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The Biden Conundrum

By: Joe Klein， Substack
Who Ya Gonna Call?

The Biden Conundrum

Which Is It? Biden the Mastermind or Biden the Bungler?

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times
Republicans want you to believe a power-abusing President Biden engineered Trump's Manhattan conviction, even as Biden's Justice Department is putting his own son on trial.

Which Is It? Biden the Mastermind or Biden the Bungler?

50 Reasons Why $70 Million Plus Poured In for Trump

By: Hugh Hewitt， FOX News
A mountain of new money has poured into Donald Trump's campaign coffers since the verdicts in his New York trial. It was the

50 Reasons Why $70 Million Plus Poured In for Trump

It's Scary How Many Democrats Are Willing To Set These Precedents

By: Joe Rogan
During a conversation with "Kill Tony" comedian Tony Hinchcliffe on Wednesday, podcast host Joe Rogan discussed his view of the political ramifications of the prosecution of Donald Trump.

It's Scary How Many Democrats Are Willing To Set These Precedents

Donald Trump: Enemy of the State

By: John Eastman， TomKlingenstein.com
The former president's conviction is only possible in a system that rewards friends and punishes enemies, irrespective of the Constitution.

Donald Trump: Enemy of the State

We Have Been Subverted

By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali， The Free Press
What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly? Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life.

We Have Been Subverted

Merrick Garland Should Be Impeached - Not Praised

By: David Harsanyi， The Federalist
Merrick Garland has been one of the most partisan AGs in memory. If the system were working properly, he would be removed.

Merrick Garland Should Be Impeached - Not Praised

Partisan Cover-up of Covid Exposes Us To Next Outbreak

By: Marty Makary， NY Post
Rep. Debbie Dingell suggested that bringing Dr. Anthony Fauci before the House subcommittee investigating the origins of COVID-19 was a charade.

Partisan Cover-up of Covid Exposes Us To Next Outbreak

GOP Would Rather Demonize Fauci Than Help America

By: Robin Abcarian， LA Times
A House hearing devolves into unhinged conspiracy theories about Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in the pandemic

GOP Would Rather Demonize Fauci Than Help America

After Texas Win, School-Choice Groups Eye Other Red States

By: Susan Crabtree， RCP
The political ground shifted in Texas last week, and the impact of the electoral shakeup could send aftershocks across the nation for months, if not years, to come.

After Texas Win, School-Choice Groups Eye Other Red States

Alito Is Just the Tip of the Extremist MAGA Iceberg

By: Amanda Marcotte， Salon
Nothing innocent about the "Appeal to Heaven" flag, especially when Trump calls for the right's "breaking point"

Alito Is Just the Tip of the Extremist MAGA Iceberg

2024 Surprise: Virginia Is Turning Toward Trump

By: Daniel McCarthy， New York Sun
In the Old Dominion, the Democrats' coalition is cracking even as Biden's gruesome foreign-policy record helps heal divisions within the GOP.

2024 Surprise: Virginia Is Turning Toward Trump

Poetic Justice: 'Laptop From Hell' Is Evidence In Hunter's Trial

By: Miranda Devine， NYP
Hunter Biden's Laptop from Hell is government exhibit 16 at the first son's gun trial in Delaware.

Poetic Justice: 'Laptop From Hell' Is Evidence In Hunter's Trial

'Lock Her Up' Was Not Just a Slogan

By: Michelle Goldberg， New York Times
A truism of the Trump era is that every accusation is a confession. When Donald Trump hurls wild charges at

'Lock Her Up' Was Not Just a Slogan

WNBA Race Bullies Can't Stand To See Caitlin Clark Win

By: Tim Howard， Daily Mail
WNBA rookie-phenom Caitlin Clark must have known that she had it coming.

WNBA Race Bullies Can't Stand To See Caitlin Clark Win

Caitlin Clark Doesn't Need Protection

By: Candace Buckner， Washington Post
We should all protect Caitlin Clark. She is the white knight galloping in to save the Dark Continent known as the WNBA, the singular star uplifting an entire women's sports movement that only now matters because men are watching.

Caitlin Clark Doesn't Need Protection

Trump's Victory Is Now More Likely, Not Less

By: Boris Johnson， Daily Mail
He's a felon. He's a criminal - and he is the first president in US history to be convicted of such serious offences. By all the laws of politics the Trump campaign should today be a smoking ruin.

Trump's Victory Is Now More Likely, Not Less

From Election Denialism to Jury Denialism

By: Will Saletan， The Bulwark
The cult of Trump won't accept any judgment against him.

From Election Denialism to Jury Denialism

What Trump's Black Outreach Looks Like in Philly

By: Kadia Goba， Semafor
As Trump opened up a new Philadelphia office, Reps. Wesley Hunt and Byron Donalds held a cigar-and-cognac event targeted at Black men.

