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Dems Must Counter Trump Courthouse Campaign

By: Symone Sanders-Townsend, MSNBC — May 17th 2024 at 14:21
The former president is treating his trial like another campaign stop. Democrats need to stop ceding the spotlight.

Dems Must Counter Trump Courthouse Campaign

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What James Carville Should Know About the Election

By: Douglas MacKinnon, FOX News — May 17th 2024 at 14:11
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

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The End of Southern Anti-Union Politics

By: Alex Hogan, Compact Magazine — May 17th 2024 at 14:18
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

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Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility

By: Michael Weinstein, RCP — May 17th 2024 at 14:13
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

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How the New York Times Went Woke

By: Nellie Bowles, Substack — May 17th 2024 at 14:20
Confirmation bias has distorted the paper's reporting.

How the New York Times Went Woke

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

By: Kimberly Strassel, WSJ — May 17th 2024 at 14:13
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

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Court May Have To Resolve Biden's Executive Privilege Claim

By: Steven Richards, JTN — May 17th 2024 at 14:23
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

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Ignore Maine: Abandon the National Popular Vote Compact

By: Jacob Posik, RCP — May 17th 2024 at 14:13
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

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Biden, His Campaign and the Press Retreat Into a Bubble

By: Walter Samuel, AMAC — May 17th 2024 at 14:19
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

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Why a Late RFK Jr. Polling Boom Is Unlikely

By: Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine — May 17th 2024 at 14:15
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

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Why Biden's Eager To Debate

By: Julian Zelizer, CNN — May 17th 2024 at 14:16
For the first time in decades, whether there would even be debates had been uncertain.

Why Biden's Eager To Debate

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Increased Longevity Will Bring Profound Social Change

By: Martin Wolf, Financial Times — May 16th 2024 at 14:42
People will have to work longer and pension systems will need to be transformed

Increased Longevity Will Bring Profound Social Change

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Money Misses the Mark in Maryland

By: Luke Goldstein, American Prospect — May 16th 2024 at 13:39
Despite spending $62 million of his own fortune on the Democratic Senate primary, Rep. David Trone lost last night to county executive Angela Alsobrooks.
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Is Common Sense Realism Making a Comeback?

By: Jeff Minick, Chronicles — May 16th 2024 at 14:52
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?

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

By: Jasper Hendricks, The Hill — May 16th 2024 at 14:47
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

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DoD's Consulting Bloat Suffers From Rot

By: Cale Brown, RealClearDefense — May 16th 2024 at 14:44
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

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Cohen Tape Undercuts Prosecutors' Main Story to Jurors

By: Solomon & Richards, JTN — May 16th 2024 at 15:06
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

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What Young Voters Actually Care About

By: Christian Paz, Vox — May 16th 2024 at 15:05
It's not what you think.

What Young Voters Actually Care About

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Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial

By: Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal — May 16th 2024 at 15:09
Polls show him behind Trump, and he won't come back unless he admits the problem.

Biden Goes From the Basement to Denial

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Noem Shows How Not To Audition for Vice President

By: Michael Arceneaux, HuffPost — May 16th 2024 at 15:03
The South Dakota governor admits in her book

Noem Shows How Not To Audition for Vice President

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What Biden's Debate Gambit Reveals

By: Nate Silver, Substack — May 16th 2024 at 15:10
The White House gets an A+ on tactics - but they're playing a mediocre hand.

What Biden's Debate Gambit Reveals

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'The Elites Are Hoarding the American Dream'

By: O'Neill & Ungar-Sargon, Spiked — May 16th 2024 at 14:55
Batya Ungar-Sargon on the establishment's betrayal of the working classes.

'The Elites Are Hoarding the American Dream'

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'Good Leftist' Nellie Bowles Leaves the #Resistance

By: Kirsten Fleming, New York Post — May 16th 2024 at 14:53
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

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

By: Shepard et al., Politico — May 15th 2024 at 14:29
Having spent months avoiding direct engagement on when and where to debate, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden seemed to agree on a time and place in a matter of minutes on Wednesday, setting up high-stakes showdowns in late June and mid September.

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

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

By: Heather Mac Donald, Spiked — May 15th 2024 at 15:13
The same identitarian worldview that is driving campus anti-Semitism is rife within Joe Biden's White House.

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

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Dems Really Hate Americans. Here's the Proof

By: Joseph Curl, Washington Times — May 15th 2024 at 14:34
Those who see ordinary people as deplorable pose the real threat to democracy

Dems Really Hate Americans. Here's the Proof

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The Myth of Student Protest

By: James Robbins, The American Spectator — May 15th 2024 at 15:06
Student radicals turning out in droves to protest for Palestine expect that their organized demonstrations will foment revolutionary change.

The Myth of Student Protest

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

By: Robert Cohen, L.A. Times — May 15th 2024 at 15:07
College presidents in the Vietnam era would have thanked their lucky stars to face the relatively low disruptions caused by student movements in 2024.

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

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

By: Salena Zito, Washington Examiner — May 15th 2024 at 15:12
Donald Trump spoke in a blue-collar town in New Jersey not just to try to win New Jersey but to send a message that he cares about blue-collar towns in general.

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

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Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink

By: Alfredo Ortiz, The Hill — May 15th 2024 at 15:26
On Wednesday, the country hit a sad milestone: Inflation under President Biden hit 20 percent. The dollar's value has plummeted under his watch. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also confirmed that the consumer price index is resurgent and growing faster than average wages. Combined with weak GDP growth, this data shows the U.S. economy is reentering stagflation.

