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Monday, September 29
America's Illiberalism Doom Loop
Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic
A Brief Example of Comey's Dishonesty
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Trump Is Checking Names Off His 'Enemies List'
Symone Sanders, MSNBC
Comey Faces Indictment, But Real Crimes Still Untouched
Victor Davis Hanson, AG
Will Trump's Revenge Tour Hurt GOP With Swing Voters?
Eric Baldwin, USA Today
Beware of Radicals Who Promise Change and Deliver Chaos
Mayor Eric Adams
With Adams Out, There's a Chance To Stop Mamdani
Miranda Devine, New York Post
GOP’s Immoral Priorities Behind Looming Govt Shutdown
Michael Tomasky, TNR
Virginia’s Early Vote Favors Winsome Earle-Sears
David Catron, American Spectator
Rahm Emanuel Eyes 2028 Bid As Dems Keep Moving Left
John McCormick, WSJ
New Jersey's Election a Referendum on Blue State Model
Alfredo Ortiz, The Hill
Harris' Memoir Shows Just How Deluded Dems Still Are
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
Erika Kirk On a Mission To Rescue Gen Z Women
Libby Emmons, New York Post
The Big Contradiction in Progressive Thinking About Trump
Eric Levitz, Vox
Media Fawns Over Death of Cop Killer Assata Shakur
Collin Anderson, Free Beacon
Leland Vittert: I Was Born Lucky With Autism
Charlie Stone, The Unknowns
Left Feigns Sympathy For Autistic Babies They'd Abort
Lauren Washburn, Federalist
Tuesday, September 30
Trump's Gaza Plan Is Significant Step But Faces Obstacles
Tom Bateman, BBC News


Portland Should Thank Trump. They Need the Help
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Democrats' Budget Strategy Hinges on a Risky Bet
Eric Levitz, Vox
Fetterman Slams Democrats: 'What's Our Leverage?'
Samantha-Jo Roth, DC Examiner
From Lawfare to Barfare: Another Way To Target Trump Allies
Ben Weingarten, RCI
Harris Is Trying To Figure Out What's Next
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN
YouTube Pays To Settle Trump Censorship Lawsuit
Morris & Wiggins, Financial Times
The NGO Complex and 'Nonpartisan' Voter Registration
Parker Thayer, The Federalist
The Problem With Monetizing Our Visa System
Raul Reyes, Newsweek
Can Republicans Help Fix Labor Law?
Daniel Kishi, Compact Magazine
The Making of a Market Maker
Dom Cooke, Colossus
The Founders Understood the Threat of Mob Violence
Shaun Rieley, American Mind
Every Day Is 'One Battle After Another'
Coleman Spilde, Salon
Penn State Fans Wear Kirk 'Freedom' Shirt in Tribute
Jackson Thompson, FOX News
Pushing Back on Disparate Impact
Robert VerBruggen, City Journal
Illiteracy Is a Policy Choice
Kelsey Piper, Substack
Politico 'Reporter' Said She Cried Over Trump's Election
Collin Anderson, Free Beacon
New York Times/Siena: Trump Job Approval: 43% | Generic Vote: Democrats +2
Wednesday, October 1
The Era of Woke in the United States Military Is Over
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth


Hegseth Wants Military To Be Bloodthirsty MAGA Warriors
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Hegseth Is Right. Military Must Demand Higher Standards
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Are Democrats Trapped in Shutdown?
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
The Real Reason Dems Want a Shutdown: Thwarting Trump
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Dems Turning Themselves Into Enemies of Democracy
Dan McLaughlin, Telegraph
Dems Should Argue Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the CCP
Jos Joseph, The Hill
Is All Politics Really Local in California’s Redistricting Test?
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Electoral College Math Getting Harder for Democrats
Tom Rogers, Newsweek
The Legend of Zohran
James Pogue, Vanity Fair
Eric Adams Drops Out, But That Won’t Stop Mayor Mamdani
Jason Riley, WSJ
Trump Is Most Successful President in Courts in Generations
Michael Thielen, RCP
An Israeli Attack Inadvertently Launched Trump's Peace Plan
Ravid & Caputo, Axios
Europe Learned Nothing From Danish Cartoon Affair
Jacob Mchangama, Persuasion
'Their Sins Are Forgiven': Trump Has a Deal With Harvard
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Ten Years of Censorship That Was Censored
Edward Ring, American Greatness
I Founded Wikipedia. Here's How To Fix It
Larry Sanger, The Free Press
2025 NJ Gov: FOX News: Sherrill (D) 50, Ciatarrelli (R) 42 | Quantus: Sherrill +2
Thursday, October 2
Democrats Got Their Shutdown. Good Luck With That
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today


