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Monday, February 10
Stubbornness, Divine Providence and Donald Trump
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
5 Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege
Rubin, et al, NYTimes
Most Americans Support DOGE & 'Energetic' Trump
David Catron, American Spectator
With Trump's Blessing, Musk Charges On
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Democrat Madness Triggered by Sunlight of Common Sense
John Kass
Trump & Musk Crippled Our Most Important Global Aid Agency
Robin Abcarian, LAT
USAID Is a Rogue Agency
Sen. Joni Ernst, Wall Street Journal
The New Authoritarianism
Steven Levitsky, The Atlantic
How To Commit Democratic Party Suicide
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Trump Uses Trans Panic To Strip Rights From All Women
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
President Trump for Women
Carrie Sheffield, First Things
Trump's Not Radical, He's Undoing Radical Things Dems Did
Isaac Schorr, NY Post
The Lessons From 2024 Dems Really Need Right Now
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
DeepSeek AI Escalates Fight To Innovate
Condoleezza Rice & Amy Zegart, FOX News
China AI = Censorship, Propaganda on Global Scale
Thornebrooke & Fu, Epoch Times
Chairman Musk and His Young Acolytes
Jeremy Mayer, The Hill
Elon Musk Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
John Pudner, Newsweek
Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval (CBS News): 53% | Fav/Unfav | More Leaders
Tuesday, February 11
Democrats Literally Can't Afford To Defy Trump on Border
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today


Trump Is Outdoing Himself
D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation
Musk, DOGE Are Uncovering Insane Corruption
Joe Rogan, The Joe Rogan Experience
Open Letter to Democrats: What's Next?
Tim Roemer, Salon
Progressives Should Cheer Trump's FBI Purge
Christian Parenti, UnHerd
Transforming Gaza: A Visionary Strategy for Peace
Yinon Weiss, RealClearPolitics
A Paradigm Shift for the Middle East
Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs
Scott Presler Keeps His Foot on the Pedal in Pennsylvania
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Trump, Man of Steel (and Aluminum)
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Trump Is Using Tariffs To Protect American Safety
Jenny Beth Martin, The Daily Caller
At Work, a Quiet AI Revolution Is Under Way
Sam Joiner, Financial Times
The DEI Counter-Revolution
Thomas Powers, Quillette
Melania Trump and the Aesthetics of War
Peachy Keenan, TomKlingenstein.com
Scaramucci on Life After His Brief Stint in White House
Charlie Stone, The Unknowns
Leadership vs. Messaging: How Democrats Imploded
Sean O'Brien, CommonPlace
Is Communist China a Threat to Israel?
Joel Rosenberg, RealClearPolitics
Churchill's Reception and Influence in the U.S.
George Nash, The Ford Forum
Wednesday, February 12
Musk Shows Why He's a Menacing Foe to Government
Stephen Collinson, CNN


Spending Your Taxpayer Dollars Wisely Is Just Common Sense
Elon Musk
DOGE Makes Math Great Again
J. Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
Not Hyperbole: America Is Entering a Musk-Led Dystopia
Josh Marshall, TPM
Do We Really Face a 'Constitutional Crisis?'
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
JD Vance’s Tweet Is No Crisis
Adrian Vermeule, Wall Street Journal
Why DOGE Is Unconstitutional
Alan Charles Raul, Washington Post
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Exposes Media's Moral Vacuum
Mackenzie France, RCP
The Settler Plot To Recolonize Gaza
Joshua Leifer, The Nation
The UN's Loathing of Israel Is Out of Control
Barry O'Halloran, Spiked
Next, Defund the United Nations
Eugene Kontorovich, Wall Street Journal
RFK Jr's Weird Ideas About 'Making America Healthy Again'
Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian
Bobby Kennedy Is the Health Revolution America Needs
Sen. Roger Marshall, The Hill
Trump Says the Corrupt Part Out Loud
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Pope Francis Published His Suicide Note
R.R. Reno, First Things
Overcoming Our Modern-Day 'House Divided'
Daniel Lipinski, RealClearPolitics
Happy Birthday to America's Greatest President
Scott Johnson, PowerLine
Video Highlights: Musk | Reid | Fogel | Rogan | Enten | Vance | More Videos
Thursday, February 13
USAID Is Just a Tiny Piece of the Censorship Machine
Matt Taibbi, Racket News


