How Debt Ate Chicago

By: Judge Glock， City Journal — June 8^th 2024 at 07:38

Mounting liabilities are the greatest threat to the city's survival.

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There's No 2024 Game Changer Coming

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine — June 8^th 2024 at 08:14

For months now, many political observers have stared at polls that show Donald Trump with a modest lead over Joe Biden and have placed a mental thumb on the scales for the incumbent due to "Trump's legal problems." This was particularly common (and justifiable) back when it looked as though Trump could be on trial for multiple criminal charges in different cases before Election Day. And even when it turned out the (arguably) weakest case against him was the only one that would reach fruition before November, the available evidence and plain logic suggested that being officially branded as a...

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DOJ Indicts Doctor Who Blew the Whistle on TX Hospital

By: Christopher Rufo， City Jrnl — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

Eithan Haim blew the whistle on Texas Children's Hospital's illegal child sex-change program. Now he's being prosecuted.

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The Failure of the College President

By: Fabiola Cineas， Vox — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

How the university presidency became so complex and public this year.

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Harvard's Golden Age Turns to Mud

By: Shabbos Kestenbaum， Tablet Magazine — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

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The 'Felon' Brand Will Stick

By: Aftergut ＆amp； Ayer， Salon — June 8^th 2024 at 08:17

The master of branding has just branded himself a criminal

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How To Win the Coming Battery War

By: Goldman， et al.，＆nbsp；Foreign Affairs — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

Bipartisan consensus is key-but depends on U.S. control of supply chains.

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Why Americans Are Frustrated With the Economy

By: Peterson ＆amp； Guichard， CNN — June 8^th 2024 at 08:15

US consumers see no end to the one-two punch of high inflation and high interest rates - and they cannot take much more of it.

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The Most Baffling Part of the Washington Post Disaster

By: Justin Peters， Slate — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

This is what Jeff Bezos is for!

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Raisi's Death Foreshadows Trouble for Iran's Dictatorship

By: Pence ＆amp； Pompeo，＆nbsp；RCP — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

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Why Armenia Is a 'Must Buy' for Silicon Valley, Big Tech

By: Stephan Pechdimaldji，＆nbsp；RCP — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

Why Armenia Is a 'Must Buy' for Silicon Valley, Big Tech

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Polls Show Trump, Biden Tied in Virginia

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM — June 8^th 2024 at 07:36

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Now Fauci Says 'There Was No Science Behind It'

By: Nicole Russell， USA Today — June 8^th 2024 at 08:14

Many of us could have told Dr. Anthony Fauci his COVID-19 guidelines were doing harm.

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What's Next for Biden's Lawfare Campaign Strategy?

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner — June 8^th 2024 at 08:13

A surreal situation is unfolding across multiple fronts in the lawfare campaign against former President Donald Trump.

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Biden's Aides Get Involved in Family Business Dealings

By: Ben Schreckinger， Politico — June 8^th 2024 at 08:12

For years, Joe Biden shared a bookkeeper with his son, Hunter. He also shared a personal lawyer with his brother, Jim. And when Jim Biden wanted to know more about one of Hunter Biden's associates, he hired the former head of Joe Biden's Secret Service detail to investigate.

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How Will America Stop Democrats' Destabilizing Lawfare?

By: Josh Hammer， Newsweek — June 8^th 2024 at 07:35

How Will America Stop Democrats' Destabilizing Lawfare?

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The Human Cost of Biden's Border Policies

By: Sean Reyes， RealClearPolicy — June 8^th 2024 at 08:16

Joe Biden took executive action to limit asylum seekers at the border. This sudden and isolated attempt to distract American voters from 3 ½ years of disastrous open border policies is far

The Human Cost of Biden's Border Policies

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Blame Washington Post's Woes on Its Blatant Political Slant

By: Joe Concha， NY Post — June 7^th 2024 at 09:41

We are losing large amounts of money. People are not reading your stuff. I can't sugarcoat it anymore, said Will Lewis, the publisher of The Washington Post.

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Why Does American Folly March On in Ukraine?

By: James Carden， American Conservative — June 7^th 2024 at 09:17

Russia looks ready to negotiate-so why escalate?

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40 Yrs Later, Biden Tries To Echo Reagan's Legacy of Leadership

By: Peter Baker， NYT — June 7^th 2024 at 09:07

The aging American president facing a re-election campaign came to the Normandy coast of France to pay tribute to the

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Why Biden's New Border Plan Is a Terrible Idea

By: Karen Musalo， Los Angeles Times — June 7^th 2024 at 09:25

The president wants to limit asylum seekers entering the U.S. But cruelty will increase border chaos, not win the election.

