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Dana White, Trump & the Rise of Cage-Match Politics

By: Flegenheimer ＆amp； Bernstein， NYT
White, chief executive of the bloody and beloved Ultimate Fighting Championship, has shot to the peak of Trump-era culture and political influence. What does he want?

How Free-Market Fundamentalists Go Off the Rails

By: Sen. Marco Rubio， X／Twitter
@SenMarcoRubio: It seems my recent articles on industrial policy in @PostOpinions and @NationalAffairs have ruffled some feathers. @JonahDispatch @veroderugy @ericboehm87 @cpgrabow A short 🧵 on how free-market funda......

Iran's Supreme Leader Has Crossed an Israeli Red Line

By: Dubowitz ＆amp； Taleblu， NY Post
After years of using its terrorist proxies to strike Israelis, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei launched a direct attack Saturday against the Jewish state.

Iran's Supreme Leader Has Crossed an Israeli Red Line

Joe Biden's Dangerous World

By: Francis Sempa， RealClearDefense

Joe Biden's Dangerous World

On Eve of Hush Money Trial, Trump Is All Talk

By: Rex Huppke， USA Today
Trump's first criminal trial is set to start Monday in New York, and he's showing the world just how chicken he is.

On Eve of Hush Money Trial, Trump Is All Talk

Why Iran's Strike on Israel Could Start an Escalation Spiral

By: Daniel DePetris， MSNBC
A tense regional situation is becoming even more fraught. And this is not a low-cost scenario for the U.S.

Why Iran's Strike on Israel Could Start an Escalation Spiral

What Are the Stakes of 'Civil War,' Really?

By: Jamelle Bouie， New York Times
Ahead of the release of Civil War, the new alt-history action-drama from the director Alex Garland, A24, the studio that

What Are the Stakes of 'Civil War,' Really?

O.J. Simpson, the White Bronco and America

By: Joe Concha， FOX News
The arrival of the reality TV industry began on June 17, 1994. That's the date of the infamous slow-speed chase with O.J. Simpson in a white Ford Bronco on a California highway.

Chickens Coming Home To Roost for NPR and NYT

By: Michael Goodwin， New York Post
Just 32% of Americans say they trust the media a great deal or a fair amount, according to Gallup, which says the number matches a historic low.

How Lincoln's Assassination Changed American History

By: Brian Jordan， RCHistory
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago this Sunday, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Linc

Will Hogan Be a Hero in Maryland Senate Race?

By: Salena Zito， Washington Examiner
Republican Larry Hogan left office as one of the most popular governors in the history of overwhelmingly Democratic Maryland. Now can he win for U.S. Senate?

Will Hogan Be a Hero in Maryland Senate Race?

Why We Never Stopped Talking About O.J. Simpson

By: Constance Grady， Vox
Long after the Trial of the Century ended, we couldn't help obsessing over a fallen hero.

Why We Never Stopped Talking About O.J. Simpson

Growing Latino Support for Wall, Strict Border Enforcement

By: Byron York， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
A new poll by Axios and Noticias Telemundo found that 42% of Latino Americans support building a wall or fence along the entire U.S.-Mexico border.

Growing Latino Support for Wall, Strict Border Enforcement

Defund Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal Global Abuse of Our Military

By: Citizen Soldier， RCDefense
President George W. Bush's rationale for invading Iraq was simple, and chilling: Act now because we cannot wait for the final proof - the smoking gun - that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

Defund Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal Global Abuse of Our Military

Can Tester Defy the Odds in Montana?

By: Nate Moore， Substack
GOP control of the Senate likely hinges on Jon Tester's ability to defy the odds.

Can Tester Defy the Odds in Montana?

AZ's Retrograde Abortion Law Could Be a Gift to Biden

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC
A ballot measure in the battleground state could turbo-charge Democrats' performance.

AZ's Retrograde Abortion Law Could Be a Gift to Biden

Constitution Gives Us 3 Branches of Government, Not 4

By: Vivek Ramaswamy， FOX Biz
Former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the only solution to elements the federal bureaucracy mobilizing "to re-elect Joe Biden" is to "shut it down."

Constitution Gives Us 3 Branches of Government, Not 4

Keeping Parents 'in the Loop' on Kids' Education

By: Grazie Christie， Florida Politics
I can hardly think of anything more vital than school officials' transparency with parents when it comes to their children.

Keeping Parents 'in the Loop' on Kids' Education

Will There Be a Presidential Debate This Fall?

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP／SiriusXM
Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss whether Trump and Biden will meet for a presidential debate this fall, new polls in Texas showing Sen. Ted Cruz ahead of his Democratic challenger, the release of bodycam footage of a Chicago traffic stop that ended with the shooting death of a young black man, and NPR facing criticism for "liberal bias."

Will There Be a Presidential Debate This Fall?

No Labels Is Down But Not Out

By: Nancy Jacobson， Wall Street Journal
We'll continue to search for and support candidates who can fill America's leadership vacuum.

No Labels Is Down But Not Out

How Trump Plans To Win

By: Julian Zelizer， CNN
While many Democrats still consider former President Donald Trump to be about pure chaotic improvisation and impulse, they should consider that his campaign team has put together a very clear roadmap as to how they intend to work different institutions to their advantage. A potentially successful multi-prong strategy with electoral, media, legal, legislative and third-party intervention appears to be in place.

