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Today — May 19th 2024RealClearPolitics - Homepage

Man Who Kicks Balls Wants Women To Stay in the Kitchen

By: Arwa Mahdawi， Guardian
We're going backwards: a football player can say hateful things from a university podium while students are being arrested

The Truth Hurts-Especially When Bill Maher Dishes It Out

By: Maureen Dowd， NY Times
Back in 2013, I got a call from Bill Maher. He was being hit with a lawsuit by Donald Trump

Donald Trump's Multiracial Populism

By: Tom Slater， Spiked
For all the cries of 'racist', Trump is attracting more black and Hispanic voters than ever before.

Donald Trump's Multiracial Populism

Michael Cohen Blows Up His Own Credibility

By: Steve Roberts ＆amp； Oliver Roberts， Federalist
Here's the latest information you need to know about each prosecution Democrats are waging against the Republican presidential candidate.

Biden Flipped Georgia in 2020. This Year Could Be Different

By: Rojas ＆amp； King， NY Times
His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia's emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there.

Biden Faces June Swoon With Reelection Hopes Fading

By: Michael Goodwin， NY Post
The month of June is shaping up to be a potential nightmare for President Biden with his re-election, his legacy and Hunter Biden's freedom all on the line over the course of a month-long gantlet....

Biden Faces June Swoon With Reelection Hopes Fading

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Panic Time? Biden Unlikely To Turn It Around

By: Nick Catoggio， USA Today
Joe Biden is probably going to lose this election. Many of us realize that already, I suspect, but grief is a process.

Panic Time? Biden Unlikely To Turn It Around

How Moderators Became the Problem With Debates

By: James Fishback， The Free Press
Biden and Trump have committed to two debates. Can we make sure they don't just yell at each other?

A Worm in the Apple of RFK Jr.'s New Camelot

By: Aron Solomon， Newsweek
With a week in which Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that a doctor had found a dead worm in his brain, which he then topped off with an abortion flip-flop, he is neither endearing himself with voters or his running mate.

A Worm in the Apple of RFK Jr.'s New Camelot

Inflation Isn't a Bug in the System, It's a Feature

By: Kennerly Davis， RealClearPolicy
May brings more bad economic news for hard-pressed American households.

Lenin 100 Hundred Years Later

By: Daniel Mahoney， Fusion
Lenin and Leninism remain a vivid reminder of the murderous inhumanity of ideological abstractions and revolutionary movements.

Why I'm Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

By: Katrina Swett， RealClearPolitics
I graduated from Yale University in 1974. As a first-generation American, the child of Holocaust survivors, and among the first women admitted to this incredible school, it is hard to adequately express how grateful I was for this opportunity. I have enjoyed returning to campus frequently over the years, including watching two of my own children graduate from Yale.

Why I'm Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

Democrats' Problem With Working Class Voters

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；et al.， RCP＆nbsp；on SiriusXM
Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and RCP White House correspondent Phil Wegmann discuss the Democratic Party's problem with working-class voters and the latest squabbling in Congress, plus controversies involving Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Harrison Butker and professional golfer Scottie Scheffler.

Democrats' Problem With Working Class Voters

Biden Is Losing, So He Has No Choice But To Debate

By: Keith Naughton， The Hill
And so President Biden has agreed to debate Donald Trump. Not only is this decision perilous (though necessary), but the conditions agreed upon for the first debate are foolish and reflect an inexcusable misunderstanding of both candidates.

Biden Is Losing, So He Has No Choice But To Debate

'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices

By: Shawn Fleetwood， The Federalist
A 'Zuckbucks' group hosted a webinar advising election offices on how to take advantage of Biden's federal election interference.

'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices

A Battle Between Appearance and Reality

By: Brian Karem， Salon
Trump is an expert at selling an appearance and Biden can't sell reality

A Battle Between Appearance and Reality

Will the Biden-Trump Debates Matter?

By: Matthew Continetti， Washington Free Beacon
It was the political equivalent of a new Taylor Swift album dropping in the night: At 8 a.m. on May 15, with no advance warning, President Biden challenged former president Donald Trump to a debate.

Will the Biden-Trump Debates Matter?

A Dangerous Road

By: Piereson ＆amp； Riley， City Journal
Higher education institutions may come to regret considering Israel Divestment proposals for their endowments.
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Dems Must Counter Trump Courthouse Campaign

By: Symone Sanders-Townsend， MSNBC
The former president is treating his trial like another campaign stop. Democrats need to stop ceding the spotlight.

Dems Must Counter Trump Courthouse Campaign

What James Carville Should Know About the Election

By: Douglas MacKinnon， FOX News
While some of my more conservative friends don't like it, I have always been a fan of James Carville.