What Trump's Black Outreach Looks Like in Philly

To the Graduating Class of 2024

By: Peachy Keenan， The American Mind
The future of the free world is in your hands-no pressure!

To the Graduating Class of 2024

Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping

By: Linskey ＆amp； Hughes， WSJ
Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times. The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics.

Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping

‘We Are the World Power.' How Joe Biden Leads

By: Massimo Calabresi， Time
During his 40 months in office, events have tested Biden's vision of American world leadership

‘We Are the World Power.’ How Joe Biden Leads

Convicted By the 'Rational State'

By: Ellmers ＆amp； Marini， TomKlingenstein.com
Donald Trump is the target of an administrative conspiracy against the Constitution whose roots stretch back as far as Watergate.

Convicted By the 'Rational State'

Harvard Rolls Back DEI

By: John Sailer， The Free Press
The university's largest school will no longer require diversity, inclusion, and belonging statements when hiring.

Harvard Rolls Back DEI

'Thank You for Your Science': Dems Fail To Challenge Fauci

By: Joe Nocera， Free Press
I see no capacity for him to admit error at all throughout the entire pandemic, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya tells The Free Press. I just see arrogance.

'Thank You for Your Science': Dems Fail To Challenge Fauci

How Hamas Ends

By: Audrey Cronin， Foreign Affairs
A strategy for letting the group defeat itself.

How Hamas Ends

NIH Made $710M in Royalties From Drug Makers

By: Adam Andrzejewski， New York Post
As Dr. Fauci wraps five decades in government having become its highest-paid bureaucrat, he should consider ticking those boxes again. For old times' sake.

NIH Made $710M in Royalties From Drug Makers

Biden's Non-Defense Policy

By: Carl Schramm， The Spectator
The Biden White House seems solely guided on defense policy by secretary of state Antony Blinken's empty rhetorical mantra

Biden's Non-Defense Policy

The Aristocrats Who Martyred Trump

By: Martin Gurri， UnHerd
I have no wish to add to the existential howl attendant on Donald Trump's conviction in a Manhattan courthouse for a crime that I, like most Americans, would be hard pressed to explain. I don't like Trump as a politician or a human being. He's an agent of chaos and a narcissistic vortex of attention.

The Aristocrats Who Martyred Trump

The GOP's Slapdash Hunter Biden Conspiracies

By: Chris Lehmann， The Nation
Ignoring actual facts, Republicans are trying to turn the president's son's sad, seamy saga into an election scandal.

The GOP's Slapdash Hunter Biden Conspiracies

Biden's Challenge Runs Deeper Than 'Bad Vibes'

By: Ruchir Sharma， Financial Times
The flaws in the economic system are real, and better ‘messaging' won't fix them

Biden's Challenge Runs Deeper Than 'Bad Vibes'

How Hogan Can Recover From His Show Trial Flub

By: Mollie Hemingway， The Federalist
Assuming Larry Hogan wants to win his Senate seat, not just harm Donald Trump, he needs to clearly condemn Democrat abuse of American courts.

How Hogan Can Recover From His Show Trial Flub

Pa. Democrats Counting on Abortion To Boost Biden

By: Charles McElwee， PennLive
This year, as Democrats confront sobering polling that shows nostalgia for Trump's presidency, they're relying on reproductive rights as the motivating issue to deliver the winning voting margins, however narrow, for Biden in Pennsylvania.

Pa. Democrats Counting on Abortion To Boost Biden

Reversible Errors

By: Kenin Spivak， The American Mind
Prosecutor Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan have reached the pinnacle of selective prosecution and evisceration of due process.

Reversible Errors

Mexico's Political Revolution

By: Juan Rojas， Compact Magazine
On Sunday, Mexican voters elected former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to the presidency with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

Mexico's Political Revolution

Phony Claims From 2020 Return To Haunt Biden

By: William McGurn， Wall Street Journal
Democrats eager for a guilty ruling that would allow them to call Donald Trump a "convicted felon" for the remainder of the 2024 campaign got their wish Thursday in a New York court. Mr. Trump became the first former president convicted of a crime.

Phony Claims From 2020 Return To Haunt Biden

The Age of Recoupment

By: Dayen ＆amp； Owens， American Prospect
How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers

The Age of Recoupment

As the Schools Go, So Goes the Nation

By: Pavlos Papadopoulos， TomKlingenstein.com
The antidote to the woke takeover of education, and the country, is in the founders' understanding of the two as deeply connected.

As the Schools Go, So Goes the Nation

Polls Deliver Resounding Verdict of 'Check Again Later'

By: Ben Mathis-Lilley， Slate
Abig question is looming after Donald Trump's felony conviction in a scheme to hide hush money payments to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels: Will it break through to so-called low-information (or disengaged) voters, who don't follow current events closely?