Bidenflation Is Pushing Small Businesses to the Brink

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We're in a Pivotal Moment in American History

By: Sen. Bernie Sanders, The Guardian — May 15th 2024 at 14:31
Clearly, our job is not just to re-elect Biden. It's much more than that

We're in a Pivotal Moment in American History

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The Eight Dynamics That Will Shape the Election

By: David Graham, The Atlantic — May 15th 2024 at 15:10
Where, exactly, are we in the election cycle right now?

The Eight Dynamics That Will Shape the Election

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Think Corporate Greed Is Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again

By: Matt Egan, CNN — May 15th 2024 at 15:16
Some progressives have frequently blamed corporate greed for fueling the high cost of living that Americans are fed up with.

Think Corporate Greed Is Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again

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Biden's Incompetence Outstrips Voters' Fear of Trump

By: Mark Hemingway, Federalist — May 15th 2024 at 14:30
Democrats were hoping 2024 would be all about Donald Trump. Instead the No. 1 issue in a world on fire is Joe Biden's incompetence.

Biden's Incompetence Outstrips Voters' Fear of Trump

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The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

By: Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate — May 15th 2024 at 15:20
There is a Jewish joke, often attributed to the philosopher Isaiah Berlin, that an antisemite is someone who hates Jews more than is absolutely necessary. One could say the same about anti-Zionists. After all, Zionism is an old concept, which was central to Jewish liberation long before it became synonymous with Palestinian subjugation.

The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

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What Will We Be Remembered For?

By: Joe Lonsdale, Substack — May 14th 2024 at 14:22
In the nascent days of the Roman Republic, the city was invaded by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena, on behalf of Sextus Tarquinius, the son of Rome's final (and deposed) king.

What Will We Be Remembered For?

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Riot Tactics Redux

By: Christopher Rufo, City Journal — May 14th 2024 at 14:18
A veteran officer explains how police should incorporate lessons from 2020 in responding to pro-Hamas campus unrest.

Riot Tactics Redux

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Protecting Social Security Will Pave the Way to the White House

By: Henry Bonilla, RCP — May 14th 2024 at 14:12
As the field of candidates for the presidential election continues to narrow, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are the last ones standing and the campaign for the 2024 general election is well underway. Although the party conventions will officially decide the final nominees, it certainly looks as though President Biden and former President Trump will fight it out to take the reins next year. The winner will be determined in part by which of them can convince voters they'll be the president who protects Social Security.

Protecting Social Security Will Pave the Way to the White House

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Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z

By: Robert Kuttner, American Prospect — May 14th 2024 at 14:20
It comes in two flavors, economic and psychological.

Trendy Nonsense About Gen Z

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Distinguishing Climate Science From Climate Activism

By: Ulf Buntgen, Nature — May 14th 2024 at 14:30
I am concerned by climate scientists becoming climate activists, because scholars should not have a priori interests in the outcome of their studies. Likewise, I am worried about activists who pretend to be scientists, as this can be a misleading form of instrumentalization.

Distinguishing Climate Science From Climate Activism

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Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, But It Isn't Easy

By: Cochrane & Seru, Wall Street Journal — May 14th 2024 at 14:21
The Fed could simply stop blocking run-proof banks from emerging. But that would take political will.

Preventing Bailouts Is Simple, But It Isn't Easy

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Your Friends Aren't a Representative Sample of Public Opinion

By: Nate Silver, Substack — May 14th 2024 at 14:17
It's not just Republicans who are at risk of epistemic closure.

Your Friends Aren't a Representative Sample of Public Opinion

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Trump Doesn't Need a DEI Running Mate

By: Frank Cannon, TomKlingenstein.com — May 14th 2024 at 14:24
A vice presidential candidate picked by race or sex would be both a moral betrayal and a political misstep.

Trump Doesn't Need a DEI Running Mate

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Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost It

By: Bari Weiss, The Free Press — May 14th 2024 at 14:32
Nellie Bowles wasn't always the TGIF queen you know and love at The Free Press. In fact, Nellie was, for a very long time, deeply embedded in the progressive left. Before Bari and Nellie met-and fell in love, blah blah blah-in 2019, Nellie was nothing short of a media darling. She had the right ideas, she wrote the right stories, and

Nellie Bowles Knows Why So Many Progressives Lost It

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Trump in Trouble But Biden Campaign Is Dead in the Water

By: Byron York, DC Examiner — May 14th 2024 at 14:16
A new New York Times poll shows President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in the same states by nearly the same margin as a November poll.

Trump in Trouble But Biden Campaign Is Dead in the Water

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It's Conservatives That Should Be Protesting

By: Oren Cass, Financial Times — May 14th 2024 at 14:38
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds

It's Conservatives That Should Be Protesting

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America Never Recovered From Shocks of 2020

By: Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer — May 13th 2024 at 14:39
The backlash to 2020's protests, lockdowns features militarized cops, less press freedom. Voters must choose this or Trump's fascism
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Trump's Sleazy Accusers

By: Byron York, Washington Examiner — May 13th 2024 at 13:45
The Trump trial in Manhattan is expected to come to a climax of sorts this week with the appearance of star prosecution witness Michael Cohen.
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Nonprofits Are Making Billions off the Border Crisis

By: Madeleine Rowley, The Free Press — May 13th 2024 at 13:24
Federal funding has turned the business of resettling migrant children into a goldmine for a handful of NGOs-and their top executives.
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Migrants, Real and Imagined, Grip Wisconsin Voters

By: Chris McGreal, The Observer — May 13th 2024 at 13:24
Few residents of this Wisconsin small city have seen a migrant but some are blaming Biden for an 'invasion' regardless and elsewhere in the state an influx of foreigners is not all it seems
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House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order

By: Ben Weingarten, RCP — May 13th 2024 at 13:24

House Oversight Cmte Probing Biden Voter Mobilization Order

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We Can't Let Trump Run America Like His Business

By: Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark — May 13th 2024 at 13:24
It would be an autocracy like we've never seen.
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NC's Early Voting Locations Illegally Favor Democrats

By: Heather Honey, The Federalist — May 12th 2024 at 13:13
Data reveals noncompliance with a North Carolina statutory requirement for neutrality in early voting venues.
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What Mothers Really Need This Mother's Day

By: Erka Ahern, DC Examiner — May 12th 2024 at 20:27
A society built around the mother and child is something we can all get behind this Mother's Day.