What James Carville Should Know About the Election

The End of Southern Anti-Union Politics

By: Alex Hogan， Compact Magazine
The United Auto Workers' historic campaign to organize the South faces its second big test this week as more than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers near Tuscaloosa, Ala., will vote on whether to join the union.

The End of Southern Anti-Union Politics

Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility

By: Michael Weinstein， RCP
Something is a public utility because it is essential, such as electricity, telephone, gas, and water. The government, through proper regulations, must ensure that these basic needs are virtually guaranteed.

Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility

How the New York Times Went Woke

By: Nellie Bowles， Substack
Confirmation bias has distorted the paper's reporting.

How the New York Times Went Woke

Voters Won't Be Denied the Facts About Biden This Time

By: Kimberly Strassel， WSJ
The president's son will likely go on trial before the candidates meet on June 27.

Voters Won't Be Denied the Facts About Biden This Time

Court May Have To Resolve Biden's Executive Privilege Claim

By: Steven Richards， JTN
The limits of executive privilege in relation to a congressional subpoena has not been well defined, and may present the courts with an opportunity to break new ground.

Court May Have To Resolve Biden's Executive Privilege Claim

Ignore Maine: Abandon the National Popular Vote Compact

By: Jacob Posik， RCP
Maine used to hold a reputation as a bellwether state, partly because it once held its general elections months earlier than the rest of the country, and because national results often reflected those early outcomes reached by Maine voters.

Ignore Maine: Abandon the National Popular Vote Compact

Biden, His Campaign and the Press Retreat Into a Bubble

By: Walter Samuel， AMAC
Want to know who is currently leading the race for president? Look at the behavior of the two campaigns. One is riding high...

Biden, His Campaign and the Press Retreat Into a Bubble

Why a Late RFK Jr. Polling Boom Is Unlikely

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine
Whatever you think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his independent candidacy for president this year, he's already accomplished something that's fairly rare in recent American politics: registering support from over 10 percent of the electorate in national (and many battleground state) polls.

Why a Late RFK Jr. Polling Boom Is Unlikely

Stop Trying To Cancel KC Kicker Harrison Butker

By: Kirsten Fleming， New York Post
Disagreeing with Harrison Butker's views isn't enough for some Americans, who want payback simply because they find his personal values offensive.

Stop Trying To Cancel KC Kicker Harrison Butker

The Rise of Gut Politics

By: J. Peder Zane， RealClearPolitics
A very liberal friend recounted his daughter's pushback after he gently questioned the tactics of anti-Israeli protestors on campus. "She didn't disagree with me," he said, "but said that my concerns were unhelpful because they undermined efforts to stop the war."

The Rise of Gut Politics

Biden's Urgent Push To Win Black Voters Starts Now

By: Cameron McWhirter， WSJ
President to give commencement address at Morehouse College, speak at NAACP dinner Sunday

Biden’s Urgent Push To Win Black Voters Starts Now

Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions to House Dems

By: Susan Crabtree， RCP
For President Biden and congressional Democrats, the fierce party division over the campus protests and the war in Gaza is full of warning signs during the 2024 election year. The unrest is unlikely to stop when universities break for the summer; protesters are pledging to disrupt the August Democratic National Convention planned to be held in Chicago.

Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions to House Dems

Harrison Butker, Harbinger?

By: Glenn Reynolds， Substack
Life during and after the coming Demographic Winter.

Harrison Butker, Harbinger?

Cohen Gives Trump His Best Day in Trial So Far

By: Stephen Collinson， CNN
Donald Trump finally had a good day in court. The presumptive GOP nominee has often seemed embarrassed and infuriated by his first criminal trial, which has featured salacious exposes of his personal life and details of his alleged attempts to cover it up.

Cohen Gives Trump His Best Day in Trial So Far

Tapper the Perfect Partisan Hack To Give Biden an Edge

By: Jordan Boyd， The Federalist
The CNN host who has spent years peddling leftist narratives about Trump is moderating the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden.

Tapper the Perfect Partisan Hack To Give Biden an Edge

Why My New Jersey Friend Is Sticking With Trump

By: Peggy Noonan， Wall Street Journal
‘It was like he made you feel everything's gonna be OK,' she says. And ‘he's very funny and sarcastic.'

Why My New Jersey Friend Is Sticking With Trump

President Biden's Debate Gambit: Big Risk, Big Reward

By: Doug Gordon， Newsweek
After Trump claimed for months that he would debate Biden

President Biden's Debate Gambit: Big Risk, Big Reward

Working Class-Sized Hole in Democratic Support Widens

By: Ruy Teixeira， Substack
This is a big, big problem.