Polls Deliver Resounding Verdict of 'Check Again Later'

Why Party Platforms Matter

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the most recent polls showing how voters are reacting to Donald Trump's conviction and the political impact of the trial of Hunter Biden on federal gun charges.

Why Party Platforms Matter

The Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025

By: Rep. Pramila Jayapal， American Prospect
Democrats got a lot done in President Biden's first term. But more is needed.

The Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025

Why Covid Probably Started in a Lab, in 5 Key Points

By: Alina Chan， New York Times
The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.

Biden's Fingerprints All Over Prosecutions Of Trump

By: Margot Cleveland， The Federalist
Joe Biden has his hands all over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of the former president.

Biden's Fingerprints All Over Prosecutions Of Trump

Why Is a Group of Billionaires Working To Elect Trump?

By: Robert Reich， The Guardian
Oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel aren't just hostile to progressivism. They're hostile to American democracy itself

35 Years Later, We Must Never Forget Tiananmen Square

By: Sen. Ben Cardin， FOX News
Tiananmen Square was described as a bloodbath in the center of a world capital.

Alito & Thomas Taint Supreme Court's Crucial J6 Decisions

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times
Would anyone reasonably question the impartiality of Justices Alito and Thomas? Without a doubt.

The Key To Going After Trump Now That He's Been Convicted

By: David Faris， Slate
Biden's response is still too muted.

The Key To Going After Trump Now That He's Been Convicted

Trump Verdict Brings GOP Skeptics Into the Fold

By: Alexander Bolton， The Hill
The guilty verdict rendered against former President Trump is bringing moderate Republicans and longtime Trump skeptics to his side in a way that Trump's campaign has failed to do for months.

Trump Verdict Brings GOP Skeptics Into the Fold

Lock Him Up! Why Trump Should Do Jail Time Before Election

By: Timothy Noah， TNR
Granted, most first-time offenders who commit this particular crime don't do time. But Trump isn't most first-time offenders.

A Felon in the Oval Office Would Test the American System

By: Peter Baker， NY Times
Revolutionary hero Patrick Henry knew this day would come. He might not have anticipated all the particulars, such as the porn actor in the hotel room and the illicit payoff to keep her quiet. But he feared that eventually a criminal might occupy the presidency and use his powers to thwart anyone who sought to hold him accountable. Away with your president, he declared, we shall have a king. That was exactly what the founders sought to avoid, having thrown off the yoke of an all

A Felon in the Oval Office Would Test the American System

They're Voting for Trump To Save Democracy

By: Reingold， et al，＆nbsp；The Free Press
'The 2016 version of myself would have hated this version of myself.'

They're Voting for Trump To Save Democracy

Conviction May Be Death Knell for Vulnerable Senate Dems

By: B.C. Brutus， AMAC
Former President Donald Trump's conviction in a Manhattan courtroom last week may well spell electoral disaster for vulnerable Senate Democrats who have not only tacitly endorsed the lawfare against Trump, but also embraced every other aspect of the left's assault on democracy and key American institutions. Five months out from Election Day, the legal persecution [...]

Conviction May Be Death Knell for Vulnerable Senate Dems

We Were Told To Keep 6 Feet Apart During Covid. It Was a Lie

By: Dan Diamond， WP
The nation's top mental health official had spent months asking for evidence behind the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's social distancing guidelines, warning that keeping Americans physically apart during the coronavirus pandemic would harm patients, businesses, and overall health and wellness.

We Were Told To Keep 6 Feet Apart During Covid. It Was a Lie

Dems Want You To Check Your Brain at the Door

By: Frank Miele， RealClearPolitics
"Do you accept the verdict of the New York jury that found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 counts?" That will be the question asked of every Republican from now until the presidential election in November, and if Republicans don't know how to answer, they will look like idiots, which is exactly what the left-leaning media wants.

Dems Want You To Check Your Brain at the Door

Biden Breaks Out Obama's Playbook, Plays Race Card

By: Ian Haworth， DC Examiner
President Joe Biden is trying to sell himself as an original thinker when all he's doing is acting the part of his far superior predecessors.

Biden Breaks Out Obama's Playbook, Plays Race Card

Can Trump Turn Virginia Red Again?

By: Elizabeth Stauffer， Washington Examiner
A new Roanoke College poll shows President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump tied at 42% in a head-to-head matchup in Virginia. In a five-way race, Biden leads by 2 points. Considering that Biden won Virginia in 2020 by 9.4 points, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won in 2016 by 5.3 points,

GOP Doesn't Like 'Zuckerbucks'? They Should Pony Up

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times
When states ban donations to their underfunded election offices, they aren't protecting your right to vote, they're undermining it.