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All the Lawfare in World Can't Make Biden a Better Candidate

By: Sasha Stone， Substack — June 7^th 2024 at 09:18

Don't let Joe Biden's creepy grin fool you. He's not confident. He's terrified. They all are. Imagine being them right now. Imagine having all of the power, all of the culture, all of the institutions, and most of the administrative and security state; imagine the impeachments, the indictments, the endless attacks against Trump for eight years, and he's still the frontrunner to be President of the United States in 2024.

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Caucus Cash: How Black and Hispanic Leaders Raise Millions

By: James Varney，＆nbsp；RCI — June 7^th 2024 at 09:22

By James Varney, RealClearInvestigationsJune 7, 2024Like-minded members of Congress have created hundreds of caucuses to help them work on specific issues - including the Arthritis Caucus,

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The Biden Administration's DEI Bind

By: Dan Morenoff， City Journal — June 7^th 2024 at 09:31

It knows that it cannot defend the constitutionality of the equity agenda.

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Laptop Deniers Can't Make Hunter News Disappear Now

By: Jonathan Turley， FOX News — June 7^th 2024 at 09:35

The Hunter Biden laptop is real, even the FBI doesn't deny it anymore. But the media and top political figures spent years doing just that. Now the press is unwilling to ask about it.

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Did Biden Meet the Moment on D-Day?

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM — June 7^th 2024 at 09:06

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan talk about how President Biden's speech this morning marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion compares to former presidents, the appearance of the infamous "laptop from hell" this week at the trial of Hunter Biden, and whether delaying Donald Trump's other criminal trials until after the election helps or hurts his campaign.

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Rolling Back Diversity Programs Shows Pure Cowardice

By: Fatimah Gilliam， L.A. Times — June 7^th 2024 at 09:29

At Harvard, on Wall Street and elsewhere, attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion ignore how race continues to shape opportunity in the U.S.

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Ukraine's Peace Summit Could Be a Game-Changer

By: P. Michael McKinley， The Hill — June 7^th 2024 at 09:16

This summer, more than at any time since Russian troops crossed the border in February 2022, Ukraine urgently needs the strongest possible reaffirmation of the West's diplomatic, security and economic support.

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Is Hunter Biden Being Prosecuted Because of Politics?

By: Andrew Prokop， Vox — June 7^th 2024 at 09:41

His gun trial is unusual. Here's the tangled backstory.

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The Absolute Worst Argument for Why Trump Won't Win

By: Frank Bruni， New York Times — June 7^th 2024 at 09:11

I'm routinely gobsmacked by how many people - including influential Democrats - tell me that they can't imagine a victory

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Biden's Hand in the Prosecutions of Trump

By: Victor Davis Hanson， American Greatness — June 7^th 2024 at 09:08

The five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them.

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Why I'm Backing President Trump

By: David Sacks， Twitter／X — June 7^th 2024 at 09:12

But today I am giving my endorsement to our 45th President, Donald J. Trump, to be our 47th President. My reasons rest on four main issues that I think are vital to American prosperity, security, and stability - issues where the Biden administration has veered badly off course and where I believe President Trump can lead us back.

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Prosecuting Trump Different From Persecuting the Innocent

By: David Faris， Newsweek — June 7^th 2024 at 09:14

One accusation that you can never level at the contemporary Republican Party is "taking things in stride." Since former President Donald Trump's swift and unanimous conviction on 34 felony counts in Manhattan last Thursday, Republicans across the country, from pundits to presidential candidates, have absolutely lost their minds, promising revenge and retribution by prosecuting Democrats everywhere for... well, they'll get back to you about that. The thing they want you to know is that they will now use "lawfare" to prosecute Democrats for unnamed crimes as both retribution and deterrent. And...

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Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 40 Years Later

By: Peggy Noonan， Wall Street Journal — June 7^th 2024 at 09:15

June 1984 was a tense and dangerous time in the Cold War, but domestic politics were sweeter than today.

Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 40 Years Later

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Ike Returns to Normandy

By: Bob Greene， Wall Street Journal — June 6^th 2024 at 09:00

In the 1964 anniversary film, Eisenhower recounts the D-Day invasion for CBS's Walter Cronkite.

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Conviction Not Having Big Impact Yet

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine — June 6^th 2024 at 08:51

You can be forgiven if you thought the criminal conviction of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts by a New York jury might be a game-changing moment in the 2024 presidential contest.

Conviction Not Having Big Impact Yet

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Didn't Earn It

By: John Tierney， City Journal — June 6^th 2024 at 09:06

For more and more Americans, these words spell out the real meaning of DEI.