Working Class-Sized Hole in Democratic Support Widens

The Debate About Presidential Debates

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Trende， RCP on SiriusXM
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Sean Trende discuss the debate about the presidential debates and President Biden invoking executive privilege to block the release of recordings of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. They also talk about the Bob Menendez corruption trial.

The Debate About Presidential Debates

When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter

By: Frank Bruni， New York Times
How many of your acquaintances have been eaten by an immigrant who crossed the U.S. border illegally? How many such cases have you read or heard about?

When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter

Will Dems Pay a Price for Their Cynical Lawfare Strategy?

By: Josh Hammer， Townhall
President Joe Biden, who wears bespoke sneakers to prevent embarrassing collapses and whose command of the English language rivals that of most kindergarteners, is in bad political shape.

Will Dems Pay a Price for Their Cynical Lawfare Strategy?

The Biden Reelection Strategy

By: Victor Davis Hanson， American Greatness
President Joe Biden polls at or below 40 percent approval. Historically, such unpopularity has made it almost impossible for a president to be reelected.

The Biden Reelection Strategy

Trump and the Fantasy of an Election Game-Changer

By: Susan Glasser， The New Yorker
With a general-election debate and the ex-President's criminal verdict looming, can anything move the immovable American electorate?

Trump and the Fantasy of an Election Game-Changer

Hur Tapes: Biden Plays a 'Get Out of Democracy Free' Card

By: James Bovard， NY Post
The Biden White House is proclaiming a new prerogative for presidents: They may suppress any evidence of their unfitness for office.

Why Biden's Eager To Debate

By: Julian Zelizer， CNN
For the first time in decades, whether there would even be debates had been uncertain.

Why Biden's Eager To Debate

NFL Player Harrison Butker's Misogynistic Commencement Speech

By: Li Zhou， Vox
Butker's address was a textbook case of conservative sexism and homophobia.

NFL Player Harrison Butker's Misogynistic Commencement Speech

Gen Z Does Want Dialogue on Israel and Palestine

By: Jessica Carpenter， The Hill
After two tumultuous weeks of campus protests, it's evident that colleges are the American battlegrounds for dialogue on the Israel-Hams war. From the blockage of Israeli students getting to class, to demonstrators shattering windows and hundreds of student arrests, these incidents paint a stark picture of how Gen Z navigates dialogue and dissent.

Gen Z Does Want Dialogue on Israel and Palestine

Increased Longevity Will Bring Profound Social Change

By: Martin Wolf， Financial Times
People will have to work longer and pension systems will need to be transformed

Increased Longevity Will Bring Profound Social Change

Money Misses the Mark in Maryland

By: Luke Goldstein， American Prospect
Despite spending $62 million of his own fortune on the Democratic Senate primary, Rep. David Trone lost last night to county executive Angela Alsobrooks.

Is Common Sense Realism Making a Comeback?

By: Jeff Minick， Chronicles
The real battle being fought in America today is not between the right and the left. It is a battle between common sense and nonsense.

Is Common Sense Realism Making a Comeback?

Hey, Nebraska--Don't Mess With the Electoral College

By: Jasper Hendricks， The Hill
A handful of Trump supporters are trying to get Nebraska to change the rules for how it distributes its electoral votes. If they succeed, then Biden supporters in Maine promise to cancel them out.

Hey, Nebraska--Don't Mess With the Electoral College

DoD's Consulting Bloat Suffers From Rot

By: Cale Brown， RealClearDefense
In a recent opinion piece former Deputy National Security Advisor Nadia Schadlow lamented the return of "study season," a time when the Department of Defense (DoD) and other agencies, commit millions in taxpayer dollars to produce reports that recycle old recommendations to support their latest budget.

DoD's Consulting Bloat Suffers From Rot

Cohen Tape Undercuts Prosecutors' Main Story to Jurors

By: Solomon ＆amp； Richards， JTN
This follows a pattern of weaknesses in Bragg's case, which has been consistently undercut by other witnesses. But if the tapes don't fit: they must acquit.

Cohen Tape Undercuts Prosecutors' Main Story to Jurors

What Young Voters Actually Care About

By: Christian Paz， Vox
It's not what you think.

What Young Voters Actually Care About

Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial

By: Karl Rove， Wall Street Journal
Polls show him behind Trump, and he won't come back unless he admits the problem.

Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial

Noem Shows How Not To Audition for Vice President

By: Michael Arceneaux， HuffPost
The South Dakota governor admits in her book

Noem Shows How Not To Audition for Vice President

What Biden's Debate Gambit Reveals

By: Nate Silver， Substack
The White House gets an A+ on tactics - but they're playing a mediocre hand.