America Is a Land of Justice, Not Systemic Racism

By: Jeffrey Anderson， Telegraph
Democrats like to think of themselves as the only enlightened politicians, but their rejection of colour-blind policies is mistaken

Trump Remains Resolute as Ever

By: Michael Goodwin， New York Post
Although he wasn't quite as relaxed Friday morning, his tone and composure again struck me as remarkable, given that the verdict had come less than 24 hours earlier. Indeed he is. A warrior for our...

Trump Remains Resolute as Ever

What the 2024 Election Will Really Be About

By: Doug Schoen， FOX News
It's clear to me that the 2024 election is unlikely to be about Trump and his legal problems or Joe Biden and his son Hunter. This is what the election will really be about.

What the 2024 Election Will Really Be About

Holy Cow, 34 for 45!

By: Maureen Dowd， New York Times
WASHINGTON - At Nativity grade school, we grew up steeped in the lore - and gore - of martyrs. For

Holy Cow, 34 for 45!

Voters Increasingly Worried About the Rule of Law

By: Mark Penn， FOX News
I opposed the Republican attempt to use the personal life of Bill Clinton to impeach him, and this attempt to use the personal life of Donald Trump to jail him is no different.

Voters Increasingly Worried About the Rule of Law

The Big Biden Panic

By: James Antle， Washington Examiner
President Joe Biden is trailing, but perhaps the guilty verdict against Trump will save him.

The Big Biden Panic

Thank God Case Was Brought in a State With No GOP Control

By: Joy Reid， MSNBC
MSNBC host Joy Reid calls out Black Republican leaders decrying former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict.

Thank God Case Was Brought in a State With No GOP Control

Democrat Lawyers Are Running Rings Around Republicans

By: John Davidson，＆nbsp；Federalist
Either you're willing to jail Democrats on the same terms they're using to jail Trump, or you're merely controlled opposition.

Democrat Lawyers Are Running Rings Around Republicans

Republicans Vow To Scorch the Earth After Trump Conviction

By: Philip Wegmann，＆nbsp；RCP
Spurred by the volcanic temper of their base, Republicans are now preparing to scorch the earth in the wake of former President Donald Trump's conviction, potentially setting off a chain reaction that could fundamentally alter the American political system entirely.

Republicans Vow To Scorch the Earth After Trump Conviction

My Enemies

By: Glenn Loury， Substack
In conversation with Russ Roberts

This Was a Typical Communist Show Trial

By: Sen. Marco Rubio， Newsweek
In November, we have what may be our last chance to save this country-not just make our country great again, but to make it greater than it has ever been.

The Martyr of Mar-a-Lago

By: Harold Meyerson， American Prospect
Trump can never be wrong; he can only be wronged.

The Martyr of Mar-a-Lago

Biden Has Gotten His Wish--and It Won't Help

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
The truth is Donald Trump being a convicted felon won't change your opinion of him. In fact, now some Republicans are more likely to vote for him.

Biden Has Gotten His Wish--and It Won't Help

Will Lead To An Enormous Increase In Strength for Trump

By: Newt Gingrich， FOX News
FOX News contributor and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich reacted to the Trump verdict on the 'Ingraham Angle' and said, "This really is a vote this fall between going back to the Constitution with Trump or the establishment of a dictatorship in which the people who are corrupt tell the rest of us do what we want you to or else we will destroy you the way we destroyed Trump."

Will Lead To An Enormous Increase In Strength for Trump

Democrats Will Rue This Day

By: Megyn Kelly
This whole scheme, and here it is the proper word is corrupt. It's a before and after moment for America. What just happened today is a line we can't uncross, and these Democrats will rue the day they decided to use lawfare to stop a presidential candidate.

Democrats Will Rue This Day

How Stanford Helped Birth the Censorship Industrial Complex

By: Ben Weingarten，＆nbsp；RCI
By Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigationsMay 31, 2024This summer the Supreme Court will rule on a case involving what a district court called perhaps

A Good Day for American Democracy

By: Moira Donegan， The Guardian
So rarely held to account, Trump has finally had a small taste of justice. This is a good day for American democracy

A Good Day for American Democracy

The GOP Senate Candidates Trailing Trump

By: Nate Moore， Substack
Look at vote share, not just margin, when assessing the 2024 U.S. Senate map.

And Now, a Real-World Lesson for Student Activists

By: Pamela Paul， New York Times
The encampments have been cleared, campuses have emptied; protester and counterprotester alike have moved on to internships, summer gigs and

What if This Is Our Last Real Election?

By: Paul Krugman， New York Times
Some of the Americans protesting the war in Gaza have turned on President Biden. They assert that the government of

A Trial - and Now An Election - Rigged From Beginning to End

By: Rich Lowry， NY Post
"Rigged" is a favorite word of Donald Trump and his allies. It describes how institutions and processes have been distorted by a progressive elite to tilt the playing field against Trump and his supporters.