The Shutdown Is a Slow-Boil Political Crisis
Stephen Collinson, CNN
WH Puts Vance at Helm To 'Drive [Shutdown] Fight Home'
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Iowa's Stunning, Embarrassing Immigration Mess
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Democrats Made a Grave Error Closing Schools During Covid
Rahm Emanuel, WSJ
Teachers Unions Deserve Blame for Crisis in Schools
Robby Soave, The Hill
Restoring the Military After Years of Woke Rot
Brown & Miller, Blaze Media
'TrumpRx' Is a Pretend Solution for High Drug Prices
David Dayen, American Prospect
Trump Now Has Higher Approval in NJ Than Gov. Murphy
Jelani Gibson, NJ.com
Grieving Families Unleash Fury Over Dem Crime Policies
Jennifer Harrison, NY Post
Democrats' Path to Victory in 2025 Races and Beyond
Donna Brazile, The Hill
Bessent: 'I Kind of Like Mamdani Winning'
Max Mitchell, UnHerd
Johnson, Pritzker and Chicago's Rules for Radicals
John Kass, JohnKassNews
Waymo Nationalism
Harris Sockel, Pirate Wires
Trump's Movie Tariff Is Self-Sabotage
Stephen Kent, RealClearPolitics
The Battle To Save Intel
Colvin & MacLellan, Fortune
My Senate Testimony on Surveillance
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Trump Approval: NYT 43% | InAdv 52% | Pew 40% | RasRpt 47% | Marquette 43%
Friday, October 3
The Divisions in the Democratic Party Are Deepening
Collins, et al., Wall Street Journal


How Thune Sees the Shutdown Ending
Jordain Carney, Politico
Shutdown Budget: What's Nonessential, Stays Nonessential
Larry Kudlow, NY Sun
Why Dems Are Bullish: This Time Is Different, They Swear
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost
The Parents of Charlie Kirk's Prodigal Assassin
David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics
America's Greatest Mistake
Siddhartha Mahanta, American Prospect
Why Are We Outsourcing Education to Headhunters?
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Democrats' Class Gap Problem Is Not Going Away
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
Wikipedia Censorship Threatens Civilization
Sean Davis, New York Post
Two-State Solution for Israel and Palestine Is Back
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Why Trump's Gaza Peace Plan Just Might Work
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, USA Today
The Progressive Flight From Reality
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
How Democrats Think They Can Win
Kevin Frey, MSNBC
Distinguished Philosophers Tell SCOTUS Women Exist
Daniel Kodsi, Tablet Magazine
Jane Goodall: 1934 - 2025
Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian
If Mamdani Wins, the Gig (Work) Is Up
Jonathan Wolfson, RealClearPolitics
The Case for Insane Asylums
G. B. Rango, Pirate Wires
Saturday, October 4
Hamas Ready To Move Forward on Trump's Peace Plan
Joe Walsh, CBS News
Israel Eases Strikes After Trump Hails Hamas Offer
Akram & Dagher, Bloomberg
Shutdown Exposes 3 Critical Weaknesses for Democrats
Liz Peek, The Hill
To Help Midterm Prospects, Dems Need To Rein In Left
Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd
DHS Is Doing Major Damage vs. Chicago Illegal Immigrants
Katie Pavlich, Townhall
Biggest Questions on Trump's Plan To Reduce Drug Costs
Miranda Yaver, MSNBC
Virginia Attorney General Race Just Got More Compelling
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
How Utterly Lost Is the Left?
Andrew Sullivan, Substack
The Right Must Stand for Free Speech
Gregory Conti, Compact Magazine
Rethinking Economic Growth
Dan Varroney, RealClearPolitics
America Risks Dependence on Chinese Chips
Mike Kuiken, Financial Times
AI Needs Data Centers--and People To Build Them
Mark Mills, City Journal
AI's $600 Billion Blind Spot
James Baratta, American Prospect
Insurers Use Cancer Patients as Leverage
Vickers & Stuart, Wall Street Journal
As They Explore Off-Ramps, Can Democrats Trust Trump?
Igor Bobic, HuffPost
What Jeffries Is Saying Is Just Not True
Chris Cuomo, NewsNation
The Portland Police Chief Who Apologized to Antifa
Andy Ngo, Substack
TDIH - Oct 4th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 45.3 | Obama 43.7 | Bush 42.2
Sunday, October 5
Trump's 2nd Term Resets Washington's Playbook
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Dear Progressives: The Trauma You're Feeling Is Rational
Robert Reich, Substack
Fight Rise of Political Violence By Calling Out Victim Culture
Jonathan Alpert, NYP
Trump Authorizes Guard to Chicago as ICE, Protesters Clash
Thomas Peipert, NBC5
Portland's Dystopia Delusion Coming to a City Near You
David Marcus, FOX News
Dems Shouldn't Bail Out Trump as Shutdown Drags On
Nicholas Grossman, MSNBC
Why Hakeem Jeffries Can't Fill a Little League Field
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
At the Edge of Peace
Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict's Least Bad Option
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Will MAGA Purists Turn Out in 2028?
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Mikie Sherrill's Gov Campaign Is Imploding
Joe Concha, Washington Examiner
Can America Become a Democracy?
Patrick Iber, The New Republic
Why America Needs Big Balls
Brandon Goldman, Spectator World
Project 2025 Was Always Trump's Playbook
Chris Brennan, USA Today
How the DOJ Went After Trump’s Allies
Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times
The Moral Hollowing Out of the United States
Sasha Abramsky, The Nation
The Left's Top Dark Money Monster Is Dying
Hayden Ludwig, American Spectator


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