What Biden's Debate Gambit Reveals

'The Elites Are Hoarding the American Dream'

By: O'Neill ＆amp； Ungar-Sargon， Spiked
Batya Ungar-Sargon on the establishment's betrayal of the working classes.

'The Elites Are Hoarding the American Dream'

'Good Leftist' Nellie Bowles Leaves the #Resistance

By: Kirsten Fleming， New York Post
Bowles is holding up a mirror to ultra-progressives who gave us fiery but mostly peaceful protests - and who're too fanatical to see they're farcical.

'Good Leftist' Nellie Bowles Leaves the #Resistance

DOJ Officials Prepare Attacks on Trump Appointees

By: Mollie Hemingway， The Federalist
The DOJ's troubles are at least partly the result of an inspector general who has fallen down on the job of holding the agency accountable.

DOJ Officials Prepare Attacks on Trump Appointees

Can the Declaration's Ideals Hold U.S. Together?

By: Colin Woodard， Washington Monthly
Can the Declaration of Independence's Ideals Hold America Together? A new national poll suggests it very much can.

Can the Declaration's Ideals Hold U.S. Together?

The Future of the Commission on Presidential Debates

By: Bevan， et al.， RCP on SiriusXM
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan talk about President Biden agreeing to debate former President Trump next month under certain conditions, and what that means for the future of the Commission on Presidential Debates. They also discuss yesterday's Maryland and West Virginia primaries and Michael Cohen's cross-examination this week at the Trump "hush money" trial.

The Future of the Commission on Presidential Debates

Alsobrooks Beat the Money, Now Must Beat a Republican

By: John Nichols， The Nation
Maryland's new Democratic US Senate nominee won a bitterly contested primary. Now, she has an even tougher fight on her hands.

Alsobrooks Beat the Money, Now Must Beat a Republican

Political Intrigue Behind the Unusually Early June Debate Date

By: Andrew Prokop， Vox
The political intrigue behind the unusually early June debate date.

Political Intrigue Behind the Unusually Early June Debate Date

Marxism Is a Gulag of the Mind

By: Gary Morson， Wall Street Journal
The left manipulates politics by inverting the meaning of terms like ‘democracy' and ‘equity.'

Marxism Is a Gulag of the Mind

Will Americans Be Able To Trust the 2024 Election?

By: Jonathan Tobin， Newsweek
At this point, it's not clear that either party is willing to trust a result that goes against them. But Democrats are prepared to do just about anything to win.

Will Americans Be Able To Trust the 2024 Election?

Who's Funding Nonprofit Journalism?

By: Scott Walter， Capital Research Center
The decline of traditional metropolitan objective media outlets has affected the news landscape dramatically. Those outlets were more liberal and less objective than they pretended, and their business model, which relied on advertising, has collapsed as online advertising has soared. This had led to targeted partisan journalism on the left and right, for business as well as political reasons. But while traditional outlets like the New York Times have moved further leftward, they and other national outlets have lost the trust of most Americans, who now place much more trust in state and local...

Who's Funding Nonprofit Journalism?

The Trial Against Trump Is a Mistake

By: Eli Lake， The Free Press
The former president has been dragged into court on a flimsy charge that rests on the testimony of a convicted liar.

The Trial Against Trump Is a Mistake

The Lomez Dox

By: Peachy Keenan， Substack
TFW the only scalp you claim is your own.

The Lomez Dox

Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Biden?

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine
There are competitive U.S. Senate races in five of the 2024 presidential battleground states: Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. And one of the narratives emerging from polling of these states is that Joe Biden is running behind his ticket mates pretty regularly.

Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Biden?

A Review of John Mackey's 'The Whole Story'

By: John Tamny， RealClearPolitics
It's always amusing to hear about college students majoring in "entrepreneurialism," or better yet, individuals who express a plan to be an entrepreneur. That's because entrepreneurialism can't be taught, nor is it a planned-out career path. It's a state of mind. Real-life entrepreneurialism is an expression of a contrarian viewpoint about how business is being done that is revealed through action - action that is broadly rejected, including by the leading lights in the business sector the entrepreneur aims to disrupt.

A Review of John Mackey's 'The Whole Story'

Panic or Patience? Dems' Dilemma as Biden Stumbles

By: James Antle， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
The fact that the race is not only competitive but that Biden is losing - and has been losing in many polls for a while now - has to give Democrats pause.

Panic or Patience? Dems' Dilemma as Biden Stumbles

The Biden Campaign Is Worried

By: Bill Scher， Washington Monthly
The decision to propose two debates with Donald Trump is a clear sign the president's reelection team knows it's behind.