Didn't Earn It

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Politician First, Influencer Close Second

By: Adeline Von Drehle， RealClearPolitics — June 6^th 2024 at 09:02

Donald Trump's first TikTok video, in which the former president arrives at a UFC fight to the tune of Kid Rock's "American Bad Ass," has now been viewed 78.4 million times in two days. If Trump hadn't already cemented himself as a political social media influencer, this viral splash is sure to seal the deal.

Politician First, Influencer Close Second

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Hamas Has Reinvented Underground Warfare

By: Daphne Richemond-Barak， Foreign Affairs — June 6^th 2024 at 08:57

The group's Gaza tunnels will inspire others.

Hamas Has Reinvented Underground Warfare

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Fauci's Lies Are Saddening and Infuriating

By: Anna Broussard， Washington Examiner — June 6^th 2024 at 08:53

Dr. Anthony Fauci took away life milestones from young people through his recommended COVID-19 restrictions during the global pandemic.

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Forty-Nine Ways To Fix the World (Hint: Start Locally)

By: Kilbourn ＆amp； Shanker，＆nbsp；RCP — June 6^th 2024 at 09:47

Crisis at the border. You fear the other guy will win the November election. Are we really talking about nuclear war with Russia, again, and maybe with China, too? Worried about the economy, your job security, your rent or mortgage increase, rising utilities, expensive groceries and gasoline? Floods, hurricanes, wildfires, tornados. Not to mention terrorism. It's. All. Just. Too. Much.

Forty-Nine Ways To Fix the World (Hint: Start Locally)

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The Surprising Results of a Focus Group of Swing Voters

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC — June 6^th 2024 at 08:40

The coveted undecided voter is profoundly unpredictable - and isn't swayed in obvious ways by Trump's conviction.

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Trump's List of Running Mates Narrows

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP＆nbsp；on SiriusXM — June 6^th 2024 at 08:47

Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon discuss the results from primary elections Tuesday in New Jersey, Montana, Iowa, and New Mexico and the fallout from Attorney General Merrick Garland's five-hour testimony yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee.

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Biden's Claims About 'Laptop From Hell' Don't Hold Up

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today — June 6^th 2024 at 08:52

Whether it's Russian collusion in the 2016 election or the COVID lab leak theory, Democrats and the legacy media often team to form a narrative.

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The Biden Conundrum

By: Joe Klein， Substack — June 6^th 2024 at 08:45

Who Ya Gonna Call?

The Biden Conundrum

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

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times — June 6^th 2024 at 08:51

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

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

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50 Reasons Why $70 Million Plus Poured In for Trump

By: Hugh Hewitt， FOX News — June 6^th 2024 at 08:44

A mountain of new money has poured into Donald Trump's campaign coffers since the verdicts in his New York trial. It was the

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

By: Joe Rogan — June 6^th 2024 at 08:53

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

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Donald Trump: Enemy of the State

By: John Eastman， TomKlingenstein.com — June 6^th 2024 at 08:50

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

Donald Trump: Enemy of the State

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We Have Been Subverted

By: Ayaan Hirsi Ali， The Free Press — June 6^th 2024 at 09:05

What is at stake in our ability to see the threat plainly? Nothing less than the preservation of our way of life.

We Have Been Subverted

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Merrick Garland Should Be Impeached - Not Praised

By: David Harsanyi， The Federalist — June 5^th 2024 at 08:40

Merrick Garland has been one of the most partisan AGs in memory. If the system were working properly, he would be removed.

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Partisan Cover-up of Covid Exposes Us To Next Outbreak

By: Marty Makary， NY Post — June 5^th 2024 at 08:41

Rep. Debbie Dingell suggested that bringing Dr. Anthony Fauci before the House subcommittee investigating the origins of COVID-19 was a charade.

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GOP Would Rather Demonize Fauci Than Help America

By: Robin Abcarian， LA Times — June 5^th 2024 at 08:41

A House hearing devolves into unhinged conspiracy theories about Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in the pandemic

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

By: Susan Crabtree， RCP — June 5^th 2024 at 08:43

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

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Alito Is Just the Tip of the Extremist MAGA Iceberg

By: Amanda Marcotte， Salon — June 5^th 2024 at 08:39

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

Alito Is Just the Tip of the Extremist MAGA Iceberg

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2024 Surprise: Virginia Is Turning Toward Trump

By: Daniel McCarthy， New York Sun — June 5^th 2024 at 08:35

In the Old Dominion, the Democrats' coalition is cracking even as Biden's gruesome foreign-policy record helps heal divisions within the GOP.

2024 Surprise: Virginia Is Turning Toward Trump

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

By: Miranda Devine， NYP — June 5^th 2024 at 08:38

Hunter Biden's Laptop from Hell is government exhibit 16 at the first son's gun trial in Delaware.