How Trump Plans To Win

Trump Aims To Show That Democrats Are the Radical Ones

By: Kimberley Strassel， WSJ
He embraces states' rights and aims to show that Democrats are the radical ones.

Trump Aims To Show That Democrats Are the Radical Ones

How Biden Hopes To Stop RFK Jr. From Becoming Spoiler

By: Joey Garrison， USA Today
Haunted by spoilers in past elections, President Joe Biden's Democratic allies have mobilized efforts to stop Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

How Biden Hopes To Stop RFK Jr. From Becoming Spoiler

Struggling Students Need Their Teachers To Show Up

By: Michael Bloomberg， Bloomberg
Pandemic learning loss in America's schools can't be reversed until leaders and unions face the problem of chronic teacher absenteeism.

Struggling Students Need Their Teachers To Show Up

Child Abandonment in the Name of Compassion

By: Naomi Riley， City Journal
To fight systemic racism, the Boston area hospital system will discourage medical professionals from reporting mothers who test positive for drugs to child-welfare authorities.

Child Abandonment in the Name of Compassion

Ukraine's Freedom Forge

By: Harman，＆nbsp；Rudman ＆amp； Zakheim， RealClearPolitics
As the U.S. dithers on whether it will continue to arm Ukraine's fight for freedom, Kyiv is not waiting for Washington to do what it must and restock its arsenal for democracy. President Zelensky is transforming Ukraine's bread basket economy into a denizen of drones and other armaments that is helping Ukrainian forces arrest Russian advances as it waits for decisive weapons from the West. Two years into the war, the message for Washington and Moscow is that Ukrainians will continue to fight and will do so with an innovative and entrepreneurial military-industrial base.

Ukraine's Freedom Forge

GOP Getting Duped Into Backing Left-Wing Censorship

By: Paul Bradford， Am. Greatness
We all want to keep kids away from dangers on the internet. But passing a bill that would sneak hate speech laws into America is not the way to do it. We have enough censorship as it is.

GOP Getting Duped Into Backing Left-Wing Censorship

The Anti-Trump Dream Come True

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
Barring some last-second surprise, on Monday a dream will come true for those who have hoped for years to put former President Donald Trump on trial.

The Anti-Trump Dream Come True

How Biden Screwed Up Life for Young Voters

By: Schoen ＆amp； Cooperman， FOX News
Campaign season is heating up. The president and his team are struggling to craft a compelling message that resonates with young voters about why they should vote for Biden in 2024.

How Biden Screwed Up Life for Young Voters

What 8 Centuries of Data Tell Us About Interest Rates

By: Gillian Tett， Financial Times
These are treacherous times for bond traders. A couple of months ago, the market consensus was that the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates six times this year, starting imminently.

What 8 Centuries of Data Tell Us About Interest Rates

U.S. Official's Easter-in-China Post Stirs Ire at Home

By: Susan Crabtree， RealClearPolitics
A simple social media post from a U.S. ambassador praising a Catholic Easter service would go largely unnoticed in the countries of many U.S. allies.

U.S. Official's Easter-in-China Post Stirs Ire at Home

The Math on Ukraine Doesn't Add Up

By: Sen. J.D. Vance， New York Times
President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment to the global community. This is wrong. Ukraine's challenge is not the G.O.P.; it's math. Ukraine needs more soldiers than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies.

The Math on Ukraine Doesn't Add Up

NPR Editor's Tell-All Confirms What We Already Knew

By: Roger Ream， The Hill
2024 has not been kind to American journalism. Mainstream news outlets - including NBC News, CBS, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, TIME and Business Insider - have laid off hundreds of staffers. Publishers and media analysts have been casting about for possible explanations, whether difficult economic headwinds, the collapse of ad revenue or Americans' "news fatigue" ahead of another presidential election.

NPR Editor's Tell-All Confirms What We Already Knew

A Total Eclipse of Donald Trump

By: Brian Karem， Salon
Donald Trump faces the first of four felony trials in less than a week and boy is he scared

A Total Eclipse of Donald Trump

Media 'Buried' Truth About Dexter Reed Police Shooting

By: Jesse Watters， FOX News
Radio host Dana Loesch sounds off on the left's response to Dexter Reed incident on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

Media 'Buried' Truth About Dexter Reed Police Shooting

GOP Fleeing Stench of a Rotten Congress

By: Frank Bruni， New York Times
When it comes to Donald Trump, House Republicans do a convincing pantomime of love. Many of them chirpily parrot his lies. Most of them merrily launder his misdeeds. They grovel for his favor, gush about getting his endorsement and speak and vote in line with his desires.

GOP Fleeing Stench of a Rotten Congress

Dems Turned Colorado Blue. Can GOP Win It Back?

By: Nathan Worcester， Epoch Times
What happened to the home of 'South Park Republicans'? It's a complex story involving big money, demographics, GOP infighting, and the disputed 'Trump factor.'

Dems Turned Colorado Blue. Can GOP Win It Back?

