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RealClearPolitics Week of November 25, 2024 Archives

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Monday, November 25
Poll: Trump Starts Positive, 59% Approve of Transition
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News
Can Elon Musk Dismantle the Deep State?
David Catron, The American Spectator
'DOGE' Is What Republicans Have Promised For 70 Years
Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Media Watchdogs: NewsGuard Targets Conservative Outlets
Paul Bond, JTN
California Is Ready To Go Toe to Toe With Trump 2.0
Sasha Abramsky, The Nation
Gavin Newsom and the Dems’ Delusional Recovery
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
I Listened to Steve Bannon's Show. What's Coming Is Clear
Molly Olmstead, Slate
Trump v. the Bureaucrats
Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative
Pam Bondi, Trump's Tigress, Takes Center Stage
James Zirin, Washington Monthly
Illegal Migrants Less Likely To Commit Crime? Guess Again
John Lott, RCI
The Immorality of Illegal Immigration
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Dems & Media Must Raise Hell for as Long as It Takes
Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark
Congress' J6 Investigation Looks Less & Less Credible
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
China's People Deserve the Truth - Not Censorship
Sen. Ben Cardin, Newsweek
China Rising in Latin America as U.S. Fades
Michael Stott, Financial Times
Jussie Smollett, the Obamas, and the Chicago Way
John Kass, JohnKassNews
Trump's Victory Might Spell End of Big Media Era
Tim Graham, FOX News
Tuesday, November 26
The Trump Vibe Shift Was There for All To See
Jemima Kelly, Financial Times


Should Democrats Have Nominated Someone Else?
James Antle, DC Examiner
Did Democrats Run Too Far to the Left?
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
How Trump Voters Learned To Love Mail-In Ballots
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
How the RCP Averages Got It Right--and NYT Got It Wrong
Andy Puzder, NY Post
DOGE Is a Trap, and Democrats Can't Afford To Fall for It
Astra Taylor, MSNBC
Restoring Trust in Public Health
Lee & Macedo, Compact Magazine
Close Education Department? Betsy DeVos Makes Case
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
'Woke' Didn't Lose the Election for Democrats
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
The New Yorker's Cavalcade of Ignorance
Armin Rosen, Tablet Magazine
The Middle Way of American Equality
Daniel Mahoney, TomKlingenstein.com
Can Mexico Avoid Making the Drug War Even Bloodier?
Juan Rojas, The Nation
How To Spend a Trillion Dollars
Joe Lonsdale, Arena
Why the Thucydides Trap Doesn't Apply to China
George Yeo, Cambridge Union
Jimmy Lai's Absurd Trial
William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
UATX Launches, Touts Ideological Openness, Free Tuition
Jon Wertheim, 60 Minutes
The People's Champ Has Lost His People
Oliver Bateman, RealClearBooks&Culture
Wednesday, November 27
America's Red Shift: Now Who's on the Wrong Side of History?
Charles Kesler, CRB


Dems Should Appeal to Their Base, Not Swing Voters
Steve Phillips, Guardian
What's the Matter With Democrats?
Walter Samuel, AMAC
7 Charts Show How Harris Lost the 2024 Election
O’Kruk, et al, CNN
Trump’s Victory and the Death of Racial Tribalism
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
Somehow, Americans Are Liking Trump Better Every Day
Chris Lehmann, The Nation
The Democrats' Dirty Tricks Playbook?
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Trump’s Plan To Drain the Swamp
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
What's Scariest About Donald Trump's Cabinet
Molly Jong-Fast, Vanity Fair
DoD Needs This Change Agent
S.L. Nelson, RealClearDefense
Trump's Budget Cutters Set Themselves Up To Fail
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Will Trump Be a Friend to Workers?
Zaid Jilani, Spiked
Trump's Tariff Plan Is an Inflation Plan
Ellen Ioanes, Vox
CBS' Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Election Year
Tristan Justice, The Federalist
In California, Vote-Counting Dampens Holiday Spirit
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
Don't Share Thanksgiving With Trump Voters
Louie Villalobos, USA Today
This Year, Voters Chose Price Tag Over Awkward Conversation
Goeas & Lake, RCP
Thursday, November 28
What We're Grateful For
Nocera, et al., The Free Press