The Biden Campaign Is Worried

PA Voter Allegiances Changing in 2024

By: Salena Zito， RealClearPolitics
NEWTON SQUARE, PA - In childhood, Tasliym Morales was always interested in civic affairs, so it was no surprise to those who knew her that as soon she turned 18, she went to city hall in New York and registered to vote. What did take her family and friends aback, however, was the political party affiliation she chose.

PA Voter Allegiances Changing in 2024

Swing Voters Prefer Democrats. Just Not Biden

By: Harold Meyerson， American Prospect
The party's message wins strong support. Not so its top messenger.

Swing Voters Prefer Democrats. Just Not Biden

Republicans Rush To Be Trump's Next Cohen

By: Heather Parton， Salon
Blinded by ambition, several Republicans in Congress rushed to Trump's Manhattan trial this week to support him

It's On (for Now): Biden and Trump Agree to 2 Debates

By: Shepard et al.， Politico
Having spent months avoiding direct engagement on when and where to debate, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden seemed to agree on a time and place in a matter of minutes on Wednesday, setting up high-stakes showdowns in late June and mid September.

It’s On (for Now): Biden and Trump Agree to 2 Debates

Why Biden Can't Be Trusted To Take on Anti-Semitism

By: Heather Mac Donald， Spiked
The same identitarian worldview that is driving campus anti-Semitism is rife within Joe Biden's White House.

Why Biden Can't Be Trusted To Take on Anti-Semitism

Dems Really Hate Americans. Here's the Proof

By: Joseph Curl， Washington Times
Those who see ordinary people as deplorable pose the real threat to democracy

Dems Really Hate Americans. Here's the Proof

The Myth of Student Protest

By: James Robbins， The American Spectator
Student radicals turning out in droves to protest for Palestine expect that their organized demonstrations will foment revolutionary change.

The Myth of Student Protest

Today's Protests Tamer than Campus Unrest of the 1960s

By: Robert Cohen， L.A. Times
College presidents in the Vietnam era would have thanked their lucky stars to face the relatively low disruptions caused by student movements in 2024.

Today's Protests Tamer than Campus Unrest of the 1960s

Was Trump's NJ Rally a 4D Chess Move?

By: Salena Zito， Washington Examiner
Donald Trump spoke in a blue-collar town in New Jersey not just to try to win New Jersey but to send a message that he cares about blue-collar towns in general.

Was Trump's NJ Rally a 4D Chess Move?

Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink

By: Alfredo Ortiz， The Hill
On Wednesday, the country hit a sad milestone: Inflation under President Biden hit 20 percent. The dollar's value has plummeted under his watch. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also confirmed that the consumer price index is resurgent and growing faster than average wages. Combined with weak GDP growth, this data shows the U.S. economy is reentering stagflation.

Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink

We're in a Pivotal Moment in American History

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders， The Guardian
Clearly, our job is not just to re-elect Biden. It's much more than that

We're in a Pivotal Moment in American History

The Eight Dynamics That Will Shape the Election

By: David Graham， The Atlantic
Where, exactly, are we in the election cycle right now?

The Eight Dynamics That Will Shape the Election

The Ideological Tug-of-War Inside the New York Times

By: Max Tani， Semafor
The draft letter criticizes Kahn over recent comments seen by Times staff as dismissive of young reporters.

The Ideological Tug-of-War Inside the New York Times

Brown v. Board: Right Result, Wrong Reason

By: Jason Riley， Wall Street Journal
Segregation is wrong, but black students don't need to share a classroom with white ones to learn.

Brown v. Board: Right Result, Wrong Reason

70 Years After Brown v Board, We're Still Failing Children

By: Tim DeRoche， USA Today
The law still allows the best public schools to turn kids like Linda Brown away. It's a national tragedy.

70 Years After Brown v Board, We're Still Failing Children

The Battle for the Worst Job in America: Trump's VP

By: Jill Filipovic， The New Statesman
Donald Trump's pick for vice-president will be the candidate who can most thoroughly abase themselves before him.

The Battle for the Worst Job in America: Trump's VP

Guess Which Huge Biden Lie CNN Refused To Fact-Check

By: Tim Graham， FOX News
CNN's big interview with Joe Biden had questions but no fact-checker. So, when the president lied, they didn't say a thing. That's certainly not the treatment Trump gets.

Guess Which Huge Biden Lie CNN Refused To Fact-Check

Toxic Atmosphere at FDIC Spurs Calls for Chair's Resignation

By: Philip Wegmann， RCP
The White House did not offer their full faith and credit to the FDIC chairman when asked by RealClearPolitics about a bombshell 234-page investigation that detailed a toxic environment within the agency.