America Is Bored of Trump. He Won't Win the Election

By: Isaac Schorr， The Telegraph
Donald Trump won the 2016 election because he was seen as a plucky, unconventional underdog running against not just a face of the establishment, but arguably its most reviled representative.

America Is Bored of Trump. He Won't Win the Election

The Juice and the Monster Jealousy

By: Maureen Dowd， New York Times
On Thursday, I went over to South Bundy Drive in Brentwood, where the double murder happened. O.J. Simpson was dead

The Juice and the Monster Jealousy

NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias

By: Mullin ＆amp； Robertson， New York Times
An essay from an editor at the broadcaster has generated a firestorm of criticism about the network on social media, especially among conservatives.

NPR in Turmoil After It Is Accused of Liberal Bias

What Rush Hath Wrought

By: Daniel Oppenheimer， Substack
We continue to underestimate Rush Limbaugh's influence on the modern right-wing style.

What Rush Hath Wrought

The News Media Has Helped Normalize Hamas

By: Dan Perry， Newsweek
We have failed to tell the story of a jihadi outfit considered a terrorist group by the United States with excellent reason.

The News Media Has Helped Normalize Hamas

Biden's Creeping Betrayal of Israel

By: Brendan O'Neill， Spiked
Sacrificing an ally to appease the activist class? That's low, Joe.

Biden’s Creeping Betrayal of Israel

Brutal Critique Proves NPR Is a Leftist-Only Zone

By: Tim Murtaugh， Washington Times
Public broadcaster preaches diversity but employs no conservatives at all

Brutal Critique Proves NPR Is a Leftist-Only Zone

Latino and Black Voters Could Elect Trump

By: Patrick Ruffini， Wall Street Journal
Even a modest racial realignment would provide the margin of victory for Republicans in November.

Latino and Black Voters Could Elect Trump

Republicans Must Wake Up

By: Tom Klingenstein
Donald Trump must make the anti-American ideology of group quotas a central issue of his presidential campaign.

Republicans Must Wake Up

Abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential Election

By: Susan Glasser， The New Yorker
On abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential election.

Abortion, Arizona, and the 2024 Presidential Election

America in the Age of O.J. Simpson

By: Peggy Noonan， Wall Street Journal
His case gave rise to a new kind of fame and left Americans of all races cynical about the law.

America in the Age of O.J. Simpson

O.J. Simpson Put America's Legal System on Trial

By: Alan Dershowitz， The Hill
The death of O.J. Simpson brings back memories of his very divisive criminal trial and controversial verdict. Americans split over his case largely along racial lines. Many African Americans hoped for and believed in his innocence, while many whites believed with equal fervor that he was guilty.

O.J. Simpson Put America’s Legal System on Trial

Media 'Buried' Truth About Dexter Reed Police Shooting

By: Jesse Watters， FOX News
Radio host Dana Loesch sounds off on the left's response to Dexter Reed incident on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.' #jessewattersprimetime #foxnews

Inflation Politics in 2024

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show (Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. EDT on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. Channel 124), Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth talk about the impact of inflation on the 2024 election campaign, Nebraska considering changing its electoral vote counting scheme to winner-take-all, new poll numbers in the swing state of Florida, and former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan running for Senate.

Inflation Politics in 2024

The Only Way for Israel To Truly Defeat Hamas

By: Ami Ayalon， Foreign Affairs
The Zionist dream depends on a two-state solution.

The Only Way for Israel To Truly Defeat Hamas

Biden Tries To Buy Time on the Border Crisis

By: Eddie Scarry， The Federalist
Joe Biden claims he's 'examining' his authority to control the border. It's a lie, and he's just trying to buy time until the election.

Republicans Can't Run From AZ's Draconian Abortion Ban

By: Amanda Marcotte， Salon
Pretending to be moderate is a lot harder when Democrats can just roll tape showcasing Christian right radicalism

There's a Silver Lining in Trump's Deep State Fantasies

By: Hayes Brown， MSNBC
Congress is struggling to pass a reauthorization of the Foreign Surveillance Act's Section 702 spying program. That's not the worst thingMAGA diehards are banding together wold.

The Price of Revision

By: Amity Shlaes， Coolidge Review
Time was, the merits of Universal Basic Income were up for debate. No longer.

The Price of Revision

Rise & Fall of O.J. Simpson Changed Media Culture Forever

By: Daniel D'Addario， Variety
O.J. Simpson died April 10. But the media age ushered in by his presence, his saga and his white Bronco, remains very much with us.

Rise & Fall of O.J. Simpson Changed Media Culture Forever

What Is Gold Telling Us?

By: Rana Foroohar， Financial Times
This may be the moment we remember as a turning point towards a new world

What Is Gold Telling Us?

The Humane Genius of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

By: Noah Rinsky， The Free Press
Over the show's twelve seasons, Larry David taught us not to sweat the big stuff. Noah Rinsky bids farewell.

Math Lessons Are Racist, Says Gates Foundation

By: Kali Fontanilla， Cap. Research Center
Left-leaning math instructors have bought into the ridiculous ideology that rigid (and practical) math instruction is white supremacist and has been set up to oppress minorities. Since practically everything is racist now, including drinking milk and asking your students to speak proper English, why not add math instruction to the mix? The guide and the teacher training that promote this ideology are generously funded by the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation.

