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RealClearPolitics Week of September 7, 2026 Archives

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Monday, September 7
AfD's Win in Germany a Dark Day for Europe
Cas Mudde, The Guardian
Germany's AfD Is Not 'Far Right'
John Gizzi, Newsmax
Can a Depopulating America Still Flourish?
Nicholas Eberstadt, Washington Post
Who Would Want the U.S. To Be Run Like a Business?
LZ Granderson, LA Times
Don't Let Dems Take American Dream from Small Biz
Rep. Roger Williams, FOX News
Labor Day: Darkness in DC, But Sunshine Across America
Gerstein & Goldstein, TNR
How Republicans Can Win the Midterms in 5 Easy Steps
Shane Harris, AMAC
2028 Dem Nominee Will Likely Be a Governor
John Kenneth White, The Hill
Woke Machine Is Lying In Wait for a Political Comeback
Ben Carson, FOX News
Real News Is Hard To Find
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
The Last First Day of School
Gerard Baker, Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, September 8
A Jobs, Manufacturing Boost Just in Time for Midterms
Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles


Is This the Left's Big Moment? We'll Know in 2 Months
Alex Shephard, New Republic
The Democrats Are Both Cynical and Naive
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Trump Settles on a New Priority: Renaming New Mexico
Steve Benen, MS Now
Trump and GOP Kick Off Midterm Show in Dallas
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Senate GOP Leaders Dropped Inflation Ball 5 Months Ago
Sen. John Kennedy, MTP
Germany's Merz Vows To Stay On Despite Losses
Deborah Cole, The Guardian
Iran's Oil Dollars Drying Up, Plunging It Deeper Into Crisis
Kantchev & Said, WSJ
Blood on Chicago Streets, Cliches From Local Leaders
Corey Brooks, FOX News
Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power
David Dayen, American Prospect
The 'Good' Side of Kansas City Failed Kids, Too
Carrie Sheffield, RealClearEducation
Wednesday, September 9
Ongoing Ideological Battle Is a Problem for Democrats
Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill


Charlie Kirk Had a 'Very Rare Type of Influence'
M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
Can Sen. Ossoff Hold Onto His Seat?
Joan Walsh, The Nation
How Woke Is the National Museum of American History?
David Skinner, WSJ
Trump's Emotional Support Convention
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
Does Largest Teachers' Union Deserve Its Charter?
Victoria Manning, Restoration News
Why Tuskegee University's New Dress Code Matters
Juan Williams, The Hill
NYU Ranked Last for Free Speech
Archie Earle, UnHerd
Are Price Controls Killing Innovation?
Rogers, et al., RealClearHealth Podcast
AI Race Is Gambling With Our Lives. This Is Not a Marketing Stunt
Jacob Coxon, X
A 9/11 Story Some Want Us To Forget
John Miller, Wall Street Journal
'26 CNN: MI: El-Sayed (D) 47, Rogers (R) 44 | ME: Jackson (D) 48, Collins (R) 45
Thursday, September 10
My Friend Charlie--and the Line Between Good and Evil
Blake Neff, The Spectator


We're Still Living in the Shadow of the War on Terror
Jerusalem Demsas, Substack
Gitmo Parole Board Greenlights Release of 3 'Forever Prisoners'
Paul Sperry, RCI
Smithsonian Is a Better Institution Because of Lonnie Bunch
Robyn Autry, MS Now
An Award for Scholars Who Tell the Truth
Fryer & Ackman, Wall Street Journal
Democrats Need To Figure Out How To Keep Fetterman
Sam Kahn, UnHerd
Down the Road, Conservatives Debate GOP Future
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Can U.S. Avoid Financial Crises? Clock Is Ticking
Red Jahncke, Issues & Insights
AI Race Could Sink U.S.-China Detente
Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate
Beware the AI Information Wars and Psyops
Dillon Loomis, X
When Abortion Pills Become the Weapons of Abusers
Madeleine Kearns, Free Press
Friday, September 11
The Long Shadow of 9/11
Lynn Cook, Wall Street Journal


Sept. 11 Tested Us, But It Did Not Break Us
Condoleezza Rice, Washington Post
What Came After the Planes Hit Gives Me Hope
Stephanie Ruhle, MS Now
Charlie Kirk Assassination Was This Generation's 9/11
Kylee Griswold, The Federalist
Something Is Very Off About the Latest AI Panic
Matt Stoller, Substack
Case Studies of How Democrats Lie to Voters
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Trump Trolling Shows Push for Hemispheric Domination
Sasha Abramsky, The Nation
Trump Is Bold, Brave and Right on the Iran War
Steven Calabresi, Reason
The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11
Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly
Path to Zero: The Botched Withdrawal From Afghanistan
WSJ Opinion Docs
Protecting New York Today
Judith Miller, City Journal
'26 Polls: Sen: IA,MN,FL,TX,ME,NC,OH, Map, Odds | Govs: IA,TX,NV, Map, Odds
Sunday, September 13
GOP's Familiar Fight Over Big Government
Matthew Continetti, Wall Street Journal
As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, a Sleepy Congress Stirs
Sanger & Volz, NYT
The Coordinated Effort to Manipulate Congress Into Regulating AI
Kevin Bass, X
Leo Is Back! Now Pardon Me While I Vomit
Quoth the Raven, Substack
The Left Spreads Hate on 9/11 Anniversary
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Dems: Don't Give In To Complacency, Defeatism, or Cynicism
Robert Reich, Substack
AOC Gets Community Noted Over Lynching Lies
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCPod
Newsom's a Lame Duck. Can 2028 Hopes Still Take Flight?
Chabria & Barabak, LAT
Lawyers & Press Wage War on Justice in Lindsay Clancy Trial
David Deavel, AMAC
Shed No Tears for Milo Yiannopoulos
Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Ryan Reynolds Is Wrong: The 80s Were Awesome, Man!
Arthur Schaper, AG


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