What Mothers Really Need This Mother's Day

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Our Elections Have Integrity. These Politicians Do Not

By: Jackie Calmes, L.A. Times — May 12th 2024 at 13:13
Of all Trump's shattered norms, the refusal to commit to accept election results is the most corrosive to American democracy.
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Criminals Walk Free as Democrats 'Get Trump'

By: Tim Rosenberger, City Journal — May 12th 2024 at 13:13
Criminals walk free and victims await justice as Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sets his sights on the former president.
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Israel's Other War

By: Joshua Keating, Vox — May 12th 2024 at 13:13
Israel and Hezbollah are trying to keep their fighting contained. But the conflict keeps escalating.
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Centrist Swing Voters Will Be Key Factor in 2024 Race

By: Mark Penn, New York Times — May 12th 2024 at 13:12
President Biden appears behind in all the swing states and his campaign appears all-too-focused on firming up his political base
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Biden Has a Hispanic Voter Problem

By: Valeria Gurr, The Hill — May 12th 2024 at 20:26
Recent polls have been worrying for Democrats, with one takeaway becoming clear: President Biden has a Hispanic voter problem.

Biden Has a Hispanic Voter Problem

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The Spanish Contribution to American Independence

By: David Head, RealClearPolicy — May 10th 2024 at 13:49
May 8th is Galvez Day in Pensacola, Florida. A celebration of Bernardo de Galvez, commander of the Spanish force that defeated Britain at the 1781 Siege of Pensacola, it recalls the Span
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How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Brain Became the Diet of Worms

By: Jeet Heer, The Nation — May 10th 2024 at 13:48
Can a presidential candidate afford to lose gray matter to parasites?
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DEI Dominates the University of Kentucky

By: Christopher Rufo, City Journal — May 10th 2024 at 13:46
The state legislature must tame racialist ideology at its flagship campus.
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What Hamas Wants in Postwar Gaza

By: Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs — May 10th 2024 at 13:46
The power to fight without the burden of governing.
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Biden's Democrat-Lawfare Complex Is a Sick, Cruel Joke

By: Josh Hammer, Newsweek — May 10th 2024 at 13:45

Biden's Democrat-Lawfare Complex Is a Sick, Cruel Joke

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The Gantz Megillah

By: Gadi Taub, Tablet Magazine — May 9th 2024 at 16:08
How America is using ex-IDF Chief Benny Gantz as its Trojan horse to impose U.S. demands-and ensure Israel's defeat in Gaza

The Gantz Megillah

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War Phonies

By: Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense — May 9th 2024 at 16:11
Barton Swaim, a sometimes-erudite opinion writer for the Wall Street Journal, posed this question to writer Mark Helprin in a column that appeared over the weekend. Swaim, whose soft, earnest face first graced the stage of opinion theater following a stint as speechwriter for silly South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, enumerated all the "criminals, ideologues, and irredentists" who could possibly threaten the United States.

War Phonies

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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bowed But Not Broken

By: Margaret Carlson, Washington Monthly — May 9th 2024 at 15:02
Her latest attempt to knock off a House Speaker ran into the calm determination of Mike Johnson. How long can she stay muzzled?

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bowed But Not Broken

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Confused Ivy Leagues Should Look to the Sunshine State

By: Paul du Quenoy, Chronicles — May 9th 2024 at 16:13
America's vaunted Ivy League has proven totally incapable of dealing with pro-Hamas protestors. They should learn from the balanced approach to free speech taken by Florida's thriving universities.

Confused Ivy Leagues Should Look to the Sunshine State

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Left-Wing Voter Turnout Op Targets Vulnerable Patients

By: Gabe Kaminsky, DC Examiner — May 9th 2024 at 16:07
A left-wing group called Vot-ER that is linked to the Biden White House is poised to play a key role registering voters ahead of the 2024 election.

Left-Wing Voter Turnout Op Targets Vulnerable Patients

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Is the Corporate DEI Panic Finally Over?

By: Taylor Rogers, Financial Times — May 9th 2024 at 16:06
Since the Supreme Court overturned the use of affirmative action in college admissions last summer, it seems like corporate America has been consumed by panic over diversity and inclusion.

Is the Corporate DEI Panic Finally Over?

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Student Journalists Are Needed Now More Than Ever

By: Amber Chen, The Nation — May 9th 2024 at 16:09
While the mainstream media repeatedly mischaracterizes pro-Palestine protests on campus, police and university administrations are attempting to repress the student press.

Student Journalists Are Needed Now More Than Ever

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The Post-Covid Truancy Epidemic

By: William Galston, Wall Street Journal — May 9th 2024 at 16:28
While urgent events clamor for our attention, it's often the quieter trends that do more to shape our future. Consider school absence.

The Post-Covid Truancy Epidemic

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A Deep Dive Into the Opioid Crisis

By: Matt Bivens, Racket News — May 9th 2024 at 16:31
Yes, we in the medical profession got millions of Americans addicted to heroin and fentanyl. But that was all just a big misunderstanding. Why get into it?

A Deep Dive Into the Opioid Crisis

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The Tangled Web of Journalistic Self-Deception

By: Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal — May 9th 2024 at 15:01
In an act of editorial cowardice, the Economist devotes a leading editorial plus an entire special section to the problem of disinformation yet never mentions the Steele dossier and Hunter Biden laptop lie.