Math Lessons Are Racist, Says Gates Foundation

A Generation Lost to Climate Anxiety

By: David Zaruk， RealClearScience
In a far-reaching new essay in The New Atlantis, the environmental researcher Ted Nordhaus makes a damning and authoritative case that while the basic science of CO2 and climate is solid, it has been abused by the activist class in service of a wildly irresponsible and unscientific climate catastrophism.

A Generation Lost to Climate Anxiety

8 Ways To Ensure Legit Votes Get Counted But No Others

By: M.D. Kittle， The Federalist
The proposed reforms center on dealing with the explosion of absentee/mail-in voting, which surged 131 percent in Covid-stained 2020.

Julian Assange Gave America the Ugly Truth

By: Rupa Subramanya， The Free Press
Biden is thinking of dropping America's case against the whistleblower. He should.

The 3 Point Plan To Fix the Democrats and Their Coalition

By: Ruy Teixeira， Substack
So crazy it just might work! All three points revisited in one piece.

Dems Lied About Transgender Suicide--But There Is Hope

By: Miranda Devine， NY Post
When nonbinary teen Nex Benedict committed suicide a day after allegedly being beaten up at school, the tragedy was quickly hijacked as a textbook case of anti-LGBT bullying.

Les Leopold on 'Wall Street's War on Workers'

By: Matt Taibbi， Racket News
Interview with Les Leopold, author of "Wall Street's War on Workers," the book neither party wants you to read

Les Leopold on 'Wall Street's War on Workers'

PACE Survey Shows the Path to Civic Unity

By: Hans Zeiger， Fulcrum
Zeiger is president of the Jack Miller Center, a nationwide network of scholars and teachers committed to advancing the core texts and ideas of the American political tradition.In his timeless essay Politics and the English Language, George Orwell wrote, Political language - and with variations t...

PACE Survey Shows the Path to Civic Unity

Nebraska Winner-Take-All Might Determine White House

By: Charlie Kirk， War Room
Charlie Kirk in an interview with 'War Room' host Steve Bannon called on Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen to call a special session to pass legislation making all of the state's electoral college votes go to the winner of the state.

Nebraska Winner-Take-All Might Determine White House

Weaponized FBI Targets Biden's Political Opposition

By: Lloyd Billingsley， Chronicles
All the clocks are striking thirteen.

Weaponized FBI Targets Biden's Political Opposition

Republicans Flag Problems in Small-Donor Cash Crunch

By: Susan Crabtree，＆nbsp；RCP
Back in 2019, when Republicans were riding a Donald Trump-produced tidal wave of small-dollar donations, a cadre of GOP consultants were finally bullish about their ability to compete with Democrats' grassroots fundraising juggernaut.

Republicans Flag Problems in Small-Donor Cash Crunch

Is Trump on Track To Win 20% of the Black Vote?

By: Sean Trende， RCP＆nbsp；on SiriusXM
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show (Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. EDT on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. Channel 124), RCP elections analyst Sean Trende discusses his new piece asking whether Donald Trump is really on track to win the highest proportion of black voters for any Republican since Nixon: Will Black Voters Back Republicans? A Political Science Perspective

Is Trump on Track To Win 20% of the Black Vote?

Hogan Gives GOP Huge Opportunity in Deep Blue Maryland

By: Alan Jamison， AMAC
Former Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan has never been viewed as a great champion of traditional conservative values.

Hogan Gives GOP Huge Opportunity in Deep Blue Maryland

The Human Toll of Biden's Broken Border

By: Peder Zane， RealClearPolitics
For women and children, the road to hell is paved with Democrats' good intentions.

The Human Toll of Biden's Broken Border

Why No Labels Is the Fyre Festival of Politics

By: Chris Lehmann， The Nation
The self-described centrist alternative to the two major parties failed spectacularly this year-but such a lavishly funded shakedown operation may not be dead for good.

Why No Labels Is the Fyre Festival of Politics

U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run Fog Machine of War

By: Lee Fang， RCI＆nbsp；＆amp； LeeFang.com
Ukraine's American-backed fight against Russia is being waged not only in the blood-soaked trenches of the Donbas region but also on what military planners call the cognitive battlefield - to win hearts and minds.

U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run Fog Machine of War

The First Amendment's Terms of Service

By: Loury ＆amp； Shellenberger， Substack
Maybe my least surprising political position is advocacy for free and open discourse. Without free speech as a bedrock principle, democracy would mean little. If we can't, as private citizens, receive, judge, and debate ideas and information, the decisions we make on the basis of that information cannot themselves be considered "free" in any meaningful sense. If some central authority prevents me from discussing information-or even the possibility of the existence of information-that could change people's minds about that authority's course of action, all of our rights have been damaged.

The First Amendment's Terms of Service

As Trial Nears, Trump Can't Keep Hush

By: Heather Parton， Salon
Trump is very worried about his election interference case for good reason

As Trial Nears, Trump Can't Keep Hush

Biden Zeitgeist Watch: Arrows Are Up, the Reality Not So Much

By: Joe Klein， Substack
A month or so ago, I thought I detected a slight Biden zeitgeist zephyr after the State of the Union speech...and we've seen a minuscule improvement in a few of the polls in recent weeks.