Toxic Atmosphere at FDIC Spurs Calls for Chair’s Resignation

Who's Ready for President Kamala Harris?

By: David Keltz， American Greatness
If Joe Biden somehow manages to win reelection in November, he would be 82 years old on the day he is sworn in for a second term as president of the United States.

Who’s Ready for President Kamala Harris?

Did Trump's Defense Think This Strategy Would Work on Cohen?

By: Norm Eisen， CNN
The forceful direct examination of former Trump fixer-turned-star prosecution witness Michael Cohen concluded Tuesday in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Cohen's convincing testimony deepened the proof beyond a reasonable doubt that, in my view, the prosecution secured Monday.

Did Trump’s Defense Think This Strategy Would Work on Cohen?

Trump's Guest List at Trial Shows How He's Changed GOP

By: Shane Goldmacher， NYT
The former president's trial has become a staging ground for aspiring allies to prove their fealty, the latest litmus test in a party increasingly defined by loyalty to Donald Trump.

Trump's Guest List at Trial Shows How He's Changed GOP

Republicans Must Condemn Lawfare Against Trump

By: Mollie Hemingway， FOX News
The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway on Tuesday's 'Special Report' commented on potential Republican vice presidential picks visiting former President Donald Trump at his New York trial: "You can't really be a potential V.P. contender if you don't take a strong position against this lawfare. But I'm not sure if you can have a future in the Republican party period if you are not speaking out against this."

Republicans Must Condemn Lawfare Against Trump

Why Is Greta Thunberg Wearing a Keffiyeh?

By: Mary Harrington， UnHerd
Why is Greta Thunberg wearing a keffiyeh? The Swedish activist is the poster-girl for climate change. The keffiyeh, though, symbolises a wholly different cause: solidarity with Palestinians in the current conflict with Israel. What does that have to do with global warming?

Why Is Greta Thunberg Wearing a Keffiyeh?

It's a Climate Election Now

By: Bill McKibben， The New Yorker
Trump's reported billion-dollar offer to fossil-fuel executives shows that this is the key year to save the planet.

It's a Climate Election Now

Think Corporate Greed Is Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again

By: Matt Egan， CNN
Some progressives have frequently blamed corporate greed for fueling the high cost of living that Americans are fed up with.

Think Corporate Greed Is Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again

I've Served on 3 NYC Juries. Trump May Be Acquitted

By: Deroy Murdock， Wash Times
Having served on three Manhattan juries, I would not be surprised if the 12 men and women hearing New York v. Donald J. Trump acquit him of all charges.

I've Served on 3 NYC Juries. Trump May Be Acquitted

RFK Jr. Isn't a Spoiler Now - But He Could Be in November

By: Nate Cohn， NY Times
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Democrat-turned-independent candidate, announced his run for president, it was reasonable to think he might be a possible spoiler - a candidate who drew voters away from President Biden and could help elect Donald J. Trump.

RFK Jr. Isn’t a Spoiler Now - But He Could Be in November

The Rise of the 'Never Bidens'

By: Eli Lake， The Free Press
Donors who once worried more about Donald Trump now see the president's bid for a second term as the greater threat to America.

The Rise of the 'Never Bidens'

Biden's Incompetence Outstrips Voters' Fear of Trump

By: Mark Hemingway，＆nbsp；Federalist
Democrats were hoping 2024 would be all about Donald Trump. Instead the No. 1 issue in a world on fire is Joe Biden's incompetence.

Biden's Incompetence Outstrips Voters' Fear of Trump

Blue Wall States Offer a Silver Lining of Hope for Biden

By: Christian Paz， Vox
The Sun Belt is a disaster, but the Great Lakes states offer some hope of beating Trump.

Blue Wall States Offer a Silver Lining of Hope for Biden

The 2024 Race Is Now Donald Trump's To Lose

By: Michael Goodwin， New York Post
When RealClear allocates the toss-up states to one candidate or the other, it finds that Donald Trump is on a path to win 312 electoral votes to Joe Biden's 226.

The 2024 Race Is Now Donald Trump’s To Lose

To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased

By: Robert Parham， The Free Press
The commencement speech you need to hear.

To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased

To Change the World, Protest Less, Study More

By: Jeff Bloodworth， RealClearEducation
Congratulations class of 2024! Today we celebrate your high school graduation. High school graduation is America's national

The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

By: Shlomo Ben-Ami， Project Syndicate
There is a Jewish joke, often attributed to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, that an antisemite is someone who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary. One could say the same about anti-Zionists. After all, Zionism is an old concept, which was central to Jewish liberation long before it became synonymous with Palestinian subjugation.

