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Today — May 18th 2024Your RSS feeds

Panic Time? Biden Unlikely To Turn It Around

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

Panic Time? Biden Unlikely To Turn It Around

How Moderators Became the Problem With Debates

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lenin 100 Hundred Years Later

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

Why I'm Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

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

Why I'm Skipping My 50th Reunion at Yale

Democrats' Problem With Working Class Voters

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

Democrats' Problem With Working Class Voters

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

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

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

'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices

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

'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices

A Battle Between Appearance and Reality

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

A Battle Between Appearance and Reality

Will the Biden-Trump Debates Matter?

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

Will the Biden-Trump Debates Matter?

A Dangerous Road

By: Piereson ＆amp； Riley， City Journal
Higher education institutions may come to regret considering Israel Divestment proposals for their endowments.
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Stop Trying To Cancel KC Kicker Harrison Butker

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

Stop Trying To Cancel KC Kicker Harrison Butker

The Rise of Gut Politics

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

The Rise of Gut Politics

Biden's Urgent Push To Win Black Voters Starts Now

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

Biden’s Urgent Push To Win Black Voters Starts Now

Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions to House Dems

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

Billionaires Funding Protests Donate Millions to House Dems

Harrison Butker, Harbinger?

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

Harrison Butker, Harbinger?

Cohen Gives Trump His Best Day in Trial So Far

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

Cohen Gives Trump His Best Day in Trial So Far

Tapper the Perfect Partisan Hack To Give Biden an Edge

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

Tapper the Perfect Partisan Hack To Give Biden an Edge

Why My New Jersey Friend Is Sticking With Trump

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

Why My New Jersey Friend Is Sticking With Trump

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

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

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

Working Class-Sized Hole in Democratic Support Widens

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

Working Class-Sized Hole in Democratic Support Widens

The Debate About Presidential Debates

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

The Debate About Presidential Debates

When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter

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

When Donald Trump Met Hannibal Lecter

Will Dems Pay a Price for Their Cynical Lawfare Strategy?

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

Will Dems Pay a Price for Their Cynical Lawfare Strategy?

The Biden Reelection Strategy

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

The Biden Reelection Strategy

Trump and the Fantasy of an Election Game-Changer

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

Trump and the Fantasy of an Election Game-Changer

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NFL Player Harrison Butker's Misogynistic Commencement Speech

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

NFL Player Harrison Butker's Misogynistic Commencement Speech

Gen Z Does Want Dialogue on Israel and Palestine

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

Gen Z Does Want Dialogue on Israel and Palestine

DOJ Officials Prepare Attacks on Trump Appointees

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

DOJ Officials Prepare Attacks on Trump Appointees

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

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

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

The Future of the Commission on Presidential Debates

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

The Future of the Commission on Presidential Debates

Alsobrooks Beat the Money, Now Must Beat a Republican

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

Alsobrooks Beat the Money, Now Must Beat a Republican

Political Intrigue Behind the Unusually Early June Debate Date

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

Political Intrigue Behind the Unusually Early June Debate Date

Marxism Is a Gulag of the Mind

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

Marxism Is a Gulag of the Mind

Will Americans Be Able To Trust the 2024 Election?

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

Will Americans Be Able To Trust the 2024 Election?

Who's Funding Nonprofit Journalism?

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

Who's Funding Nonprofit Journalism?

The Trial Against Trump Is a Mistake

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

The Trial Against Trump Is a Mistake

The Lomez Dox

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

The Lomez Dox

Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Biden?

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

Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Biden?

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

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

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

Panic or Patience? Dems' Dilemma as Biden Stumbles

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

Panic or Patience? Dems' Dilemma as Biden Stumbles

The Biden Campaign Is Worried

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

The Biden Campaign Is Worried

PA Voter Allegiances Changing in 2024

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

PA Voter Allegiances Changing in 2024

Swing Voters Prefer Democrats. Just Not Biden

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

Swing Voters Prefer Democrats. Just Not Biden

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

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

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

Brown v. Board: Right Result, Wrong Reason

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

Brown v. Board: Right Result, Wrong Reason

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guess Which Huge Biden Lie CNN Refused To Fact-Check

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

Guess Which Huge Biden Lie CNN Refused To Fact-Check

Toxic Atmosphere at FDIC Spurs Calls for Chair's Resignation

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

Toxic Atmosphere at FDIC Spurs Calls for Chair’s Resignation

Who's Ready for President Kamala Harris?

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

Who’s Ready for President Kamala Harris?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Republicans Must Condemn Lawfare Against Trump

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

Republicans Must Condemn Lawfare Against Trump

Why Is Greta Thunberg Wearing a Keffiyeh?

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

Why Is Greta Thunberg Wearing a Keffiyeh?

