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Today — May 21st 2024RealClearPolitics - Homepage

What Two Civil Rights Heroes Can Teach the Left

By: Richard Kahlenberg， Substack
If you're worried about threats to liberal democracy in America, emanating primarily from Donald Trump but also from parts of the progressive left, a new memoir published by two veteran civil rights activists provides a refreshing reminder that a better path remains open.

Why People Want To Live in U.S.--It's Not the Weather

By: Elliott Drago， Jack Miller Center
Spotlighting JMC faculty partners Dennis Hale and Marc Landy to discuss their views on American constitutionalism, anti-constitutionalism, and whether the Constitution is in fact, broken.

The Indispensable Senator

By: Robert Kuttner， American Prospect
Today on TAP: Elizabeth Warren has had quite a run lately.

Liberals Sound the Alarm: Should Biden Step Aside?

By: James Antle， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
President Joe Biden is trailing, and liberal pundits are increasingly saying he has mainly himself to blame.

The Cunning of the Democrats' Lawfare

By: Roger Kimball， The Spectator
It saddens me to admit it, but the evidence is too overwhelming to dismiss: Democrats are significantly more cunning than Republicans.

Another Lie: There Was No Science for 6-Foot Distancing

By: M.D. Kittle， The Federalist
In the Covid soap opera, the lockdowners, the follow-the-science preachers, took years from our lives on a foundation of bad science.

Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options

By: Sean Trende， RealClearPolitics
Playing the Veepstakes guessing game is often a losing one for analysts. Vice-presidential selection is ultimately a highly personal choice, and it is simply too difficult to venture into the mind of one individual and mimic their thought process. Perhaps more importantly, Republican presidential nominees haven't made the obvious choice for vice president since Ronald Reagan chose George Bush in 1980. Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, and even Mike Pence were all somewhat "out-of-left-field" selections for their respective presidential candidates.

Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options

What Would Hold Trump Back If He Wins?

By: Andrew Prokop， Vox
The guardrails of democracy reined him in last time. But they're weakening.

What Would Hold Trump Back If He Wins?

Impeach Justices Alito and Thomas

By: Jeet Heer， The Nation
Corrupt insurrectionists have no place on the Supreme Court.

The Dilemmas of the Dollar

By: Barry Eichengreen， Project Syndicate
Barry Eichengreen asks whether anything can or should be done about the US greenback's strength, especially against Asian currencies

The Dilemmas of the Dollar

The Dodgy Data Behind McKinsey's DEI Crusade

By: John Mac Ghlionn， Spiked
The Biden administration's diversity efforts are based on easily debunked research.

The Dodgy Data Behind McKinsey's DEI Crusade

Gas Prices Could Decide the Election

By: Mark Zandi， CNN
The outcome of the presidential election isn't likely to hinge on abortion, immigration or even climate change. It is likely to depend, instead, on the price of gasoline in the leadup to the vote.

Gas Prices Could Decide the Election

'Rent Is Too Damn High': Trouble for Biden?

By: Swapna Ramaswamy， USA Today
As housing costs continue to be the biggest driver of core inflation, renters are feeling increasingly disillusioned with politicians.

'Rent Is Too Damn High': Trouble for Biden?

Israel Is Not Equivalent to Hamas

By: Eli Lake， The Free Press
The International Criminal Court is seeking warrants to arrest not only three senior Hamas leaders-but also Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel Is Not Equivalent to Hamas

Ukraine Aid Packages Leave Many Unanswered Questions

By: Kevin Roberts， Newsweek
Leaders in Washington should have answered all these questions, and more, before sending billions to Ukraine. The truth is, though, few have even considered them.

Ukraine Aid Packages Leave Many Unanswered Questions

Burgum Blasted Trump in 2016. Now He Is Auditioning for VP

By: Philip Wegmann，＆nbsp；RCP
Doug Burgum was bracing for disaster at the top of the ticket. "The Clintons might be the luckiest family in the world because Bill doesn't win in 1992 without Ross Perot," he told a North Dakota radio show eight years ago, "and Hillary doesn't win in 2016 without Donald Trump."

Burgum Blasted Trump in 2016. Now He Is Auditioning for VP

Ukraine Can Still Win

By: Zagorodnyuk ＆amp； Cohen， Foreign Affairs
With the right support and approach, Kyiv can still win.

Ukraine Can Still Win

Trump's Short List Is Too Short

By: Neal Freeman， National Review
Does the presumptive Republican presidential nominee understand the magnitude of America's challenge?