The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

Republicans Need to Strategic Retreat From Abortion

By: Phil Boas， USA Today
Opinion: Arizona Republicans fought for years to put a blanket ban on abortion, but that's not what most voters want. It's time for a new strategy.

What Will We Be Remembered For?

By: Joe Lonsdale， Substack
In the nascent days of the Roman Republic, the city was invaded by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena, on behalf of Sextus Tarquinius, the son of Rome's final (and deposed) king.

What Will We Be Remembered For?

Riot Tactics Redux

By: Christopher Rufo， City Journal
A veteran officer explains how police should incorporate lessons from 2020 in responding to pro-Hamas campus unrest.

Riot Tactics Redux

Protecting Social Security Will Pave the Way to the White House

By: Henry Bonilla，＆nbsp；RCP
As the field of candidates for the presidential election continues to narrow, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are the last ones standing and the campaign for the 2024 general election is well underway. Although the party conventions will officially decide the final nominees, it certainly looks as though President Biden and former President Trump will fight it out to take the reins next year. The winner will be determined in part by which of them can convince voters they'll be the president who protects Social Security.

Protecting Social Security Will Pave the Way to the White House

Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z

By: Robert Kuttner， American Prospect
It comes in two flavors, economic and psychological.

Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z

Distinguishing Climate Science From Climate Activism

By: Ulf Buntgen， Nature
I am concerned by climate scientists becoming climate activists, because scholars should not have a priori interests in the outcome of their studies. Likewise, I am worried about activists who pretend to be scientists, as this can be a misleading form of instrumentalization.

Distinguishing Climate Science From Climate Activism

Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, But It Isn't Easy

By: Cochrane ＆amp； Seru， Wall Street Journal
The Fed could simply stop blocking run-proof banks from emerging. But that would take political will.

Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, But It Isn't Easy

Your Friends Aren't a Representative Sample of Public Opinion

By: Nate Silver， Substack
It's not just Republicans who are at risk of epistemic closure.

Your Friends Aren't a Representative Sample of Public Opinion

Trump Doesn't Need a DEI Running Mate

By: Frank Cannon， TomKlingenstein.com
A vice presidential candidate picked by race or sex would be both a moral betrayal and a political misstep.

Trump Doesn't Need a DEI Running Mate

Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost It

By: Bari Weiss， The Free Press
Nellie Bowles wasn't always the TGIF queen you know and love at The Free Press. In fact, Nellie was, for a very long time, deeply embedded in the progressive left. Before Bari and Nellie met-and fell in love, blah blah blah-in 2019, Nellie was nothing short of a media darling. She had the right ideas, she wrote the right stories, and

Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost It

Trump in Trouble But Biden Campaign Is Dead in the Water

By: Byron York， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
A new New York Times poll shows President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in the same states by nearly the same margin as a November poll.

Trump in Trouble But Biden Campaign Is Dead in the Water

It's Conservatives That Should Be Protesting

By: Oren Cass， Financial Times
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds

It's Conservatives That Should Be Protesting

Why Doesn't YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?

By: Tom Wheeler， The Hill
C-SPAN celebrated its 45th anniversary this year. Since 1979, the nonprofit cable network has given Americans a window on their democracy, continuously delivering nonpartisan, nonprofit, unfiltered insight into American government.

Why Doesn't YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?

Protest Voting Is a Road to Nowhere

By: Alexis Grenell， The Nation
The system may be deeply imperfect, but the stakes are too high to refuse to cast a ballot for Biden on principle.

Protest Voting Is a Road to Nowhere

Has America Finally Had It With Biden?

By: Victor Davis Hanson， X
Joe Biden's personal approval rating is at historic lows; almost all his policies do not poll fifty percent. He is behind Trump in almost all the swing states. And now he lies serially even to sympathetic interviewers. In short, finally Biden has been exposed for what he always was and represented.

Has America Finally Had It With Biden?

Racism That Once Was, Is No More

By: Richard Porter， RealClearPolitics
Sixty years ago next month, Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois rallied his Republican colleagues to break the Southern Democrats' filibuster and enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964. With a nod to Victor Hugo, Dirksen said: "Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come."

Racism That Once Was, Is No More

Letitia James' Brutal Assault Against Pregnancy Centers

By: Emily Davis， Higher Ground
Letitia James' lawfare is just the tip of the iceberg on politically driven attacks on centers that serve mothers and support life. Democrats and their pro-abortion cohorts across the country have piled on the abortion-only bandwagon.