It's a Climate Election Now

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

It's a Climate Election Now

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Rise of the 'Never Bidens'

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

The Rise of the 'Never Bidens'

Blue Wall States Offer a Silver Lining of Hope for Biden

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

Blue Wall States Offer a Silver Lining of Hope for Biden

The 2024 Race Is Now Donald Trump's To Lose

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

The 2024 Race Is Now Donald Trump’s To Lose

To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased

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

To the Class of 2024: You Are All Diseased

Why Doesn't YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?

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

Why Doesn't YouTube TV Carry C-SPAN?

Protest Voting Is a Road to Nowhere

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

Protest Voting Is a Road to Nowhere

Has America Finally Had It With Biden?

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

Has America Finally Had It With Biden?

Racism That Once Was, Is No More

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

Racism That Once Was, Is No More

Letitia James' Brutal Assault Against Pregnancy Centers

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

Letitia James' Brutal Assault Against Pregnancy Centers

The Uncomfortable Feeling of Awkward Humor Is Okay

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

The Uncomfortable Feeling of Awkward Humor Is Okay

Court Tosses Biden's Effort To Stop Censorship Lawsuit

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

Court Tosses Biden's Effort To Stop Censorship Lawsuit

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis

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

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis

Is America Still Israel's Ally?

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

Is America Still Israel's Ally?

Trump Rallies in NJ, New Swing State Polls

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

Trump Rallies in NJ, New Swing State Polls

Israel Cannot Stand Alone and Netanyahu Knows It

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

Israel Cannot Stand Alone and Netanyahu Knows It

Believe Faulty Crime Stats or Your Own Eyes?

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

Believe Faulty Crime Stats or Your Own Eyes?

Democrats Might Need To Replace Biden

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

Democrats Might Need To Replace Biden

Biden's Using Tax Dollars To Turn Out Democrat Votes

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

Biden's Using Tax Dollars To Turn Out Democrat Votes

Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

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

Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?

Can Trump Overcome Biden's Corrupt Campaign Strategy?

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

Can Trump Overcome Biden's Corrupt Campaign Strategy?

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

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

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

Biden's Punitive, Anti-Growth Tax Proposals

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

Biden’s Punitive, Anti-Growth Tax Proposals

Protesters Demonstrating Bravery, Not Antisemitism

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

Protesters Demonstrating Bravery, Not Antisemitism

The New Oval Office Normal Is Non-Stop Crises

By: Doyle McManus， LA Times
Trump is trying to blame Biden for anything that goes wrong - illegal immigration, Gaza and Ukraine wars, inflation. It's the new burden of incumbency.

The New Oval Office Normal Is Non-Stop Crises

Gen Z Ready To Vote, Too Bad Biden & Trump Are Awful

By: Dace Potas， USA Today
My generation has been involved in the political process for years. So it's too bad both presidential candidates are horrible.

Gen Z Ready To Vote, Too Bad Biden & Trump Are Awful

Only Israel Is Not Allowed To Defend Itself

By: Ben Stein， The American Spectator
Israel is doing self-defense acts that have been standard in war since the 1930s. Only Israel gets smeared for this.

Only Israel Is Not Allowed To Defend Itself

Greta, Palestine, and the Current Thing

By: Jordan Schachtel， Substack
Progressive empathy is a never-ending struggle session.

Greta, Palestine, and the Current Thing

A Way To Enforce Immigration Law Most Americans Support

By: Wolf ＆amp； Law， FOX News
The far left and the news media have tried hard to demonize deportation of illegal aliens, but it's an essential way we enforce immigration law and most Americans support it.

A Way To Enforce Immigration Law Most Americans Support

Suddenly There Aren't Enough Babies - and the World Is Alarmed

By: Ip ＆amp； Adamy， WSJ
Birthrates are falling fast across countries, ​with economic, social and geopolitical ​consequences

Suddenly There Aren’t Enough Babies - and the World Is Alarmed

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis, in 8 Charts

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

America's Misunderstood Border Crisis, in 8 Charts

Gen Z Getting Hit Hard by Inflation

By: Krystal Hur， CNN
Gen Z is in the financial trenches. A new study from credit reporting agency TransUnion found those in their early 20s are earning less, have more debt and see higher delinquency rates than Millennials did at their age.

Gen Z Getting Hit Hard by Inflation

The Most Endangered Democrat in America

By: Ross Barkan， New York Magazine
Jamaal Bowman, the two-term congressman from Westchester County and the would-be future of the progressive left, is tired of the questions about George Latimer. "Yeah, I mean, I think it says something about his character, his integrity, and his actual leadership for the district. But enough of him. When are we going to talk about me?"

The Most Endangered Democrat in America

What I'm Listening For in Michael Cohen's Testimony

By: Andrew Weissmann， NY Times
For the final stage of the prosecutor's case in the People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump,

What I'm Listening For in Michael Cohen's Testimony

The George Costanza Presidency

By: Allysia Finley， Wall Street Journal
With each expedient act, from climate policy to the Mideast, Joe Biden digs a deeper hole for himself.