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'Lock Her Up' Was Not Just a Slogan

By: Michelle Goldberg， New York Times — June 5^th 2024 at 08:36

A truism of the Trump era is that every accusation is a confession. When Donald Trump hurls wild charges at

'Lock Her Up' Was Not Just a Slogan

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

By: Tim Howard， Daily Mail — June 5^th 2024 at 08:46

WNBA rookie-phenom Caitlin Clark must have known that she had it coming.

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

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Caitlin Clark Doesn't Need Protection

By: Candace Buckner， Washington Post — June 5^th 2024 at 08:44

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

Caitlin Clark Doesn't Need Protection

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Trump's Victory Is Now More Likely, Not Less

By: Boris Johnson， Daily Mail — June 5^th 2024 at 08:33

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

Trump's Victory Is Now More Likely, Not Less

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From Election Denialism to Jury Denialism

By: Will Saletan， The Bulwark — June 5^th 2024 at 08:32

The cult of Trump won't accept any judgment against him.

From Election Denialism to Jury Denialism

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What Trump's Black Outreach Looks Like in Philly

By: Kadia Goba， Semafor — June 5^th 2024 at 08:34

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

What Trump's Black Outreach Looks Like in Philly

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To the Graduating Class of 2024

By: Peachy Keenan， The American Mind — June 5^th 2024 at 08:47

The future of the free world is in your hands-no pressure!

To the Graduating Class of 2024

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Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping

By: Linskey ＆amp； Hughes， WSJ — June 5^th 2024 at 08:30

Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times. The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics.

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

By: Massimo Calabresi， Time — June 5^th 2024 at 08:27

During his 40 months in office, events have tested Biden's vision of American world leadership

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

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Convicted By the 'Rational State'

By: Ellmers ＆amp； Marini， TomKlingenstein.com — June 5^th 2024 at 08:31

Donald Trump is the target of an administrative conspiracy against the Constitution whose roots stretch back as far as Watergate.

Convicted By the 'Rational State'

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Harvard Rolls Back DEI

By: John Sailer， The Free Press — June 4^th 2024 at 08:28

The university's largest school will no longer require diversity, inclusion, and belonging statements when hiring.

Harvard Rolls Back DEI

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

By: Joe Nocera， Free Press — June 4^th 2024 at 07:57

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

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How Hamas Ends

By: Audrey Cronin， Foreign Affairs — June 4^th 2024 at 08:26

A strategy for letting the group defeat itself.

How Hamas Ends

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NIH Made $710M in Royalties From Drug Makers

By: Adam Andrzejewski， New York Post — June 4^th 2024 at 08:22

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

NIH Made $710M in Royalties From Drug Makers

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Biden's Non-Defense Policy

By: Carl Schramm， The Spectator — June 4^th 2024 at 08:24

The Biden White House seems solely guided on defense policy by secretary of state Antony Blinken's empty rhetorical mantra

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The Aristocrats Who Martyred Trump

By: Martin Gurri， UnHerd — June 4^th 2024 at 08:08

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

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The GOP's Slapdash Hunter Biden Conspiracies

By: Chris Lehmann， The Nation — June 4^th 2024 at 08:06

Ignoring actual facts, Republicans are trying to turn the president's son's sad, seamy saga into an election scandal.

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Biden's Challenge Runs Deeper Than 'Bad Vibes'

By: Ruchir Sharma， Financial Times — June 4^th 2024 at 08:14

The flaws in the economic system are real, and better ‘messaging' won't fix them

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How Hogan Can Recover From His Show Trial Flub

By: Mollie Hemingway， The Federalist — June 4^th 2024 at 08:19

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

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Pa. Democrats Counting on Abortion To Boost Biden

By: Charles McElwee， PennLive — June 4^th 2024 at 08:23

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

Pa. Democrats Counting on Abortion To Boost Biden

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Reversible Errors

By: Kenin Spivak， The American Mind — June 4^th 2024 at 08:09

Prosecutor Alvin Bragg and Judge Juan Merchan have reached the pinnacle of selective prosecution and evisceration of due process.

Reversible Errors

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Mexico's Political Revolution

By: Juan Rojas， Compact Magazine — June 4^th 2024 at 08:41

On Sunday, Mexican voters elected former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum to the presidency with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

Mexico's Political Revolution

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Phony Claims From 2020 Return To Haunt Biden

By: William McGurn， Wall Street Journal — June 4^th 2024 at 08:05

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

Phony Claims From 2020 Return To Haunt Biden

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The Age of Recoupment

By: Dayen ＆amp； Owens， American Prospect — June 4^th 2024 at 08:21

How power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers

The Age of Recoupment

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As the Schools Go, So Goes the Nation

By: Pavlos Papadopoulos， TomKlingenstein.com — June 4^th 2024 at 08:30

The antidote to the woke takeover of education, and the country, is in the founders' understanding of the two as deeply connected.