Trump's Short List Is Too Short

Rainn Wilson: Systems That Govern Us Breaking Down

By: Charlie Stone， The Unknowns
Unknown's host, Charlie Stone, chats with Rainn Wilson about his journey from being a sitcom actor to exploring spirituality and using it as a tool for mental health and making the world a better place.

Rainn Wilson: Systems That Govern Us Breaking Down

I Don't Need This Job, But AZ Needs This Judicial System

By: Clint Bolick， AZ＆nbsp；Republic
Opinion: 'Vote Them Out!' might boot me from the Arizona Supreme Court. But it could be far worse for our state's judicial merit selection system.

I Don't Need This Job, But AZ Needs This Judicial System

Rubio Gives Masterclass on Parrying Dishonest Questions

By: Brianna Lyman， Federalist
Rubio showed how to respond when media partisans ask Republicans to prematurely commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election.

Rubio Gives Masterclass on Parrying Dishonest Questions

Biden's Most Potent Message Isn't Working

By: Kevin Robillard， HuffPost
In painting the 2024 election as a democracy-or-bust binary choice, the president risks losing voters already dissatisfied with the status quo.

Biden's Most Potent Message Isn't Working

Biden's Weak Argument for Concealing Tapes

By: James Burnham， Wall Street Journal
The president channels a predecessor in seeking to shield White House tapes.

Biden's Weak Argument for Concealing Tapes

Biden May Need a Rust Belt Sweep

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine
While Democrats have been panicking about President Biden losing the 2024 election for some time now, that is not totally rational. National popular-vote polling remains very close, so it's far too early to write Joe off. In the RealClearPolitics averages, Trump leads Biden by 1.1 percent in a head-to-head contest, pretty much where the race has been for the last six months.

Biden May Need a Rust Belt Sweep

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Biden, Fauci & Butker Deliver Starkly Different Speeches

By: Miranda Devine， NY Post
The graduating class of 2024 has been treated to three very different commencement speeches in recent days. Only one was not self-serving, dishonest and destructive.

A Judicial Pogrom

By: Brendan O’Neill， Spiked
The ICC's threat of arrest warrants against Israel's leaders is an affront to democracy and humanity.

Weaponization of Our Justice System Is Repulsive

By: Sen. Tim Scott， RCP on SiriusXM
RCP co-founder Tom Bevan interviews South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott about Donald Trump's effort to appeal to black voters and whether he would serve as Trump's running mate, Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show.

Weaponization of Our Justice System Is Repulsive

Don't Let the Media Lie to You About Election Integrity

By: Sen. Marco Rubio， X
When will the media start asking democrats if they will accept the outcome of the 2024 election if Trump wins?

Don’t Let the Media Lie to You About Election Integrity

Biden's Racist, Patronizing Speech to Morehouse Grads

By: Adam Coleman， NY Post
The Democratic playbook is to reassure our victimhood status, not overcome it.

Biden's Racist, Patronizing Speech to Morehouse Grads

If Black Men Are Being Killed in the Street, What's Democracy?

By: President Joe Biden
President Biden waxed poetic about race in America during a commencement address Sunday at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Georgia:

If Black Men Are Being Killed in the Street, What's Democracy?

The Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education

By: Austin Sarat， The Hill
Another day, another no-confidence vote for a university president.

The Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education

Even Some Dems Think Biden's Green Crusade Is Madness

By: Richard Porter， Telegraph
While Democrats and Republicans converge on perceptions of climate change, there is still no clear consensus for Biden's policies

Even Some Dems Think Biden's Green Crusade Is Madness

The Supreme Court Is No Longer Honorable or Functional

By: Moira Donegan， Guardian
The upside-down flag at Samuel Alito's house after the Capitol attack reveals how disgraceful our supreme court has become

The Supreme Court Is No Longer Honorable or Functional

Is Reversing Biden's Working-Class Slump Even Possible?

By: Harold Meyerson， TAC
A new survey of key swing states shows how it could be done, but-granting its necessity-it sure sounds difficult.

Is Reversing Biden’s Working-Class Slump Even Possible?

Northwestern Received $4B From Taxpayers Since '18

By: Adam Andrzejewski， Substack
Plus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others gave $1 billion to the university in foreign gifts (2007-2022)

Northwestern Received $4B From Taxpayers Since '18

Higher Ed Has a Progressive Disease. Can It Be Reversed?

