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RealClearPolitics Week of July 13, 2026 Archives

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Monday, July 13
Practical Politics and the Triumph of Sen. Graham
Sohrab Ahmari, UnHerd
What Sen. Graham Wanted
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic
DOJ Reminds Election Officials They Need To Follow Law
Jenny Martin, DC Examiner
Did Media Fall Short in Its Reporting on Platner?
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Evidence vs. Conspiracies in Kirk Assassination Trial
Will Cain, FOX News
Mamdani Touts Big Business Investments in New York
Errol Louis, NY Magazine
The Anti-U.S. Influencers Nurtured by Academia, Media
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
X and the State of the Media With Lee Smith
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
Will Wes Moore's Bronze Star Be a 2028 Liability?
Drew Sullins, Capital Gazette
Half My Students Are Cheating at Brown University
Roberto Serrano, The Free Press
Norway's Erling Haaland, Class Act
Monica Showalter, American Thinker
Tuesday, July 14
Raising Military Stakes Risks Escalation in Iran
Michael Gordon, Wall Street Journal


You Can't Negotiate With Iran
Jason Brodsky, The Spectator
Maine's Hybrid Nomination Can Harness Energy
David Dayen, American Prospect
Illness, Death and Primaries Change Face of GOP Senate
Byron York, DC Examiner
Graham Finally Had Exactly What He Wanted
Jim Newell, Slate
People Buying Into Media Lies End Up in a Cul-de-Sac
Chamath Palihapitiya, CNBC
Dark Cloud Over Home Sales--and BlackRock Is Involved
Paris Apodaca, Daily Caller
Cory Doctorow Is Making Peace With AI
Anita Jain, Washington Monthly
The Humiliation of Prince Harry
Kara Kennedy, The Free Press
Roberts' Risks: Justices Aren't Policymakers or Historians
Jay Cost, DC Examiner
TDIH - July 14th Generic Ballot: '26: Dems +5.2 | '22: GOP +1.9 | '18: Dems +8.2
Wednesday, July 15
On the Road With Speaker Johnson and His 1,477 Unread Texts
Olivia Beavers, WSJ


MOU Set a Trap. Iran Fell Into It
Kenneth Timmerman, American Greatness
Budget Consequences of Graham's Sudden Departure
Robert Kuttner, Am. Prospect
Justice Barrett Reveals Insane Threats Against SCOTUS
Robby Soave, The Hill
As Maine Goes, So Goes the Senate? Not Necessarily
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
'Green' California Port Fee Raises Costs for All of America
Iulia Lupse, New York Post
Are Newsom's Hopes Fading for Dem Nomination in 2028?
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
Why the Left Hates the Medicine That Made Me a Mom
Madeleine Kearns, Free Press
Med Students Undermining Medical Research--and Public Health
Jay Greene, RCP
Effective Way To Help Drug Addicts--You May Not Like It
Satel & Farabee, LA Times
What I Found After Leaving D.C.
Emily Davis, The Daily Wire
Harvard-Harris '28: Vance 42, Rubio 22, Trump Jr. 18, RFK Jr. 6, Haley 6 | Dem
Thursday, July 16
Biggest Problems With Trump's Primetime Address Tonight
Hayes Brown, MS Now


Are Democrats Getting Dumb and Dumber?
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Democrats' Key to Winning the Midterms
Howard Dean, Salon
Mamdani Fights a Homeless Camp--Very Gently
Sohrab Ahmari, UnHerd
Conservative Legal Movement Must Raise Its Standards
Rachel Bovard, Federalist
What Does It Mean To Be a Working-Class Candidate?
Sarah Jones, NY Magazine
How a Mellon Grant Fueled Fringe Scholar-Activism in TX
John Sailer, City Journal
Silicon Valley Needs Washington After All
Chris Hughes, American Prospect
New York's Ban on the Future
Josh Wolfe, The Free Press
What Nolan's 'Odyssey' Leaves Out
Spencer Klavan, Wall Street Journal
Friday, July 17
Trump Drags America Deep Down the Rabbit Hole
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine


Only Cheats Fear the SAVE Act
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Platner's Shadow, Other Takeaways From Maine Dems' Debate
Eric Bradner, CNN
Vance, Rogan and an Unwieldy GOP Coalition
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Does Soccer Still Explain the World?
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
After Barbara: Illegal Aliens and the Census
Ben Weingarten, The American Mind
Hegseth Wants To Measure Your Manhood
Heather Parton, Salon
Sacked Tufts Professor Was Funded by Mellon Foundation
John Sailer, UnHerd
A College Degree in Three Years Would Cut Costs, Waste
Zachary Marschall, WSJ
People of Faith Are Finding a New Moral Guide in AI
David DeSteno, Washington Post
The Founders and the Common Good
Phillip Munoz, First Things
TDIH - July 17th Generic Ballot: '26: Dems +4.8 | '22: GOP +2.1 | '18: Dems +7.9
Sunday, July 19
Maine Dems Rally Around Troy Jackson To Replace Platner
Karen Tumulty, WaPo
Socialism, El-Sayed Face Reality in Blue-Collar Michigan
David Marcus, FOX News
Why the Trump Effect Is Different In 2026 Than 2018
Ronald Brownstein, CNN
More Fraud Than We Can Imagine?
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Mamdani Has Political Capital & He Intends To Spend It
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NYT Mag
The Nazis and the Mullahs
Shmuel Klatzkin, The American Spectator
Has Donald Trump Finally Jumped the Shark?
Sean O'Grady, The Independent
For Many in Media, Trump's Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
SCOTUS Term Went Better for Trump Than Advertised
Jason Willick, Washington Post
ICE Has Only Seemed To Be Quieter
Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
Oregon Is Pumping Children Full of Hormones
Sapir & Terdal, Wall Street Journal


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