The Tangled Web of Journalistic Self-Deception

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Ozempic: Magic Pill or Devil's Bargain?

By: Weiss & Hari, The Free Press — May 10th 2024 at 13:47
Johann Hari is half the man he was due to the weight-loss drug. He reveals how it changed the world-and how he once got fat-shamed by the Dalai Lama.
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Biden's Economic Elitism Devastating Americans

By: J.T. Young, The Hill — May 9th 2024 at 15:04
Despite administration and establishment media drumbeats, Americans aren't buying Biden's economic elitism.

Biden's Economic Elitism Devastating Americans

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Biden's Approval Rating Is in the Danger Zone

By: Tom Bevan, RCP on SiriusXM — May 8th 2024 at 14:34
RCP co-founder Tom Bevan looks at the latest job approval ratings for President Biden on Tuesday's edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show with Andrew Walworth and Carl Cannon.

Biden's Approval Rating Is in the Danger Zone

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The WHO's Plan for Public-Health Tyranny

By: Molly Kingsley, Spiked — May 8th 2024 at 14:37
Unelected officials want the power to drag us back into lockdown.

The WHO's Plan for Public-Health Tyranny

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Ideology, Not Race, Widens Fractures in America

By: William Voegeli, The American Mind — May 8th 2024 at 14:30
Ideology, not race, is widening the fractures in American life.

Ideology, Not Race, Widens Fractures in America

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Trump's Plan To Take Out Cartel Leaders

By: Asawin Suebsaeng, Rolling Stone — May 8th 2024 at 14:40
Trump has told allies about his plans to covertly send Special Forces to Mexico to assassinate drug kingpins, sources say.

Trump's Plan To Take Out Cartel Leaders

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East Asia's Coming Population Collapse

By: Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs — May 8th 2024 at 14:44
And how it will reshape world politics.

East Asia's Coming Population Collapse

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US's Greatest Strategic Failure? Embracing Communist China

By: Fanell & Thayer, RCP — May 8th 2024 at 14:43
From the war in Ukraine to the horrific terror attack on Oct. 7 and the subsequent conflict in the Middle East to the roiling waters of the South China Sea, the world today is in crisis. The causes are not found in Moscow or Tehran alone, but primarily in Washington and Beijing. They are the consequence of two fundamental and interrelated grand strategic mistakes made by the U.S. First, the failure to understand the threat from the People's Republic of China.

US’s Greatest Strategic Failure? Embracing Communist China

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Argentina Has Already Experienced Results of Socialism

By: Javier Milei, Milken Institute — May 8th 2024 at 14:38
President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks about his economic reform platform and the value of liberty in human flourishing at the Milken Institute Global Conference.

Argentina Has Already Experienced Results of Socialism

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Campus Protests Signal End of an Era for Dems

By: David Wallace-Wells, New York Times — May 8th 2024 at 14:32
Each college had a choice; in most places, they chose to escalate.

Campus Protests Signal End of an Era for Dems

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Kristi Noem Cuts Short Book Tour Citing 'Bad Weather'

By: Philip Wegmann, RCP — May 8th 2024 at 14:26
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has cut short a disastrous book tour after receiving withering criticism for her story of shooting an ill-behaved puppy and unverified claims of meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, RealClearPolitics is first to report. The book, released Tuesday, is titled "No Going Back."

Kristi Noem Cuts Short Book Tour Citing 'Bad Weather'

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Trump 'Veepstakes': How Low Will Republicans Stoop?

By: Margaret Sullivan, Guardian — May 8th 2024 at 14:33
The 'veepstakes' see prominent Republicans discarding any last shreds of integrity to impress Trump. It's a grim omen

Trump 'Veepstakes': How Low Will Republicans Stoop?

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TikTok Sues the U.S. Government. So Now What?

By: Aron Solomon, The Hill — May 8th 2024 at 14:27
On Tuesday, TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance filed a high-stakes lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The suit was filed against the U.S. government, challenging a new law that would force ByteDance to sell TikTok's American operations or face a nationwide ban on the popular social media app.

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Censorship in the New Regime Is Corporate

By: Sohrab Ahmari, TomKlingenstein.com — May 8th 2024 at 14:24
The concentrated power of Big Tech and establishment media rivals the information-control capacities of the worst 20th-century dictatorships.

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Putin Won't March on Europe If We Stop Funding Ukraine

By: Rebekah Koffler, Newsweek — May 7th 2024 at 14:38
If Washington elites are hell bent on continuing to fund another war, impoverishing Americans as inflation is raging, they should pick a more clever excuse.

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Who Will Be Dumb Enough To Become Trump's VP?

By: Rex Huppke, USA Today — May 7th 2024 at 14:56
Who will be Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate? It's frankly remarkable that anyone would want the job.

Who Will Be Dumb Enough To Become Trump’s VP?

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Democrats Use Legal System To Target the Right

By: Glenn Reynolds, New York Post — May 7th 2024 at 14:58
Laws that hamper Democrats are ignored.A Laws that might be used to hurt Republicans are enforced to a€” and often well past - the limits of the law.

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Will Renewed U.S. Support for Ukraine Be Enough?

By: Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate — May 7th 2024 at 14:39
Ian Bremmer explains how an additional $61 billion in aid and arms will, and will not, change the course of the war.

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Political Violence in America

By: Brooke Rollins, The American Mind — May 7th 2024 at 14:45
The leftist tumult, often sliding into intimidation and violence, overtaking American college campuses is neither temporary nor topical. That is, it won't end when the war in Gaza ends, nor is it even particularly about that war. What we are seeing in 2024 is the latest, dreary iteration of left-wing violence that seems predictably to strike during election years.

