February 1, 2025 Archives

RealClearPolitics Week of January 27, 2025 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, January 27
Why Trump 2.0 Feels So Different Already
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
We've Entered the FAFO Phase of the Trump Administration
Scott Jennings, CNN
Trump Can’t Escape the Laws of Political Gravity
Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic
Disoriented Democrats Still Don't Know What Hit Them
Byron York, DC Examiner
How Senate Dems Are Trying To Block Tulsi Gabbard
Phil Wegmann, FOX News
Bessent Can Walk the Trade Tightrope
Robert Zoellick, Wall Street Journal
A Midwestern Battle for the DNC
Nate Moore, The Liberal Patriot
Trump's Shock & Awe Campaign Is a Dream Come True
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
Trump's Retribution Distracts From Real Domestic Enemies
Jackie Calmes, LAT
Judge Cannon Body Slams Biden DOJ's Lawfare
Margot Cleveland, The Federalist
Surviving 'Political Grief': You're Not Alone
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
Death to DEI: The Real Reason White Leftists Are Panicking
Stephen Green, PJ Media
Tuesday, January 28
Democrats Should Embrace Ideological Pluralism
Michael Baharaeen, Substack


Stop the Nonsense and Confirm Tulsi Gabbard
Charlie Kirk, RealClearPolitics
Good Luck Trying To Reverse America's Decline
Samuel Moyn, The Guardian
How Substack, Elon Musk Broke the Censors
Marc Andreessen, Lex Fridman Podcast
Trump Executive Orders Are Key to DOGE's Success
Ryan Silverstein, RealClearPolitics
Pulled in All Directions
Rhoda Feng, American Prospect
GOP Shouldn't Fall for Pence's Subterfuge vs. RFK
Andrea Widburg, American Thinker
Why Colombia Backed Down
Julio Varela, MSNBC
Why Climate-Change Ideology Is Dying
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal
Who's Afraid of Melania Trump?
Jo Ellison, Financial Times
Only Congress and the President Can Save College Sports
Cody Campbell, Federalist
Wednesday, January 29
How Trump Has Reset the National Mood
Glenn Reynolds, New York Post


A Lawless Leader and His Revolution
Joan Walsh, The Nation
Dems' Time in Senate Minority May Last a While
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Trump 2.0: It’s Not Amateur Hour Anymore
Paul Rosenzweig, The Atlantic
RFK Jr. Would Transform American Health for the Better
Gina Nick, RealClearPolitics
With RFK, It May Be 'Golden Age' for Cash-Hungry Lawyers
Yael Ossowski, RCP
Millions of New GOP Voters Want RFK Jr. at Helm of HHS
David Marcus, FOX News
Trump's Executive Order on Sex and Gender
Kara Dansky, The Liberal Patriot
What Happened When DEI Came to the Military?
Madeleine Rowley, The Free Press
The Birthright Battle Begins
Andrew Day, The American Conservative
Ending Birthright Citizenship Won’t Make America Great
Agustina Vergara Cid, RCP
When Will Selena Gomez Weep for Laken Riley?
Christopher Tremoglie, DC Examiner
Watch/Listen: RFK Jr. Testifies at Confirmation Hearing for HHS Secretary
Thursday, January 30
The Democrats' Governance Problem
Ruy Teixeira, Substack


Can't We Come Together as a Nation and Do This?
Sen. Ron Johnson, U.S. Senate
United States Has Always Been a Divided Nation
Steve Phillips, The Nation
Tulsi Gabbard vs. the Undead Consensus
Daniel McCarthy, Compact Magazine
Trump and Musk's Plan To Purge the Federal Workforce
Andrew Prokop, Vox
The Trump Coalition Is Forming. Who Should Be in It?
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Democrats' Mission To Win Back the Working Class
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Start Treating Mexico Like a Hostile Foreign Power
John Davidson, The Federalist
Canada Braces for Two-Step Trade War
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Costs of Cultural Illiteracy: Lessons From Israel-Hamas War
Aaron Pomerantz, RCP
Midair Collision Over DC Preceded by Months of Near Misses
John Solomon, JTN
Watch Senate Hearings: Tulsi Gabbard | Kash Patel | Robert Kennedy Jr.
Friday, January 31
New CIA Chief: Evidence Didn't Support '17 Brennan Assessment
Paul Sperry, RCI


Here's What We Need From the Next DNC Chair
Gov. Phil Murphy, MSNBC
After 4 Years of Biden, It's Nice To Have a President Again
Jamie Roe, USA Today
Why Big Tech Turned Right
Eric Levitz, Vox
Pharmahontas on the Warpath at RFK Hearings
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Celebrity Fatigue--Glam Doesn't Vote
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Two-Tiered Justice: Disparities in Biden, Trump Pardons
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
Does New York City Even Have a Mayor Anymore?
Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Why Is Bezos Still Banning Ryan Anderson's Book?
Nathanael Blake, The Federalist
Learning To Live With Machines That Can Think
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
The End of DEI and Our Evolution Into a Post-Racial Society
Joel Kotkin, Spiked
Sunday, February 2
Trump Turning the Page on Woke Insanity
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
With Chaos Reigning, Trump’s Honeymoon Is Already Over
Brad Bannon, The Hill
I'm a 'Yes' On RFK, Jr., Kash Patel & Tulsi Gabbard
Sen. Lindsey Graham, FOX News
Trump Admin Will Be Resisted. We Will Not Be Silent
Rebecca Solnit, Guardian
The Left's Hilarious Objections to Mass Deportations
Elizabeth Stauffer, DC Examiner
Trump Acts on Nixon's 'Madman Theory'
David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Trump Is Killing Terrorists Again, and It's Glorious
Rebeccah Heinrichs, New York Post
Anti-Trans Politicians Threaten Minors
Meredith Perkins, Cincinnati Enquirer
IL Taxpayers To Pay Millions for Pritzker's Gender Affirming Politics
John Kass
Dems in Denial on Education Crisis
Michael Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal
DEI Must Die for Students To Succeed
Rhyen Staley, RealClearEducation


©2025 RealClearPolitics | Go to full site