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RealClearPolitics Week of August 24, 2026 Archives

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Monday, August 24
Senate Races That Will Define the Democratic Party
Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill
Alaska Is What a Rigged Election Looks Like
John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist
Jeffries Hit With Backlash After Private Meeting With Kushner
Tiago Ventura, Time
The Unholy Alliance You Weren’t Supposed to Notice
Kelsey Reinhardt, AMAC
Trump Again Targeting Kids w/Anti-Immigrant Agenda
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Newsweek
Inside the Network Sabotaging Trump's DC Prosecutions
Crozier & Deese, Examiner
What We Are Missing in the Lindsay Clancy Case
Susan Hatters Friedman, MS Now
Lindsay Clancy's Fans Normalizing Horror of Mom Killing Kids
Miranda Devine, NYP
Bigoted Stunts Have Nothing to Do With Protecting Women
Dave Zirin, The Nation
Definitional Lunacy: WNBA Banishes Freedom In Every Sense
Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
Arday and Academic Freedom With Tyler Harper
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
When the Woke Left Hounded a Black Researcher
Neil Davenport, Spiked
Senate: Polls, Map, Odds | Govs: Polls, Map, Odds | House: Generic, vs '22,'18'14
Tuesday, August 25
Vance's Rousing Populist Manifesto in Middletown, Ohio
Byron York, DC Examiner


Democrats' Golden Opportunity on Data Centers
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
Gary, Indiana Blackout Exposes Left's Race Hustle
Shane Harris, AMAC
The Latest Empty Threat Against Iran
Vivian Salama, The Atlantic
Iran in Terminal Decline, Economy Is in Free Fall
Ludovic Hood, Washington Post
Left Should Take Up the Quest for Russia-Ukraine Peace
Anatol Lieven, The Nation
Tucker Carlson Ready To Destroy Republican Party?
Josh Hammer, The Telegraph
Lessons About the Bond Market From Bill Clinton
Robert Shapiro, Washington Monthly
Mocking Charlie Kirk Assassination Is Scary, Disturbed
Sasha Stone, Substack
Fired WaPo Writer Nets Free Speech Win
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
Is Europe's Censorship Problem Getting Worse?
Kristen Ziccarelli, Brussels Signal
Texas (U. of TX): Talarico (D) 42, Paxton (R) 39 | Abbott (R) 45, Hinojosa (D) 40
Wednesday, August 26
Socialism Targets My Immigrant Family’s American Dream
Patrice Onwuka, WaPo


The Question Dems Should Ask Voters This November
Robert Reich, The Guardian
Question for the Formerly Woke: What Exactly Do You Regret?
Carlos Lozada, NYT
Fauci's Egomania Destroyed Lives on a Personal Level
Margot Cleveland, Federalist
GOP Midterm Convention Is for Audience of One: Trump
Chris Brennan, USA Today
Democrats Approach a Perfect 2028 Storm
J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics
Republicans Love Fetterman. That's a Problem for Him
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
America May Elect First Black GOP Gov This Year
Theodore Johnson, Washington Post
Sean Duffy Is Right About Harvard
Matthew Hennessey, Free Expression
Jason Arday and What’s Wrong With DEI
Roland Fryer, Wall Street Journal
Dolly Parton Thought Big. And Thought of Others
Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark
Wisconsin Governor (Marquette): Crowley (D) 49, Tiffany (R) 44 | Map, Odds
Thursday, August 27
Democrats Are Courting Disaster, Again
Ilya Shapiro, City Journal


Nobody Wants Trump's Trade War With Canada
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
What Are the Canadians Thinking?
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
How Mayor Lurie Is Cleaning Up San Francisco
Kate Andrews, Washington Post
El-Sayed's Latest Blunder
Bethany Mandel, New York Post
Democrats' Hasan Piker Mess Isn't Going Away
Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Log Cabin Republicans' Retreat Doesn't Make Them Conservative
Katy Faust, RCP
Basement-Rated Kimmel Talks About Retiring
John Nolte, Breitbart
The Donroe Doctrine's Old and Dangerous Playbook
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, The Nation
Welcome to Britain. Remember Not To Rape Anyone
Louise Perry, Wall Street Journal
What College Is Really For
Carlos Carvalho, The Free Press
New Hampshire Senate (UNH): Sununu (R) 45, Pappas (D) 43 | More '26 Polls
Friday, August 28
The Media’s Lawfare Enabling
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal


Trump’s Midterm Campaign Theme Is Unrequited Love
Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian
Carville's Tirade Reveals Left's All-Consuming Politics of Rage
Jonathan Turley, FOX
Six Months In, Trump's Iran War Is a Total Disaster
James Reynolds, The Independent
U.S. Gains the Upper Hand in the Battle for Hormuz
Barak Ravid, Axios
Et Tu, David Axelrod?
Cory Franklin, JohnKassNews
A Democratic 'Power Grab' in Brooklyn
Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Extend TPS for Salvadorans for One Year
Joseph Castleberry, RealClearPolitics
The England I Knew Is Gone
Carl Trueman, First Things
Five Years After Abbey Gate
Reagan Reese, State of the Day
TDIH - August 28 Generic Ballot: '26: Dems +6.4 | '22: GOP +0.8 | '18: Dems +6.9
Sunday, August 30
Supreme Court Just Gave Mail-In Ballot Safeguards a Chance
John R. Lott Jr., RCP
Is Trump's Bid To Brand Dems as 'Radical' Working?
George Chidi, The Guardian
Becoming American vs. Living in America
Sean Davis, Charlie Kirk Show
The Right's Woman Problem
Sarah Jones, New York Magazine
The Ever-Expanding 'Discrimination' Definition
Theodore Dalrymple, Am Conservative
Mark Carney Goes to War With Trump
Cecco, Stewart & Makortoff, The Guardian
Why on Earth Shouldn't We Call 9/11 'a Terrorist Attack'?
Michael Deacon, Telegraph
Trump Will Hang GOP Out To Dry in Midterms
Rex Huppke, USA Today
Chicago's Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race
John Kass
How To Pick a College in the Age of AI
Paul LeBlanc, Washington Monthly
Why I Won't Pay for My Kids To Go to Harvard or Columbia
Karol Markowicz, NY Post
MI (EPIC-MRA): El-Sayed (D) 47, Rogers (R) 43 | Benson (D) 45, James (R) 41


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