The Fumes of the 2024 Election
Victor Davis Hanson, X
How To Gather With Grace After That Election
Rebekah Shrestha, Salon
A Major Victory for Science and Academic Freedom
John Tierney, City Journal
Harris Campaign's Polls Never Showed Her Leading Trump
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
Stop Funding the Woke and the Stupid
Joe Lonsdale, FOX News
Where Do We Go From Here?
Palmer, et al., The Nation
Why So Many Former Democrats Switched Sides
O'Neill & Phetasy, Spiked
Trump and Musk's Race To Slash Spending, Save the S&P 500
Jed Graham, IBD
The Plan To Weaken Google's Power
Luke Goldstein, American Prospect
Why Didn't They Riot?
David Reaboi, TomKlingenstein.com
A New Agenda for a New Democratic Party
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
DOJ Throws Pro-Lifers in Prison for Thanksgiving
Emily Davis, Washington Times
This Year, I'm Actually Grateful To Be a Detroit Lions Fan
Michael Cohen, MSNBC
Make the Family Great Again or Fall
J.P. De Gance, American Greatness
Family Estrangement Doesn't Have To Be Forever
Fortesa Latifi, Vox
Freshman Enrollment Is Down--and It's No Wonder
Riley & Piereson, New York Post
Friday, November 29
Be Thankful the Future Is in Trump's Hands and Not Harris'
Douglas Murray, NY Post


How Progressive Dems Are Looking To Call Trump's Bluff
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
DOGE Must Decentralize the Federal Government
Fred Fleitz, American Greatness
A Message to MAGA Trolls: Stop Whining
Joy Reid, MSNBC
The Youth Are Feeling Trumpy
Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner
Florida's Weird Political Culture Is About To Take Over WH
David Kihara, Politico
Don't Let the Left Do to Hegseth What It Did to Kavanaugh
Karol Markowicz, NY Post
Why I'm Grateful for Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Jay Bhattacharya Can Bring Science Back To NIH
John Sailer, Wall Street Journal
On Homelessness, California and SCOTUS Largely Agree
Jerel Ezell, LA Times
The California GOP Has a Path Back to Relevance
Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner
The Trump Administration's China Challenge
Rush Doshi, Foreign Affairs
Giving Trump a Chance on Ukraine
Alberto Coll, RealClearPolitics
Dems Should Champion Patriotic Education
Richard Kahlenberg, The Hill
Best News of 2024: The Collapse of 'Diversity, Equity, Inclusion'
Rich Lowry, NY Post
Soon I'll Occupy the Men's Room Stall Next to You
Samantha Sapp, Cincinnati Enquirer
Speaker Johnson Fights Back Against Radical Gender Ideology
Riley Gaines, RCP
Saturday, November 30
DOGE Theory
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Some Post-Election Reminders
Robert Borosage, The Nation
Biden Exits at New Low, Trump In With Highest Approval
Paul Bedard, DC Examiner
What Both Moderates and Progressives Got Wrong
David Atkins, Washington Monthly
The FBI's Persecution of a Former Informant
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Calling Trump's Win a 'Mandate' Is Ridiculous
Will Saletan, The Bulwark
Harris Camp Walks Away Without an Iota of Self-Reflection
Glenn Greenwald, RAV
MSNBC 'Unaware' of Harris' Contributions to Sharpton Nonprofit
Chuck Ross, WFB
Will Trump's Labor Pick Be Able To Act on Her Pro-Union Ideas?
Li Zhou, Vox
Fighting the War at Home
Dominick Sansone, TomKlingenstein.com
A New Chance for the Middle East
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Reject 'Just Peace' in Ukraine, and Just Seek Peace
Anthony Constantini, Newsweek
Populism Requires More Than Bashing the Rich
John Halpin, Substack
The Prophet of Left Conservatism
Justin Vassallo, Compact Magazine
Preserving Privacy, Fairness for Women Is a Worthy Goal
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
The Other American Border Towns
A.M. Hickman, The Free Press
Notre Dame vs. USC Is What College Football Is All About
John Tamny, WSJ
Sunday, December 1
Resistance to Trump Mulls Options After Bruising Defeat
David Smith, The Guardian
Megyn Kelly: Scarborough a Bad Actor, Can't Be Tolerated
Jillian Michaels, YouTube
Congressional Battlegrounds Were Set. Then Trump Happened
Ally Mutnick, Politico
Michael Barone on Trump’s Rainbow Coalition
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
Dems Will Do Their Best To Defend Status Quo
Jonathan Capehart, PBS NewsHour
The MAGA Majority
Paul Ingrassia, AMAC
The Kash Patel Principle
Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
Kash Patel Is the Fumigator the FBI Needs
David Marcus, FOX News
Can Trump's Nominees Be Thwarted?
Jeffrey Goldberg, Washington Week
The Real Insurrectionists: Federal Workforce
Francis Menton, Manhattan Contrarian
Dems Let Trump, RFK Jr. Rewrite History of Covid Pandemic
Anthony Fisher, MSNBC
Left Pays Political Price for War on Families
Don Feder, Washington Times
A Kamala Harris Canvasser's Education
Julia Preston, The New Yorker
The Kamala Campaign Is in Total Denial
Lauren Smith, Spiked
What Trump Doesn't Understand About the Military
Kori Schake, The Atlantic
Reining In the Rogue ICC
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Marc Andreessen Takes Us Through Door Number Four
Sasha Stone, Substack


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