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Monday, September 28
Trump's Efforts To Aid U.S. Consumers Run Into Resistance
Riley Beggin, Wash Post
Mad at High Gas Prices? Things Will Be Worse Under Dems
Shane Harris, AMAC
Who Cares About Hasan Piker?
Rachel Leingang, The Guardian
The DSA Sincerely Dislikes America
Maximillian Garely, Spectator World
'Party That's Not Crazy First Could Be in Power for 30 Years'
Wilfred Reilly, USA Today
Trump's Gimmicks Aren't Working With Voters Anymore
Paul Waldman, MS Now
GOP Preparing for the Worst in Senate Elections
Jeffrey Blehar, National Review
The Man Trying To Salvage the Midterms for Trump
Audrey Fahlberg, The Free Press
Vance Puts His Own Take on Trump’s Messaging
Andrews & Wegmann, WSJ
Vance's Message a Perfect Fit for Struggling Small Towns
David Marcus, FOX News
Could Greg Abbott Lose in Texas?
Jim Newell, Slate
Rewiring the Arsenal of Democracy
Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs
Democracy Is Coming to Venezuela - Eventually
Joseph Addington, Am Conservative
The AfD's Rise Is Angela Merkel's Legacy
Mark Brolin, Wall Street Journal
Ketanji Brown Jackson Throws Another Fit
David Catron, The American Spectator
Seattle's Socialist Mayor Struggling w/Agenda
Chance Phillips, The American Prospect
Group To Sue New York Over Union-Backed 'Hit-Job' Law
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Tuesday, September 29
The Night Linden Avenue Stopped Feeling Safe
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner


How Bad Are Midterm Polls for Republicans?
Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill
Remembering the False Gloom of the '92 Elections
Victor Davis Hanson, Am. Greatness
Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase 'Culture Wars'
Perry Bacon, New Republic
Do Republicans Need a Reality Check on the Senate?
Bevan, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
Sarah Sanders Steps in It With Welfare Ad
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
America's Empty Bedrooms Are Up for Grabs
Rachel Booth, Vox
Plan for Iowa Steel Plant Would Be Largest in U.S. History
Kevin Breuninger, CNBC
Understanding the Friction Between U.S. and NATO
Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure
A Trade Pact With Europe Could Be a Game Changer
Jamie Dimon, Wall Street Journal
Inside Britain's Infrastructure of Information Control
James Price, The Daily Wire
Propaganda: Paid for by You
Hamilton & Kosar, RealClearPolitics
When Running a Failed School Gets You Promoted
Monica Showalter, American Thinker
College Sports Reform Bill Passes Senate, Heads for House
Sydney Carruth, MS Now
Losing the MN State Softball Championship to a Boy
Kendall Kotzmacher, FOX News
Your Parents Raised You. What Do You Owe Them?
Arthur Brooks, The Free Press
Media Law: How 1 Firm's Suits Echo Investigative Journalism
James Varney, RCI
Ohio: Senate (Marist): Brown 51, Husted 43 | Gov (USAT/Suffolk): Acton +9
Wednesday, September 30
Americans Want Populist Policies That Defy Traditional Labels
Aaron Zitner, WSJ


Prison Population Plummets as Crime Rates Fall
Humphreys, et al., Washington Monthly
Immigration Enforcement Without the Melodrama
Mark Krikorian, Commonplace
AI (or Super Intelligence) Day at the White House
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
What China Wants From AI
Balonon-Rosen, Rameswaram & Chan, Vox
Scripture-Twisting Talarico Claims Bible Is Leftist
Rich Lowry, New York Post
Sen. Collins No Longer Maine's Houdini
Heather Parton, Salon
It's the Economy, Stupid--Again
David DesRosiers, RealClearEnergy
What Mamdani's Organizing Is Building for the Left
Marshall Ganz, The Nation
It's Impossible To Learn When You're in Survival Mode
Evan Barker, The Times
Miracle on Flight FZ1073
Segal & Tatarka, Substack
How the Greenland Deal Secures the Arctic
Elizabeth Buchanan, The National Interest
What Ukraine Needs To Survive
Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs
Why Europe's Establishment Is Losing Voters
Leonid Ragozin, American Conservative
Can Symbolic Data Center Vote Help Husted in Ohio?
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
Gov. Sanders Picking on the Wrong Target?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
$469,936 for a Fairfax County Bureaucrat
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, The Daily Signal
Latest Polls: MN: Flanagan (D) +1 | MI: El-Sayed +7 | OH: Brown +3 | More '26
Thursday, October 1
The Hero Who Stopped Israel's 9/11
Melanie Swan, The Telegraph


