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RealClearPolitics Week of January 6, 2025 Archives

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Monday, January 6
Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party
Paul Glastris, Washington Monthly
Conspiracies Too Awful To Imagine?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Johnson's Problems Have Been Deferred, Not Solved
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Something Important Is Unfolding as Old Divides Shift
Kristen Anderson, NY Times
Liz Cheney's Gift to the Republican Party
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
This Jan. 6 Anniversary Is a Strange One
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
January 6th and the Obama Unreality Machine
Sasha Stone, Substack
Top 10 Trends for 2025
Ruchir Sharma, Financial Times
What's Behind the AfD Party's Rise in Germany
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
The Iran Opportunity
Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs
The Rape of Britain
Joseph Addington, The American Conservative
Democratic Panic in New York
Nate Weisberg, Washington Monthly
Critical Race Theory Is an Inversion of History
John Ellis, Wall Street Journal
Why Is the Right Obsessed With Epic Poetry?
Orlando Reade, The Nation
How the Left's Lies Undermine America
Chris Bray, TomKlingenstein.com
'Fight Like Hell' Documentary Chronicles Jan. 6 Events
Fisher & Long, The Unknowns
The Biden Administration's D Honor Roll
David Deavel, AMAC
Tuesday, January 7
Republicans in Congress, It's Go Time
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today


Strategic, Bipartisan Cooperation Is Necessary for Dems
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
FBI Still Hiding Details of Russiagate, Document Shows
Aaron Mate, RCInvestigations
Canada's Political 'Prince' Bows Out
Ilya Gridneff, Financial Times
The Great Crack-Up of the Old Consensus
Bari Weiss, X
Trump Sentencing: A BS Conclusion to a BS Case
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Trump Opts for One Big Bill
David Dayen, American Prospect
Biden Succession Orders Meant To Roadblock Trump's Team
Ezra Cohen, War Room
The War for Humanity's Future
Nicole Shanahan, IM--1776
Soaring Tuition Is Making College Unaffordable
Steve Klinsky, US News & World Report
NYT Reporter Regrets Kavanaugh Hit: 'I Have Learned'
Mark Judge, Chronicles
Nudging Trump To Do the Right Thing
James Zirin, Washington Monthly
FBI Doesn't Deserve To Lead New Orleans Investigation
Jordan Boyd, The Federalist
DEI Efforts Must Protect Jewish Students
Aaron Pomerantz, RealClearPolitics
The Education of a Statesman
Hans Zeiger, National Affairs
How the AMA Undermines Primary Care
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
A Designed Death: Global Exploration of End-of-Life Choices
Pamela Pyle, RCP
Wednesday, January 8
Zuckerberg Makes Move That Could Be Transformational
Jonathan Turley, FOX News


Biden on His Top Regret and a Compliment Trump Gave Him
Susan Page, USA Today
Trump Slams Biden for Sabotaging 'Smooth Transition'
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Why Is Russiagate's Origin Story Redacted?
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Harris Didn't Lose So Much as Trump Won
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
How Soros Operatives Took Over Key Wikipedia Roles
Ashley Rindsberg, Pirate Wires
The Anti-Social Century
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Tech Leaders Can Help Trump Advance MAGA Agenda
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Trump Is on a Collision Course With the Budget
Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate
The Climate Agenda's March Through the Institutions
Tilak Doshi, RealClearEnergy
Striking Down the Nippon Deal
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Wanna Know Why People Don't Trust the Corporate Press?
Drew Holden, X
Left-Populists: Unshackle Your Imaginations
Richard Eskow, The Nation
Yes, U.S. Generals Should Be Fired
Steve Deal, Responsible Statecraft
The Improvement Trump Could Make to Foreign Policy
Moyn & Parsi, LA Times
Special Relationship of Rape Apologists in U.S. and U.K.
Hugo Gurdon, DC Examiner
How To Storm and Save an Ivory Tower
Juliana Pilon, RealClearBooks
President-Elect Trump: Full Press Conference | Highlights: Canada, Panama....
Thursday, January 9
Biden Confronts an Ending With Carter's Funeral
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN


How Trump Plans To Take On the Censors--and Vice Versa
Ben Weingarten, RCI
On Zuckerberg's Speech Announcement
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
No Water? No Funding? Democrats Have Failed LA
Nicole Russell, USA Today
The Conflagration in Los Angeles
David Dayen, American Prospect
Fetterman Says Laken Riley Act Is Basic Common Sense
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Why Are Any Democrats Still Defending Biden?
Ana Marie Cox, NewsNation
Musk Rips Cloak of Deceit Off Major British Scandal
Allison Pearson, Daily Telegraph
The Gulf of Trumpico
Joe Klein, Substack
MAGA's Best Leaders Will Be Unexpected
Parker Briden, TomKlingenstein.com
The Man Who Predicted Today's World Over a Century Ago
Hal Brands, Bloomberg
Taxpayer Is Getting Hosed by Military-Industrial Complex
Sen. Ron Johnson, RAV
Champion the Self-Employed
Will Norris, Washington Monthly
A Conversation on the Future of Technology, AI, Politics and More
Musk & Penn, X
Biden Honors 'Unethical' Cheney
Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times
Carter Was an Antidote to Politics as Spectacle
Rep. Ro Khanna, The Guardian
Dem Supermajorities Destroying Great State of California
Mike Cernovich, War Room
Friday, January 10
Biden Is No Carter
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal


