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Monday, August 24
AOC's Craaazy Economic Theory Lives On
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
Social Progress Is Important. Relitigating 'Woke 1.0' Isn't
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Fears of High Costs & Strains On Grid Hurting Data Centers
Terry Jones, I&I/TIPP
Angry Ohio Voters Could Turn Their State Purple Again
Robertson & Contrera, NYT
Soap-Opera Civil Wars of Both Parties on Display in Florida
Josh Hammer, NY Post
Ripple or Wave? This Race Will Test Dem Strength in November
Mark Barabak, LAT
Mr. President, Sometimes Silence Is Golden
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Dems Don’t
Michael Tomasky, New Republic
Yes, Jon Ossoff Is That Desperate
Sasha Stone, Substack
Hasan Piker Is the Hateful Left's Pied Piper
Jonathan Turley, FOX News
Darializa Avila Chevalier's Socialist Strategy for Congress
Arit John, CNN
Democrats Are in Denial About Campus Antisemitism
Bill Barr, The Free Press
The Tragedy of Jason Arday
DeSoto & Rameswaram, Vox
DEI Refuses To Die
Kenin M. Spivak, RealClearPolitics
The Trump-Ellison Media Monopoly
Robert Reich, Substack
The New York Times Is Weaponizing Islamophobia
Ira Stoll, Washington Free Beacon
All the Cool Cabinet Officials Are on TikTok
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Tuesday, August 25
America's Murder Rate Hasn't Been This Low in 70 Years
Bryan Walsh, Vox


Let the Bond Market Speak
Stanley Druckenmiller, Wall Street Journal
Of Debt and Deficits and the Dollar System
James Galbraith, The Nation
Green Agenda Putting California at Risk
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
No, Street Vagrants Are Not 'Our Neighbors'
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
No One From the Trump Cartel Is Getting a Pass
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, X
'Rage Addiction' on the Left?
Bevan, Turley, Cannon & Porter, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
El-Sayed Debates ICE, Green New Deal, Taxes, More
Jesse Watters, FOX News
Clinton's Party Needs a 'Different Kind of Democrat' Again
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Mark Carney's Smuggler's Blues
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Trade War With Canada Rests on a Dangerous Assumption
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
New Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine
Olivia Reingold, The Free Press
Communist China Has Its Eyes on Your Hospital Bed
Sen. Rick Scott, RealClearPolitics
Freedom 250 IndyCar Race Was Actually Kind of Fun
Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic
The Wild James Comey Seashell Case
Julie Kelly, Substack
Clone Natalie Harp
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Harp Obsession Says More About Media Than Trump
Nicole Russell, USA Today
South Carolina GOP Senate Runoff (Trafalgar): Graham Nordone 48, Norman 48
Wednesday, August 26
Trump's Bet on Darline Graham Pays Off
Allison & Choi, Washington Post


The Sleeper Race That Could Decide the Senate
Spencer Neale, American Conservative
Dems Are Poised for Victory. Don't Let GOP Define Us
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Bernie's Never Been Hotter. That Should Worry Dems
Jeff Burton, Newsweek
American Medinas: Turning U.S. Cities Into 'Beachheads' for Islam
Paul Sperry, RCI
Donald Trump Can't Stop Sabotaging His Own Economy
James Downie, MS Now
Trump Not Getting Credit Where Credit Is Due
David Bossie, Washington Times
Canadians Don't Seek Trade War--But Nor Will We Be Bullied
Jen Gerson, Guardian
Carney's Defiance of Trump May Kill Canada's Economy
Michael Taube, The Spectator
The GOP'S Data Center Panic
Philip Elliott, Time Magazine
Trump Is Right About Data Centers
Robby Soave, The Hill
Three Secret Service Agents Suspended Amid Leak Probe
Susan Crabtree, RCP
SCOTUS Joins Trump’s Insidious War on Voting Rights
Matt Ford, The New Republic
Supreme Court Sides With Trump on Election Integrity
Alan Jamison, AMAC
The Moms of TikTok Have Gone Insane
Kara Kennedy, The Free Press
Why I Accepted the Responsibility To Lead the VOICE Office
Joe Abraham, RCP
Dolly Parton, the Only Voice in the World
Bob Greene, Wall Street Journal
Iowa (Suffolk): Sen: Hinson (R) 45, Turek (D) 41 | Gov: Sand (D) 48, Lahn (R) 44
Thursday, August 27
The End of the Mass Incarceration Myth
Charles Lane, The Free Press


