“I’m Not Going to Apologize for Women’s Freedom” | Feminism Debate | NewsNation
Laurie A. Watkins takes on the backlash against feminism and the growing divide between Gen Z men and women in a thought-provoking NewsNation debate with Bethany S. Mandel and guest host Batya Ungar-Sargon. Laurie makes the case that women’s freedom and equality have...
Democrats did right ditching Platner. How will Republicans handle Max Miller? | Originally Published In The Hill
On June 29, I wrote that I could not stay silent about Graham Platner. As a Democrat, I argued that character mattered more to me than a Senate majority, that a party willing to overlook it was choosing power over principle, and that Maine deserved better than a...
Trump’s Demands on Canada Are About More Than Tariffs — They Threaten Canadian Sovereignty
The U.S.-Canada trade relationship is reaching a dangerous breaking point , and the demands Washington reportedly put on Canada go far beyond tariffs. In this TV interview from Monday, August 24, 2026 on Great Britain News, Laurie breaks down the reported U.S. demands...
Iran War: No Strategy, No Exit Plan, Billions to Tehran
Five months into the Iran war and there is still no strategy. None. Laurie A. Watkins joins Katie Pavlich on NewsNation to lay out exactly what has, and hasn’t, been accomplished since the war began on February 28, 2026. Key points covered in this segment: → Iran’s...
Why the Indus Waters Treaty must not be allowed to fail | Dawn
I did not expect to leave Islamabad thinking about the future of international law. I went to speak. I came home with something harder to shake: a conviction that what is happening on the Indus river is not just a bilateral water dispute between two nuclear-armed...
I’m a Democratic strategist. I won’t stay silent about Graham Platner. | Originally Published In The Hill
I am not a voter in Maine. Which is fortunate, because if I were, I don’t know what I would do. Last week, Planned Parenthood, an organization whose entire mission is protecting women, endorsed Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate. He had just won the Maine Democratic...
I Wrote About Character. They Sent a Death Threat.” | Laurie A. Watkins | GB News
Democratic strategist Laurie A. Watkins joined GB News following the murder of Ann Widdecombe to discuss the rising tide of political violence — against politicians, judges, lawmakers, and everyday voices. Watkins shares her own experience: after writing an op-ed on...
Why Modi’s Strategy to Isolate Pakistan Backfired | Dawn
India sought to narrow Pakistan’s options, but instead, the campaign revealed why Pakistan remains too strategically important to be sidelined. Speaking from the negotiation room at a Swiss resort, US Vice President JD Vance reflected on the complex realities of South...
Crap Like That Doesn’t Advance Your Message” | Laurie A. Watkins on Delaney Hall
This segment originally aired on NewsNation on May 28, 2026, as part of a panel discussion with Katie Pavlich, Mehek Cooke, and Michael Starr Hopkins. During the discussion, Laurie A. Watkins pointed to footage of demonstrators blocking a sanitation worker from doing...