As the Schools Go, So Goes the Nation

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Polls Deliver Resounding Verdict of 'Check Again Later'

By: Ben Mathis-Lilley， Slate — June 4^th 2024 at 08:01

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

Polls Deliver Resounding Verdict of 'Check Again Later'

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Why Party Platforms Matter

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM — June 4^th 2024 at 08:18

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

Why Party Platforms Matter

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The Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025

By: Rep. Pramila Jayapal， American Prospect — June 6^th 2024 at 09:03

Democrats got a lot done in President Biden's first term. But more is needed.

The Progressive Caucus Agenda for 2025

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

By: Alina Chan， New York Times — June 3^rd 2024 at 07:07

The world must not continue to bear the intolerable risks of research with the potential to cause pandemics.

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Anthony Fauci Embodies Real Threat to Democracy

By: Tom Basile， Washington Times — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:58

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Biden's Fingerprints All Over Prosecutions Of Trump

By: Margot Cleveland， The Federalist — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:26

Joe Biden has his hands all over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution of the former president.

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Democrats' ‘Stop the Steal' Campaign

By: Allysia Finley， Wall Street Journal — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:51

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Why Is a Group of Billionaires Working To Elect Trump?

By: Robert Reich， The Guardian — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:49

Oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel aren't just hostile to progressivism. They're hostile to American democracy itself

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35 Years Later, We Must Never Forget Tiananmen Square

By: Sen. Ben Cardin， FOX News — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:49

Tiananmen Square was described as a bloodbath in the center of a world capital.

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Alito & Thomas Taint Supreme Court's Crucial J6 Decisions

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:48

Would anyone reasonably question the impartiality of Justices Alito and Thomas? Without a doubt.

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

By: David Faris， Slate — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:28

Biden's response is still too muted.

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Trump Verdict Brings GOP Skeptics Into the Fold

By: Alexander Bolton， The Hill — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:11

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

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

By: Timothy Noah， TNR — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:47

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

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A Felon in the Oval Office Would Test the American System

By: Peter Baker， NY Times — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:21

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

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They're Voting for Trump To Save Democracy

By: Reingold， et al，＆nbsp；The Free Press — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:07

'The 2016 version of myself would have hated this version of myself.'

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Of Course They'll Put Trump in Jail

By: Victoria Taft， PJ Media — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:47

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Conviction May Be Death Knell for Vulnerable Senate Dems

By: B.C. Brutus， AMAC — June 3^rd 2024 at 07:57

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

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

By: Dan Diamond， WP — June 3^rd 2024 at 08:31

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

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Trump Verdict Impacted America's Moral Standing in World

By: Mollie Hemingway， FNC — June 3^rd 2024 at 06:55

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Dems Want You To Check Your Brain at the Door

By: Frank Miele， RealClearPolitics — June 3^rd 2024 at 07:54

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

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Biden Breaks Out Obama's Playbook, Plays Race Card

By: Ian Haworth， DC Examiner — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:44

President Joe Biden is trying to sell himself as an original thinker when all he's doing is acting the part of his far superior predecessors.

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The Law Is Now a Political Weapon in the U.S.

By: Roger Kimball， American Greatness — June 2^nd 2024 at 10:57

The Law Is Now a Political Weapon in the U.S.

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Unity of Purpose in the Middle East

By: Kenin Spivak， The American Mind — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:08

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Nellie Bowles' Gutsy Journey to Wokedom and Back

By: Peter Berkowitz， RealClearPolitics — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:08

Nellie Bowles' Gutsy Journey to Wokedom and Back

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Can Trump Turn Virginia Red Again?

By: Elizabeth Stauffer， Washington Examiner — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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

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The Rise of Poverty Inc.

By: Anne Kim， The Atlantic — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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A Decade Later, How Bergdahl Affair Predicted Today's Politics

By: Michael Ames， RCP — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

A Decade Later, How Bergdahl Affair Predicted Today's Politics

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

By: Jackie Calmes， LA Times — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

When states ban donations to their underfunded election offices, they aren't protecting your right to vote, they're undermining it.