The George Costanza Presidency

Left's Extra-Legal War Against Trump Has Failed

By: Victor Davis Hanson， Am Greatness
What will be the endgame of all these attacks on the American legal system and the warping of it for blatant political purposes?

Left's Extra-Legal War Against Trump Has Failed

How Biden Can Lure Back Blue-Collar Voters

By: Steven Greenhouse， The Guardian
Experts say Biden can win back working-class Americans if he hammers home the message that he is helping them on pocketbook issues

How Biden Can Lure Back Blue-Collar Voters

The Shipwreck of Modernity

By: Daniel Mahoney， The American Mind
We must recover the moral foundations of democracy.

The Shipwreck of Modernity

The Real Threat to Democracy Is From the Elites

By: Winston Marshall， Oxford Union
Winston Marshall, the former banjo player from the band "Mumford & Sons", now host of The Winston Marshall Show podcast, spoke in opposition to an Oxford Union motion that "This House Believes Populism is a Threat to Democracy." Speaking for the motion was former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Real Threat to Democracy Is From the Elites

Elon Musk Launches Global Battle Over Govt 'Censorship' of X

By: Murphy ＆amp； Parkin， FT
Billionaire platform owner challenges takedown requests, but critics argue such efforts are opaque and selective

Elon Musk Launches Global Battle Over Govt 'Censorship' of X

Bibi Can Convince Israelis, Reassure America, Satisfy Saudis

By: Peter Berkowitz， RCP
Early last week, almost seven months after Iran-backed Hamas jihadists perpetrated heinous war crimes in Israel - murdering, raping, mutilating, and kidnapping mostly civilians - the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) seized the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow stretch of Gaza's Rafah district on the border with Egypt.

Bibi Can Convince Israelis, Reassure America, Satisfy Saudis

A 1968 Sequel? Dems Indulge Their Activist Fringe

By: Steven Hayward， City Journal
Democrats again indulge their activist fringe as another Chicago convention looms.

A 1968 Sequel? Dems Indulge Their Activist Fringe

‘Woke' Scouts and the Death of Another US Institution

By: Tom Basile， Washington Times
Another week, another headline that has millions wondering what has happened to the America of our youth. "Woke" social engineering by the far left appears to have claimed another victim: the Boy Scouts of America. The organization that had molded millions of boys into leaders who valued nature, personal responsibility and hard work has announced it will rebrand itself as "Scouting America," removing the word "boy" from its name. It's a wonder they didn't remove America too.

‘Woke’ Scouts and the Death of Another US Institution

Donnie After Dark

By: Maureen Dowd， New York Times
Stormy was working blue, and the judge was seeing red. Justice Juan Merchan chided Donald Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles, saying

Donnie After Dark

Boy Scouts of America Is Finally Embracing Inclusiveness

By: Ryan Beckwith， MSNBC
The organization is finally embracing inclusiveness, but only as a last resort.

Boy Scouts of America Is Finally Embracing Inclusiveness

Families Bear Financial Burden of Biden's Border Catastrophe

By: Ben Solis， AMAC
There are likely at least 15 million illegally residing in the U.S. following 4 years of the worst border crisis in history under Joe Biden.

Families Bear Financial Burden of Biden's Border Catastrophe

I Was a Student Protester. The Old Hyperbole Is Now Reality

By: Zeynep Tufekci， NYT
Two police cars idled across the street from the protest rally I was attending in front of the State Capitol

I Was a Student Protester. The Old Hyperbole Is Now Reality

Can the 2024 DNC Thwart Chicago Protests by Going Virtual?

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Mag
The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses has conjured up many nostalgic images of anti-Vietnam-War activism, some (as at Columbia University) self-consciously promoted by protesters whose parents weren't yet born when those antiwar rallies convulsed the country.

Can the 2024 DNC Thwart Chicago Protests by Going Virtual?

Antisemitism Awareness Act Is the Antidote to DEI

By: Bruce Abramson， RealClearPolitics
Last week, something all too rare occurred: The House of Representatives passed excellent legislation with a broad bipartisan majority.

Antisemitism Awareness Act Is the Antidote to DEI

Neither Israel Nor Hamas in Hurry To End War

By: Jonathan Freedland， The Guardian
Failing to stop an all-out attack on Rafah would make the US president look weak a€“ an unthinkable prospect in election year, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Neither Israel Nor Hamas in Hurry To End War

Trump Wants Just One Thing From His VP--and It's Terrible

By: Paul Waldman， MSNBC
Loyalty, not qualifications, is Trump's top priority.

Trump Wants Just One Thing From His VP--and It's Terrible

Why Gen Z Voters Are Souring on Biden

By: Sara Pequeño， USA Today
Democrats shouldn't expect all of Gen Z to show up for the party in November. Too much has happened.

Why Gen Z Voters Are Souring on Biden

Alvin Bragg's Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal

By: Jonathan Turley， The Hill
It turns out that speaking to the dead was one of the few relevant things Daniels had to offer in the case, which is now on a collision course with a motion for acquittal before the case even goes to the jury.

Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Trump Goes Paranormal

My Mother's Day Regret

By: Erica Komisar， Wall Street Journal
If your mother is still around, don't make the mistake of taking her for granted.

My Mother's Day Regret

Biden's Disastrous Jekyll-and-Hyde Approach to Israel

By: Michael Goodwin， NY Post
The remark, made as Biden closed in on the Democrats' 2020 nomination, has served as a handy explanation for his otherwise inexplicable habit of seizing defeat from the jaws of victory.

Biden's Disastrous Jekyll-and-Hyde Approach to Israel

Mother's Day Without Our Matriarchs

By: Paul Thornton， Los Angeles Times
For a family established by immigrants, there's an extra dimension of grief when those who were born in the old country are gone.

Mother's Day Without Our Matriarchs

Not Even RFK's Running-Mate Knows His Abortion Stance

By: Ed Kilgore， NY Magazine
Abortion policy is a major issue in the 2024 elections, thanks to the Supreme Court's 2022 decision to reverse Roe v. Wade. Many Democrats want to make this the preeminent 2024 campaign issue, knowing that a solid majority of Americans want to restore abortion rights and many are angry at Donald Trump and Republicans for taking them away.

Not Even RFK's Running-Mate Knows His Abortion Stance

How Speaker Johnson Got Duped

By: Eddie Scarry， The Federalist
Mike Johnson was duped because he's a fool. Democrats have never been been luckier having him as House speaker.

How Speaker Johnson Got Duped

Entrepreneurs Face Major Headwinds

By: Alfredo Ortiz， RealClearPolicy
The specter of stagflation has returned. On April 25th, The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that GDP only grew by 1.6% in the first quarter of this year, well below expectations.

Entrepreneurs Face Major Headwinds

The Man Who Brought Theoretical Physics to Wall Street

By: Kevin Dugan， NY Magazine
There are a vanishingly small number of people whose existence changed Wall Street. One of them was Jim Simons, a former academic mathematician who brought trading closer to the world of theoretical physics - and then exploded the possibilities of how people could make, and lose, money. If he wasn't history's greatest trader, he was among a handful who could ever make that claim. On Friday, the Simons Foundation announced that he had died at the age of 86 in New York City.

The Man Who Brought Theoretical Physics to Wall Street

The New Moral Panic: Social Media

By: Christopher Ferguson， The Hill
This year, my home state of Florida joined several other states in banning youth access to social media.

The New Moral Panic: Social Media

Bipartisan Immigration Reform Cannot Wait

By: Saulius Anuzis， RealClearPolitics
Immigration is shaping up to be a signature issue in the 2024 presidential race. The Biden campaign has launched a digital ad to cast a dark cloud on President Trump's family separation policy at the border. The Trump campaign vows to restore what they refer to as "effective immigration policies." It's becoming increasingly clear that bipartisan immigration reform is the solution.

Bipartisan Immigration Reform Cannot Wait

Trump's Internal Polls and a Trial Update

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth discuss the third week of Donald Trump's "hush money" trial and new rules from the Biden administration making it easier to reject asylum applications from migrants with criminal records. They also talk about President Biden's most recent statements on U.S. policy toward Israel and fears that the Democratic Party Convention this summer may be disrupted by protests.

Trump's Internal Polls and a Trial Update

Nearly Half of All Masters Degrees Aren't Worth Getting

By: Emma Camp， Reason
According to new research, 23 percent of bachelor's degree programs and 43 percent of master's degree programs have a negative ROI.

Nearly Half of All Masters Degrees Aren't Worth Getting

Roofs, Not Ceilings

By: Amity Shlaes， Coolidge Review
Is there such a thing as a perma-shortage? When it comes to affordable housing in the Bay Area, many conclude that the answer is "yes." Rents are high, rentals are hard to find, and regulations slow the pace of fresh construction.

Roofs, Not Ceilings

No Going Back

By: John Hamilton， RealClearPolitics
"Do you want to talk about something else today?" an exasperated Kristi Noem asked a television interviewer this week. The topic the beleaguered South Dakota governor preferred to avoid was the execution of her dog Cricket - by her - which she describes in her new autobiography, "No Going Back."

No Going Back

The Problem With America's Protest Feedback Loop

By: Jerusalem Demsas， The Atlantic
The country is stuck in a protest feedback loop. In recent months, students opposed to the Israel-Gaza war have occupied lawns and buildings at college campuses across the country. Emulating climate activists who have stopped traffic on crucial roadways, pro-Palestine demonstrators have blocked access to major airports. For months, the protests intensified as university, U.S., and Israeli policies seemed unmoved. Frustrated by their inefficacy, the protesters redoubled their efforts and escalated their tactics.

The Problem With America's Protest Feedback Loop

It's Official: GOP Speakership Depends on Democrats

By: Byron York， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
Back then, there was no Plan B, and there is no Plan B today.

