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Saturday, September 25

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The Roots of Democratic Disarray

Jeff Greenfield, Politico

Biden Can No Longer Ignore the Border Crisis

James Antle, Washington Examiner

At UN General Assembly, It's Show Up or Become Obsolete

David Miliband, CNN

Progressives Get Defensive on Climate Change Religion

Christian Whiton, Substack

The Real Trouble With the Sprawling Reconciliation Bill

Paul Starr, American Prospect

Biden Voters Abandon Him in Droves

Terry Jones, TIPP Insights

Election 'Fraudits' Proliferating. How to Stamp Them Out

Grant Woods, NBC News

AZ Audit Flags Thousands of 2020 Ballots, Kicks Issue to AG

John Solomon, JTN

The FBI Is a Corrupt Disaster

Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal

How Did Time's Up Go So Wrong?

Lili Loofbourow, Slate

The Illiberalism in Our Institutions

Sahil Handa, Substack

DeSantis Emerges as Awesome 'Shadow President'

Glenn Reynolds, New York Post

Maine Braces Itself for Paul LePage

Colin Woodard, Politico

'Tax the Rich' Mantra Is Rooted in Sociology, Not Economics

Gonzalo Schwarz, RCP

Whither State-Building?

Carl Bildt, Project Syndicate

Female U.S. Soldier Assaulted by Afghan Refugees in NM

Katie Pavlich, Townhall

Two Unique, Powerful Forces Will Influence the Midterms

Myra Adams, RCP

Editorials

The Biden Disconnect

The Spectator

The Fed Has to Grapple With Mounting Uncertainty

Bloomberg

Why the Economy Is Plagued by Shortages, Price Hikes

AMAC

Sisi Warns of 'Grave Threat' From Ethiopia Over Nile Dispute

Al-Monitor

More From Real Clear

Investigations: Top WH Adviser Tied to Plan to Co-Opt CIA, FBI - Paul Sperry, RCI

Defense: Detainee 001 - John Waters, RealClearDefense

Policy: Democrats' Double Talk on Recalls - Todd Carney, RealClearPolicy

Life: Have the Recipe for the Best Meatball Sub in LA - Caitlin White, InsideHook

Sports: Who Wins NFL's Potential NFC Title Game Preview? - Evan Bleier

Videos

Biden on Border Agents With Reins: "I Promise You, Those People Will Pay"

Psaki vs. Doocy: What Impact Would A Biden Border Visit Have On The Policies? What Would You Like Him To Do?

Buzzfeed

Mayorkas: Border Agents With Reins "Conjured" The Worst Elements Of Our "Ongoing Battle Against Systemic Racism"

Buzzfeed

Tucker Carlson Responds To Condemnation From Anti-Defamation League: "F*ck Them"

RealClearPolitics Friday

WH's Denial of Truth Will Come Back & Bite Dems

Hugo Gurdon, DC Examiner

It's Too Early to Give Up on Biden

Susan Glasser, New Yorker

Biden Spreading Desolation at Border & Around the World

Charles Hurt, Wash Times

Dems, Get Behind Biden's Bills

Max Rose, New York Daily News

What Dems Are Trying With Budget Will Be a Catastrophe

Charles Cooke, NRO

Biden Botching Response to Haitian Migrant Wave

Jill Filipovic, CNN

National Sabotage by Illegal Immigration

Brian Lonergan, American Greatness

Lack of Action on Police Reform Dishonors George Floyd

Maurice Mitchell, USAT

Why Murders Are Spiking in America

David Graham, The Atlantic

John Durham's Vast Conspiracy

George Parry, American Spectator

Final-Five Voting Can Save Our Dysfunctional Politics

Lieberman & Menenberg, RCP

True Horrors of Biden's Afghanistan Fiasco Are Surreal

Ronald Johnson, FOX News

Consequences of Failure: The Politics of Saigon and Kabul

Andrew E. Busch, RCP

Why Can’t Democrats Pass Gun Control?

Stephen Gutowski, The Atlantic

Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America

John Lott, RCInvestigations

Gwen Ifill Was Right About 'Missing White Woman Syndrome'

Charles Blow, NYT

Politico Owes NY Post an Apology on Hunter Biden Story

Becket Adams, Substack

Biden Job Approval: Reuters 44% | Ras Rpts. 42% | YouGov 46% | Politico 47%

PM Update

Biden, Democrats and the Competency Question

Amy Walter, Cook Political Report

Dems Turning Covid Into the Afghanistan of Pandemics

Ben Weingarten, Newsweek

Why 15,000 Ended Up in One Spot on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Jack Herrera, Politico

What If Del Rio Had a Wall?

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Democrats Must Work Together to Help Biden Succeed

Frida Ghitis, CNN

When Jen Psaki Says 'Not Accurate' It Means Accurate

Emerald Robinson, Substack

McCain Senate Panel Welcomed Effort to Spread Russia Lie

Solomon & Smith, JTN

At UN, Biden Tries to Convince the World America Is Back

Jen Kirby, Vox

The Perils of Playing Politics With Afghanistan

Victoria Coates, TIPP Insights

Taming the Stagflationary Winds

Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate

The Covid Pantomime at My Father's Memorial

Lionel Shriver, The Spectator

Essential Reading

Identifying and Minimizing the Risk of Election Subversion and Stolen Elections in the Contemporary United States

The United States faces a serious risk that...

Report on the November 2020 Election in Michigan

This Committee undertook the foundational...

In the News

Nick Gillespie, Reason

From Russiagate to the MyPillow Guy, Let's Stop With Electoral Conspiracy Theories
Matt Vasilogambros, Pew

Disinformation May Be the New Normal, Election Officials Fear

Multimedia

NYT Reporter On GOP-Led Voter Suppression Efforts

Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses

Eric Holder On GOP Voting Laws: They Are Subverting Our Democracy

Top Biden Adviser Jake Sullivan Tied to 2016 Plan to Co-Opt CIA, FBI

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan figures prominently in a grand jury investigation run by Special Counsel John Durham into an alleged 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign scheme to use both the FBI and CIA to tar Donald Trump as a colluder with Russia, according to people familiar with the criminal probe, which they say has broadened into a conspiracy case. Read More

Political Landscape

How the Russia Probe Became a Story of Old Friends in High Places

The indictment of Washington attorney Michael Sussman — accused of lying to the FBI in order to smear Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign — reveals the ace up the sleeve of high-powered Democrats. It’s a card they played time and again to advance the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory: friends in high places. Read More

Analysis & Commentary

Lipson: The Stain of Afghanistan Will Stick to Biden

President Biden’s supporters are hewing to one message since the disastrous Afghan exit: “Voters won’t remember it.” That analysis—or hope, really—could well be wrong because the evacuation left Biden with so many problems. None are going away soon.The most consequential is that many independent voters are deciding that Joe Biden is simply incompetent. This “buyer’s remorse” is n Read More