A Trial - and Now An Election - Rigged From Beginning to End

Why Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem

By: John Harris， Politico
Yes, it's obviously true that a 34-count felony conviction would be enough to demolish the career of any normal politician. Yes, it's obviously true that former president Donald Trump is not a normal politician. His most devoted partisans will only become more so following Thursday's guilty verdict. Just as they did after the Access Hollywood tape, the impeachments, the Jan. 6 riot and other examples too abundant to recount or, for many people, even to recall.

Why Trump’s Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem

Justice Breyer Says SCOTUS Majority Doing It All Wrong

By: Jessica Levinson， MSNBC
The question of how judges analyze the Constitution and statutes is perhaps the most pressing legal issue of our time.

How Will the Verdict Affect 2024?

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the jury in the New York vs. Donald Trump "hush money" trial finding him guilty of all 34 counts. They also talk about Nikki Haley's decision to write "finish them" on an Israeli artillery shell during her trip to Israel over Memorial Day, Sen. John Fetterman's commencement address to Yeshiva University graduates, and the Iranian Ayatollah's tweet in support of pro-Palestine protests on U.S. college campuses.

How Will the Verdict Affect 2024?

I Just Donated $300k to Trump. I'm Prepared To Lose Friends

By: Shaun Maguire， X
Back in 2016 I had drunk the media Kool-Aid and was scared out of my mind about Trump. As such I donated to Hilary Clinton's campaign and voted for her. By 2020 I was disillusioned and didn't vote - I didn't like either option.

I Just Donated $300k to Trump. I’m Prepared To Lose Friends

Q&A: Jonathan Haidt's 'Anxious Generation'

By: Matt Taibbi， Racket News
One of the co-founders of the Heterodox Academy returns to his academic specialty with a hair-raising warning about the digital age

After the Trial, Can Biden Capitalize?

By: Kristol ＆amp； Egger， The Bulwark
Plus: Meet the MAGA establishment, same as the old establishment.

After the Trial, Can Biden Capitalize?

Biden Rule Could Cripple Offshore Oil Companies

By: Pete McGinnis， RealClearPolicy
In June 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed a rule that would require stricter financial assurance standards for oil companies operating in the Outer Continental Shelf. This costly ru

'Dying Empire Led by Bad People': Young Voters Despairing

By: Shelby Talcott， Semafor
A new survey may help explain Joe Biden's recent struggles with the under-30 set.

'Dying Empire Led by Bad People': Young Voters Despairing

Policymakers Risk Inflation Amid Economic Uncertainty

By: Kenneth Rogoff， Guardian
Central banks may not aim for such an outcome but will probably adjust interest rate decisions in a way that makes it more likely than deep recession

De-Banking Is Becoming a Crisis in the U.S.

By: David Bahr， The Telegraph
De-banking is becoming a crisis in the US, conflating ordinary conservatives with dangerous terrorists

How Political (Dis)Interest Will Shape 2024

By: John Halpin， Substack
Disengaged Americans don't care much for normal politics. But they do care greatly about inflation.

How Political (Dis)Interest Will Shape 2024

A Note on 'Equity' and Captured Institutions

By: Joe Lonsdale， Substack
Blink twice if your organization has been taken over by Marxists!

My Political Depression Problem--and Ours

By: Rick Perlstein， American Prospect
Granular study of the ever-more-authoritarian right didn't demoralize the author as much as reaction from the left.

Biden Circling the Drain, Lawfare Against Trump Is Backfiring

By: Matt Vespa， Townhall
As the jury deliberates on the verdict in the Trump hush money trial, I wouldn't have been shocked if this body got deadlocked. Then, Judge Merchan decided to tilt the scales, offering confusing instructions and guidelines to the jurors and setting up fertile ground for an appeal should things go sideways. One thing is clear: the American people do not care. CNN's Harry Enten broke that down, showing the Left's attempt at damaging Donald Trump through weaponizing our legal system has backfired

Biden Circling the Drain, Lawfare Against Trump Is Backfiring

Trump Trial Has Done a Lot of Damage to American Brand

By: Kevin O'Leary， FOX News
I was in Europe for the beginning of this case during the Stormy Daniels testimony, when she was testifying, talking to sovereign wealth funds. We've done a lot of damage to the American brand here. A lot of damage. Trump and Biden are going to be gone in four years but the damage done here to the office of the executive, the 200-year-old brand, the reason we can go overseas and bring billions of dollars back to the United States is they trust our system.

Trump Trial Has Done a Lot of Damage to American Brand

A Role Robert De Niro Should Have Turned Down

By: David Axelrod， CNN
Robert De Niro has brilliantly played many roles in his long and storied acting career. He might, on second thought, have turned down the one for which he was cast on Tuesday.

A Role Robert De Niro Should Have Turned Down

Are Democrats Stuck With Biden?

By: Hugo Gurdon， Washington Examiner
Biden's problem has less to do with media critics than with deepening skepticism about his capacities being openly expressed by Democrats themselves.

