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Monday, April 20
How Virginia Dems Drew a Map To All But Lock Out the GOP
Rigdon & Cohen, CNN
It's No Mystery, Spanberger Lied About Everything
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Dems Closer Than You Think To Upending Electoral College
Jason Willick, Wash Post
Liberal Justices Ignored Death Threats Against Colleagues
M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
The Worst Supreme Court Justice Ever
Robert Reich, Substack
GOP Has a Massive MAHA Opportunity in 2026
Mary Katharine Ham, FOX News
This Is How Kennedy Loses the MAHA Moms
Rachel Bedard, New York Times
Rahm Emanuel Wants To Save Dems From Themselves
Benedict Smith, The Telegraph
GOP Shouldn't Dismiss a Harris Comeback in 2028
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
J.D. Vance's Approval Turns Red, Can He Reverse It By 2028?
Terry Jones, I&I/TIPP
The Problem With Political Pundits Cherry Picking Poll Data
Rich Baris, X
Don't Kid Yourself – No Easy Iran Fix
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Iran War's Lessons for a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan
Reuben Johnson, 1945
The New York Times Is Wrong About the Birth Rate
Maibritt Henkel, The Argument
How Big Pharma (Successfully) Targeted Women
Matt Bivens, Racket News
The Truth About Rising Measles Cases - From a Physician
Alex Berenson, Substack
Meet the Man Who Will Get Inside Trump's Mind
Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair
Trump Approval: NBC News 37% | RCP Avg 41.1% | Compared to Obama, Bush
Tuesday, April 21
Will Pennsylvania Turn On John Fetterman?
Salena Zito, Washington Post


I've Been a Democrat Since 1959. Now I'm Joining the GOP
Alan Dershowitz, WSJ
Dems Expand Fight for House Into Redder Territory
Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post
James Carville Gives Terrifying Glimpse of Dems’ Agenda
Charles C.W. Cooke, NRO
Virginia Special Election Could Help Dems in Redistricting War
Philip Bailey, USAT
Voters Must Defeat VA Dems' Gerrymandering Scheme
Guy Benson, DC Examiner
Platner's 'Nazi Salute' & Media Double Standards
Mary Katharine Ham, RCP on SiriusXM
Iran War Accelerates America's Breakup With the World
Toosi, et al, Politico
U.S. Establishment Rooting Hard for America To Fail in Iran
William McGurn, WSJ
Iran Isn't Winning, It's Unraveling
James Thorne, X
If Iran Won’t Deal, Here’s What Comes Next
Lance Gordon, RealClearDefense
The Muslim Brotherhood's Stealth Effort To Transform America
Kenin Spivak, RCP
GOP Hopes SCOTUS 'Surprise' Can Help Save Senate
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Roberts More Likely To Retire Than Alito, Thomas
Mollie Hemingway, Megyn Kelly Show
The 1 Question Trump's Fed Chair Nominee Must Answer
Jared Bernstein, MS Now
ACTBLUE Employees Take 5th Over Questions of Fraud
House Judiciary Committee
How RealClearInvestigations Exposed a Crisis in Portland
Dan Geary, RC Media Fund
'26 Ohio (BGU): Senate: Husted (R) 50, Brown (D) 47 | Gov: Ramaswamy (R) +1
Wednesday, April 22
Virginia Gives Dems a Clearer Path to Winning Midterms
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost


'Fine People' Hoax Uncovered in SPLC Fraud Scam
Sasha Stone, Substack
Senate GOP Hopes SCOTUS Surprise Can Save Majority
Mika Brzezinski, MS Now
Alito: Most Courageous Justice You Haven't Read About
Mollie Hemingway, Federalist
War in Iran Isn't Ending--It's Becoming Something New
Joshua Keating, Vox
Moral Inversion and the Iran War
Dulberg & Louis-Klein, The Free Press
The New Trade Order
Robert Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs
U.S. and Europe Are Still Stronger Together
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
Post-Orban, EU Poses Greater Threat to U.S. Sovereignty
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
All the Dream Houses of the Left
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Will Becerra Surge Save or Sink California Democrats?
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Parents of Sheridan Gorman Call for 'Changes' in Chicago
Matt Gutman, CBS News
Democrats May Have a Way Around Their Transgender Trap
J.T. Young, RCP
I Can Never Talk to an AI Anonymously Again
Kelsey Piper, Substack
A Spoonful of Reform in Higher Ed
Paul du Quenoy, Tablet Magazine
250 Years of an American Foreign Policy of Ideas
Michael Mandelbaum, RCP
Whistleblower: 2020 CCP Ops vs. Trump Were Suppressed
Catherine Herridge, X
Marquette: Trump Job Approval: 41% | Generic Ballot: Dems +10
Thursday, April 23
Iran Sorely Miscalculated
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness


How To Avoid Playing Into China and Russia's Hands
Alterman & Vaez, Foreign Affairs
China Weathered Tariffs--But the Iran War Is Taking a Toll
Laura Bicker, BBC News
SPLC Targeted TPUSA 4 Months Before Kirk Assassinated
Andrew Kolvet, FOX News
Virginia's Bold Measure Gives Democrats a Crucial Edge
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Orwellian VA Referendum Faces Court Challenges
Carl Cannon, RCP on SiriusXM
The Climate Litigation Swindle
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
RFK Jr. Is in His Influencer Era
Dylan Scott, Vox
Criminals Pretending To Be Police Is a National Problem
Amalia Wompa, RCI
Book: Supreme Court Clerks See Two Sides to Elena Kagan
Jenni Fink, Newsweek
Why It's Democrats' Turn To Offer a Supreme Court Olive Branch
Ted Frank, X
Donald Trump, Making Rome Great Again
Melinda Henneberger, RealClearPolitics
Trump Destroyed Iran's Nuke Program That Obama Legitimized
Eli Lake, Free Press
The Price Beijing Pays for Backing Tehran
Tom Tugendhat, Wall Street Journal
Enforcing Blockade, Pressuring Iran, Forcibly Reopening Strait
Dennis Blair, RCP
Russia Is Building Tomorrow's War Machine
Kateryna Bondar, New York Times
Pittsburgh Is Just Built Different
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Trump Job Approval: FOX News 42% | CNBC 40% | Marquette 41% | Generic
Friday, April 24
What Does Trump Mean by 'Don't Rush Me' in Iran?
Stephen Collinson, CNN


'The Blockade Scares Them Even More Than the Bombing'
Larry Kudlow, NY Sun
The Upper Middle Class American Dream
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Shocker: San Francisco Fixed Its Subway by Stopping Crime
Robby Soave, The Hill
Charlottesville: The Deceit Underlying the Hoax
Steve Cortes, RealClearPolitics
SPLC Fought Against Violence and Extremism
Sen. Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate
SPLC Targeted Me. Now Its Reckoning Has Come
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, The Free Press
Workplace Raids Are Coming--and They're Essential
Brian Lonergan, Chronicles
U.S. House Experiences Sudden Outbreak of Accountability
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
SCOTUS Norms Are Weakening in Not-Good Ways
Mollie Hemingway, RCP on SiriusXM
The Winnable Fight for Paid Parental Leave
Rachel Cohen, Vox
Twist: Sanders, RFK Agree on Banning TV Ads for Junk Food
Adam Garrie, Substack
Pope Leo: Between Gospel Witness, Humanitarian Illusions
Daniel Mahoney, City Jrnl
Votes on Israel Highlight Growing Challenge for Dems
Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill
The Ideas and Confidence To Weave World Anew
Condoleezza Rice, Hoover Institution
Fun With Grace
Matt Shapiro, IM--1776
What Happened After Butler--and Why It Still Matters
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
'26/28 Polls: Senate: GA,NH,RI,OH | Gov: GA, NH,NM | Generic | '28: Dems, GOP
Saturday, April 25
Americans Hate Taxes: The 250 Year Battle for Your Wallet
Kenneth Pringle, Barron's
Can Mayor Mamdani Get Democrats Back on Track?
Ariana Aspuru, Vox
GOP Must Expose Democrats as Affordability Frauds
Shane Harris, AMAC
The NYT Pushes Concept of 'Microlooting'
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Why I’m Boycotting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Brian Karem, Salon
Turns Out Charlottesville Was Underwritten by the Left
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack
Trump Has Made It Difficult for Peace With Iran
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
Time Is on Trump’s Side Versus Iran, but Not Forever
Dan McLaughlin, New York Post
Time To Stop Lionizing Powell
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
California Dream Turns Nightmare
Crabtree, Varney, & Zane, RealClearInvestigations
GOP Dilemma: Pass ICE Funding Now or Make Bill Worse
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
VA Dems Won't Defend Dishonest Gerrymander Language
Breccan Thies, Federalist
The Most Successful Health Campaign in Modern History
Bryan Walsh, Vox
A Surrender to Big Weed
Josh Appel, UnHerd
How To Stop Ivy League Decay
Danielle Shapiro, City Journal
The Unmistakable Freedom of Ben Sasse
Brent Beshore, X
A Note to Readers: The Next 25 Years of RealClearPolitics
Tom Bevan, RCP
'26 GA GOP (InsAdv): Senate: Collins 27, Carter 24, Dooley 16 | Gov: Jackson +7
Sunday, April 26
President Trump Addresses Media After WHCD Shooting
White House
How DC's Top Annual Dinner Turned Into Chaos, Crime Scene
Herb & Liptak, CNN
President Trump Was Ready To Put on a Show
Leary, et al., Wall St Journal
Man From California Detained, Will Be Charged in DC
Faris Tanyos, CBS News
Case Goes Cold on Mystery Shooting Near WH 2 Weeks Ago
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Trump Isn't Negotiating, He's Dismantling Iran
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
America's Days as a Global Superpower Are Over
David Brooks, PBS NewsHour
The Era of Free Riding Off the U.S. Is What Is Over
James Thorne, X
U.S. Stands To Benefit as Iran War Shifts Oil, Gas Flows
Smyth, et al., Financial Times
The Roots of Recession: The Real Reason Economies Shrink
Joel Kotkin, Quillette
Get Ready for Spaceflight To Become Routine
Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Why Colleges Are Going Out of Business
DeSoto, Rameswaram & Marcus, Vox
SPLC Was Manufacturing Extremism It Purports To Oppose
Jan Crawford, CBS News
Piker's 'Social Murder' Logic Has Left Finding Ways To Justify Evil
Andrew Kolvet, X
Something Is Happening to America's Moral Code
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
Anti-Americanism Is a Disease
Charles Lehman, Commentary
Best GLP-1 Drug on the Market Is Even Better Than We Knew
Ed Cara, Gizmodo


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