It's Official: GOP Speakership Depends on Democrats

How Motherhood Liberated Me

By: Raina Raskin， The Free Press
'My daughter doesn't care if I'm exceptional. She just cares that I am hers.'

How Motherhood Liberated Me

Early Voting Will Decide the Election

By: Newt Gingrich， FOX News
A 'long campaign approach' has proven for the last decade that it is more likely to win close elections than the focus on the federally designated official Election Day.

Early Voting Will Decide the Election

A Left Between Victory and Defeat

By: Sam Adler-Bell， The Nation
How can the left escape burning out?

A Left Between Victory and Defeat

Is There Anything Biden Can Do To Turn Around Perceptions?

By: Fareed Zakaria， CNN
I have to admit, none of this is playing out as I had thought. Trump is now leading in almost all the swing states, and behind those numbers lie even more troubling details.

Is There Anything Biden Can Do To Turn Around Perceptions?

On CNN, Biden Tells Tales About Economy

By: Bevan， Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RCP on SiriusXM
Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Andrew Walworth discuss President Biden's comments about the economy last night on CNN and a new House investigation into the president's effort to use federal agencies to increase voter registration. They also talk about the new relationship between House Democrats and Speaker Mike Johnson and the news that Barron Trump will be an alternate delegate at the 2024 Republican Convention.

On CNN, Biden Tells Tales About Economy

How Bill Ackman's Anti-Woke Crusade Paid Off

By: Liz Hoffman， Semafor
Shares of his fund, Pershing Square Holdings, have soared since he's taken to X to criticize corporate diversity efforts, support Israel, and bash student protests.

How Bill Ackman's Anti-Woke Crusade Paid Off

Biden Faces New Democratic Divisions After Israel Shift

By: Alba ＆amp； Barnett， NBC News
Some voters in battleground states think Biden's threat to withhold certain weapons from Israel goes too far. Others say it's not enough.

Biden Faces New Democratic Divisions After Israel Shift

Biden Tries to Have It Both Ways With New Asylum Rules

By: Maanvi Singh， The Guardian
The president is under pressure from Republicans and progressives as humanitarian crisis builds and immigration remains a key voter issue

Biden Tries to Have It Both Ways With New Asylum Rules

You Cannot Defend Yourself

By: Jeremy Carl， TomKlingenstein.com
The group quota regime has largely succeeded in stripping its opponents, the American people, of the power to fight back.

You Cannot Defend Yourself

Media Appoint Themselves Arbiters of Truth Again

By: Tim Murtaugh， Washington Times
We are less than six months away from the presidential election, which means that certain members of the news media will soon appoint themselves the arbiters of truth. They'll do this even though so many got things wrong over the last half a decade (about Russian collusion with the 2016 Trump campaign, about COVID-19 and about Hunter Biden's laptop, to name a few).

Media Appoint Themselves Arbiters of Truth Again

DNC Preps for Worst in Chicago, With No Help From Mayor

By: Jonathan Martin， Politico
President Joe Biden's top advisers are all too aware the ghosts of 1968 may haunt their convention here, but they're grappling with a pair of more urgent and thoroughly modern-day challenges as summer nears: How far can they go in reprising their virtual 2020 convention to mitigate the threat of disruption inside the arena, and how will they navigate a rookie mayor who unabashedly sympathizes with protesters?

DNC Preps for Worst in Chicago, With No Help From Mayor

Stormy Daniels Turned the Tables on Trump Team's Strategy

By: Norman Eisen， CNN
On day 14 of the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, the defense took a gamble in launching a scorched-earth cross-examination of Stormy Daniels - a considerable intensification Thursday that went well-beyond the initial questioning of Daniels that Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles capably began on Tuesday.

Stormy Daniels Turned the Tables on Trump Team’s Strategy

TikTok Reaches for the Constitution

By: John Herrman， New York Magazine
In April, President Biden signed a bill forcing TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the platform or face a total ban. Now, the company is fighting back with a lawsuit. "For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban," the company said, in a lawsuit naming Attorney General Merrick Garland, adding that it "bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than 1 billion people worldwide."

TikTok Reaches for the Constitution

The Long Biden-Bibi Bear Hug Is Over

By: Susan Glasser， The New Yorker
A hostage and ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is not dead, a senior U.S. official says, but only if Netanyahu holds off on invading Rafah.

The Long Biden-Bibi Bear Hug Is Over

U.S.-China Cooperation Remains Possible

By: Joseph Nye， Project Syndicate
Just as the hands that rock the cradle rule the world, the President that sits in the White House rules the world. This is because for the past thirty...

U.S.-China Cooperation Remains Possible

Why Is DHS Keeping 'Disinformation' Regulation Docs Secret?

By: Kevin Schmidt， RCP
Nearly two years after Nina Jankowicz briefly led the Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security, she's launched an organization demanding transparency and the public release of documents about the public debate on disinformation. An interesting move, likely without true transparency in mind.

