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RealClearPolitics Week of February 23, 2026 Archives

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Monday, February 23
Huge Decline in Violent Crime Isn't a Mystery
Drew Holden, Commonplace
GOP Resorts to Ridiculous Argument To Defend SAVE Act
Philip Bump, MS Now
We Need Voter ID: We're Going To Force Talking Filibuster
Sen. Mike Lee, FOX News
'El Mencho' Killed After Visit From Romantic Partner
Cortes, et al., Reuters
Voters Give Thumbs Up to Donroe Doctrine Foreign Policy
Terry Jones, I&I/TIPP Poll
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales: Civility Will Save Us
Charlie Stone, The Unknowns
How Apple and Other Tech Giants Manipulate News Feeds
Douglas Murray, NY Post
No More Delays. Time To Deliver Credit Card Relief
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, FOX News
Censorship, Self-Hatred, Apathy Have Eroded Europe
Spencer Klavan, Substack
U.S. Had a Crazy Strategy vs. Canada. I Can't Believe It Worked
Alex Kirshner, Slate
Try-Hards Are Cool Again
Mary Koch, Wall Street Journal
Trump Job Approval: CNN 39% | Rasmussen 47% | ABC News/WashPost 41%
Tuesday, February 24
Midterm Message: SOTU Kicks Off 2026 Campaign Season
Kevin Liptak, CNN


Why Roberts Got It Wrong on Tariffs, Foreign Policy
John Eastman, The American Mind
How Spanberger Can Make SOTU Response Worthwhile
Michael LaRosa, MS Now
Does State of the Union Still Matter?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Talking Filibuster Is the 'Anti-Nuclear Option'
Chip Wyatt, Chronicles
White House Fails To 'Booby-Trap' Governors
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Henry Waxman and the Art of Political Adaptation
Maya Kornberg, RealClearPolitics
The Graveyard of Destructive Ideas
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
U.S., Iran To Hold More Talks as Protests Reignite in Iran
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
The Ambush That Brought Down a Drug Kingpin
Perez & Vyas, Wall Street Journal
Peru's Aliaga Will Bring Stability, Growth, Alliance With U.S.
Steve Cortes, RCWorld
Watch/Listen: President Trump's 2026 State of the Union Address
Wednesday, February 25
Democrats Navigate Their SOTU Response on Live TV
Frey & Schnell, MS Now


'These People Are Crazy' Is Campaign Dems Should Fear
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
State of the Trick: Trump's Mysterious Misdirection
Joe Klein, Substack
Border Is Secure, Crime Is Down, Economy Is Reviving
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Spanberger Frames Affordability as Democrats' Path Back
Julia Terruso, Time
You Think You Hate the Media Enough, But You Don't
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack
A Medal of Honor for Royce Williams
Kate Odell, Wall Street Journal
Fixing Immigration Enforcement Before Trust Collapses
Santiago Calvo, RCP
The Unfathomable Depths of Blue-State Fraud
Blake Neff, The Spectator
Newsom's Struggle for Everyman Cred
Ed Burmila, The New Republic
Mamdani, Bragg Should Prosecute NYers Pelting Police
Scott Munro, NYCPDDEA
TX Sen (UT): GOP: Paxton 36,Cornyn 34, Hunt 26 | Dem: Crockett 56,Talarico 44
Thursday, February 26
It Was a No-Brainer, But Democrats Refused To Stand
Miranda Devine, New York Post


Trump Says Everything Is Great. Who Will Tell Him Otherwise?
Ezra Klein, TikTok
Virginia Gerrymandering Is About Demographics
Adam Johnston, AMAC
No Populism Without Cultural Populism
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
Iran Is Facing a Berlin Wall Moment
Sen. Lindsey Graham, FOX News
FOX News, Sen. Graham and a New Push for War
Tucker Carlson, Tucker Carlson Show
To Raise Low Birth Rates, Help Mothers
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Is Expensive Electricity Really Inevitable?
William Murray, RealClearEnergy
CBS Accidentally Proves Trump Right on South Africa
Hans Mahncke, The Federalist
The Uplifting Medicine of 'Scrubs'
Melanie McFarland, Salon
Mostly Paralyzed But Happy To Be Alive
Dennis Prager, Wall Street Journal
'28 Dems (Emerson): Newsom 20, Buttigieg 16, Harris 13, AOC 9, Shapiro 7
Friday, February 27
Congress? Maybe Check Back in 2027
David Dayen, American Prospect


Voter ID Should Be a Priority for Congress and the Nation
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Mideast Embassies Evacuate With Trump 'Not Happy'
Wingrove & Biryukov, Bloomberg
U.S. Military Should Go Big, Let Iranians Do the Rest
Behnam Taleblu, Foreign Affairs
Why Go to War If We 'Obliterated' Iran's Nukes Last June?
John Davidson, Federalist
What Will the Fed's 'Warsh Era' Bring?
Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate
Amazon Busted for Widespread Scheme To Inflate Prices
Matt Stoller, Substack
Canada's Carney: A Second-String PM...or Governor?
Theodore Malloch, Chronicles
Value of Critical Thinking: Humanities in a Tech Era
Elwood Watson, Washington Mthly
Fairfax Hiring Plan Is Disenfranching Americans
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, IWFeatures
The Golden State Is Turning Grey
Joel Kotkin, City Journal
Sunday, March 1
Trump's Shift From Diplomacy to Operation Epic Fury
Subramanian, et al., Bloomberg
CIA Closely Watched Khamenei for Months Before Fatal Strikes
Liptak, et al., CNN
June Strikes a Test Run--Iran Had Chance To Make Peace
Michael Goodwin, NY Post
War Is Peace: Trump's Regime-Change Reversal
John Avlon, Rolling Stone
Sweeping Aside Decades of Dumb Elite Groupthink
Noah Pollak, X
Trump's SOTU: Common Sense Over Ideology
Daniel McCarthy, The Daily Signal
Dangerous Playbook Revived for U.S. Housing Agencies
Sheila Bair, Financial Times
The Left Must Rediscover Working-Class Nationalism
Alex Hogan, Compact Magazine
The Scramble for Lithium
Casey Williams, The Nation
New Report Reveals the Struggles of Holding Public Office
Hans Zeiger, NY Post
UK's New Grooming Gang Scandal
Fraser Myers, The American Conservative


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