The Biden Economic Hangover
Byron York, Washington Examiner
It's a Good Thing Democrats Didn't Pack the Courts
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Weaponized FBI: It's Real, Say Whistleblowers
Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations
Independents Will Determine Trump's Political Success
John Halpin, Substack
Why Immigration Cost Democrats the Election
Gregory Conti, City Journal
Russia-Ukraine Peace Deal Closer Than We Think?
Bevan, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
Hegseth Finally Pops Bubble of Ukrainian Illusion
Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft
CFPB Tool That Sustains Mortgage Market Restored
David Dayen, American Prospect
Watchdog: 22 Blue States Join Secret Anti-Trump Pact
Logan Washburn, Federalist
Pro-Life Movement a Player in Key Criminal Justice Issue
Demetrius Minor, RCP
Founders, Leave Delaware (While You Still Can)
Mark Pincus, Pirate Wires
Eric Adams Owes Trump Now--and New Yorkers Know It
Harry Siegel, MSNBC
A United America Is Democrats' Undoing
J.B. Shurk, American Thinker
Do HBCUs Deliver the Goods?
Clifton Roscoe, Substack
Whatever the Department of Education Is Doing Isn't Working
J.D. Tuccille, Reason
The Complicated Story of Iron Mountain
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Friday, February 14
Trump Is Doing What Americans Want
Jonathan Turley, USA Today


Resistance 2.0: Democrats' New Politics of Opposition
Jon Allsop, The Guardian
Report Card on Trump's First '100' Days
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
How Trump's Attack on Courts Could Backfire
Symone Sanders-Townsend, MSNBC
Judicial 'Resistance' Setting Itself Up for Epic Smackdown
Josh Hammer, LA Times
'The Realignment': Senator Hawley Introducing Pro-Union Bill
Philip Wegmann, RCP
The Democrats' Bureaucracy Problem
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
DOGE Is Right To Defang the CFPB
Yael Ossowski, RealClearPolitics
Senate Republicans Confirm RFK Jr.
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Mitch McConnell’s Party of One
Jordain Carney, Politico
Trump Wants Peace and an End to the War in Ukraine
Douglas Murray, New York Post
Listen Closely to What Pete Hegseth Is Saying
Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic
The Americas' Golden Age Begins Now
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, FOX News
Trump Is Dividing Evangelicals Now, Too
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Trump's Tariffs Expose Trudeau's Canada as a Failing State
William Barclay, RCP
Laying Off Empiricists
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
The Moral Myopia of Ta Nehisi Coates
Cory Franklin, JohnKassNews
Saturday, February 15
On Illegal Immigration, It's Trump Filing Lawsuits
Byron York, Washington Examiner
It's Time for Democrats To Woo the Man Vote
Susan Milligan, The New Republic
Pull the Plug on 'Environmental Justice'
James Meigs, City Journal
What Musk Can Learn From the Original DOGE
Tim Harford, Financial Times
DOGE Zeroes Out National Endowment for Democracy
James Piereson, New Criterion
Democrats Should Be Helping To Find Waste and Fraud
Dean Phillips, CNN
Samantha Power Should Not Escape Accountability
Charlton Allen, American Thinker
How Democrats Can Fight Back
Lehmann & Rep. Raskin, The Nation
Vance Calls Out Europe on Censorship, Immigration
Bevan, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
Germany Opens Big Fat Pie Hole
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
The Glitch McConnell Solo Act
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Will Hochul Ditch Eric Adams?
Ross Barkan, New York Magazine
Trump Uses Trade Leverage To Help Working Americans
Michael Toth, The Hill
Simplifying Taxes, Tax Filing Is a Win for Entrepreneurs
Samuel Rodriguez, RCP
The USCCB Should Reject Federal Funds
Kevin Roberts, First Things
What Gazans Want
Atran & Gomez, Foreign Affairs
America Must Start Building Again
Bishop & Power, RealClearDefense
Sunday, February 16
To Defeat MAGA, Dems Can't Fear Running to the Left
Jos Joseph, The Hill
Please, Democrats, Keep Losing Elections
Sasha Stone, Substack
A Top Dem Speaks Out on How the Party Will Fight Trump
Eugene Daniels, Politico
Trump Forces Democrats To Defend the Indefensible
David Marcus, FOX News
America's Place in the World Is Shaky Now
Jonathan Capehart, PBS NewsHour
J.D. Vance's Munich Wake-Up Call
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
The Federal Employee Red Wedding
David Dayen, The American Prospect
Cleaning Out the Federal Stables—Trump-Style
Daniel Oliver, American Greatness
DOGE Is About Ideology and Mindless Budget-Cutting
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Shouldn't Everyone Be Against Waste?
Liz Peek, The Hill
Focus Group: Every AZ Swing Voter Approves Trump Actions
Doherty & Talev, Axios
RFK’s 'Mom Army' Lands on Shores of the Political World
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Palantir, Technology and the American Republic
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
The Risks—and Rewards—of Eric Adams' Trump Alliance
Hannah Meyers, NY Post
How NY’s Black Leaders Are Trying To Move Past Eric Adams
Errol Louis, NY Mag
Trump’s Colorblind Message Energizes Black Americans
Corey Brooks, WSJ
Boy Scouts Name Change Is Such an Onion Headline
Bill Maher, Real Time


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