addiction” is not really a thing. Reported symptoms of addiction are only weakly related to the amount of consumption. Instead, what is actually much clearer from studies that have been done is that conservative religiosity and moral disapproval are strongly associated with perceived addiction, even after accounting for use. This means someone who believes porn is wrong may be more likely to report symptoms of “addiction” if they watch porn once a month (or in this case, twenty years ago) than someone with different moral views who consumes it more frequently. This is not how cigarettes or alcohol work. This is a totally different thing. It’s just a man who has been made to feel deeply insecure about his private sexual thoughts and behaviors, which is likely not that much different than any other man, to the point of performing this groveling spectacle in front of an audience who takes him at his word and assumes he’s some depraved animal.

How much immigration is Brandon Gill required to support for you to not label him self-hating on account of his wife’s ethnic background? One million immigrants a year? 20 million? What’s the number? Is he required to support allowing any Indian who so desires to move to America? Your argument is totally unserious.

Truly bizarre statement from a man married to an Indian woman, with Indian in-laws. Publicly he preaches white nationalism but in the bedroom he’s a Third Worldist. The racist version of the closeted gay pastor.

Hungary under Viktor Orbán has become a potent and living symbol of the existential threats that the EU's establishment fears it faces. My dispatch from Budapest on the eve of the country's momentous April 12 election. @NRO nationalreview.com/news/will-hung…

'Republicans' like @RepMariaSalazar and @RepMikeLawler are once again trying to drum up support for their so-called "Dignity Act"—which, among other provisions, would give legal status to millions of illegal migrants and dramatically increase legal immigration levels through the raising of per-country visa caps and the loosening of rules on green-card eligibility. They're now claiming that the bill does not constitute amnesty. In light of that spurious claim, this @NRO editorial from last year is worth returning to. "Supporters of the Dignity Act claim that the bill does not offer amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. By that they mean it does not offer full citizenship. But the bill does offer a form of legal resident status to millions of illegal immigrants. This is the core of 'amnesty': a promise that the normal consequence of an infraction (in the context of illegal immigration, that’s deportation) will be stopped, and the object of the infraction (the ability to live and work in the U.S.) gained." nationalreview.com/2025/07/a-path…

@jackbutler4815 Ms. Morrissey's accent seems to have developed a bit. The way in which she pronounces words like "about" and "honorable" sounds almost Canadian, and unlike many American accents she has dropped the flapping 't.' The new Transatlantic accent?

It seems like a Cultural Victory to have this in Parliament: youtube.com/watch?v=LxDh4S…

It's unlikely that Steve Hilton becomes California's next governor. It would be bit jarring for the U.S. to have a British-accented leader (again?). But the U.K. does have an American-"accented" MP:

People fail to grasp how powerful and great this machine of America is. It's like they think it is some tiny country in Eastern Europe with a population of 2 million and a GDP less than that of Dallas. People don't understand what it is that they are even living in. They don't know how powerful these gears are, how long the game is, how big the purpose is, how great the ship is.

👔 No more casual: State Department imposes first-ever dress code on diplomats Representing the United States of America is an honor — and this new policy ensures our diplomats project credibility, respect, and the dignity of the nation we serve. foxnews.com/politics/no-mo…

@LeeDavidEvansUK I'm not sure how well this affable rendition of Lord Salisbury reflects his real-life personality.

Four of my favourite Vanity Fair prints of Conservative & Unionist politicians: Disraeli - 'The Junior Ambassador' - Jul 1878 Chamberlain - 'The Colonies' - Mar 1901 Salisbury - 'The Prime Minister' - Dec 1900 Smith - 'A Successful First Speech: "Moab is my Washpot"' - Jan 1907

Fairfax county’s pro-criminal “prosecutor” doing what he loves to do