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Judge Merchan Is Out of Good Options

By: David Graham, The Atlantic — May 7th 2024 at 14:51
In April, when Judge Juan Merchan first heard arguments about whether Donald Trump was violating a gag order in his criminal case in Manhattan, he sharply and skeptically questioned the former president's attorneys, accusing one of "losing all credibility."

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New Data Should Have Team Biden Sweating

By: Guy Benson, Townhall — May 7th 2024 at 14:53
A recent analysis published by the left-leaning Brookings Institution -- which highlights Pew data -- demonstrates significant erosion within Joe Biden's 2020 victory coalition, across multiple key demographics.

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Lawmakers Urge U.S. Action To Halt China's Organ Trade

By: Susan Crabtree, RCP — May 7th 2024 at 14:32
A group of leading China critics in Congress is urging the State Department to step up its efforts to curb Beijing's gruesome $1 billion forced organ harvesting trade, which targets ethnic and religious minorities, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, Muslims, Christians, and Falun Gong practitioners.

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The Collapse of the News Is Taking Its Soul Down With It

By: Jack Shafer, Politico — May 7th 2024 at 14:38
A general view of the Kansas City bureau of the Associated Press. In the foreground is the East desk. Next is the Coast desk, then the State desks and in the background the Local desk, on April 22, 1940. | AP Corporate Archives

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Gaza War Protests Don't Yet Rival Anti-Vietnam War Movement

By: Ed Kilgore, NY Mag — May 7th 2024 at 14:47
For many a baby-boomer, the sights and sounds of student protests against U.S. complicity in Israel's war in Gaza brought back vivid memories of the anti-Vietnam War movement of their youth and of the conservative backlash that ultimately placed its legacy in question.

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U.S. Research $ Should Support U.S. Values, Not Antisemitism

By: Brittany Madni, RCP — May 7th 2024 at 14:29
College campuses across America - and in particular across the Ivy League - have erupted with antisemitic, pro-Hamas encampments and riots. These anti-American activities are not the peaceful protests on college campuses of the past. They are federally funded demonstrations of support for terrorism. and the Biden administration is encouraging them.

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Jim Jordan Has To Step Up Immediately

By: Mike Davis, War Room — May 6th 2024 at 14:59
"Article III Project" founder Mike Davis calls for Rep. Jim Jordan and the House Judiciary and "Weaponization Of Government" Committees to take action to investigate people bringing criminal cases against Donald Trump

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Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order Again, Threatens Jail

By: Sara Boboltz, HuffPost — May 6th 2024 at 14:46
The former president was held in contempt of court for a 10th time on Monday.

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MIT Becomes First Elite University To Ban Diversity Statements

By: John Sailer, UnHerd — May 6th 2024 at 14:44
In what's likely to be a watershed moment, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ended the use of diversity statements for faculty hiring, making it the first elite private university to backtrack on the practice

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Brainwashing Activists Starts Long Before College

By: Karol Markowicz, New York Post — May 6th 2024 at 14:03
What we're seeing on our campuses is the culmination of many years of leftist activists pushing kids to the forefront to spread their propaganda.

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How To Talk to Your Neighbor About Election Integrity

By: Elle Purnell, The Federalist — May 6th 2024 at 14:49
You don't have to be a legal expert to understand these fundamental things about what makes elections free and secure.

How To Talk to Your Neighbor About Election Integrity

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The Insanity at the Heart of the Trump Trial

By: Byron York, Washington Examiner — May 6th 2024 at 13:42
Perhaps the weirdest thing about former President Donald Trump's trial in New York is that we do not know precisely what crime Trump is charged with committing.
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Trump's Speech to Libertarians Reflects New Desperation

By: Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC — May 6th 2024 at 14:54
Trump's upcoming speech to libertarians shows he's looking for votes wherever he can find them - just as the party is turning MAGA-friendly.

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Fareed Zakaria and Our Tumultuous World

By: Anita Jain, Washington Monthly — May 6th 2024 at 13:57
The ubiquitous columnist and television broadcaster's new book on revolution through the ages may be familiar, but it's still spot on.

Fareed Zakaria and Our Tumultuous World

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The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History

By: Dylan Saba, The Nation — May 6th 2024 at 14:09
The protesters are building on decades of struggle for Palestine and pulling us all into a radically new future. Suddenly, history is speaking with gusto.

The Student Movement Is Writing a New Chapter of History

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America as Seen From Budapest

By: David Goldman, The American Conservative — May 6th 2024 at 13:49
Janos Zoltan Csak surveys America in all its glorious contradiction-and renders trenchant warnings for our future.

America as Seen From Budapest

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Confidence in Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low

By: Megan Brenan, Gallup — May 6th 2024 at 14:58
Americans continue to lack confidence in key leaders' ability to do the right thing for the economy.

Confidence in Biden Economic Stewardship Historically Low

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Biden's Quiet Comeback May Be Over

By: Douglas Schoen, The Hill — May 6th 2024 at 14:47
Immediately following President Biden's State of the Union address in March, the incumbent president saw a surge in the polls which seemed poised to revive his campaign and reenergize the Democratic Party.

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New Polls Show Kennedy a Growing Threat to Both Parties

By: Adam Garrie, Substack — May 5th 2024 at 15:55
A new CNN/SSRS poll shows that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a serious threat to "dual incumbents" President Biden and former president Trump.

New Polls Show Kennedy a Growing Threat to Both Parties

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From Idealism to Irresponsibility

By: Roger Kimball, American Greatness — May 5th 2024 at 15:46
One of the most conspicuous, and conspicuously jejune, features of America's cultural revolution has been the union of hedonism with a species of radical (or radical-chic) politics.

