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RealClearPolitics Week of May 12, 2025 Archives

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Monday, May 12
Johnson Struggling To Deliver on Trump's Tax Cut Promises
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Extend Trump’s Tax Cuts, Repeal Biden’s Climate Handouts
David McIntosh, The Hill
China Called Trump’s Bluff
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Trump Seizes the Momentum Back
Shane Harris, AMAC
Stephen Miller Will Defy the Courts if He Has To
Heather Parton, Salon
Whiny DOJ Lifers Start Support Group
Julie Kelly, Substack
Retirement Is the New Resistance
Russell Berman, The Atlantic
It's Time for Thom Tillis To Go
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
Trump Attacking Foundations of Church-State Separation
Svante Myrick, The Hill
Democrats Are Normalizing Political Violence
Robert Charles, AMAC
Will Mormons Save the Great Salt Lake?
Addison Graham, RealClearPolitics
Rasmussen Reports: Trump Job Approval 52% | Right Direction 47%
Tuesday, May 13
A Debate Over How Democrats Would Govern Next Time
Roge Karma, The Atlantic


China Deal Is Better Than Expected. Will Critics Admit It?
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Why Birth Rates Are Really Declining
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Guardian
Drug-Price EO Should've Happened Decades Ago
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?
D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation
Sen. Banks: 'Vance Will Be the Nominee in 2028'
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Can Trump Secure a New Iran Deal?
Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate
A Putin-Zelensky Meeting Is Overdue
Anatol Lieven, UnHerd
For Global Elites, It's About Controlling Election Outcomes
Shellenberger & Benz, X
Humans Better Than AI at Forecasting Future
Dylan Matthews, Vox
Leo XIV: Reformer and Saver of Souls
Terrence Keeley, RealClearReligion
Wednesday, May 14
Trump’s Legal Strategy Has a Name
Andrew O'Donohue, The Atlantic


Dems Care for Illegal Immigrants and Criminals, Not for You
Derek Hunter, The Hill
National Democrats Have a Joe Biden Problem
Joe Cunningham, The Post and Courier
Press Tries To Pretend It Didn't Cover Up Biden's Decline
Brianna Lyman, Federalist
What Trump's 'Palace in the Sky' Gift from Qatar Reveals
Moira Donegan, Guardian
Peace in the Middle East Is Riding Upon Trump's Success
Robert Spencer, PJ Media
Criminalizing Homelessness Is Bad Policy
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times
National Police Week: A Tribute to Law Enforcement Heroes
Rep. Elise Stefanik, RCP
Trump Picked a Fight Against Harvard and Is Already Losing
Mark Mellman, The Hill
Inside Harvard's Discrimination Machine
Rufo & Thorpe, City Journal
The Anti-Woke Right Is Now Turning on Each Other
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
John Oliver Puts Liberal Intolerance on Full Display
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Thursday, May 15
Grading the Democrats: D, C-, F and F
Ruy Teixeira, Substack


The Media 'Jumps the Shark'
Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal
Trump's Mideast Diplomatic Ambitions Are Expanding
Stephen Collinson, CNN
There Are No Race Theorists in Foxholes
Doug Philippone, Wall Street Journal
Grim Times for Washingtonians
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Unaffordable Housing Is Costing Democrats Voters
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
It's Painful To Watch Democrat Men Faking Masculinity
Eddie Scarry, The Federalist
The Danger of Anointing Harris for CA Governor
Josh Koehn, San Francisco Standard
Poor PA Rankings Are an Opportunity for GOP
Athan Koutsiouroumbas, RCPennsylvania
Buttigieg Returns to Iowa--With Beard and Baggage
Lauren Egan, The Bulwark
'German Influence Operation' Exposed by Don Jr. Hit Piece
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart
Trump Approval: Reuters 44% | Ras Rpts 50% | Economist 45% | RCP Avg 45.9%
Friday, May 16
Comey's Scary Post-Butler Message
Byron York, Washington Examiner


Biden Must Rethink His Post-Presidency
Steve Schale, The Bulwark
The Economic Overhang of Biden's Worst Law
Judge Glock, City Journal
House Budget Chair Faces a Near-Impossible Puzzle
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Pritzker and the Entire Harvard Corporation Board Need To Resign
Bill Ackman, X
Progressives Find Religion on the Shadow Docket
Justin Smith, RealClearPolitics
What Democrats Can Learn From Morena
Juan Rojas, Substack
China Has Secretly Installed Kill Switches in Solar Panels
David Averre, Daily Mail
Qatari Jet Is a Test of Our National Security
Pomerantz & Frankel, RealClearPolitics
How I Ended Up in a Jail Cell for Something I Didn't Say
Lauren Noble, New York Post
Affirmative Action: Back to the Future
Loury, McWhorter & Riley, Substack
Sunday, May 18
Biden Was Unfit in 2020
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal
For Dems, No Escaping (For Now) Biden 2024 Hangover
Dan Balz, Washington Post
Gaslighting Over Biden's Fitness Biggest Scandal in History
Tom Bevan, FOX News
I Love Joe Biden. He Must Rethink His Post-Presidency
Steve Schale, The Bulwark
Newsom Busted CA's Budget on Migrants. NY, NJ Are Next
Judge Glock, NY Post
For Harris, It's Not Whether To Run for California Gov, But Why
Mark Z. Barabak, LAT
The Comey Standard
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Congress, Clean Up This Corrupt Cesspool
Al Hunt, U.S. News & World Report
Ending Global Free-Riding on American Patients
Robert Kennedy Jr., FOX News
Trump Says He Killed DEI. So Why Isn't It Dead Yet?
Jessica Guynn, USA Today
Will DEI Return to the University of Florida?
Peter Wood, Wall Street Journal


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