Biden Zeitgeist Watch: Arrows Are Up, the Reality Not So Much

Resurgent Inflation Looms Over Biden Re-Election

By: Politi ＆amp； Jones， Financial Times
Consumer prices are rising quickly at just the wrong time for the US president

Resurgent Inflation Looms Over Biden Re-Election

Inflation Never Went Away

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
The government announced Wednesday morning that inflation rose 0.4% in March, part of a 3.5% increase on an annual basis.

Inflation Never Went Away

No More Special Counsels

By: James Burnham， City Journal
It's past time to put an end to one of the most destructive regimes in American law enforcement.

No More Special Counsels

Right-To-Repair Needed To Put Car Owners in Driver Seat

By: Sara Baxter， Town-Crier
As the owners of an independent automotive repair shop, my husband Brian and I are accustomed to solving complex and unexpected challenges. We always strive to work with our customers to provide efficient, cost-effective service. We understand that for many of our customers, their car is their lifeline [...]

Right-To-Repair Needed To Put Car Owners in Driver Seat

Are Young Voters Really Embracing Donald Trump?

By: Christian Paz， Vox
Plenty of data suggests Trump is making surprising gains with young Americans. The debate, explained.

Ukraine Will Win If Congress Provides More Aid

By: Abrams， et al.，＆nbsp；CNN
Ukrainians are fighting for their existence. On territory that Russia occupies, it tortures Ukrainian citizens, kidnaps Ukrainian children and murders Ukrainian leaders. On territory Russia can reach with its weapons, it strikes civilians and rescue workers. Russian missiles, drones and bombs destroy churches and monuments to the Holocaust. Russian occupation threatens Ukraine's Muslims, the Crimean Tatars.

Ukraine Will Win If Congress Provides More Aid

Trump's Abortion Stance Is More 'Democratic' Than Dems'

By: David Harsanyi， Federalist
Donald Trump released a statement contending that the abortion issue should be left to the states and refused to endorse any federal law.

Trouble at the Fed

By: Rufo ＆amp； Rosiak， City Journal
Lisa D. Cook is one of the world's most powerful economists. She taught economics at Harvard University and Michigan State University and served on the Obama administration's Council of Economic Advisers before being appointed, in 2022, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, which controls the interest rates and money supply of the United States. [...]

Trouble at the Fed

The Tree of Debt Must Stop Growing

By: Martin Wolf， Financial Times
Since the era of ultra-low interest rates ended, large-scale government borrowing is looking more and more problematic

The Tree of Debt Must Stop Growing

Trump Is Wrong: Abortion Opponents Need a Leader

By: Marjorie Dannenfelser， FOX News
Since the 2022 midterms, a narrative has taken hold that the life issue costs Republicans elections and is better left to the states.

Trump Is Wrong: Abortion Opponents Need a Leader

Justice Sotomayor's Retirement Is a Political IQ Test

By: Nate Silver， Substack
Are you into politics to win - or to feel good about yourself?

Justice Sotomayor's Retirement Is a Political IQ Test

Why CA Is Shrinking and Sinking, and How To Reverse It

By: Michael Weinstein，＆nbsp；RCP
California's population has shrunk for three consecutive years while 42 other states have grown.

Why CA Is Shrinking and Sinking, and How To Reverse It

Will Black Voters Back GOP? A Political Science Perspective

By: Sean Trende，＆nbsp；RCP
Horse-race polls in the 2024 rematch typically show Donald Trump attracting in the neighborhood of 20% of the black vote, which would be a historically strong showing.

Will Black Voters Back GOP? A Political Science Perspective

Moderate Abortion Stance Is To Make It a State Issue

By: Carl Cannon， RCP on＆nbsp；SiriusXM
RCP Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon and co-founder Tom Bevan discuss Donald Trump's newly clarified position on abortion rights with Andrew Walworth on Monday's edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show.

Moderate Abortion Stance Is To Make It a State Issue

Rust Belt or Sun Belt? Biden Must Choose Both To Win

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine
In 2020, Joe Biden won four states by a margin of less than 2 percent of the vote: Georgia (0.23 percent), Arizona (0.30 percent), Wisconsin (0.63 percent), and Pennsylvania (1.33 percent). Donald Trump won one state, North Carolina, by 1.34 percent. Biden carried two other key states by margins under three points: Nevada (2.39 percent) and Michigan (2.78 percent).

Rust Belt or Sun Belt? Biden Must Choose Both To Win

On Buckley, PBS Gives Us a Man in Part, Not in Full

By: Neal Freeman， National Review
There are errors of omission, and of commission, in its depiction of WFB.

On Buckley, PBS Gives Us a Man in Part, Not in Full

Nebraska GOP: Do Something Besides Wring Your Hands and Whine

By: Mark Levin
"Notice the hardcore Democrat states never commit electoral suicide like this," Levin said. "Notice none of the dark blue states do that because it's stupid. Notice none of the other red states do what Maine has done because it's stupid. But it was done about 30 years ago, so it's time to fix it. The problem is you do have some footdraggers in the Republican Party."