By: Gerard Baker， WSJ
The prognosis seems grim, but I found signs of life as a proud father at Notre Dame's commencement.

Higher Ed Has a Progressive Disease. Can It Be Reversed?

Why the Alito Recusal Calls Are Ridiculous

By: Margot Cleveland， The Federalist
It would be unethical for Alito to recuse because the Code of Conduct says a justice 'has an obligation to sit unless disqualified.'

Why the Alito Recusal Calls Are Ridiculous

After Almost a Decade of Trump, America Is Tired & Scared

By: William Becker， The Hill
It seems hard to believe, but there was a time when we Americans could go days, or even weeks, without hearing about Donald Trump. That ended nearly a decade ago, when Trump decided he wanted to be president. Now, he is a constant presence on the evening news and in the morning newspaper. He ensures it by manufacturing turmoil, threats and constant controversy.

After Almost a Decade of Trump, America Is Tired & Scared

What Raisi's Death Means for Iran's Ties Wtih U.S. & Israel

By: Brendan Cole， Newsweek
Israel's war against the Hamas group backed by Iran means the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi comes at a testing time for the region, but it is unlikely to change how the Islamic Republic deals with Gaza or the West, geopolitical experts have told Newsweek.

What Raisi's Death Means for Iran's Ties Wtih U.S. & Israel

Big Oil Gets Whatever It Wants - As Long As It Bankrolls Trump

By: Jackie Calmes， LAT
The still-insufficient progress the U.S. is making on climate change could be undone with the wrong outcome in November.

Big Oil Gets Whatever It Wants - As Long As It Bankrolls Trump

Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Mulling Suicide

By: Nocera ＆amp； DeMarco， The Free Press
'We see things people should never see, like rotting human remains, abuse of every kind. Do you know what that does to you over time?'

Why Some U.S. Border Agents Are Mulling Suicide

Why I Swim Against the Current of the Gender Identity Cult

By: Riley Gaines， FOX News
This is the story of how I became an advocate for women and a champion of our uniqueness. I hope it inspires you to speak the truth in this world that seems to have lost its mind.

Why I Swim Against the Current of the Gender Identity Cult

Who Was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's Eighth President?

By: Beatrice Farhat， Al-Monitor
Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash near the border with Azerbaijan, was a hard-line cleric under US sanctions whose term was marked by domestic turmoil and mounting tensions with the West.

Who Was Ebrahim Raisi, Iran's Eighth President?

Biden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon Against Women & Girls

By: Kristen Waggoner， WSJ
Biology matters in sports and intimate spaces, even if it is irrelevant to employment decisions.

Biden Turns Title IX Into a Weapon Against Women & Girls

Alarmed Dems Run From Biden in Battleground States

By: Alexander Bolton， The Hill
Vulnerable Senate Democrats are distancing themselves from President Biden's ailing brand after polls show him trailing former President Trump in several battleground states.

Alarmed Dems Run From Biden in Battleground States

Smoking Gun in Trump's New York Prosecution

By: Lanny Davis， RealClearPolitics
During his cross-examination of Michael Cohen on Thursday, Donald Trump's attorney shouted at witness Michael Cohen, "You lied!" It was a moment that received breathless attention from the media, which attached great significance to the defense claim that Cohen omitted part of a call he made to Keith Schiller, Trump's security aide, in October 2016 - almost eight years ago. The evidence showed that Cohen had asked Schiller for help in dealing with a threatening text messenger (who later claimed to be 14-year-old).

Smoking Gun in Trump’s New York Prosecution

How Yale University Surveils Pro-Palestine Students

By: Theia Chatelle， The Nation
Documents reveal a pattern of targeted monitoring: administrator presence at rallies, police surveillance of social media, and coordination between campus, local, and state police.

How Yale University Surveils Pro-Palestine Students

The Disgrace & Fall of the American Elite Campus

By: Victor Davis Hanson， Am Greatness
These infantile campuses have a rendezvous with adult accountability, both public and governmental. And they won't like what is coming.

The Disgrace & Fall of the American Elite Campus

Biden Can Save America From Trump by Dropping Out

By: Jeremy Mayer， USA Today
President Joe Biden can voluntarily remove himself from the presidential race for the good of the nation and the party.

Biden Can Save America From Trump by Dropping Out

NBC News, NYT Replay Russia Hoax for 2024 Election

By: Mollie Hemingway， Federalist
The media plan to spend the rest of the year framing opposition to Democrats as the result of Russian disinformation, even though it's a lie.