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Venture Capital's Space for Sheep

By: Trae Stephens, Pirate Wires — May 5th 2024 at 15:43
vcs should invest in companies that create hype cycles, rather than those that simply follow them

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Protesters Should Learn What Genocide Is

By: Elisha Wiesel, USA Today — May 5th 2024 at 15:47
Universities are obliged to allow free speech. They are also obliged to make sure that students can attend classes free of harassment.

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It's the Democrats' Turn To Scare America

By: Sasha Stone, Substack — May 5th 2024 at 16:11
No one should be surprised it ended up here.

It's the Democrats' Turn To Scare America

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How Student Encampments Can Strengthen U.S.

By: Jan-Werner Muller, The Guardian — May 5th 2024 at 15:48
Instead of defending the right to protest, many centrists are delegitimizing students, despite the value of what they're doing

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Close Presidential Race Careens Toward Uncertain End

By: Bowman, et al., NBC News — May 5th 2024 at 15:58
Here's where the race for president stands six months from Election Day - in the polls, on the balance sheet, in key battlegrounds and more.Volume Muted Icon

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'Equity' Grading Is Latest Educational Fad Destined To Fail

By: Steven Greenhut, Reason — May 5th 2024 at 15:52
Why work extra hard when you won't be able to get an A? Why try to improve when you won't get worse than a C?

'Equity' Grading Is Latest Educational Fad Destined To Fail

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The Trump Trial, Columbia Anarchy--and Hope for New York

By: Gerard Baker, WSJ — May 5th 2024 at 16:25
The view from Ninth Avenue is of a city that has gone crazy. But statewide there are signs of sanity.

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Biden Has a Problem With Centrist Voters

By: Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner — May 5th 2024 at 15:56
Biden won the 2020 Democratic nomination as a self-described centrist, but has since adopted more liberal policies that could cost him in 2024.

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Is Trump on Track To Blow the Election?

By: Keith Naughton, The Hill — May 5th 2024 at 16:16
Democrats are in a bit of a panic over Donald Trump's polling numbers against President Biden - the former president has led Biden in the RealClearPolitics ballot test for months and is consistently outpolling Biden in the battleground states.

Is Trump on Track To Blow the Election?

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Pitch-Perfect Choice To Lead Voice of America

By: Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics — May 3rd 2024 at 14:01
Today is the 30th annual World Press Freedom Day, and it comes at a precipitous time.

Pitch-Perfect Choice To Lead Voice of America

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American Aid Alone Won't Save Ukraine

By: Jack Watling, Foreign Affairs — May 3rd 2024 at 16:23
To survive, Kyiv must build new brigades-and force Moscow to negotiate.

American Aid Alone Won't Save Ukraine

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Our Overreach vs. Russia Is Alienating the World

By: Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate — May 3rd 2024 at 16:23
Since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine more than two years ago, the West has desperately sought ways to punish Russia without harming...

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'Remember Us': How To Fight Media Bombholing

By: Mark Judge, Chronicles — May 3rd 2024 at 16:26
A couple years ago the journalist Matt Taibbi came up with a telling new term for the way the media works in our time: bombholing. Bombholing is the practice of publishing wild and unsubstantiated stories in the press, then sending those same stories down the memory hole when they turn out to be false. Then the media hits viewers with a new "bombshell," which makes people forget the old "bombshell." Viewers are led "from mania to mania."

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Columbia Protesters Backed Themselves Into a Corner

By: Michael Powell, The Atlantic — May 3rd 2024 at 16:21
Yesterday afternoon, Columbia University's campus felt like it would in the hours before a heat wave breaks.

Columbia Protesters Backed Themselves Into a Corner

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Normal Students Get Screwed

By: Ani Wilcenski, Tablet Magazine — May 3rd 2024 at 16:17
Elite universities went to war against fraternities and fun while indulging Hamas-admiring collectives, and the students have noticed

Normal Students Get Screwed

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Biden Is 2024's Chaos Candidate

By: Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon — May 3rd 2024 at 16:02
The electorate views the instability that Trump brought differently than the disorder that Biden unleashed. Once there was a single

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Will the Enthusiasm Gap Matter in 2024?

By: Nate Moore, Substack — May 3rd 2024 at 16:00
Just 39 percent of voters are enthusiastic about the impending rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The lack of excitement is no surprise: both men are deeply unpopular. What is surprising, however, is the large partisan enthusiasm gap. According to fresh

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There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech

By: Abigail Shrier, The Free Press — May 3rd 2024 at 16:03
Frat parties with offensive themes are swiftly punished. But publicly contemplate murdering Zionists? That's a different story.

There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech

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What College Presidents Need To Learn

By: Harold Meyerson, American Prospect — May 3rd 2024 at 16:06
And what Joe Biden had better learn

What College Presidents Need To Learn

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This Regime Is Built on a Lie

By: Scott Yenor, TomKlingenstein.com — May 3rd 2024 at 16:13
The belief that the present social order is systemically racist requires a whole-of-society, top-to-bottom revolution.

This Regime Is Built on a Lie

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Washington Uniparty Wins, Americans Lose

By: Josh Hammer, TomKlingenstein.com — May 2nd 2024 at 15:09
The sham opposition of the institutional GOP leaves patriotic Americans desperate for real leadership from class traitors in Washington.

Washington Uniparty Wins, Americans Lose

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Left-Wing Activists Met With WH on Registering Voters

By: Gabe Kaminsky, DC Examiner — May 2nd 2024 at 14:58
New documents obtained by the Washington Examiner shed light on the White House's work with left-wing groups on voter registration.

Left-Wing Activists Met With WH on Registering Voters

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The Greatest Health Challenge of the 21st Century

By: Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience — May 2nd 2024 at 14:40
Since the dawn of the 20th century, humanity has experienced a rise in life expectancy unparalleled over our species' 300,000-year history. In 1900, a newborn could expect to live, on average, 32 years. By 2021, he or she had 71 years ahead of them.