Nebraska GOP: Do Something Besides Wring Your Hands and Whine

What Is RFK Jr.'s Pitch to Voters?

By: John Halpin， Substack
A mix of nostalgia for American exceptionalism + personal wellness + anti-establishment politics.

What Is RFK Jr.'s Pitch to Voters?

RFK Jr. Sounds Like Trump As He Courts MAGA Voters

By: Thompson ＆amp； Nichols， Axios
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making targeted appeals to Donald Trump supporters, pledging to "seal the border" from undocumented migrants and investigate the prosecutions of pro-Trump rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

RFK Jr. Sounds Like Trump As He Courts MAGA Voters

Yellen in China: Failure Was the Only Option

By: Gordon Chang， Newsweek
Xi Jinping has made it clear that he does not intend to change course on exports. Janet Yellen's pleading with his subordinates will not work.

Yellen in China: Failure Was the Only Option

The Real Estate Nightmare Unfolding in Downtown St. Louis

By: Konrad Putzier， WSJ
The office district is empty, with boarded up towers, copper thieves and failing retail-even the Panera outlet shut down. The city is desperately trying to reverse the ‘doom loop.'

The Real Estate Nightmare Unfolding in Downtown St. Louis

Will Biden Let Israel Finish Off Hamas?

By: Larry Kudlow， New York Sun
And will he back up his own defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, who denies Israel is committing genocide?

Will Biden Let Israel Finish Off Hamas?

Competition w/China Must Be Won, Not Managed

By: Pottinger ＆amp； Gallagher， Foreign Affairs
America's competition with China must be won, not managed.

Competition w/China Must Be Won, Not Managed

Book Exposes Dark-Money Groups Remaking America

By: Logan Washburn， Federalist
The new book 'Arabella' shows that the left's network of influence far outpaces that of the right in areas such as elections and abortion.

Book Exposes Dark-Money Groups Remaking America

Barack Obama Created Recipe for National Disintegration

By: Michael Lind， Tablet
Is the United States a nation-state, in which there is an "American people" whose members have more in common with each other than merely being subject to the jurisdiction of American federal, state, and local governments?

Barack Obama Created Recipe for National Disintegration

How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Turnout in '24

By: Ben Weingarten， RCI
Progressives are using legal loopholes and the power of the federal government to maximize Democrat votes in the 2024 election at taxpayers' expense, RealClearInvestigations has found.

How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Turnout in '24

Inside the Pro-Palestine Movement Bird-Dogging Biden

By: Jack Crosbie， Rolling Stone
These activists turned Joe Biden's New York City ritzy fundraiser with Obama and Clinton into a night of protests against Israel's war in Gaza.

Inside the Pro-Palestine Movement Bird-Dogging Biden

Could Housing Crisis in CA Help Trump Win NV?

By: Benjamin Oreskes， Los Angeles Times
Christine Dyken had just returned home after picking up her grandson from school, and she was stressed.

Could Housing Crisis in CA Help Trump Win NV?

Are Americans Really So Divided?

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show (Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. EDT on SiriusXM's P.O.T.U.S. Channel 124), Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth discuss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's influence in the House and the consequences of U.S. peace efforts in Gaza.

Are Americans Really So Divided?

Arizona Supreme Court Upends Trump's Gambit on Abortion

By: Dan Balz， Wash Post
It took little more than a day for Donald Trump's political gambit on abortion to come undone.

Arizona Supreme Court Upends Trump's Gambit on Abortion

Why Young Voters Aren't Warming Up to Biden

By: Trevor Hughes， USA Today
Polls show young people don't like either Trump or Biden and they're angry they're expected to pick one. Some young liberals may not vote at all.

Why Young Voters Aren't Warming Up to Biden

Democrats Nervous Trump Wooing Centrists From Biden

By: Amie Parnes， The Hill
Democrats are growing increasingly nervous that former President Trump will woo centrist voters away from President Biden.

Democrats Nervous Trump Wooing Centrists From Biden

Trump, RFK Jr. and the Disillusioned Black Voter

By: Jason Riley， Wall Street Journal
Working-class minorities are less concerned with identity politics than they are with the economy.

Trump, RFK Jr. and the Disillusioned Black Voter

The Secret Side of Facebook

By: Ralph DeFalco， Law ＆amp； Liberty
A hugely woke company came face to face with the reality that misinformation spread on Facebook impacted voter's decisions.

Why No Labels Didn't Stick

By: David Faris， Slate
A candidate who loves bipartisanship and has moderate policy goals, eh? Sounds familiar.

Why No Labels Didn't Stick

Putin and Xi's Unholy Alliance

By: Alexander Gabuev， Foreign Affairs
Why the West won't be able to drive a wedge between Russia and China.

Biden's Insane Asylum Policy Makes Life Easier for Criminals

By: Michael Goodwin， NYP
A Sunday Post report told the harrowing story of eight migrants, at least one of them an armed Venezuelan, who were squatting in a Bronx house.

Biden’s Insane Asylum Policy Makes Life Easier for Criminals

Michael Cohen, Star Witness

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
If all goes as scheduled, former President Donald Trump's trial will begin next Monday.

