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Monday, December 1
The College Students Who Can't Do Elementary Math
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
Sources of America's Hidden Inflation
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Trump Halts 'Third World' Immigration
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
German Court May Have Shattered Another Biden Era Lie
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Breaking the Vicious Cycle Prolonging Russia-Ukraine War
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Pritzker Tarnishes the 'Land of Lincoln'
Conrad Black, New York Sun
Appeals Court Upholds Habba Disqualification as Prosecutor
Jordan Rubin, MS Now
Anti-Woke Counter-Revolution Is Sweeping Through the Media
Joel Kotkin, Spiked
Are Palestinians Ready To Shed Hamas?
Mohamed Elgohari, Foreign Affairs
The Strategic Case for Supporting Israel
Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal
Being 'Blunt' About Transgenderism and the Truth
J.K. Rowling, X
Tuesday, December 2
Is the U.S. About To Go to War With Venezuela?
Joshua Keating, Vox


How Collusion Hoax Led to the Russia-Ukraine War
Hans Mahncke, The Federalist
Tennessee's 7th District Race Bucks Conventional Wisdom
Russell Payne, Salon
GOP Can't Lose in Tennessee...Right?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Somali Fraud Story Busts Liberal Myths
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Takeaways From a Positive Trump-Mamdani Meeting
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
The Press vs. the Truth, Cold War Edition
Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
Fake Electors Prosecution Was BS From the Beginning
Byron York, DC Examiner
Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich
Emma Janssen, American Prospect
Energy Affordability Is the Kitchen-Table Issue of 2020s
William Murray, RCEnergy
Kiffin to LSU Is a Big Win for College Football
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Watch/Listen: Trump Administration Cabinet Meeting
Wednesday, December 3
America Dodged a Disastrous Tim Walz
Nicole Russell, USA Today


What the Tirades on Biden's Autopen Are Really About
Barbara McQuade, MS Now
Left Sides With Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists
Shane Harris, AMAC
Why Is Trump Suddenly Obsessed With Honduras?
Keating & Zuniga, Vox
The Absurdity of the Nation's Largest Teachers' Union
Wai Chin, City Journal
Prices in the Machine
David Dayen, American Prospect
Can Democrats Spin a Loss as a Win? 
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
The Filibuster Must Be Euthanized
David Catron, The American Spectator
GOP Needs To Reach Latinos Now or Lose
Bianca Gracia, The Unknowns
Cleaning Up Democrats' Sanctuary City Mess
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
How Dollar-Store Industry Overcharges Customers
Yeoman & Zuckerman, Guardian
Thursday, December 4
The Future of the Left in the 21st Century
Ruy Teixeira, Substack


Use Tariff Revenue To Cut Payroll Taxes
Laffer & Moore, Wall Street Journal
Who Will Benefit From the New 'Trump Accounts' for Kids?
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
All the President's Signatures: Biden's Autopen Gamble
Jeff Cunningham, RCPolicy
Federal Judges Are Becoming a Form of Tyranny
Andrea Widburg, American Thinker
How the AI Bubble Might Play Out
David Dayen, American Prospect
From Ukraine to Minnesota, the Fraud Is the Same
Steve Cortes, Substack
Exposing Ukraine's Corruption Scandal Is a Win
Kristina Berdynskykh, The Atlantic
Two Cities, Two Crime Strategies: What I Learned Living in Both
Don Tracy, RCP
The Scourge of Indoor Recess
Anna North, Vox
How School Accountability Keeps Kids Out of Prison
Neetu Arnold, City Journal
Friday, December 5
Trump: Europe Risks Being Wiped Away Unless It Changes
Ben Sills, Bloomberg


The Lesson of Minnesota's Fraud
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Netflix Aims for Entertainment Domination
David Dayen, American Prospect
Biden FBI Had the Evidence on Bomb Suspect, Covered It Up
Benny Johnson, X
The Revolt of the Republican Women
Jeet Heer, The Nation
SCOTUS Must Reinstate U.S Attorneys Habba and Halligan
Mike Davis, FOX News
Reality Check for Progressives on Green New Deal
Will Marshall, The Hill
Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects
Amity Shlaes, Coolidge Review
The Political Causes of Higher Education's Decline
Kevin Wallsten, City Journal
Peace Deal Stumbles Again Over Inevitable Obstacle: Putin
Andrew Roth, Guardian
Kiev Shouldn't Get U.S. Security Guarantees
Doug Bandow, The American Conservative
Sunday, December 7
GOP Message on Affordability: Blame Biden--and 'Relax'
Clarissa-Jan Lim, MS Now
'Common Sense' Revolution Restoring America
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Meet the Connectors
Whitney Wimbish, American Prospect
The Rise and Fall of the American Bar Association
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Stronger Vetting Won't Fix It
Matt Boose, Chronicles
Trump Needs an Off-Ramp in Venezuela
Francisco Rodriguez, Financial Times
Greenpeace Asks a Dutch Court To Reverse an American Verdict
Michael Toth, WSJ
Blowing Stuff Up Is How We Build Things
Madeline Hart, Pirate Wires
Behind Lane Kiffin's $100 Million Ole Miss Kiss-Off
Chris Smith, Vanity Fair
Pearl Harbor Witnesses Remembered
Lori-Suzanne Dell, Portland Press-Herald
America Needs Free Speech. RealClear Needs You
David DesRosiers, RC Media Fund
TDIH - Dec 7th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 42.9 | Obama 40.3 | Bush 42.3


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