Darline Graham's Message to GOP About the Midterms
James Antle, DC Examiner
DNC Isn't Broken, It's Recent Meeting Was Success
David Atkins, Washington Monthly
GOP Nervous About Senate Map
Bevan, Cannon, & Trende, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Canada Is Running Out of Excuses
Jane Stannus, The Spectator
Mark Carney Tells Trump He Will Never Own Canada
Heather Parton, Salon
ICE on Track To Hit Goal of 2,000 Daily Arrests
Sun & McCann, New York Times
Gov. Shapiro's Unseemly Rush to Lancaster County
Robert Kennedy Jr., X
What Duffy Family's Reality Show Teaches About U.S.
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
Dolly Parton, Pure Product of America
Caitlin Flanagan, The Free Press
The Lost World of the Founding Fathers
James Piereson, The New Criterion
Iran Faces Trouble as Strategic Value of Hormuz Erodes
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
Path to Zero: The Botched Withdrawal From Afghanistan
WSJ Opinion Docs
The Choices We Make About AI Now Are Critical
Bill Gates, Gates Notes
Education for America's Next 250 Years
Kathleen O'Toole, The American Mind
Why Parents Love a School With Bogus Numbers
Kelsey Piper, Substack
WNBA's Bullies Are Floundering
Jennifer Sey, New York Post
Friday, August 28
As Trump's Iran War Enters Sixth Month, No Good Options
Michael Birnbaum, WP


How Badly Is Iran War Hurting the GOP?
Bevan, Cannon & Jashinsky, RCP on SiriusXM
The DSA May Cost Dems Their Blue Wave
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
Trump’s Big Midterm Strategy Is About To Backfire
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Repeating Tea Party Takedown Process on America First Coalition
Stu Cvrk, AG
This Is the Winning Message for Democrats
Guastella & Etelson, The Guardian
If Election Is 'Capitalism vs. Socialism', GOP Wins
McLaughlin & McLaughlin, Newsmax
Troy Jackson Is Looking Forward In Maine
Thor Benson, The American Prospect
Sherrod Brown's Fake Populism Exposed
Shane Harris, AMAC
GOP's Midterm Convention Tells You About Its Priorities
Chris Hayes, MS Now
Why Dems Can't Escape Far Left's Transgender Demands
Doug Schoen, FOX News
Meta Has Suffered a Huge Blow
David Futrelle, The Nation
Backlash Against Data Centers Real, Organic, Widespread
Brendan Steinhauser, RCP
Watching Lindsay Clancy Defenders Shocked Me
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Tsunami From the Sky: Behind the Flash Flood in Nepal
Matthews, et al, Daily Mail
America Becoming a Peter Pan Nation
J. Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
Dolly Parton Leaves Us Wanting More
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Latest Polls: Senate: Polls, Map, Odds | Govs: Polls, Map, Odds | Generic Ballot
Saturday, August 29
Trump Announces Vast U.S. Stake in Venezuelan Oil Industry
Joe Walsh, CBS News
The Fed Confronts a Powerful New Economic Force
Shira Ovide, Washington Post
A Calculated Betrayal of America's Working Families
Brian Lonergan, Chronicles
Why Trump Really Wants To Rename Lake Ontario
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Rogers' Plan To Defeat El-Sayed
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
NH Senate Race Leans Dem, But It's Not in the Bag
Virginia Heffernan, New Republic
Betting on Politics: Who Wins the U.S. Senate?
Keith Naughton, RealClearPolitics
Pardon Attorney Ed Martin Reflects on 'Year of Mercy'
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Why Editor of Stars and Stripes Is Suing Pentagon
Michael Calderone, NY Magazine
Why Won't Legacy Media Cover Big Pharma Properly?
Alex Berenson, Substack
Antifa Networks Panic After Sanctions on Their Servers
Kyle Shideler, The Federalist
Can Fixing Potholes Rebuild Trust in the Government?
Sara Herschander, Vox
Illinois Voters Deserve the Right To Recall Elected Officials
Mark Batinick, RCP
Can Progressive Christians Reclaim God? Unlikely
Eric Teetsel, Washington Post
Return of the Common Good
Daniel Mahoney, The American Mind
Alone-ness, Loneliness and the Content Crisis
Jerusalem Demsas, Substack
September Effect: Is a Treasury Bond Crisis Coming?
Red Jahncke, RealClearPolicy
'28 Dems (Quantus): Buttigieg 26, Ossoff 21, AOC 15, Harris 8, Newsom 7 | GOP
Sunday, August 30
The GOP's Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape
Jonathan Martin, Politico
The Democrats’ Rough 2026
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Do Michigan Voters Care More About Issues or Identity?
LZ Granderson, LA Times
Dems Try To Divorce Themselves From Toxic Hasan Piker
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
Dems: Make Peace With Becoming a Little Radical
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
Jeffries-Kushner Mtg Meltdown Shows Dem Radicalization
Michael Goodwin, NYP
Inside Trump's Plan To Give DoD a Stake in Venezuela's Oil
Bergengruen, et al, WSJ
Venezuela Oil Deal Could Benefit All Sides
Leopoldo Nucete, RealClearPolitics
'Cuba Is Opening Up.' Reforms Begin as US Tightens Grip
Rick Jervis, USA Today
Is Iran Facing Its Soviet Moment and Its End?
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek
On the Pennsylvania Measles Debacle
Alex Berenson, Substack
Memo to Josh Shapiro: Lying is Shameful
Roger L. Simon, Substack
Syracuse Can’t Attract the Students It Needs To Pay the Bills
Belkin, et al, WSJ
The Promise & Limits of UT Austin Core-Curriculum Reform
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Lindsay Clancy Has Already Been Damned
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
The Psychopath and Her Sycophants
Sasha Stone, Substack
Modern Technology Is Truly a Miracle
Dave Barry, Substack


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