Left's Latest Scheme To Permanently Change US Elections

By: Teller ＆amp； Snead， Examiner
Left-wing activists are taking every opportunity to change elections for partisan gain through ranked choice voting. Read more about their latest effort here.

Left's Latest Scheme To Permanently Change US Elections

Americans Will Find Voting Easier - or Harder - This Year

By: Patrick Marley， Wash Post
Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All mail ballots will have prepaid return postage. And every community will have at least one drop box for absentee ballots because of a measure adopted by voters with the support of the state's top Democrats.

Americans Will Find Voting Easier - or Harder - This Year

Horror and Humiliation in Gaza

By: David Goldman， Tablet Magazine
The outpouring of hatred for Jews and Israel after October 7 is rooted in the fear of extinction shared by post-Christian and Islamic tribes

Horror and Humiliation in Gaza

Democrats Are Stuck With Kamala Harris

By: J.T. Young， The Hill
There is one certainty in 2024's tumultuous campaign: If President Biden goes, Harris stays.

Democrats Are Stuck With Kamala Harris

The Tough Sell of the Third-Party Candidate

By: Lora Kelley， The Atlantic
Third-party and independent candidates are never all that popular in American presidential elections. But this year, fear of handing the election to Donald Trump is making an outsider run radioactive.

The Tough Sell of the Third-Party Candidate

Trump Is Right: Abortion Is Best Decided By States

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
By taking a national ban off the table, Donald Trump may reduce temperature of the abortion rights discussion heading into the presidential election.

Trump Is Right: Abortion Is Best Decided By States

Will Big Job Growth Bring an End to the 'Vibecession'?

By: John Cassidy， The New Yorker
The Labor Department's March employment report shows the U.S. economy continuing to power ahead. Yet many voters' perceptions remain stubbornly negative.

Will Big Job Growth Bring an End to the 'Vibecession'?

Is the Great Illusion in Ruins?

By: Victor Davis Hanson， American Greatness
The long-awaited Great Fundamental Transformation finally got its moment, crashed, and now has torched the nation-middle-class Americans most of all.

Is the Great Illusion in Ruins?

Here's How NPR Lost America's Trust

By: Uri Berliner， The Free Press
Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think.

Here's How NPR Lost America's Trust

Why Donald Trump's 'Moderation' on Abortion Is a Lie

By: Eric Levitz， Vox
To see what a second Trump administration would mean for reproductive rights, look to the mogul's record and alliances.

Why Donald Trump's 'Moderation' on Abortion Is a Lie

Behind the Curtain: America's Reality Distortion Machine

By: VandeHei ＆amp； Allen， Axios
Here's a wild thought experiment: What if we've been deceived into thinking we're more divided, more dysfunctional and more defeated than we actually are?

Behind the Curtain: America's Reality Distortion Machine

Shame on Govt Employees Who Covered Up Covid Facts

By: Sen. Rand Paul， FOX News
Here's what my investigation has recently discovered regarding government officials from 15 federal agencies and what they knew about the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018.

Shame on Govt Employees Who Covered Up Covid Facts

Hillary To Students on Gaza: Can We Talk & Not Shout?

By: Joan Vennochi， Boston Globe
A panel on the state of democracy around the world, moderated by Hillary Clinton, was discussing the now-famous words that she spoke in 1995: "Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights," said the then-first lady at a United Nations World Conference on Women that was held in Beijing.

Hillary To Students on Gaza: Can We Talk & Not Shout?

Party of Reagan? Please.This GOP Is the Appeaser Generation

By: Walter Shapiro， TNR
Congress is back (yikes), and Speaker Johnson can force a Ukraine aid vote-and it would pass. But even Johnson isn't the real appeaser here.

Party of Reagan? Please.This GOP Is the Appeaser Generation

After 6 Months of War, We May Lose Palestine Completely

By: Raja Shehadeh， Guardian
Israel's onslaught has been on a scale never seen before. I spend my days searching for hope, says the author Raja Shehadeh

After 6 Months of War, We May Lose Palestine Completely

Why Trump's Alarming Takeover of the RNC Is Backfiring

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC
It's been roughly a month since former President Donald Trump's hand-picked allies took the reins of the Republican National Committee - the most tangible example of Trump's ever-tightening grip on the GOP's party apparatus. But the takeover isn't going well.

Why Trump’s Alarming Takeover of the RNC Is Backfiring

What the FISA Fight Means for Johnson's Speakership

By: Bradley Devlin，＆nbsp；TAC
If House Speaker Mike Johnson can't thread the needle on FISA, could it be the beginning of the end for his speakership?

What the FISA Fight Means for Johnson's Speakership

The Kind of Behavior Leftism Encourages

By: Greg Gutfeld， FOX News
FOX News host Greg Gutfeld gave his thoughts on the Israeli invasion of Gaza and "death to America" chants in the United States on Monday's edition of 'The Five.'

The Kind of Behavior Leftism Encourages

Biden Is Now Chasing the 'Death to America' Voter

By: David Harsanyi， The Federalist
Remember, the same Democrats who are chanting 'Death to Israel' will inevitably wish 'Death to America,' as well.