Are Democrats Stuck With Biden?

Only One Constitution Can Survive

By: Ellmers ＆amp； Anton， TomKlingenstein.com
A new book highlights the contrast between the founders' Constitution and the Progressive alternative currently supplanting it.

Only One Constitution Can Survive

Libertarians Should Vote for Trump

By: Walter Block， Wall Street Journal
He isn't one of us, but he promised to pardon Ross Ulbricht-and he's a lot better than Joe Biden.

Libertarians Should Vote for Trump

Gifted Programs Vanishing From Schools Is Bad for Kids

By: Kara Miller， Boston Globe
I didn't think much about gifted and talented programs until I saw my husband's shirt. It sits folded at the bottom of his T-shirt pile because - not surprisingly - he would never leave the house wearing a shirt that reads "Gifted and Talented Education - Allegheny Intermediate Unit."

Gifted Programs Vanishing From Schools Is Bad for Kids

How Gullible Do Samuel Alito & Mike Johnson Think We Are?

By: Dahlia Lithwick， Slate
There's actually an easy way to understand the attempts at a defense these men are making.

How Gullible Do Samuel Alito & Mike Johnson Think We Are?

Feds Blow Up Dems' Hunter Biden Laptop Scam

By: Rowan Scarborough， Washington Times
Last September, Hunter Biden's laptop counterattack strategy targeted the two Donald Trump-linked lawyers who teamed up to bring his disturbing MacBook Pro contents to the American people.

Feds Blow Up Dems' Hunter Biden Laptop Scam

Dems Push For Early Debate So It's Easier To Dump Biden

By: Roberts ＆amp； Kelly， Federalist
Democratic National Committee rules and state laws create a simple path to oust Biden before, during, and after the convention.

Ireland, Spain & Norway Choose Death Over Dancing

By: Richard Porter， RealClearPolitics
The small gravel shed by the aging cracked pavement pressed painfully into my chin and forehead, so I turned my face to the side and moved my hands from behind my head to cushion my cheek, then shifted back again after a few moments, unsure what to do. Rocket attacks are not part of my daily routine.

Ireland, Spain & Norway Choose Death Over Dancing

The Slaughter in Rafah & Israel's Moral Nadir

By: Zack Beauchamp， Vox
Israel is massacring Palestinians - and undermining its own security in the process.

The Slaughter in Rafah & Israel's Moral Nadir

How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024

By: Glueck ＆amp； Corasaniti， New York Times
Joe Perez is exactly the type of voter President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are fighting over: A 22-year-old Hispanic man in Las Vegas who grew up leaning Republican, he also supports abortion rights and was turned off by the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, 2021. But Perez - unenthusiastic about a Biden-Trump rematch, overwhelmed by the news and disillusioned by politics - is tuning out. If you ask me right now what's going on with, like, the presidential race, or the situation in G

How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024

Trump's Bronx Rally Shows Future of GOP

By: Ryan Girdusky， The American Conservative
The Republicans aren't a multiracial, working-class party yet-but the gains have been undeniable.

Trump's Bronx Rally Shows Future of GOP

De Niro Stumps for Biden: 'Trump Will End Democracy'

By: Philip Wegmann， RCP
President Biden often argues that Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. He and his campaign had not, however, said that reelecting Trump would end democracy altogether. Until recently.

De Niro Stumps for Biden: 'Trump Will End Democracy'

Judgment Day Looms for Trump in New York

By: Stephen Collinson， CNN
Donald Trump, who built a mystique as the brash epitome of power, has never been more powerless to dictate his own fate.

Judgment Day Looms for Trump in New York

Trump Is Winning, But 4 Things Could Change That

By: Mark Penn， FOX News
The presidential election is getting closer and Trump is in the lead. But there are four major things that could shake up the race from the debates to Trump's pick for running mate.

Trump Is Winning, But 4 Things Could Change That

Democrats' 'Freak Out' Over Biden

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Jashinsky ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth and Tom Bevan, with Emily Jashinsky of The Federalist, discuss the Biden campaign press event today featuring actor Robert De Niro outside the NYC courthouse where closing arguments began in Donald Trump's first trial.

Democrats' 'Freak Out' Over Biden

'Whatever They Can Get Trump for Is Fine With Me'

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
The New York trial of former President Donald Trump is heading toward a conclusion.

'Whatever They Can Get Trump for Is Fine With Me'

What Does Success Look Like for Third-Party Candidates?

By: Zachary Wolf， CNN
They booed former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate who currently leads in polling in some swing states. They rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate who is polling at 15% in some polls.

What Does Success Look Like for Third-Party Candidates?

Ukraine Depends on Our Long-Term Commitment

By: Eric Ciaramella， Foreign Affairs
Its security depends on long-term commitments from the West.

