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RealClearPolitics Week of February 17, 2025 Archives

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Monday, February 17
The Man Madison Warned Us Against
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
Founders Would Applaud Trump Checking U.S. Bureaucracy
Robert Charles, AMAC
Elon Musk's Indiscriminate Carnage
Dan Cohen, Des Moines Register
Musk’s Money Sleuths Making Democrats Sweat
Robert Knight, Washington Times
Sanctuary Cities Work To Protect Illegal Migrants From ICE
Robert Kuttner, TAP
Trump DOJ Brings Down 'Sovereign' District of New York
Mike Davis, FOX News
A Law Could Give Noncitizens in NYC the Vote
Olivia Reingold, The Free Press
American AI Should Be Quintessentially American
Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics
After Munich, How Will Europe Handle Trump?
Jonathan Martin, Politico
J.D. Vance Issues a Call to Arms in Munich
Dominic Green, Wall Street Journal
Trump's Gaza Plan Leaves Region Facing Impossible Choice
Nesrine Malik, Guardian
Trump Triggered Productive Discourse From Arab World
Steve Witkoff, FOX Business
Tuesday, February 18
Nation's Report Card Should Trigger Alarm Bells
Ray Domanico, City Journal


This Didn't Start With DOGE
Rachel Cohen, Vox
Trump DOJ Brings Down 'Sovereign' District of New York
Mike Davis, FOX News
Democrats Have More Power Than They Realize
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
We Need Elbridge Colby To Carry Out America First Shift
Charlie Kirk, The Federalist
Kurt Volker's Guide to U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia
Chris York, Kyiv Independent
Vance Delivers a Historic Defense of Free Speech in Europe
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Left Imposed Their Ideology on World With U.S. Taxpayer Money
Viktor Orban, TCN
Efficiency Isn't the Goal in Firing Federal Workers
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Where Was 60 Minutes When Rust Belt Jobs Were Cut?
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Indian Americans Ditch Democrats
Nate Moore, Substack
Wednesday, February 19
30 Takeaways From Trump's First 30 Days in Office
Burg & Lord, Epoch Times


Trumpism Can and Must Be Defeated
Sen. Bernie Sanders, The Guardian
Trump Is Most Statesmanlike President in Generations
Larry Kudlow, FOX Business
Selling Out Ukraine Is No Path to Peace
Heather Parton, Salon
I Love Ukraine, But Zelensky Has Done a Terrible Job
President Donald J. Trump
We Demand Answers on What DOGE Is Doing at Treasury
Reps. Chu & Moore, MSNBC
Trump's Impressive Progress on Fighting Government Waste
Mick Mulvaney, The Hill
What Are Dems' Chances In the Senate in 2026?
Bevan & Trende, RCP on SiriusXM
Elon Musk’s Reign of Terror
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Populism: A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
William Barclay, RealClearPolitics
The Deeply Online Origins of MAGA 2.0
Andrew Prokop, Vox
Trump Admin Serious About Combatting Global Censorship
Sean Nelson, RCP
Thursday, February 20
Suffer the Little Children
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics


Trump Champions Smart Issues. Dems Should Buckle Up
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
One Simple Question for Democrats
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
Could the U.S. See a Canceled Election?
Alex Kozinski, Wall Street Journal
The History--and Future--of DEI
Abdallah Fayyad, Vox
How DOGE Could Take Down the Education Department
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Did Covid Push Young People Against the Left?
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Biden DOJ Snuck in Dangerous Policy Before Leaving
Tony Woodlief, RCP on SiriusXM
Are DOGE Dividend Checks Coming?
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
How the Democrats Should Fight for USAID
Tom Malinowski, The Bulwark
Kash Patel Is Perfect for FBI Director
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Friday, February 21
Who Was in Charge During 4 Years of Biden Admin?
Karol Markowicz, FOX News


Democrats Must Reinvent Themselves
Will Marshall, The Hill
Bipartisan Coalition Tells Europe, and the FBI, To Shove It
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
Trump's Constitutional Cleanup
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
The New Antitrust Consensus
David Dayen, American Prospect
Why Elbridge Colby Matters
Daniel McCarthy, Compact Magazine
Democrats Should Seize the Chance To Work With RFK Jr.
Ryan & Zorn, Newsweek
The End of Palestinian Authority's 'Pay for Slay'?
Mackenzie France, RealClearPolitics
Hamas: The Champions of Making It Worse
Michael Golden, Substack
'The Thought of American Greatness'
Maitra & Solana, The American Conservative
Was DEI Really Just Performative Political Theater?
Raghuram Rajan, Financial Times
Sunday, February 23
Radical Transparency Is Secret to Trump's Early Success
David Marcus, FOX News
Donald Trump Has Changed the World
David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Democrats Are Cratering
Mark Penn, X
The Lawmakers Who Want To Check Trump as Governors
Crampton et al., Politico
State-Level Democrats Are Panicking Over DOGE
Tudor Dixon, DC Examiner
The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Germany's Friedrich Merz
James Angelos, Politico
Europe in Panic Mode Over Trump Administration
Barry Casselman, AMAC
Is This the Way To Win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
We're Closer Today to Peace in Ukraine
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, FOX News
The Secret Society Raising Your Electricity Bills
David Dayen, American Prospect
MSNBC's Joy Reid Canceled. No One Is More Deserving
Matt Margolis, PJ Media


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