Cornell Failed Jane Doe. Greek Life Must Change
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Lynch Mob Out for 'Cornell 7' - Proving We've Learned Nothing
Miranda Devine, NYP
The Great Data-Center Rebellion
George Packer, The Atlantic
A Super Intelligence 'Constitution?'
Bevan, Cannon, Lumetta & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
2026 Midterms: What the Generic Ballot Polls Tell Us
Henry Olsen, Washington Post
Republican Victory Hinges on Making Dems Unlikeable
Seth McLaughlin, Wash Times
GOP Midterm Strategy Looks Good on Paper, But Lacks Execution
Karl Rove, WSJ
Trump’s Midterm Convention Blew Up in Ken Paxton’s Face
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
CA Debate Fought to a Draw in Race Where Becerra Is Cruising
Susan Crabtree, RCP
The Gospel According to Andy Beshear
Jason Kyle Howard, Salon
Gavin Newsom Is Ready for His Next Act. Are Democrats?
Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair
Why California Voters Should Leave Dem Party Like I Did
Alan Dershowitz, CA Post
California Turns Down Bipartisan Funding for VA Cemetery
Rep. Young Kim, RCP
Why So Many Social Science Claims Are False
Christopher Ferguson, RCInvestigations
Next Generation of GOP Justices Will Be Even More Partisan
Ian Millhiser, Vox
Justice Thomas, Stalwart for the Constitution
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
House: RCP Map: D+23, Odds: D+19,Generic | Senate: RCP Map: D+4, Odds: D+5
Friday, October 2
With a Steel Mill and Cash, GOP Launches Iowa Rescue
Bradner & Zeleny, CNN


The Sen. Collins Firewall
Guy Benson, Washington Examiner
Hobbs Holds the Line in AZ. Now, She's Under Attack
Emma Janssen, New Republic
It's All Stolen. The Level of Theft Is Insane
Robert Kennedy Jr., MAHA Summit
Trump's Way: The White House Interview
Eric Cortellessa, Time
Signs Point to an Economic Surge
Mark Skousen, Wall Street Journal
Safety Rules Won't Slow America's AI Dominance
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Myths vs. Facts and Our New Approach to Data Centers
Matt Garman, Amazon News
Landmark Lawsuit Pits Sharia Regime vs. Constitution
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
How the Cornell Case Was Set Up for Failure
Mimi Rocah, MS Now
It's Beyond Clear Why Charges Weren't Brought in Cornell Case
Glenn Greenwald, X
Nikole Hannah-Jones Owes Readers an Apology Too
Jason Bedrick, Civitas Outlook
Stop Spending Money on Smaller Classes
Noah Smith, Substack
Becerra vs. Hilton, Hegseth's Hard Reset of the Military
Bevan, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
The Mysteries of Butler
Harrison Berger, The American Conservative
We Are Clueless About What's Coming
Klavan & Bostrom, New York Times
AI Doom: What, Me Worry?
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
FOX News: TX: Talarico 51, Paxton 49 | IA: Turek 49, Hinson 47 | TX/IA Gov
Saturday, October 3
How Musk's DOGE Team Took Wrecking Ball to D.C.
Michael Lewis, The Guardian
The Good News on Federal Workers You Haven't Heard
David Harsanyi, NY Post
Trump's Superpower Is Fading
Brian Karem, Salon
Predictions of GOP Midterm Doom May Prove Premature
Michael Barone, Creators
Looking at Generic Ballot Polls and the House Map
Trende, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
Inside Pennsylvania's Toughest Races
Oliver Bateman, RealClearPennsylvania
GOP Saving the Unpopular Stuff for After the Election
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
When Blue States Chase Away Their Billionaires
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Trump Regrets Appointing Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
Steve Benen, MS Now
Even Originalists Make Mistakes
Samuel Alito, Wall Street Journal
Cornell Case Shows We Live in a Rape-Prone Society
Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian
A Rush to Judgment in the Cornell Rape Allegations
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Wyden’s Filing Highlights STOCK Act’s Weak Enforcement
Jonathan Draeger, RCP
Why the Populist Right Is Gaining Ground
Brandon Van Dyck, American Mind
Big State Britain Is Back With a Vengeance
Patrick Kidd, The Telegraph
How To Make AI Work for Everyone's Benefit
David Atkins, Washington Monthly
Super Intelligence Doomers Aren't in Reality
Jordan Schachtel, American Greatness
Sunday, October 4
It Would Be Absurd To Trust Democrats on Affordability
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
Trump Vowed To Lower Gas Prices. Alaska Isn't Buying It
Tabet & Brock, MS Now
SCOTUS Will Be Drawing Lots of Lines in the Term Ahead
Ilya Shapiro, City Journal
Nikole Hannah-Jones on Struggling Schools, Regrets
Nia Prater, New York Magazine
The Left's Model for Schools Has Failed
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Iowa Steel Investment Is a Tariff Win for America
Kelly Sadler, Washington Times
How Democrats Can Become the Party of Business
Kurt Bardella, Los Angeles Times
Treasury (Man) Bites Hedge Fund (Dog)
Oren Cass, Commonplace
It's Not the U.S. Causing Canada's Troubles
Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal
U.S.-China AI Treaty Should Rest on Five Key Pillars
Rep. Ro Khanna, FOX News
Leave Politics Behind: Greenland Is a Historic U.S Victory
Spencer & Viola, The Hill
Scary That Democrats Still Support Jack Smith Operation
Hans Mahncke, Federalist
Sen. Schmitt's Failed Jack Smith Gotcha
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
How the Fed Turned Makers Into Takers
Freeman & McKinley, Coolidge Review
The Election of 1936: When 'Democracy' Was on the Ballot
Joseph Campbell, RCP
Rediscovering Jefferson's Charge vs. Abusive Taxes
Kevin Mooney, Restoration News
What Are Women Looking for at Frat Parties?
Caitlin Flanagan, The Free Press


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