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RealClearPolitics Week of January 13, 2025 Archives

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Monday, January 13
A New Year's Reality Check for Democrats
Nate Moore, Substack
Do Senate Republicans Know What Time It Is?
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Los Angeles Shouldn't Rebuild the Same Way Again
Stieb & Miller, New York Magazine
How the Left Turned California Into a Paradise Lost
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
What Happens When You Can't Afford To Evacuate?
Sa'iyda Shabazz, MSNBC
Jack Smith's Final Stunt
Julie Kelly, Substack
What's Realistic for Foreign Policy Under Trump 2.0
Schoen & Mangel, The Hill
Pentagon Needs a New Kind of Leader
Rep. August Pfluger, Washington Examiner
So, Is It RIP DEI?
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
Taking On the Biggest Problems, Biggest Companies
Dayen & Kanter, Am. Prospect
Should I Sue the Washington Post?
Mark Judge, Chronicles
Watch/Listen: Biden | Vance | Newsom | Bannon | Brazille | Thibeau | Walz, More
Tuesday, January 14
Meta's Abolition of DEI May Be a Turning Point
Christopher Rufo, City Journal


Confirmation Wars Begin in the Senate
Skalka, et al., HuffPost
5 Things Hegseth Could Do If He Is Confirmed
Wilson Beaver, The National Interest
The Tragic Legacy of the Mourner-in-Chief
Sam Adler-Bell, New York Magazine
NPR Promotes Head of 'Information Disorder' Commission
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
The Immigrants America Needs
Phil Gramm, Wall Street Journal
What Will Happen to Hollywood Now?
Coleman Spilde, Salon
Total Lie That This Was Inevitable in L.A.
Michael Shellenberger, Tucker Carlson Show
Another Case Study for Reining In Presidential Authorities
Sam Raus, RCP
Abandoning Americans Struggling With Open Wounds
Joe Grogan, Washington Times
Lorien Foote on Federal Fugitives During the Civil War
Elliott Drago, Jack Miller Center
Watch/Listen: Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
Wednesday, January 15
Biden Promised a Bridge But Left a Gulf
Eric Spitz, RealClearPolitics


A Letter to Merrick Garland
Bob Livingston, Wall Street Journal
Democrats Should End Fixation on Identity Politics
Michael Baharaeen, Substack
Zuckerberg Opts for Free Speech--After Thinking It Over
Martin Gurri, City Journal
Israel and Hamas Agree to Gaza Ceasefire
Shotter, et al., Financial Times
Secret Service Readies for 'Higher-Threat' Trump Inauguration
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Harris Reveals Her Callous Soul
Bethany Mandel, New York Post
Canadians Freaking Out About Trump's Territorial Trolling
John Last, New Republic
Why Is Biden Hiding Ukrainian Bioweapon Labs From Trump?
Tucker Carlson, TCN
Los Angeles Fires Highlight the Challenge of Disaster Relief
Kelsey Piper, Vox
Newsom, Karen Bass Are Utterly Lying, Making Excuses
Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks
Senate Confirmation Hearings: Bondi | Rubio | Vought | Ratcliffe | Wright
Thursday, January 16
Jill Biden Still Hopes for a Good Ending
Kara Voght, Washington Post


A Farewell Address to a Woketopia Gone Wrong
Sasha Stone, Substack
Biden Right To Warn About Threat of Oligarchy
Hayes, Maddow, Reid & Psaki, MSNBC
The Danger That Biden Failed To Warn About
Mark Penn, X
Republicans, It Is Time To Deliver Results
Roberts & Walker, Washington Examiner
Student Governments Must Ditch National Politics
Alex Rosado, RealClearPolitics
Fetterman Tells Dems To Chill Out About Trump. He's Right
Ingrid Jacques, USAT
At Davos, High Priests of Globalization Grapple w/Trump
Larry Elliott, The Guardian
What Trump Got Right and the Experts Got Wrong
K.T. McFarland, FOX News
A Gaza Deal Closed, but No Closure
Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic
Global Censorship Industry Is Wounded but Far From Dead
Mike Benz, Tipping Point
CNN Trial Goes From Bad to Worse
Jonathan Turley
Friday, January 17
U.S. Will Be Better Off When Biden Exits the Stage
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today


The Incoherence of the End of the Biden Presidency
David Dayen, American Prospect
Has the Decline of Journalism Hit Rock Bottom?
James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Where Have All the Young Democrats Gone?
John Judis, Substack
Big Banks Take Step Toward Dismantling ESG Agenda
Paul Teller, RealClearEnergy
The Deeply American Roots of Trump's Territorial Ambitions
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Trump and His Envoy Impact Mideast Before Inauguration
John Solomon, JTN
The Politics of Wind and Fire
Edward Ring, American Greatness
Flames Erased Lives, Homes and Stories of Los Angeles
Ruben Martinez, LA Times
Newsom Should Resign
Samuel Hammond, City Journal
CNN Found Guilty of Defaming Security Contractor
Winston Cho, Hollywood Reporter
Sunday, January 19
Competence Under Fire Amid Partisan Hearings
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Democrats Need a New Strategy for Confirmation Hearings
Molly Jong-Fast, MSNBC
Gabbard Should Be Confirmed ASAP
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
3 Israeli Hostages Freed by Hamas as Ceasefire Begins
Shotter, et al., Financial Times
In Los Angeles, DEI Went Up in Smoke
Douglas Murray, The Spectator
Lessons From a Losing Campaign
Tatyana Tandanpolie, Salon
Trump Should Adopt Virginia Regulatory Model
Reeve Bull, RealClearPolicy
How China Dominates Global Shipbuilding
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Was OpenAI Whistleblower Balaji Murdered?
Purnima Rao, Tucker Carlson Show
David Lynch Was America's Cinematic Poet
David Sims, The Atlantic
On Jordan Peterson's 'We Who Wrestle With God'
Sam Buntz, RealClearBooks


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