The Greatest Health Challenge of the 21st Century

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Deceptive Climate Regulations Won't Stand in Court

By: Chris Horner, Wall Street Journal — May 2nd 2024 at 14:48
If the major-questions doctrine doesn't kill them, the ‘rule against pretext' will.

Deceptive Climate Regulations Won't Stand in Court

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Avoiding Victimhood: A Lesson From Our Jewish Peers

By: Lexi Boccuzzi, RCP — May 2nd 2024 at 14:31
More than six months have passed since the deadly attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. Yet it seems like every day I wake up to new reports of antisemitic conduct, particularly among America's most elite young adults, Ivy League students. The latest has been a series of violent protests at Columbia and Yale where Jewish students were harassed and even attacked. At Penn, I have been reporting on the ground while protesters chanted "Israelis are pigs," and "Al-Qassam make us proud, take another soldier down." Our famous Ben Franklin statue was even vandalized with the KKK slur "Zios get fuckt." How did the...

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Could It Be 2016 All Over Again?

By: Ruy Teixeira, Substack — May 2nd 2024 at 15:00
Revisiting the immigration-health care nexus.

Could It Be 2016 All Over Again?

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How To Tell Good Industrial Policy From Bad

By: Gillian Tett, Financial Times — May 2nd 2024 at 14:52
Experience shows that encouraging exports rather than slapping tariffs on imports works best

How To Tell Good Industrial Policy From Bad

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The Many Faces of Campus Activism

By: David Dayen, American Prospect — May 2nd 2024 at 14:54
The linkages between anti-war protesters and 317,000 students who waited a decade for restitution for their fraudulent college loans

The Many Faces of Campus Activism

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DEI Conquers Stanford

By: Christopher Rufo, City Journal — May 2nd 2024 at 14:33
The university now has at least 177 bureaucrats dedicated to left-wing racialism.

DEI Conquers Stanford

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What Democrats Gain by Saving Speaker Johnson

By: Hayes Brown, MSNBC — May 2nd 2024 at 15:14
The MAGA firebrand's attempt to remove the speaker has run into opposition from House Democrats playing the long game.

What Democrats Gain by Saving Speaker Johnson

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How Bad Is Biden Doing? He's Given Up on Bidenomics

By: Ingrid Jacques, USA Today — May 2nd 2024 at 15:42
President Biden skated past glaring stumbles and negative headlines because much of the media was laser focused on Donald Trump's trial in New York.

How Bad Is Biden Doing? He's Given Up on Bidenomics

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A Bystander to '60s Protests, Biden Now Becomes a Target

By: Peter Baker, NY Times — May 1st 2024 at 14:20
When students took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in April 1968, a young Joe Biden was studying law 250

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Campus Goes Crazy, Democrats Hardest Hit

By: Derek Hunter, The Hill — May 1st 2024 at 14:19
Some people are their own worst enemy - unable to get out of their own way, derailing their own good opportunities, large or small. You know the type - late to the interview for the dream job, says something stupid when meeting someone they're attracted to, or just generally doing or saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment.

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Biden Atop the Greasy Pole

By: Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner — May 1st 2024 at 14:18
The Democratic Party is changing under President Joe Biden, but not at his direction.

Biden Atop the Greasy Pole

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Why Trump's New Campaign Strategy Is So Scary

By: Jim Newell, Slate — May 1st 2024 at 14:17
This is a completely different strategy than we're used to.

Why Trump's New Campaign Strategy Is So Scary

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How To Get More Young People To Vote

By: Jane Eisner, Boston Globe — May 1st 2024 at 14:12
Twenty years ago, I published "Taking Back the Vote: Getting American Youth Involved in Our Democracy." The book grew out of a personal passion: Once my oldest child was able to cast a ballot, I became fascinated with the potential of our youngest voters to shape politics. Yet American youths face unique obstacles at the ballot box.

How To Get More Young People To Vote

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Dems Use Taxpayer Dollars To Target Young Voters

By: Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist — May 1st 2024 at 15:29
Democrat officials in AZ and NV are using taxpayer dollars to register and turn out Dem-favorable young voters ahead of the 2024 election.

Dems Use Taxpayer Dollars To Target Young Voters

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GOP Senators a Bigger Threat to Constitution Than Trump

By: John Nichols, The Nation — May 1st 2024 at 14:10
Donald Trump may talk about wanting to act as "a dictator" if he wins a second term. But what Trump really wants is to be a king.

GOP Senators a Bigger Threat to Constitution Than Trump

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Ukraine Funding Helps Prolong Bloody Stalemate

By: Sen. Ron Johnson, RCP on SiriusXM — May 1st 2024 at 14:09
RCP reporter Philip Wegmann interviewed Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, about why he opposed the latest round of U.S. funding for the Ukraine War, on Tuesday's edition of the RealClearPolitics radio show (Monday through Friday on SiriusX's POTUS Channel 124).

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Biden's Title IX Rewrite Puts Women and Girls at Risk

By: Shane Harris, AMAC — May 1st 2024 at 14:01
The Biden ED finalized its overhaul of Title IX, the landmark 1972 law establishing important protections against sex-based discrimination.

Biden's Title IX Rewrite Puts Women and Girls at Risk

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The Lie of the Century: The Origin of COVID-19

By: Jeff Smith, RealClearWorld — May 1st 2024 at 13:59
Four years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, what do we know about the origin of the SARSCOV2 virus?We were presented at the outset with two competing theories

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Women of Trump's GOP Try To Show Who Is Most Macho

By: Robin Abcarian, LA Times — May 1st 2024 at 14:06
To be as tough as the guys, Republicans Kristi Noem shot her dog, Joni Ernst castrated hogs, Sarah Palin advocated shooting wolves from the air.