Ukraine Depends on Our Long-Term Commitment

America's Declining Power & the Emerging Multipolar World

By: Christopher Roach， AG
If we want our country to be safe and powerful, we should start on the firm foundations of respect for peace, human life, and other nations' sovereignty.

America’s Declining Power & the Emerging Multipolar World

How Hard Is It To Buy a Home Right Now?

By: Jasmine Cui， NBC News
Home prices, interest rates, availability and more factor into our new metric, updated monthly, that gauges how difficult it is to buy a home where you live.

How Hard Is It To Buy a Home Right Now?

A Chat With Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver

By: Charlie Stone， The Unknowns
The Unknown's host, Charlie Stone, chats with Chase Oliver, 38, who recently won the nomination as the 2024 Libertarian candidate for U.S. President. With the race between Trump and Biden so close, Mr. Chase may earn enough popular vote to help sway the election. The central question--who does he help more, Trump or Biden? Oliver shares his personal journey, values, and policy positions. He discusses his upbringing, music, LGBTQ identity, family dynamics, and the influence of faith on his values. He also delves into his stance on abortion, immigration, and his strategy for the upcoming...

A Chat With Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver

The National D-Day Memorial

By: John Halpin， Substack
That Nation which respects and honors its dead, shall ever be respected and honored itself. - Brevet Lieut.-Col. Edmund B. Whitman, 1868 Since the late nineteenth century, Americans at the end of May have honored and mourned all the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Although Memorial Day (officially the last Monday of May since an

The National D-Day Memorial

CCP Is Deliberately Murdering American Children

By: Erik Prince， Tucker Carlson Show
The Chinese Communist Party has been very active in Mexico. The fentanyl crisis is very much, you know, last year, fentanyl in America killed like 109,000 people.

CCP Is Deliberately Murdering American Children

The 500

By: Natan Sharansky， Tablet Magazine
A letter from 500 Jews at Columbia University may be a landmark in the struggle to escape a stifling regime of doublethink and ensure the American Jewish future through proud and open dissent

The 500

Memorial Day: WWII Vet and Author Bill Swanson

By: Sorensen ＆amp； Waters， RCP＆nbsp；on SiriusXM
In this Memorial Day special edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth presents an extended interview with World War II veteran and author Bill Swanson.

Memorial Day: WWII Vet and Author Bill Swanson

Crowd in the Bronx Has Seen the Biden Disaster

By: Rep. Byron Donalds， Fox News Sunday
Florida Republican Byron Donalds talks about attending the Trump rally this week in the Bronx and the former president's effort to appeal to minority voters during an interview with Shannon Bream on "FOX News Sunday."

Crowd in the Bronx Has Seen the Biden Disaster

The Near-Impossible Task of Providing Food Aid in Gaza

By: Kerri Kennedy， CNN
Earlier this month, our team of humanitarian workers had to stop distributing aid in Gaza. Like most of the population there, our aid workers urgently needed to find new places for themselves and their families to shelter.

The Near-Impossible Task of Providing Food Aid in Gaza

I'm a Crime Victim--ProPublica Has My Tax Returns

By: Ira Stoll， Wall Street Journal
Many such crimes could be avoided if the government collected and stored less confidential data.

I'm a Crime Victim--ProPublica Has My Tax Returns

How Can People Be Nostalgic for Trump?

By: Michael Tomasky， The New Republic
Joe Biden's real opponent isn't inflation or Gaza or even Trump himself. It's nostalgia bias vs. negativity bias.

How Can People Be Nostalgic for Trump?

OpenAI and Political Bias in Silicon Valley

By: Kalev Leetaru， RealClearPolitics
AI-powered image generators were back in the news earlier this year, this time for their propensity to create historically inaccurate and ethically questionable imagery. These recent missteps reinforced that, far from being the independent thinking machines of science fiction, AI models merely mimic what they've seen on the web, and the heavy hand of their creators artificially steers them toward certain kinds of representations. What can we learn from how OpenAI's image generator created a series of images about Democratic and Republican causes and voters last December?

OpenAI and Political Bias in Silicon Valley

A Flimsy, Unfair Trial Reaches Its Climax

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
On Tuesday, a Manhattan jury will hear closing arguments in the trial of former President Donald Trump. And there's now a furious debate between the two sides.

A Flimsy, Unfair Trial Reaches Its Climax

The Zombie Trump Effect--Decoding the Polls

By: Heather Parton， Salon
Decoding the polls gives us a clue into Joe Biden's problems

The Zombie Trump Effect--Decoding the Polls

Will Biden Drag Senate Democrats Down With Him?

By: Gerard Baker， Wall Street Journal
So far at least, his party's swing-state incumbents are polling ahead of the unpopular president.

Will Biden Drag Senate Democrats Down With Him?

The War on America's Working Class

By: Jenny Holland， Spiked
Batya Ungar-Sargon's Second Class captures the elite assault on blue-collar America.