Why Is DHS Keeping 'Disinformation' Regulation Docs Secret?

America First Approach Is Key to National Security

By: Kellogg ＆amp； Fleitz， Washington Times
It's neither isolationist nor a retreat from U.S. serving as leader of the free world

America First Approach Is Key to National Security

Biden's Unforgivable Betrayal of Israel

By: Brendan O'Neill， Spiked
In warning Israel to hold off from Rafah, the White House has abandoned the fight against Hamas.

Biden's Unforgivable Betrayal of Israel

Give Me Laundry Liberty or Give Me Death!

By: Paul Krugman， New York Times
MAGA Republicans say that America is in crisis: The economy is collapsing while the nation is being overrun by hordes

Give Me Laundry Liberty or Give Me Death!

Hysterics for Hamas

By: Heather Mac Donald， City Journal
Why have young women been so prominent in the recent campus chaos?

Hysterics for Hamas

Trump and the Lawfare Implosion of 2024

By: Kimberley Strassel， Wall Street Journal
Will his prosecution end up putting him back in the White House?

Trump and the Lawfare Implosion of 2024

FBI Bungling May Collapse Mar-a-Lago Case Against Trump

By: Adam Mill， Chronicles
The government's evidence about what it found during its raid on Mar-a-Lago may be contaminated and the case seems ready to implode.

FBI Bungling May Collapse Mar-a-Lago Case Against Trump

Realpolitik in the Middle East

By: Josef Joffe， RealClearPolitics
Palestine is the mother of all Middle East conflicts, runs the lore. Solve the problem, and peace will break out.

Realpolitik in the Middle East

FreedomWorks Closes Its Doors

By: Adam Brandon， RealClearPolitics
After more than 20 years, we've decided to wind down our operations at FreedomWorks. Why? We live in an era of mass demographic, economic, and political change. The harsh reality is that our model became outdated, and we could no longer reach beyond the conservative base of the Republican Party.

FreedomWorks Closes Its Doors

Wrong Choice: Why Are Colleges Canceling Graduation?

By: Sara Pequeno， USA Today
I understand actions should have consequences. But Columbia University and others canceling their commencement ceremonies punishes all students.

Wrong Choice: Why Are Colleges Canceling Graduation?

What Does Divesting From Israel Really Mean?

By: Nicole Narea， Vox
And is it feasible? Plus three other questions about the student protesters' demands.

What Does Divesting From Israel Really Mean?

Signal's Katherine Maher Problem

By: Christopher Rufo， City Journal
Is the integrity of the encrypted-messaging application compromised by its chairman of the board?

Signal's Katherine Maher Problem

The DOJ's Doctored Crime Scene Photo of Mar-a-Lago Raid

By: Julie Kelly， Substack
New disclosures in Special Counsel Jack Smith's espionage case against Donald Trump reveal the FBI tampered with evidence to create the infamous photo--and DOJ has lied about it for nearly two years.

The DOJ's Doctored Crime Scene Photo of Mar-a-Lago Raid

Head Fakes? Can Trump, Biden Win Long-Shot States?

By: David Jackson， USA Today
The 2024 campaign is at a stage when the two sides are trying to energize the base and gull the other candidate to waste time and resources.

Head Fakes? Can Trump, Biden Win Long-Shot States?

In 2021, They Tried To Destroy Me for Telling the Truth

By: Alex Berenson， Substack
This isn't paranoia. Hard evidence shows the White House and media targeted my right to speak - and support my family. If not for all of you, they would have succeeded. Yeah, I'm still angry.

In 2021, They Tried To Destroy Me for Telling the Truth

States Give Hope Amidst Federal Government Failures

By: Paul Teller， Tennessee Star
With Washington, DC, more bitterly divided than ever under the Biden administration, the American people are once again fed up with the state of our nation's politics.

States Give Hope Amidst Federal Government Failures

RFK Jr. vs. Facebook

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss the results of last night's Indiana Republican primary where Nikki Haley received 22% of the vote and new polls in Pennsylvania which raise the question of whether voters will split their tickets when it comes to Senate elections. They also speculate about which states might surprise analysts in November, including Maine, Florida, and Minnesota. Also, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a new campaign video narrated by actor Woody Harrelson, which Kennedy claims was suppressed on Facebook and Instagram.

RFK Jr. vs. Facebook

How Universities Became a Bureaucratic Blob

By: Derek Thompson， The Atlantic
Last month, the Pomona College economist Gary N. Smith calculated that the number of tenured and tenure-track professors at his school declined from 1990 to 2022, while the number of administrators nearly sextupled in that period.

How Universities Became a Bureaucratic Blob

Noem Learns You Can't Out-Trump Donald Trump

By: Chris Lehmann， The Nation
The South Dakota governor's attempt at mimicking the former president's obstreperous public image has fallen disastrously flat.