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America Is a Land of Justice, Not Systemic Racism

By: Jeffrey Anderson， Telegraph — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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

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The New Socially Liberal Face of the Libertarian Party

By: Jonathan Draeger， RCP — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

The New Socially Liberal Face of the Libertarian Party

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Trump Remains Resolute as Ever

By: Michael Goodwin， New York Post — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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

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A Deal That Can End the War in Gaza

By: Peter Bergen， CNN — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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What the 2024 Election Will Really Be About

By: Doug Schoen， FOX News — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:07

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

What the 2024 Election Will Really Be About

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Dems Push Biden To Make Trump's Felonies Top '24 Issue

By: Epstein ＆amp； Nehamas， NYT — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:05

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Biden, Democrats Thrill in Manhattan Will Prove Short-Lived

By: Jonathan Turley，The Hill — June 2^nd 2024 at 08:58

Biden, Democrats Thrill in Manhattan Will Prove Short-Lived

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Prosecutors Got Trump--But They Also Contorted the Law

By: Elie Honig， NY Magazine — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:05

Prosecutors Got Trump--But They Also Contorted the Law

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Holy Cow, 34 for 45!

By: Maureen Dowd， New York Times — June 2^nd 2024 at 07:05

WASHINGTON - At Nativity grade school, we grew up steeped in the lore - and gore - of martyrs. For

Holy Cow, 34 for 45!

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In Major Escalation Biden Allows U.S. Arms To Strike in Russia

By: Banco， et al.，＆nbsp；Politico — June 1^st 2024 at 08:29

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Voters Increasingly Worried About the Rule of Law

By: Mark Penn， FOX News — June 1^st 2024 at 07:53

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

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The Big Biden Panic

By: James Antle， Washington Examiner — June 1^st 2024 at 07:50

President Joe Biden is trailing, but perhaps the guilty verdict against Trump will save him.

The Big Biden Panic

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

By: Joy Reid， MSNBC — June 1^st 2024 at 08:49

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

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Democrat Lawyers Are Running Rings Around Republicans

By: John Davidson，＆nbsp；Federalist — June 1^st 2024 at 08:47

Either you're willing to jail Democrats on the same terms they're using to jail Trump, or you're merely controlled opposition.

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Republicans Vow To Scorch the Earth After Trump Conviction

By: Philip Wegmann，＆nbsp；RCP — June 1^st 2024 at 07:47

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

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My Enemies

By: Glenn Loury， Substack — June 1^st 2024 at 07:42

In conversation with Russ Roberts

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Cancellation at the Service of the Lie, Part I

By: Daniel Mahoney， The American Mind — June 1^st 2024 at 07:42

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Kennedy Fights for Game-Changing Spot on Debate Stage

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Magazine — June 1^st 2024 at 07:41

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This Was a Typical Communist Show Trial

By: Sen. Marco Rubio， Newsweek — June 1^st 2024 at 07:40

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

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Morning After the Revolution

By: Nellie Bowles， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM — June 1^st 2024 at 07:38

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The Martyr of Mar-a-Lago

By: Harold Meyerson， American Prospect — June 1^st 2024 at 07:55

Trump can never be wrong; he can only be wronged.

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How To Help Affordable Housing Problem-Solvers

By: Margi Nothard， RealClearPolitics — June 1^st 2024 at 07:35

How To Help Affordable Housing Problem-Solvers

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What the Biden Campaign Thinks the Verdict Means

By: Dovere ＆amp； Liptak， CNN — June 1^st 2024 at 07:35

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Higher Rates Have Changed Game for Private Equity

By: Brooke Masters， Financial Times — June 1^st 2024 at 07:35

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

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today — June 1^st 2024 at 08:06

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

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Triumvirate of Pols, Lobbyists, Pentagon Hurt U.S.

By: Erik Prince， Tucker Carlson Show — June 1^st 2024 at 07:35

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The Ghost of Covid Past Looms Over Gen Z Voters

By: Sam Raus， RealClearPolitics — June 1^st 2024 at 07:35

The Ghost of Covid Past Looms Over Gen Z Voters

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Will Lead To An Enormous Increase In Strength for Trump

By: Newt Gingrich， FOX News — May 31^st 2024 at 11:16

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

Will Lead To An Enormous Increase In Strength for Trump

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RFK Jr.'s Philosophy of Contradictions

By: John Hendrickson， The Atlantic — May 31^st 2024 at 07:05

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Post-Trump Verdict, Will the Right Wake Up?

By: Josh Hammer， American Spectator — May 31^st 2024 at 07:01

Post-Trump Verdict, Will the Right Wake Up?

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Democrats Will Rue This Day

By: Megyn Kelly — May 31^st 2024 at 08:44

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

Democrats Will Rue This Day

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How Stanford Helped Birth the Censorship Industrial Complex

By: Ben Weingarten，＆nbsp；RCI — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

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

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A Good Day for American Democracy

By: Moira Donegan， The Guardian — May 31^st 2024 at 08:42

So rarely held to account, Trump has finally had a small taste of justice. This is a good day for American democracy

A Good Day for American Democracy

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Our Revolutionary Times

By: Victor Davis Hanson， American Greatness — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

Our Revolutionary Times

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The GOP Senate Candidates Trailing Trump

By: Nate Moore， Substack — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

Look at vote share, not just margin, when assessing the 2024 U.S. Senate map.