Biden Says He Could've Beaten Trump. That's Delusional
Jarvis DeBerry, MSNBC
Dresden in Los Angeles and Our Confederacy of Dunces
Victor Davis Hanson, X
The L.A. Apocalypse Was Entirely Predictable
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
L.A. Prioritized Social Justice Over Basic Infrastructure
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
The Unstoppable Rise of Energy Realism
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
We Were Censored by Meta; We're Taking Them to SCOTUS
Mary Holland, RCP
Trudeau's Fecklessness Made Him an Easy Target
Jeet Heer, The Nation
The Future Belongs to America. So Should Greenland
Chris Cutrone, Compact
Panama Canal Fixation Isn't New, and It's Not Just Trump's
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Latest Alito Conspiracy Theory Is Especially Ridiculous
Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
Labor Movement Just Notched Two Big Wins
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
A Unified Team for HHS Reform
JP Errico, RealClearHealth
'People Want Change': Will Democrats Flip Their Script?
Burgess Everett, Semafor
The Musk Effect and Britain's Rape Gangs
Joseph Sternberg, Wall Street Journal
George Soros, Anti-Communist?
Luka Ladan, RealClearPolitics
Breitbart, Zuckerberg & the 2-Way Politics-Culture Street
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
Saturday, January 11
A Time for Truth and Reconciliation
Peter Thiel, Financial Times
Have the Past 10 Years of Democratic Politics Been Disaster?
Levitz & Yglesias, Vox
Meta's Censorship Decision Is a Win for All Americans
Jonathan Tobin, Newsweek
Why 'Late Regime' Presidencies Fail
Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic
Lawfare Exposed: How Dems Weaponized Justice
Tony Delgado, RealClearPolitics
Dems Are Still Squabbling Over Lessons From Harris Defeat
Emily Ngo, Politico
L.A.'s Total Leadership Failure
Steven Malanga, City Journal
Fires Will Be Extinguished. Terrible Loss Will Remain
Robin Abcarian, LA Times
Why Did Newsom and Bass Make So Many Major Errors?
Michael Shellenberger, X
Rep. Julie Johnson Is Here To Work on Policy, Not for Stardom
Billy Begala, MSNBC
Making Sense of Trump's Top Priorities
Pavlos Papadopoulos, TomKlingenstein.com
Canada Isn't Going MAGA
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Why Neutrality Is the Best Course for Ukraine
Daniel DePetris, American Conservative
Carter's Biographer on the Late President's Biggest Regret
Kai Bird, The Nation
ND Coach Shuts Down ESPN Making Victory About Race
Jordan Boyd, The Federalist
TikTok's Final Appeal Didn't Go Too Well
John Herrman, New York Magazine
LA Inferno
Herbert Wertheim, RealClearBooks&Culture
Sunday, January 12
Escaping Los Angeles
Kerry Howley, New York Magazine
Total Incompetence in CA: Putting Ideology Above the Basics
Bari Weiss, FOX News
Wildfires Come With the Wildness That Draws Us to LA
Carla Hall, Los Angeles Times
A Month Before Fires, Fire Chief Warned About Budget Cuts
Julia Ingram, CBS News
Biden's Legacy of Corruption
Rep. James Comer, New York Post
Trump Is Building a Bridge to 1896
Chris Lehmann, The Nation
Why H-1B Is Wrong for American Workers
Sean O'Brien, Washington Examiner
Conservatives Should Focus on Reform, Restoration
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
AI Is Taking the U.S. in a Strange New Direction
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
Weaponizing Law Enforcement Against Americans
Kenin Spivak, The American Mind
The Supreme Court Doesn't Seem Likely To Save TikTok
Ian Millhiser, Vox
Did Trump Just Win a 'Tectonic' Election?
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
The Real Legacy of President Carter
Leon Panetta, Newsweek
End of DEI Programs Can't Come Soon Enough
F.H. Buckley, New York Sun
Cuomo Setting Up a Comeback Try for NYC Mayor
Krieg & Dovere, CNN
Why Los Angeles Is Burning
Keely Covello, Substack
Tapped Out
Mark Steyn, SteynOnline
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