Letitia James' Brutal Assault Against Pregnancy Centers

The Uncomfortable Feeling of Awkward Humor Is Okay

By: Jerry Seinfeld， The Free Press
In his Duke commencement address, the comedian offered advice we can all use: Bust your ass. Pay attention. Fall in love. And, most importantly, 'you gotta laugh.'

The Uncomfortable Feeling of Awkward Humor Is Okay

Court Tosses Biden's Effort To Stop Censorship Lawsuit

By: Marisa Herman， Newsmax
A lawsuit that claims the State Department unlawfully used "censorship enterprises that target the American press" - favoring left-leaning media outlets over conservative news sites - is moving ahead after a federal judge rejected the Biden administration's attempt to dismiss the case.

Court Tosses Biden's Effort To Stop Censorship Lawsuit

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis

By: Nicole Narea， Vox
For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US's broken immigration system are often overlooked.

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis

Is America Still Israel's Ally?

By: Michael Oren， The Free Press
The White House apparently knows where Hamas leaders are hiding-but hasn't shared that intelligence.

Is America Still Israel's Ally?

Trump Rallies in NJ, New Swing State Polls

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss a recent New York Times/Sienna poll of swing states and Donald Trump's rally Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey. They also talk about a student walk-out protesting Jerry Seinfeld's commencement address at Duke University and Jen Psaki's decision to remove an account of Biden's "Watch Check" from her new book.

Trump Rallies in NJ, New Swing State Polls

Israel Cannot Stand Alone and Netanyahu Knows It

By: Gideon Rachman， Financial Times
The American decision to restrict arms sales could be a turning point in the US-Israel relationship

Israel Cannot Stand Alone and Netanyahu Knows It

Believe Faulty Crime Stats or Your Own Eyes?

By: James Varney， RealClearInvestigations
By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsMay 14, 2024Americans can be forgiven for suffering from whiplash regarding law and order. In recent weeks the Biden administration and many news outlets

Believe Faulty Crime Stats or Your Own Eyes?

Democrats Might Need To Replace Biden

By: Alex Shephard， The New Republic
A disastrous new poll shows the president trailing in swing states where Democratic candidates lead their Republican opponents. It might be time for a drastic change.

Democrats Might Need To Replace Biden

Biden's Using Tax Dollars To Turn Out Democrat Votes

By: Ben Weingarten， The Federalist
The Biden administration's executive order has the potential to swing the 2024 election in the president's favor.

Biden's Using Tax Dollars To Turn Out Democrat Votes

Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Magazine
One of the remarkable things about the 2024 presidential election is that for the first time since 1912 voters will have a choice between presidents who served back-to-back in the immediately preceding eight years. It offers them a chance to directly compare their experiences during two four-year periods under the leadership of two old and universally known politicians.

Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

Can Trump Overcome Biden's Corrupt Campaign Strategy?

By: Miranda Devine， NY Post
When Joe Biden flew to San Francisco on Thursday for some fancy fundraisers, reporters noted that all the televisions on Air Force One were tuned to MSNBC.

Can Trump Overcome Biden's Corrupt Campaign Strategy?

Court Hasn't Yet Crippled Trump's Lead Over Biden

By: Philip Wegmann， RealClearPolitics
Donald Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal cases, tethered to the courtroom for the past month, and confronted by the embarrassing testimony of not just the former White House officials who worked for him but also by the porn star who allegedly had sex with him.

Court Hasn't Yet Crippled Trump's Lead Over Biden

America Never Recovered From Shocks of 2020

By: Will Bunch， Philadelphia Inquirer
The backlash to 2020's protests, lockdowns features militarized cops, less press freedom. Voters must choose this or Trump's fascism

Trump's Sleazy Accusers

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner
The Trump trial in Manhattan is expected to come to a climax of sorts this week with the appearance of star prosecution witness Michael Cohen.

Nonprofits Are Making Billions off the Border Crisis

By: Madeleine Rowley， The Free Press
Federal funding has turned the business of resettling migrant children into a goldmine for a handful of NGOs-and their top executives.

Migrants, Real and Imagined, Grip Wisconsin Voters

By: Chris McGreal， The Observer
Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an 'invasion' regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems

Biden's Punitive, Anti-Growth Tax Proposals

By: Benjamin Ayanian， RealClearPolitics
President Biden's 2025 budget proposal provides a salient reminder that he is no moderate, despite his attempts to position himself as one.

Biden’s Punitive, Anti-Growth Tax Proposals

Protesters Demonstrating Bravery, Not Antisemitism

By: Helen Benedict， The Nation
The real threat to American Jews comes not from students but from the MAGA Republicans who are shouting about antisemitism the loudest.

Protesters Demonstrating Bravery, Not Antisemitism

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