The War on America's Working Class

An America First World: What Trump's Return May Mean

By: Hal Brands， Foreign Affairs
What Trump's return might mean for global order.

An America First World: What Trump's Return May Mean

A Walk in Arlington

By: John Waters， Nebraska Examiner
Arlington's 639 acres comprise the graves of some 400,000 souls - veterans and their families - equal to the population of an entire city.

A Walk in Arlington

How To Fix America's Loneliness Crisis

By: Rana Foroohar， Financial Times
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How To Fix America’s Loneliness Crisis

America Is Still Worth Fighting For

By: Amelia Koehn， The Federalist
Our men and women in uniform, who have paid the ultimate price of destiny, have secured freedom for generations of Americans.

America Is Still Worth Fighting For

What Was Anthony Fauci's Top Aide Hiding?

By: Allysia Finley， Wall Street Journal
‘I learned from our foia lady here how to make emails disappear,' David Morens wrote in one email.

What Was Anthony Fauci’s Top Aide Hiding?

The Right Wing Plan To Take Over 'Sanctuary' Cities

By: Rachel Leingang， The Guardian
Trump has railed against urban centers run by Democrats, and Project 2025 lays out how to crack down on them

The Right Wing Plan To Take Over 'Sanctuary' Cities

Verdict on Judge Merchan's Bias Is In: Guilty

By: Miranda Devine， New York Post
Joe Biden is salivating at the prospect of his political archrival being convicted in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial in Manhattan, with jury deliberations set to begin this week.

Verdict on Judge Merchan's Bias Is In: Guilty

Anxious Dems Tell Biden: Show More Empathy on Economy

By: Lucey ＆amp； Thomas， WSJ
The president often touts strong jobs numbers, even as voters care far more about inflation

Anxious Dems Tell Biden: Show More Empathy on Economy

10 Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip

By: Al Weaver， The Hill
Republicans are increasingly optimistic they can end their four-year stint in the Senate minority and topple the incumbents Democrats are relying on to carry the cycle with less than six months until Election Day.

10 Senate Seats Most Likely To Flip

Left Is Turning America Into a Third World Country

By: Robert Knight， Washington Times
Another day, another vote-buying scheme from the Biden regime.

Left Is Turning America Into a Third World Country

The Two Events That Could Save Biden

By: Walter Shapiro， The New Republic
Polls this far out from the election are notoriously unreliable. But the outcome of Trump's hush money trial and the first presidential debate could help shift public opinion.

The Two Events That Could Save Biden

The Dems in 2024: Fear Trump - Or Bust

By: Victor Davis Hanson， American Greatness
As Trump continues to show leads in critical swing states, as various lawfare-inspired cases against him seem to the public to be more persecutions than prosecutions, and as Joe Biden appears daily more incoherent and lost, the left on spec has resorted to warning the nation about all the supposedly catastrophic consequences of a future Trump presidency.

The Dems in 2024: Fear Trump - Or Bust

This Memorial Day, Honor the 1% Who Serve & Sacrifice

By: Peter Beshar， USA Today
Soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen and guardians know firsthand the privilege and sacrifices of wearing a uniform. What about the 99% who do not?

This Memorial Day, Honor the 1% Who Serve & Sacrifice

Are We Worthy of Those Who've Made the Ultimate Sacrifice?

By: Salena Zito， PPG
There is a circle of grass in this Westmoreland County neighborhood that has just enough room for a leafy maple tree to have...

Are We Worthy of Those Who've Made the Ultimate Sacrifice?

Trump's Multiracial Optimism Beats Biden's Anger

By: Mollie Hemingway， The Federalist
Unlike Biden, Trump's optimistic campaign speeches show a man who seems to love this country and want it to return to health.

Trump's Multiracial Optimism Beats Biden's Anger

Memorial Day: We Must Avoid World War III

By: Graham Allison， The National Interest
We must avoid the successor to the grand reapers of the past century: World War I and World War II. We must avoid World War III. We should reflect on this during this Memorial Day.

Memorial Day: We Must Avoid World War III

Hack Files: Truth Is Out There (Just Not in Psaki's Book)

By: Andrew Stiles， Free Beacon
It has been great to see elite universities, at least some of them, finally stand up to obnoxious radicals on campus and hold student activists accountable for their stupid actions. Nevertheless, leaders at George Washington University crossed the line into excessive cruelty last week by making graduates and their families sit through a commencement address by Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary turned MSNBC host who is plugging a book so boring it made your humble reviewer pine for the resplendent prose stylings of Hillary Clinton. (Annual tuition is $65,000, for crying out...

Hack Files: Truth Is Out There (Just Not in Psaki's Book)

The Real Reason Haley Said She's Voting for Trump

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC
The former South Carolina governor has dispelled any remaining illusions that she is a moderate.

The Real Reason Haley Said She's Voting for Trump

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