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RealClearPolitics Week of December 15, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 15
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
Liel Leibovitz, Tablet Magazine
On the Beach
Mark Steyn, SteynOnline
Australians Must Stand With Jewish Community
Michael Fullilove, The Atlantic
A Partisan Judge Once Again Sabotages Comey Case
Mike Davis, FOX News
The Chutzpah of Marjorie Taylor Greene
Jemima Kelly, Financial Times
I'm a Trucker. Illegal Immigrants Have Flooded My Industry
Gord Magill, Pirate Wires
Global Shadow Economy Behind Latest Move on Venezuela
Joshua Keating, Vox
Maduro's Criminal Regime Is Falling Apart
Maria Machado, CBS News
RIP Rob Reiner--One of the Hollywood Greats
John Nolte, Breitbart
Reiner's Son Charged With Murder in Parents' Deaths
Julianne McShane, MS Now
The Case for a Day of Rest and Reconnection
Charlie Kirk, New York Post
Tuesday, December 16
Disparate-Impact Theory Is Unconstitutional
Foley & Torchinsky, Wall Street Journal


Democrats Are Playing With Fire in Texas
Michael Baharaeen, Substack
Australia Let This Evil Come and Fester Here
Misha Saul, City Journal
Another Shutdown May Be Just Weeks Away
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Offshoring of Industrial Capacity Was Intentional
Palmer Luckey, Taiwan AI Academy
The Absurdities of Birthright Citizenship
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Ilhan Omar on Trump's 'Unhealthy & Creepy Obsession'
David Smith, The Guardian
Hunting Tradition That Explains PA's Wild Politics
Salena Zito, Washington Post
Notable Books of 2025
Hemingway, et al., The Federalist
Inside a Hollywood Tragedy: Killings of Rob & Michele Reiner
Josh Dickey, The Wrap
Rob Reiner and the Plight of the Nepo Baby
Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
Dem 2028 (Big Data): Harris 31, Newsom 20, Buttigieg 10, AOC 6, Beshear 4
Wednesday, December 17
U.S. Blockades Sanctioned Oil Tankers in Venezuela
Wingrove & Martin, Bloomberg


I Only Believe in Conspiracy Theories That Are True
Vice President Vance, Allentown
Can Dems Get Back to Fighting for Middle Class?
Stanley Greenberg, Am. Prospect
Garland, Wray Ignored Mar-a-Lago Raid Objections
Susan Ferrechio, Washington Times
Trump's Post on the Reiners Is Not a One-Time Departure
Melinda Henneberger, RCP
Congress Should Come to a Compromise on Health Costs
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Democrats Hold Advantage on Health Care Messaging
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
What Big Pharma Didn't Want You To Know About Hep B Vax
John Klar, Substack
Australia's Government Has It Backward
Douglas Murray, City Journal
A New Path for a Free Palestine
Jon Shields, Washington Monthly
GA Mom Fighting for Life After Random Acid Attack
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOX News
Trump Job Approval: FOX: 44% | Quinnipiac: 40% | CNBC: 45% | RCP Avg: 43.6%
Thursday, December 18
Fixing the Democrat 'Mess': Trump Previews Midterms
James Antle, DC Examiner


The Revealing Pointlessness of Trump's Primetime Speech
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
The Staggering Economic Fallout From the DEI Rampage
Shane Harris, AMAC
Meet the Most Confident Democrats in America
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost
Maddow Awarded for Being Wrong, Service to the Cause
Greg Gutfeld, FOX News
House Health Bill Going Nowhere, Real Deal Taking Shape
Frey & Schnell, MS Now
How Health Care Became a Financialized Hellhole
Oren Cass, Commonplace
American Library Association (Still) Trying To Groom Kids
Dan Kleinman, RCP
What Russia Means When It Comes to 'Peace'
James Kirchick, Politico
Biden Official Exposes Russia-Ukraine War Lie
Branko Marcetic, Responsible Statecraft
Targeting Proxy Advisers ISS and Glass Lewis
James Copland, Wall Street Journal
Trump Job Approval: FOX 44% | Emerson 41% | Quantus 44% | RCP Avg: 43.5%
Friday, December 19
A Reckoning Over Biden's Weaponized Justice
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal


Mamdani Goes Behind the Scenes of Meeting With Trump
John Nichols, The Nation
We Have a Duty To Condemn Conspiracy Theorists
Ben Shapiro, Turning Point AmFest
Identity Politics Will Destroy This Country
Tucker Carlson, Turning Point AmFest
Why Californians Will Pay $340 More for Electricity
Dayen & Baratta, Am. Prospect
Pennsylvania's Uneasy Truce With Artificial Intelligence
Sean Trende, RCP
Teachers' Union Playing Foolish Pronoun Games
Karol Markowicz, New York Post
Trump's Education Tax Credit Gambit
Rachel Canter, Washington Monthly
Chicago's Guaranteed Income Guarantees Less Opportunity
Josh Bandoch, RCP
Conservatives We Lost in 2025: An Annual Remembrance
Tevi Troy, DC Examiner
50 Great Things That Happened in 2025
Emma Varvaloucas, The Progress Network
TDIH - Dec 19th 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 43.3 | Obama 42.5 | Bush 42.6
Sunday, December 21
What Parents and Teachers Should Be Asking
Roberts & Butcher, USA Today
A Progressive Blueprint To Fix Government
Kim & Garden-Monheit, Washington Monthly
Democrats Are Letting Illegal Immigrants Kill People
Zachary Faria, DC Examiner
Republicans' Self-Created Health Care Problem
David Dayen, American Prospect
9 Pharma Companies Strike Deal To Lower Drug Prices
Constantino & Ohlen, CNBC
Trump Pardoned CO Election Clerk, Gov. Polis Should Too
Helen Raleigh, Federalist
Keeping New Orleans From Becoming 'Everywhere Else'
Larry Blumenfeld, The Nation
Fairfax Schools Forfeit Case on Gender Policies
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, IWFeatures
Norman Podhoretz Confronted Lies, Exposed Bullies
Ruth Wisse, Wall Street Journal
Hope, Hopelessness and the Case for Prayer
Thompson & Eyal, Substack
Wonder Confronts Certainty, Then and Now
Gary Morson, Public Discourse


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