Women of Trump's GOP Try To Show Who Is Most Macho

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Why Does America Have Religious Liberty?

By: Glenn Moots, American Reformer — April 30th 2024 at 15:27
Can Political Theorists Be Trusted?

Why Does America Have Religious Liberty?

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Death to Facts at a Top Journalism School

By: Mark Glennon, Wirepoints — April 30th 2024 at 15:49
It's beyond belief that a supposedly reputable journalism school could have Thrasher or any proponent of advocacy journalism among its faculty.

Death to Facts at a Top Journalism School

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Plaintiffs' Lawyers Flagrant Abuse of Public Nuisance Law

By: Luther Strange, The Hill — April 30th 2024 at 15:51
There's a quiet revolution taking place in the law, powered by a sleepy old common law theory called public nuisance, and it is on the cusp of causing a breakdown of the American tort system.

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The Lagash Lounge

By: John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics — April 30th 2024 at 13:56
In 2023, an Italo-American archaeological team announced their discovery of a 5,000-year-old tavern in Lagash, an ancient city-state capital in southern Iraq. A cuneiform tablet found among the ruins carried a recipe for beer, which the team believed to be the bar's most popular beverage, even exceeding water. Photos of the site showed piles of broken pottery "mugs" strewn about. The Lagash Lounge must have held a heck of a party the night it closed down.

The Lagash Lounge

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Is Trump Nostalgia Enough?

By: Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics — April 30th 2024 at 14:13
As a general rule, whenever people ask me about my thoughts on poll "x" or poll "y" my response is the same: Throw it in the poll average. Remember, not only are error margins real, but they're intrinsic to sampling.

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Judge Holds Trump in Contempt, Warns of Jail Time

By: Boboltz & Vlachou, HuffPost — April 30th 2024 at 14:17
Judge Juan Merchan warned the former president could face jail time if he continues to violate the directive.

Judge Holds Trump in Contempt, Warns of Jail Time

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Poll: Election-Shifting Percentage Admits to Illegal Voting

By: Justin Haskins, Federalist — April 30th 2024 at 15:25
One in five mail-in voters admitted to violating election laws in 2020, which should have disqualified their ballots.

Poll: Election-Shifting Percentage Admits to Illegal Voting

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Five Ways Campus Turmoil Hurts Democrats and America

By: Charles Lipson, RCP — April 30th 2024 at 13:59
Higher education is sinking lower and lower. That's bad news for our country, which has benefited enormously from having the world's best system of higher education. And it's bad news for Democrats, who face a tight election.

Five Ways Campus Turmoil Hurts Democrats and America

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One Way To Bring College Costs Back in Line With Reality

By: LZ Granderson, LA Times — April 30th 2024 at 15:31
Why do universities charge future teachers the same rate as future engineers?

One Way To Bring College Costs Back in Line With Reality

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The Grit and Resilience of Student Protesters

By: Soraya Chemaly, The Nation — April 30th 2024 at 15:26
Gen Z is exhibiting the competence, control, and commitment that it has been castigated, as a generation, for lacking.

The Grit and Resilience of Student Protesters

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The Growing RFK Jr. Coalition

By: James Billot, UnHerd — April 30th 2024 at 14:13
The Camelot myth haunts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He was brought up to believe that he would be the one to pick up the mantle left by Arthur, John F. Kennedy.

The Growing RFK Jr. Coalition

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The Failed Promise of Egg Freezing

By: Anna North, Vox — April 29th 2024 at 13:44
The costly procedure was supposed to give women a new kind of freedom. Is that what it really offers?
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Why So Many People Are Moving to Texas

By: Nicole Russell, USA Today — April 29th 2024 at 13:33
Not fully in the South and not entirely in the West, Texas is its own thing and people seem friendly, approachable and helpful.
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Biden's New Title IX Regs Eviscerate Definition of Sex

By: Morrisey & Gains, FOX News — April 29th 2024 at 13:32
Biden's dangerous new Title IX regulations destroy the definition of sex and wreck the opportunities girls and women receive by participating in athletic competition.
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Can We Fix a Culture Hostile To Raising Children?

By: Casey Chalk, The Federalist — April 29th 2024 at 13:32
'Family Unfriendly' documents all the ways our laws and culture are discouraging family formation - but the problem may be much deeper.
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Cops Storming Protests Should Scare You About What's Next

By: Will Bunch, Philly Inq — April 29th 2024 at 13:32
A violent coast-to-coast, riot-cop crackdown on campus protests threatens the right for all dissent on the eve of the presidential election.
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America in the Shadow of Lawfare

By: Kenin Spivak, The American Mind — April 29th 2024 at 13:32

America in the Shadow of Lawfare

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Education Apocalypse Now?

By: Glenn Reynolds, Substack — April 28th 2024 at 14:15
The Ivy League Hits An Iceberg.
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Campus Leaders Must Show Courage, Stand Up to Hatred

By: Robert Kraft, NY Post — April 28th 2024 at 14:15
Signs at Columbia University read Go Back to Poland, calling for the Jewish community to return to the horrific death camps of the Holocaust.
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The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education

By: George Packer, Atlantic — April 28th 2024 at 14:15
Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.
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The Strange Death of the Family

By: Joel Kotkin, Spiked — April 28th 2024 at 14:13
The world is sleepwalking towards a depopulation crisis.
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Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden

By: David Frum, The Atlantic — April 28th 2024 at 14:05
Even Bill Barr Should Prefer Joe Biden
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Biden's Dilemma: NC Voters Are Sour on Economy

By: Ned Barnett, The News & Observer — April 28th 2024 at 14:05
All indicators are up, except the one that matters most to Biden's reelection
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