Noem Learns You Can't Out-Trump Donald Trump

'All of the Above' Is Only Energy Approach With Big Support

By: John Halpin， Substack
Few issues divide Democratic and Republican voters more than climate change and the clean energy transition. Partisan voters strongly disagree about both the importance of climate change as an issue and recent governmental policies to address it.

'All of the Above' Is Only Energy Approach With Big Support

Biden Is Trying To Buy His Reelection With Tax Dollars

By: Neal Freeman， National Review
Joe Biden is trying to buy his reelection with tax dollars, half of them extracted from voters who oppose him.

Biden Is Trying To Buy His Reelection With Tax Dollars

Trump on Trial in Manhattan, But Other Cases Seem Stalled

By: Josh Gerstein， Politico
What once resembled a wall of legal obstacles that stood between Donald Trump and his return to the White House is now looking like little more than a series of speed bumps.

Trump on Trial in Manhattan, But Other Cases Seem Stalled

NPR CEO Hides From Congress

By: Eli Lake， The Free Press
Rather than answer questions in person about bias at the network, Katherine Maher submitted written remarks that sound 'like a pledge drive.'

NPR CEO Hides From Congress

Trump Trial Looks Crooked, Biden Looks Weaker Than Ever

By: Miranda Devine， NY Post
For Trump haters, the Stormy Daniels trial is a fantasy come true.

Trump Trial Looks Crooked, Biden Looks Weaker Than Ever

4 Issues for an Article V Convention

By: Robert Prener， RealClearPolitics
As our nation ages and grows, many groups and individuals feel they need changes to various provisions of the United States Constitution. Some would like small changes, while others want large and sweeping reforms. The framers, when drafting the Constitution, envisioned that there would be amendments, and provided for this to be done either through a proposal initiated by the Congress or through a process that would go through the state legislatures.

4 Issues for an Article V Convention

Can $1.6 Trillion in Government Spending Save Biden's Job?

By: Blaeser， et al，＆nbsp；Politico
President Joe Biden is racing to spend money to green the economy, outcompete China and fix crumbling roadways in hopes voters reward him in November.

Can $1.6 Trillion in Government Spending Save Biden's Job?

What Hochul's Dim Slur on Black Kids Says About Dems

By: Adam Coleman， NY Post
Bronx Politicians ripped Gov. Kathy Hochul after she said that some black children in the borough don't know what the word computer means.

What Hochul's Dim Slur on Black Kids Says About Dems

Met Gala a Tone-Deaf Charade of Excess & Hypocrisy

By: Nicole Russell， USA Today
The celebrities on display at the Met Gala should have instead spent their time and money helping to ease all of the suffering happening around them.

Met Gala a Tone-Deaf Charade of Excess & Hypocrisy

Why Kristi Noem Is in the Doghouse

By: A.O. Scott， New York Times
In April 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was photographed lifting one of his beagles

Why Kristi Noem Is in the Doghouse

Dems' Antisemitism Went Mainstream With Obama

By: Shawn Fleetwood， The Federalist
Obama's embrace of antisemites is responsible for the anti-Israel radicalism rampant among Democrats today.

Dems' Antisemitism Went Mainstream With Obama

Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza

By: Peter Baker， NY Times
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the Middle East came into the White House Situation Room fast and furious. Israel orders 100,000 civilians out of Rafah in prelude to invasion. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Hamas accepts cease-fire deal, potentially precluding invasion. Israel conducts strikes against Rafah, possibly opening invasion. The war-is-on-off-on-again developments Monday left White House officials scrambling to track what was hap

Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza

The New Anti-Antisemitism

By: Rick Perlstein， The American Prospect
The response to college protests against the war on Gaza exemplifies the darkness of the Trumpocene.

The New Anti-Antisemitism

Why I Ended the University of Chicago Protest Encampment

By: Paul Alivisatos， WSJ
Students demanded that we side against Israel, violating the core principle of institutional neutrality.

Why I Ended the University of Chicago Protest Encampment

Biden Steps Up Drive To Win Battleground Wisconsin

By: Lynn Sweet， Chicago Sun-Times
President Joe Biden hits Chicago Wednesday for a fundraiser after a stop in Racine, where his visit will spotlight one of President Donald Trump's economic flops, the failed Foxconn plant, which never employed the promised 13,000 workers.

Biden Steps Up Drive To Win Battleground Wisconsin

This Year, Maine Is In Play

By: Aaron Flanigan， AMAC
Democrats, led by Maine House Minority Leader Maureen Terry, are threatening to change the electoral vote distribution in the state.

This Year, Maine Is In Play

Judge Allows Daniels Testimony Just To Humiliate Trump

By: Jonathan Turley， NY Post
The prosecution fought with Trump's defense counsel to not only call porn star Stormy Daniels to the stand, but to ask her for lurid details on her alleged tryst with Trump.

