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RealClearPolitics Week of January 12, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 12
Will Oblivious Legacy News Media Finally Learn Its Lessons?
Jeffrey McCall, The Hill
The Uncomfortable Truth About 'the Left' and 'the Right'
Eric Levitz, Vox
If Only Ashli Babbit Had Had an SUV
Julie Kelly, Substack
Deportation and the Silence That Follows
Taiwo Adepetun, The Nation
The Staggering Scale of Democrat Fraud in Minnesota
Jason Chaffetz, FOX News
Iran Regime Needs To Reform, Make Deal With U.S.
Ellie Geranmayeh, Financial Times
Trump Should Rethink Greenland Position
Kurt Volker, Newsmax
America Has Grown Mostly by Paying Money for Land
Erik Prince, War Room
On Purdue Pharma's Relentless Promotion of Addiction
Matt Bivens, Substack
Christians Can Keep Faith in Vaccines
Johnnie Moore, RealClearPolitics
Hogwarts From Hell: D.C.'s Deep State High School
Mark Judge, Chronicles
Tuesday, January 13
How DEI Caused Military Recruitment Crisis
Gallagher & Wallsten, Wall Street Journal


Trump Wants To Make Imperialism Great Again
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Europe Should Be Begging U.S. To Buy Greenland
Shane Harris, AMAC
Why This Time Is Different for Iran
Vali Nasr, Project Syndicate
Foreign Fraud Gangs Ripping Off West Coast States
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Majority of Young Voters Now Reject Both Parties
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Left Is Collapsing the Dems, Then Centrists Will Come Back
Mark Penn, FOX News
Who Radicalized the Mississippi Synagogue Arsonist?
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
London's Crackdown on Violent Crime Is Succeeding
Sadiq Khan, The Guardian
Joy of Dilbert: Scott Adams Mocked Everyday Indignities
James Bovard, NY Post
A Final Message
Scott Adams, X
Wednesday, January 14
Minnesota Frauds Expose Democrat Business Model
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist


Schumer Shows He's a Better Leader Than Dems Think
Michael Cohen, MS Now
Powell Is the Real Threat to Fed Independence
Peter Navarro, Substack
Trump Feels Obligated To Take Action on Iran, Weighs Options
Treene & Liptak, CNN
As Iran Cracks Down, Where Are the Protests Over Here?
Gerard Baker, WSJ
Trump's Successes All Point to Avoiding Entanglements
Lipton Matthews, Chronicles
The Endless Scoops of Seymour Hersh
Adam Hochschild, The Nation
Secret Service Chief Used Sting To Try To Find My Sources
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Reagan Foundation Takes Disturbing Hard Left Turn
Craig Shirley, Washington Times
Bob Weir Was the Boomer Who Did It Best
Andi Zeisler, Salon
Putting Women's Sports Back on Track
Suzanne Beecher, RealClearEducation
MI Senate (WDIV): Rogers (R) 44%, Stevens (D) 44% | vs. McMurrow, El-Sayed
Thursday, January 15
How To Stop Fraud in Minnesota--and Across the Country
Scott Bessent, FOX News


The Minnesotans Trying To Stop ICE
Hewitt, King & McVan, Vox
More Immigration Moves Targeting 'Temporary' Programs
Byron York, DC Examiner
Will Iran's Protests Bring Down the Regime?
Ian Bremmer, GZero Media
Trump Foreign Policy Is Delivering 120 'Marshall Plans'
William Murray, The Federalist
Trump Giving Denmark and Greenland an Impossible Choice
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Fraud Prevention Is a Hidden Key to Housing Affordability
Chris Morton, RCP
Serious Doubt Cast on Claims of Plastics in Our Bodies
Damian Carrington, Guardian
How Grocery Aisles Are Changing in Age of MAHA, Ozempic
Newman & Brown, WSJ
Eos Energy's Breakthrough in Battery Energy Storage
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
What Gen X Should Know About Retirement
Maryalene LaPonsie, US News & World Rpt
Texas Senate (Emerson): R's Paxton/Cornyn/Hunt vs. D's Talarico/Crockett
Friday, January 16
House Oversight Probes NY Medicaid Matching Practices
Ben Weingarten, RCP


WH Wants the Left To Stop Sounding So Much Like Trump
Steve Benen, MS Now
What's Happening in MN Is Why We Have the Insurrection Act
Mike Davis, FOX News
Dem Blindness: The False Gloss of Optimism
Joe Klein, Substack
How the Pulitzer Incentivizes Bad Journalism
David DesRosiers, The Daily Signal
Mamdani Starts by Getting the Imagery Right
D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation
The Fed's Job Isn't Finished Until Hiring Comes Back
Dan Varroney, RealClearPolitics
Drawing a Legal Line on DEI Coercion
Ilya Shapiro, City Journal
Will Google Become Our AI-Powered Central Planner?
Matt Stoller, Substack
Pennsylvania Dairy Farmers Celebrate the Whole Milk Act
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Are Movie Theaters Cool Again?
Kyndall Cunningham, Vox
Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval Falls to Second Term Low in RCP Average
Sunday, January 18
A Stunned Europe Gathers To Respond To Trump
Tim Lister, CNN
The Fog of Prewar in Iran
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
How Americans View Trump's First Year Back
Trevor Hughes, USA Today
MN's Burgeoning Scandals May Have National Implications
J.T. Young, The Hill
The President Is at War With His Own Country
Paul Waldman, MS Now
Child Abusers Top ICE's List of 'Worst of the Worst' Illegals
M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
ICE Jumps To Center of Midterm Campaign
Lisa Kashinsky, Politico
Accurate Headlines More Crucial Than Ever
Joe Concha, Washington Examiner
Is Trump Losing Joe Rogan?
Chaffin & Sayre, Wall Street Journal
Bizarro World: Leftists 'Do Not Have a Definition' of Woman
Kirsten Fleming, NY Post
Stoke the Fire for America's 250th
Andrew Zwerneman, Substack


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