NBC News, NYT Replay Russia Hoax for 2024 Election

There Is No 'Russia Hoax' Putin Was/Is Trying To Elect Trump

By: Joe Scarborough， MJ
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and the "Morning Joe" panel make the case that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are "trying to help Donald Trump get elected again" by pumping the U.S. media ecosystem full of propaganda.

There Is No 'Russia Hoax' Putin Was/Is Trying To Elect Trump

Gavin Newsom's Battleground Gift to Donald Trump

By: Allysia Finley， Wall Street Journal
The governor's war on gasoline will hike prices in California, but also Arizona and Nevada.

Gavin Newsom’s Battleground Gift to Donald Trump

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How Lawfare Turned Trump Into a Superhero

By: Frank Miele， RealClearPolitics
Last week, President Biden raised the white flag of surrender to Donald Trump when he offered to debate the presumptive GOP nominee in June and September.

How Lawfare Turned Trump Into a Superhero

7 Theories for Why Biden Is Losing (And What He Should Do)

By: Ezra Klein， NY Times
It's not the poll numbers that worry me, exactly. It's the denial of what's behind them.

7 Theories for Why Biden Is Losing (And What He Should Do)

Canceling Butker Won't Help. Let Him Be Wrong

By: LZ Granderson， Los Angeles Times
Whatever the Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said in a commencement address, canceling him won't help. Just let him be wrong.

Canceling Butker Won't Help. Let Him Be Wrong

How Michael Cohen Became a Hero of the #Resistance

By: Jenny Holland， Spiked
Democrats have pinned their hopes of locking up Donald Trump on his odious former fixer.

How Michael Cohen Became a Hero of the #Resistance

'Never Trump?' 'Never Biden' Voters Might Loom Larger

By: Aaron Blake， Washington Post
Certain Democrats trying to cope with President Biden's continually underwhelming 2024 poll numbers share an article of faith: the ceiling theory.

'Never Trump?' 'Never Biden' Voters Might Loom Larger

Safetyism Fueled the Gaza Campus Protests

By: Frank Furedi， Spiked
Infantilised students are lashing out at a Western civilisation they have been taught to loathe.

Safetyism Fueled the Gaza Campus Protests

Removing Debate Audience Takes Away a Crutch for Trump

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC
One way that Biden wants to upset debate tradition is judicious - and should be the new norm.

Removing Debate Audience Takes Away a Crutch for Trump

Can School Choice Revolution Change U.S. Education?

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
Corey DeAngelis bears the label 'school choice evangelist' with pride and has quickly risen as one of the most prominent voices for education freedom

Can School Choice Revolution Change U.S. Education?

Sorry, Biden's Inflation Numbers Totally Suck

By: Kevin Williamson， New York Post
New inflation data may suggest the economy is strong, but a closer look reveals major weaknesses.

Sorry, Biden's Inflation Numbers Totally Suck

Hamas Is Not Innocent of Sexual Violence

By: Robin Abcarian， Los Angeles Times
The U.N. calls it 'conflicted-related sexual violence.' Israel's Rape Crisis Centers calls it an "operational strategy." They agree that rape and other sexualized violence were part of Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

Hamas Is Not Innocent of Sexual Violence

Marking 70 Years of White Flight From School Integration

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Magazine
Friday was the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that formally struck down state-enforced racial segregation of public schools as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Marking 70 Years of White Flight From School Integration

U.S. Must Say 'No' To Suspending Weapons to Israel

By: David Ben-Basat， Jerusalem Post
"The Palestinians and Hamas, over the years, have turned whining into nationalism and are unable, at this stage, to stop the continued military advance in Rafah."

U.S. Must Say 'No’ To Suspending Weapons to Israel

President Biden's Voldemortian Theory of Privilege

By: Jonathan Turley， The Hill
While all eyes were focused on a Manhattan courthouse for Donald Trump's trial, a curious thing happened in Washington. President Joe Biden invoked executive privilege in defiance of Congress.

President Biden’s Voldemortian Theory of Privilege

What Biden and Trump Believe That Isn't True

By: David Shribman， Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Is the United States in a Chevalier de Panat moment? He was the obscure French nobleman who said that

What Biden and Trump Believe That Isn't True

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

Man Who Kicks Balls Wants Women To Stay in the Kitchen

Harrison Butker's Badge of Honor

By: Tom Basile， Washington Times
The same Democratic-aligned political ecosystem that championed cancel culture as the pandemic unfolded and today attacks Judeo-Christian values has set its sights on Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. A devout Catholic, Mr. Butker is getting blasted for speaking about his faith and some of the most pressing challenges of our time at a traditional Catholic college.