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Presidential Campaigns and Technological Advances

By: Adeline Von Drehle， RCP — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

Presidential Campaigns and Technological Advances

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Can a Means Overcome an End?

By: J.T. Young， RealClearPolitics — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

Can a Means Overcome an End?

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And Now, a Real-World Lesson for Student Activists

By: Pamela Paul， New York Times — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

The encampments have been cleared, campuses have emptied; protester and counterprotester alike have moved on to internships, summer gigs and

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What if This Is Our Last Real Election?

By: Paul Krugman， New York Times — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

Some of the Americans protesting the war in Gaza have turned on President Biden. They assert that the government of

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

By: Rich Lowry， NY Post — May 31^st 2024 at 08:41

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

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

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Why Trump's Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem

By: John Harris， Politico — May 31^st 2024 at 08:46

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

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Justice Breyer Says SCOTUS Majority Doing It All Wrong

By: Jessica Levinson， MSNBC — May 31^st 2024 at 06:31

The question of how judges analyze the Constitution and statutes is perhaps the most pressing legal issue of our time.

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How Will the Verdict Affect 2024?

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM — May 31^st 2024 at 08:45

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

How Will the Verdict Affect 2024?

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

By: Shaun Maguire， X — May 31^st 2024 at 08:49

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

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

By: Matt Taibbi， Racket News — May 30^th 2024 at 08:08

One of the co-founders of the Heterodox Academy returns to his academic specialty with a hair-raising warning about the digital age

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After the Trial, Can Biden Capitalize?

By: Kristol ＆amp； Egger， The Bulwark — May 30^th 2024 at 09:06

Plus: Meet the MAGA establishment, same as the old establishment.

After the Trial, Can Biden Capitalize?

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Biden Rule Could Cripple Offshore Oil Companies

By: Pete McGinnis， RealClearPolicy — May 30^th 2024 at 06:51

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

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

By: Shelby Talcott， Semafor — May 30^th 2024 at 09:02

A new survey may help explain Joe Biden's recent struggles with the under-30 set.

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

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The End of Greenwashing Is Now Within Sight

By: Michael Bloomberg， Bloomberg — May 30^th 2024 at 06:48

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Policymakers Risk Inflation Amid Economic Uncertainty

By: Kenneth Rogoff， Guardian — May 30^th 2024 at 06:47

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

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

By: David Bahr， The Telegraph — May 30^th 2024 at 06:43

De-banking is becoming a crisis in the US, conflating ordinary conservatives with dangerous terrorists

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NewsGuard Primes Kids for Life of Leftist Activism

By: John Tillman， Washington Times — May 30^th 2024 at 06:43

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How Political (Dis)Interest Will Shape 2024

By: John Halpin， Substack — May 30^th 2024 at 09:07

Disengaged Americans don't care much for normal politics. But they do care greatly about inflation.

How Political (Dis)Interest Will Shape 2024

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We Need an Attorney General That Will Stop the Corruption

By: Ken Paxton， War Room — May 30^th 2024 at 06:40

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A Note on 'Equity' and Captured Institutions

By: Joe Lonsdale， Substack — May 30^th 2024 at 06:40

Blink twice if your organization has been taken over by Marxists!

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My Political Depression Problem--and Ours

By: Rick Perlstein， American Prospect — May 30^th 2024 at 06:40

Granular study of the ever-more-authoritarian right didn't demoralize the author as much as reaction from the left.

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Biden Circling the Drain, Lawfare Against Trump Is Backfiring

By: Matt Vespa， Townhall — May 30^th 2024 at 09:06

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

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America Was Built on Cooperation, Not Oppression

By: Bessette ＆amp； Rose， RealClearPolitics — May 30^th 2024 at 06:39

America Was Built on Cooperation, Not Oppression

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Virginia Tied in New Poll

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM — May 30^th 2024 at 06:39

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Trump Trial Has Done a Lot of Damage to American Brand

By: Kevin O'Leary， FOX News — May 30^th 2024 at 09:05

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

Trump Trial Has Done a Lot of Damage to American Brand

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A Role Robert De Niro Should Have Turned Down

By: David Axelrod， CNN — May 30^th 2024 at 09:03

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

A Role Robert De Niro Should Have Turned Down

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Are Democrats Stuck With Biden?

By: Hugo Gurdon， Washington Examiner — May 30^th 2024 at 09:02

Biden's problem has less to do with media critics than with deepening skepticism about his capacities being openly expressed by Democrats themselves.

Are Democrats Stuck With Biden?

