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Freedom Should Also Mean Safety From Police Violence
Rep. Cori Bush, USA Today
Biden's Education Department Distorts U.S. History
Matthew Spalding, Newsweek
The Right Is Panicking Over Critical Race Theory
Nicole Hemmer, CNN
Critical Race Theory Becomes a Top Issue in VA Gov Race
Kerry Picket, DC Examiner
Is It Racist to Confront a Suicide Bomber?
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
Cancelation Keeps Us on Our Toes--Where We Belong
Virginia Heffernan, Newsweek
Why Has 'Ivermectin' Become a Dirty Word?
Matt Taibbi, Substack
Why Shutdowns and Masks Suit the Elite
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal
Supreme Defeat for Republicans on Obamacare
Andy Slavitt, USA Today
SCOTUS Wimps Out on Obamacare--Again
David Carton, The American Spectator
Are Republicans Waking Up to Big Tech Outrages?
Josh Hammer, New York Post
When the Institution Doesn't Trust Itself
David Dayen, American Prospect
GA Election Reform Makes It Easy to Vote & Hard to Cheat
Jonathan Bain, RCPolicy
U.S. Military Is Intensifying a Political Purge of the Ranks
Tucker Carlson, FOX News
Ibram Kendi on Anti-Racism, Juneteenth and the Reckoning
Fabiola Cineas, Vox
Republicans Gain With Non-College Voters of Color
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report
What My Dad Taught Me, His Daughter, About Manhood
Elle Reynolds, The Federalist

Editorials

A Small Win for the Free Exercise of Religion
Washington Examiner
Harvard's Racial Admissions Program Is Constitutional
Boston Globe
Reconciliation Is No Way to Pay for Infrastructure
Bloomberg
Apathy Shadows Iran Vote But It Doesn't Mean Change Won't Follow
Al-Monitor

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RealClearPolitics Friday

A Plan to Get Divisive & Radical Theories Out of Our Schools
Donald J. Trump, RCP
The Right's Moral Panic About Critical Race Theory
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
You're Not Racist to Criticize Takeover of Schools by CRT
John McWhorter, Substack
20 Million Americans Cheer as Obamacare Survives Again
David Axelrod, CNN
Collapse of the 'Hopelessly Divided' SCOTUS Narrative
Jonathan Turley, USA Today
The High Cost of Biden's Meeting With Putin
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker
Democrats Really Don't Like Democracy
Hugo Gurdon, DC Examiner
Fauci Describes Secret Meeting to Discuss Covid Origins
Alison Young, USA Today
Why Wouldn't America Talk About the Lab Leak?
Robert Merry, American Conservative
Kyrsten Sinema Has Toxic White Lady Energy
Cauterucci & Craven, Slate
Unfairly Maligned Brian Kemp Is Model GOP Governor
Erich Prince, RealClearPolitics
Proof of 'Massive' Election Integrity Problems in Atlanta?
Solomon & Payne, JTN
The Mind-Numbing Casualness of Violence Afflicting Atlanta
Bill Torpy, Atlanta JC
Why Cities Can Expect 2020's Violent Crime Spike to Last
Rafael Mangual, The Hill
MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace Suffers Ratings Implosion
Becket Adams, DC Examiner
Mercy for Jeffrey Toobin
Jason Garshfield, RealClearPolitics
Media Covers Up Hunter Biden's Staggering Misdeeds
Charles Hurt, Wash Times

PM Update
Learn From the Past to Improve the Present & Future
Donna Brazile, The Hill
Juneteenth & Our Telling of the Full American Story
Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Tide Is Turning Against Woke-Liberal Blob That Misrules Us
Glenn Reynolds, NYP
'Crisis' Is GOP Message as Outrage Machine Ramps Up
Jonathan Weisman, NYT
Trump Was Right; So Were We
Jenny Martin, Washington Times
Vestiges of Slavery Still Deny Us Reparations & Freedom
Rep. Cori Bush, USAT
New Research Shows Power of a 2-Parent Household
Lois Collins, Deseret News
If Moms Are 'Birthing People,' What Do We Call Dads?
John Kass, Chicago Tribune
SCOTUS Ruling Gives People License to Discriminate
Erwin Chemerinsky, L.A. Times
The Crusade to Destroy Jack Phillips Continues
David Harsanyi, National Review
Victoria's Secret Finally Set Its Angels Free
Jennifer Weiner, New York Times
Elites' Shameful Disinterest In Hunter Biden's Racial Slurs
Emily Jashinsky, Federalist

Biden Administration

On Infrastructure, WH Sticks to Slow, Messy 'Sausage Making'

It is an unlovely and overused expression, but “sausage making” may soon be the defining cliché of the Biden administration, at least insofar as infrastructure is concerned.Reporters always press for the latest developments in the slow-moving bipartisan negotiations to fix roads and bridges (and fund other things that Republicans complain have nothing to do with the traditional definition of Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Lipson: Ilhan Omar and Contempt for America

“We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban,” Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeted last week to her 1.2 million followers. They responded with warm support. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cooler. Although the speaker lives in San Francisco’s progressive echo chamber, she heads a national party and understands that most voters do not Read More

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Political Landscape

McAuliffe Win Sets Up Virginia Clash With Outsider Youngkin

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Terry McAuliffe, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics, handily won his party’s nomination for Virginia governor in his quest for a second term, setting up what’s expected to be a hotly contested general election against a wealthy businessman and political newcomer, GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin.In his victory speech Tuesday night, McAuliffe made the case that Youngkin Read More

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