Biden Is Now Chasing the 'Death to America' Voter

Trump Moderating on Abortion Is Biden's Worst Nightmare

By: Juan Villasmil， Newsweek
The reality is that a Trump who moderates his stance on abortion is a Trump that Joe Biden fears challenging in November.

Trump Moderating on Abortion Is Biden's Worst Nightmare

Regime's Effort To Bankrupt Opponents Must Be Stopped

By: Wax ＆amp； Paltzik， Am Mind
President Trump is enduring an onslaught of lawsuits calculated to bankrupt him and show trials designed to imprison him. Just a few years ago it would have unfathomable to imagine an open conspiracy of judges, prosecutors, elected officials, bureaucrats, academics, and media figures feverishly plotting the destruction of Trump through relentless lawfare in a desperate gambit to keep him out of the White House. But that is precisely the situation at hand today.

Regime’s Effort To Bankrupt Opponents Must Be Stopped

GOP Senators, Hopefuls Fall In Line w/Trump's Abortion Stance

By: Caldwell， et al，＆nbsp；WP
GOP candidates running for Senate in swing states are largely embracing the states' rights message on abortion that Donald Trump outlined yesterday.

GOP Senators, Hopefuls Fall In Line w/Trump’s Abortion Stance

Trump's 2024 Bid Is an Antidemocratic Revenge Fantasy

By: Molly Jong-Fast， Vanity Fair
Donald Trump's 2024 bid is an antidemocratic revenge fantasy being treated like a conventional political campaign.

Trump’s 2024 Bid Is an Antidemocratic Revenge Fantasy

Trump's Big Abortion Gamble Won't Save Him

By: David Faris， Newsweek
Since the Supreme Court's 2022 Dobbs decision, Democrats have overperformed expectations and have come out on top every time the question of reproductive rights has been put directly before the voters.

Trump's Big Abortion Gamble Won't Save Him

Senate, House, and WH Could All Change Hands in November

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Mag
With the two major parties matched pretty evenly, it's not too surprising that margin of control in the House and Senate (at present three seats in the House and just one in the Senate) make them very vulnerable to a change of ownership in November. The close nature of five out of the 21st century's six presidential elections, along with a rare rematch between the last two winners, makes predictions in the 2024 presidential contest problematic as well, even before you get to factors like Donald Trump's civil and criminal trials, his and Joe Biden's advanced age, and the possibility of another...

Senate, House, and WH Could All Change Hands in November

Biden-Weary Black Voters Could Help Trump Win in 2024

By: Brianna Lyman， Federalist
While enthusiasm for Biden is dismal, Democrats will certainly try to harvest the ballots of voters who aren't motivated to get to the polls.

What Is Hamas Thinking Now?

By: Akbar Ahmed， HuffPost
HuffPost obtained rare interviews with Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzouk and Basem Naim, pressing them six months since Oct. 7 on the group's attacks on civilians and its vision for the future of Israel-Palestine.

What Is Hamas Thinking Now?

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like 2016

By: Becket Adams， The Hill
In politics, anything can happen. But at the rate things are going, Donald Trump seems increasingly likely to return to the Oval Office.

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like 2016

Israel Should Not Be Bullied Into Letting Hamas Survive

By: Gerard Baker， Wall St. Journal
If the Jewish state can be bullied into letting Hamas survive, how can any free nation defend itself?

Israel Should Not Be Bullied Into Letting Hamas Survive

Every Meaningless Cultural Issue Is Not a Racial Proxy War

By: Freddie deBoer， Substack
I'm leaving comments off on today's post because I'm traveling to MIT for a speaking event tonight (and trying to avoid crippling eclipse traffic) and won't be able to monitor comments on this post, which is about a contentious topic. Yesterday, the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team completed a magical undefeated season to win the NCAA tournament, beating the Iowa Hawkeyes and avenging their only loss of last season in doing so. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley solidified her position as the best in the business, while Iowa breakout superstar Caitlin Clark was again denied a...

Wrecking New York Fire Department From Within

By: Andrew Shirley， AMAC
The New York City Fire Department continues to make headlines for all the wrong reasons under its new woke leadership.

5 Strategic Questions America Faces in Middle East

By: Brian Katulis， Substack
The Biden administration has increased U.S. engagement in the Middle East, but it needs to focus on key questions to adopt a steadier, more proactive strategy.

How the Democratic Party Abandoned Working Americans

By: O'Neill ＆amp； Teixeira， Spiked
Ruy Teixeira on how the Democratic Party abandoned the working class.

Biden's Open Border Is an Affront to Our Country

By: Martin Gurri， New York Post
When my family arrived in the United States from Cuba, my father took me and my sister aside. We are now guests in this country, which was generous enough to invite us in, he said. Act according...

Are Addiction Activists 'Reducing Harm' or Causing It?

By: Olivia Reingold， The Free Press
Addicts have turned a minority neighborhood into an open-air drug market. Residents blame the mostly white advocates for 'destroying' their community.

Abortion Could Be Republicans' Downfall in November

By: Sasha Abramsky， The Nation
In key swing states, ballot measures protecting reproductive rights may drive turnout in favor of Democrats.
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