Judge Allows Daniels Testimony Just To Humiliate Trump

If I Were a Professor, I'd Give Bidenomics An 'F'

By: Stanley Druckenmiller， CNBC
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller on Tuesday blasted the Treasury and Federal Reserve for failing to slow inflation and said his overall grade of "Bidenomics" would be "F" during an interview Tuesday morning on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

If I Were a Professor, I'd Give Bidenomics An 'F'

Stormy Daniels Spills the Details of Her Encounter With Trump

By: Jeremy Stahl， Slate
Imagine if this story had come out right after the Access Hollywood tape.

Stormy Daniels Spills the Details of Her Encounter With Trump

Is Trump Really Headed for Jail?

By: Bevan，＆nbsp；Cannon ＆amp； Walworth， RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Carl Cannon, and Tom Bevan discuss President Biden's approval ratings reaching a historic low and new Gallup survey showing partisan differences on attitudes toward immigration. They also talk about the gag order placed on Donald Trump as part of his New York "hush money" criminal trial and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) being accused of accepting bribes from foreign entities.

Is Trump Really Headed for Jail?

On Campus and in Gaza, Chaos Threatens Biden's Campaign

By: Molly Ball， WSJ
President denounces antisemitism as his party frets about November

On Campus and in Gaza, Chaos Threatens Biden’s Campaign

Pollster Tony Fabrizio Feels Good About Trump's Chances

By: Marc Caputo， The Bulwark
Plus: Comparing today's swing-state polls to this point in 2020.

Pollster Tony Fabrizio Feels Good About Trump's Chances

GOP Can't Stop Threatening Speaker? Take Away Their TV!

By: Walter Shapiro， Roll Call
Marjorie Taylor Greene is poised to make history this week if she goes forward with her bid to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker.

GOP Can’t Stop Threatening Speaker? Take Away Their TV!

‘Knuckleheads, Ego-Trippers and Extremists'

By: Adeline Von Drehle， RealClearPolitics
On Feb. 10, 1355, students at the world's oldest university were celebrating the feast day of Saint Scholastica in Oxford, England. Several scholars were drinking at Swindlestock Tavern when two of them demanded they be served higher-quality wine. The tavern owner, who also happened to be the mayor of Oxford at the time, responded as any insulted restaurateur might. He asked the students to leave the pub. Incensed, one student threw his wine on the owner's face. A days-long bloody fight between University of Oxford students and the townspeople ensued, in which nearly 100 people were killed.

‘Knuckleheads, Ego-Trippers and Extremists’

Sex Selection w/IVF Is Banned in Much of World - Except Here

By: Emi Nietfeld， Slate
Little girls are better than little boys-according to these people.

Sex Selection w/IVF Is Banned in Much of World - Except Here

Menendez & Cuellar Cases Sound Alarm on Foreign Influence

By: Casey Michel， CNN
Last week, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were charged with accepting bribes from two foreign entities. Cuellar said he and his wife are innocent.

Menendez & Cuellar Cases Sound Alarm on Foreign Influence

America's China Strategy Has a Credibility Problem

By: Emily Kilcrease， Foreign Affairs
A muddled approach to economic sanctions won't deter Beijing.

America's China Strategy Has a Credibility Problem

America's Hypocrisy on Civilian Deaths Is Infuriating

By: Micah Halpern， Jerusalem Post
To preach to Israel about civilian deaths is hypocritical - the US should know better, given its track record.

America's Hypocrisy on Civilian Deaths Is Infuriating

No Easter Truce in Ukraine

By: Helen Andrews， The American Conservative
If the two sides can't agree on a ceasefire for the holiest day in the Orthodox calendar, negotiations aren't coming soon.

No Easter Truce in Ukraine

Gen Z Sinks Deeper Into Debt

By: Oyin Adedoyin， Wall Street Journal
Inflation drives many to credit cards to cover costs, leaving them with bigger balances

Gen Z Sinks Deeper Into Debt

When the Judge Gags Key Witness for Trump's Defense

By: Byron York， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
The false bookkeeping trial of former President Donald Trump is now in its fourth week.

When the Judge Gags Key Witness for Trump's Defense

Trump Could Be Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

By: Ankush Khardori， Politico
Donald Trump's extraordinary inability to keep his mouth shut has been costly this year - and it could get a lot worse.

Trump Could Be Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

Most of Today's Political Class Is Profoundly Out of Touch

By: Christopher Roach， AG
Today, the political class is profoundly out of touch.

Most of Today's Political Class Is Profoundly Out of Touch

Inside the Cold Calculation of the Biden Brain Trust

By: Chris Smith， Vanity Fair
In Wilmington, Joe Biden's reelection team is tackling stubborn polls, Gaza protests, and third-party threats as it assembles a sophisticated machine to defeat Donald Trump. And the stakes couldn't be higher: We could lose the thing that matters most to me, says campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon, which is a future for my kids.

Inside the Cold Calculation of the Biden Brain Trust

U.S. Forgets Disruption & Disorder Are Point of Protests

By: Patrick Gaspard， Guardian
I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shutdown government offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable. That's the point

U.S. Forgets Disruption & Disorder Are Point of Protests

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