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Only One Constitution Can Survive

By: Ellmers ＆amp； Anton， TomKlingenstein.com — May 29^th 2024 at 08:01

A new book highlights the contrast between the founders' Constitution and the Progressive alternative currently supplanting it.

Only One Constitution Can Survive

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Libertarians Should Vote for Trump

By: Walter Block， Wall Street Journal — May 29^th 2024 at 07:59

He isn't one of us, but he promised to pardon Ross Ulbricht-and he's a lot better than Joe Biden.

Libertarians Should Vote for Trump

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Gifted Programs Vanishing From Schools Is Bad for Kids

By: Kara Miller， Boston Globe — May 29^th 2024 at 08:13

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

Gifted Programs Vanishing From Schools Is Bad for Kids

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

By: Dahlia Lithwick， Slate — May 29^th 2024 at 08:03

There's actually an easy way to understand the attempts at a defense these men are making.

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Feds Blow Up Dems' Hunter Biden Laptop Scam

By: Rowan Scarborough， Washington Times — May 29^th 2024 at 08:07

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

Feds Blow Up Dems' Hunter Biden Laptop Scam

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

By: Roberts ＆amp； Kelly， Federalist — May 29^th 2024 at 06:27

Democratic National Committee rules and state laws create a simple path to oust Biden before, during, and after the convention.

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Ireland, Spain & Norway Choose Death Over Dancing

By: Richard Porter， RealClearPolitics — May 29^th 2024 at 07:50

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

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The Slaughter in Rafah & Israel's Moral Nadir

By: Zack Beauchamp， Vox — May 29^th 2024 at 07:49

Israel is massacring Palestinians - and undermining its own security in the process.

The Slaughter in Rafah & Israel's Moral Nadir

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How Tuned-Out Voters Could Decide 2024

By: Glueck ＆amp； Corasaniti， New York Times — May 29^th 2024 at 07:34

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

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Trump's Bronx Rally Shows Future of GOP

By: Ryan Girdusky， The American Conservative — May 29^th 2024 at 07:36

The Republicans aren't a multiracial, working-class party yet-but the gains have been undeniable.

Trump's Bronx Rally Shows Future of GOP

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

By: Philip Wegmann， RCP — May 29^th 2024 at 07:41

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

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Judgment Day Looms for Trump in New York

By: Stephen Collinson， CNN — May 29^th 2024 at 07:39

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

Judgment Day Looms for Trump in New York

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Trump Is Winning, But 4 Things Could Change That

By: Mark Penn， FOX News — May 29^th 2024 at 07:37

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

Trump Is Winning, But 4 Things Could Change That

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Democrats' 'Freak Out' Over Biden

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Jashinsky ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM — May 29^th 2024 at 07:38

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

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

By: Byron York， Washington Examiner — May 29^th 2024 at 07:40

The New York trial of former President Donald Trump is heading toward a conclusion.

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What Does Success Look Like for Third-Party Candidates?

By: Zachary Wolf， CNN — May 29^th 2024 at 07:57

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

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Ukraine Depends on Our Long-Term Commitment

By: Eric Ciaramella， Foreign Affairs — May 29^th 2024 at 07:52

Its security depends on long-term commitments from the West.

Ukraine Depends on Our Long-Term Commitment

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America's Declining Power & the Emerging Multipolar World

By: Christopher Roach， AG — May 29^th 2024 at 07:53

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

America’s Declining Power & the Emerging Multipolar World

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How Hard Is It To Buy a Home Right Now?

By: Jasmine Cui， NBC News — May 28^th 2024 at 08:03

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

How Hard Is It To Buy a Home Right Now?

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A Chat With Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver

By: Charlie Stone， The Unknowns — May 28^th 2024 at 07:42

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

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The National D-Day Memorial

By: John Halpin， Substack — May 28^th 2024 at 08:30

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

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CCP Is Deliberately Murdering American Children

By: Erik Prince， Tucker Carlson Show — May 28^th 2024 at 08:28

The Chinese Communist Party has been very active in Mexico. The fentanyl crisis is very much, you know, last year, fentanyl in America killed like 109,000 people.

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The 500

By: Natan Sharansky， Tablet Magazine — May 28^th 2024 at 08:28

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

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Memorial Day: WWII Vet and Author Bill Swanson

By: Sorensen ＆amp； Waters， RCP＆nbsp；on SiriusXM — May 28^th 2024 at 08:31

In this Memorial Day special edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth presents an extended interview with World War II veteran and author Bill Swanson.

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Crowd in the Bronx Has Seen the Biden Disaster

By: Rep. Byron Donalds， Fox News Sunday — May 28^th 2024 at 07:47

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

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The Near-Impossible Task of Providing Food Aid in Gaza

By: Kerri Kennedy， CNN — May 28^th 2024 at 08:26

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

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