Harrison Butker’s Badge of Honor

Dems Can Still Jettison Biden as an 'August Surprise'

By: Douglas MacKinnon， The Hill
"This" being President Joe Biden officially becoming the Democratic nominee for president come the convention in August. The number of Democrats who are honestly thrilled by that eventuality would not fill a Mini Cooper.

Dems Can Still Jettison Biden as an 'August Surprise'

Is the U.S. Inadvertently Paving the Way for a Hamas Victory?

By: Hilary Krieger， CNN
Since Hamas' attack on southern Israel on October 7, military expert John Spencer has been carefully observing the Israel Defense Forces' war against the terror organization, including on two trips he made to the Gaza Strip as an embed with the IDF over the winter.

Is the U.S. Inadvertently Paving the Way for a Hamas Victory?

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

The Truth Hurts—Especially When Bill Maher Dishes It Out

What the Prosecution Left Out of Its Case Against Trump

By: Stacy Schneider， CNN
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office made a significant tactical error announcing they were resting their case after calling Michael Cohen as their final witness in the Donald Trump hush money trial. But it's not because Cohen, a convicted felon and disbarred lawyer, was a bad witness. He actually did pretty well in responding to the prosecution's warm-up when confronted with his prior bad acts, convictions and bias toward the former president, staying steady on the stand and not losing his cool.

What the Prosecution Left Out of Its Case Against Trump

Biden WH Ignoring the Law Shatters All Norms

By: Michael McKenna， Washington Times
Anyone who has driven in the United States for more than a few days is fully aware that there are always two speed limits: the posted limit and the limit that is actually enforced by the police. Similarly, anyone who knows the judicial system knows that there are two processes: the one written down in law books and the one that actually exists in courthouses across the land.

Biden WH Ignoring the Law Shatters All Norms

Supreme Court Conservatives Unplugged, Unrepentant

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times
It's that time of year when the life-tenured denizens of America's imperial court, otherwise known as the Supreme Court, come down from their bench to mix with the masses.

Supreme Court Conservatives Unplugged, Unrepentant

Israel and the United States Must Upgrade Their Diplomacy

By: Peter Berkowitz， RCP
On May 9, President Joe Biden threatened to withhold from Israel key weapons if the Jewish state proceeded with a major invasion of Gaza's southernmost city, Rafah, where Hamas retains several intact battalions. On May 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back: "If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. If we need to, we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than fingernails." Military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari affirmed that Israel "has munitions for the missions it plans, and for the missions in Rafah, too."

Israel and the United States Must Upgrade Their Diplomacy

Nellie Bowles Thoroughly Humiliates the New York Times

By: Sasha Stone， Substack
Revenge is a dish best served with humor.

Nellie Bowles Thoroughly Humiliates the New York Times

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.

Michael Cohen Blows Up His Own Credibility

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 Flipped Georgia in 2020. This Year Could Be Different

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

A Divided Morehouse College Braces for Biden's Arrival

By: DeChalus， et al，＆nbsp；CNN
Deep divisions and apprehension on the campus of Morehouse College have presented President Joe Biden with a delicate balancing act this weekend as he prepares to deliver the commencement address at the historically Black, all-male college.

A Divided Morehouse College Braces for Biden’s Arrival

How Biden Can Build Trust With Young Voters

By: Jamal Simmons， CNN
In anticipation of President Joe Biden's commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, Michael Levesque, executive director of the school's alumni association, invited me to lead a town hall style discussion with current students, faculty, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees last week. Two days before White House adviser Steve Benjamin met with students, I returned to my alma mater to hear directly from various segments of the "Morehouse family" about their priorities, concerns and expectations.

How Biden Can Build Trust With Young Voters

Joe Biden's Problem Is in the Pews

By: Zito ＆amp； Todd， RealClearPolitics
To locate Joe Biden's electoral problem, you need only to look on Sunday morning. Polling shows the mass-attending Catholic president trails Donald Trump by 10 points among those who attend religious services a few times a year or more. The score is reversed with voters who report they seldom or never attend church, with Biden leading by 10.

Joe Biden's Problem Is in the Pews

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.

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
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