RealClearPolitics Week of June 30, 2025 Archives

RealClearPolitics Evening Edition

Monday, June 30

American Pride Diverges Starkly With Democrats, Republicans

Jeffrey Jones, Gallup

The World Should Celebrate America's Birthday

Don Feder, Washington Times

Sleeper Cells & Threats: US Strikes on Iran Spin Up Fear

Ben Makuch, The Guardian

How Trump Rebuffed the D.C. Warmongers

Rachel Bovard, The Federalist

Can the Abundance Movement Save the Dems?

Naftali Bendavid, Washington Post

Want Soviet Bread Lines? Vote for Mamdani

John Catsimatidis, Wall Street Journal

Israel Was Supposed to Sink Mamdani

Ryu Spaeth, New York Magazine

Europe's Defense Investment Fuels NATO Strength

Matt Whitaker, State Dept. Substack

How To Fix Our Dangerous Dependency on Foreign Ships

Arnav Rao, Wash Monthly

The Case for Space Defense

J.D. Crouch, Wall Street Journal

The Conservative Attack on Empathy

Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic

Jake Tapper Is Paid Millions To Not Know the News

Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist

Tuesday, July 1

Trump's Tax Cuts Spurred Growth. BBB Will Do It Again

Hassett & Miran, USA Today

A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic

How John Thune Got Trump's Megabill Out of Trouble

Burgess Everett, Semafor

Making Foreign Aid Great Again

Marco Rubio, State Department

Why We Couldn’t Sell America on USAID

William Herkewitz, New York Times

Yes, Mamdani Is a Communist

Guy Benson, Townhall

Transgender Issue Not a Distraction for Democrats

Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark

Emil Bove Shines at Confirmation

Mike Davis, The Federalist

The Abominable Sadism of "Alligator Auschwitz"

Joan Walsh, The Nation

Beware the New Eugenics

Joel Kotkin, UnHerd

Attacks on the Christian World

Dina-Perla Portnaar, Courage Media

The Making of an American Pope

Belinda Luscombe, Time Magazine

Wednesday, July 2

Dems' Left Turn Should Alarm Those Who Value Democracy

Ingrid Jacques, USAT

America for Sale! Everything Must Go!

Hamilton Nolan, In These Times

Duplicity at The Fed

Kupiec & Pollock, Law & Liberty

The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp

Melissa Gira Grant, TNR

Why Do Communists Always Want To Control Your Food?

Glenn Reynolds, NY Post

Planned Parenthood May Not Survive the Trump Admin

Moira Donegan, The Guardian

Could Dems Be Opening Door for GOP in CA's Bluest Cities?

Tommy Aramony, RCP

Trump’s Economy: A Weak Link in MAGA’s Chain

Brad Bannon, The Hill

Sandy Cortez From the 'Burbs: a Patronizing Poseur

Andrea Peyser, New York Post

Elon Musk Threatens War Against the Entire GOP

Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC

Choice Tax Breaks: GOP's Federal Plan To Transform Education

Vince Bielski, RCI

JK Rowling Versus the Pronoun Police

Stella O'Malley, Spiked

Thursday, July 3

Trump Gets His Big Beautiful Bill

King, et al, New York Post

The Last Gasp of Small-Government Conservatism

Dana Milbank, Washington Post

Dems Cry Wolf Over Medicaid Cuts

Bethany Mandel, Washington Examiner

Countdown to America’s 250th Birthday

Paul Beston, Wall Street Journal

Patriotism Once United Americans. Now It Divides Us

Jenkins & Rice, USA Today

Towards a Liberal Patriotism

Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty

Mamdani Is a Generational Warning

M.D. Kittle, The Federalist

Tap Local Law Enforcement to Fight Illicit Vapes

Bill Waybourn, RealClearPolicy

The Supreme Court Is Letting Trump Run Wild

Steven Greenhouse, The Guardian

Finally! Penn Will Erase Trans Athlete’s Records

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

U.S. Foreign Policy Is Now a One-Man Reality Show

Brahma Chellaney, The Hill

A Foreign Policy for America’s Golden Age

Kevin Roberts, American Mind

Sunday, July 6

A Song for the Texas Rescuers

Bob Greene, Wall Street Journal

Camp Mystic, a Haven for Girls, Is Center of Tragedy

Colleen Deguzman, TX Tribune

The Party of Empathy...

David Strom, Hot Air

Don’t Call It 'Alligator Alcatraz.' Call It a Concentration Camp

Andrea Pitzer, MSNBC

Flailing Dems Seek a Populist Agenda That Works

Daniel McCarthy, New York Post

Appeasing Trump Only Emboldened Him

Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect

How Universities Can Regain Public Legitimacy

George & West, Washington Post

Hank Sheinkopf: Can Anyone Stop Zohran Mamdani?

Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ

How Taxpayer Money Lifted Mamdani's Campaign

Betsy McCaughey, New York Post

Reboots & Remakes: Why's Hollywood Stuck on Repeat?

Catherine Shoard, Guardian

The Weird Superman

Peter Tonguette, The American Conservative