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Monday, June 30
Big Beautiful Bill Will Leave Economic Legacy for Decades
Kelly Loeffler, FOX News
Why the GOP Is Rushing To Pass Trump's Megabill
James Downie, MSNBC
NC Senate Seat Just Became a Lot More Vulnerable
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
Could Anyone Be More New York Than Mamdani?
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
The Democratic Party Has Fallen
Sasha Stone, Substack
Bombs Now or Nukes Later: The New Moral Dilemma
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
With Iran Set Back, Trump Can Pursue Peace in Middle East
Dan Perry, NY Post
RFK Jr. Is Dismantling Crown Jewel of U.S. Public Health
Robin Abcarian, LA Times
Kennedy Shows Why America Needs MAHA Agenda
Jonah Apel, American Spectator
Mamdani's Not Just Good for NYC, He's Good for the World
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
How Socialist Muslims Pulled Off Takeover of Dem Party
Asra Nomani, FOX News
Court Exposed Its Own Hubris in Birthright Citizenship Case
Shan Wu, MSNBC
When Liberals Hated National Injunctions
Alyssa Finley, Wall Street Journal
Despite Warnings, Biden's DOE Disbursed $42B in Final Hours
James Varney, RCI
Biden DOJ Weaponized Justice System Against Peter Navarro
Miranda Devine, NYP
This July 4th, My Patriotism Is 2 Middle Fingers to Trump
Rex Huppke, USA Today
Let America’s 250-Year Bash Begin
Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
President Trump Interview Highlights: Jerome Powell | Autopen | Mamdani
Tuesday, July 1
Democrats Are Driving Their Party to Self-Destruction
Conrad Black, New York Sun


How Trump’s Governing Style Mimics the Mob
Sam Tanenhaus, Vanity Fair
Trump Vowed an American Resurgence. It's Already Here
Nicole Russell, USA Today
The Case for Zohranomics
John Cassidy, The New Yorker
Mamdani Is a Clear & Present Danger to New York City
Quoth the Raven, Substack
What Centrist Dems Need To Learn From Mamdani
Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
The Education of Zohran Mamdani
Peter Wood, Spectator World
'Big Beautiful Bill' Would Secure Southern Border
Rep. Randy Feenstra, Newsweek
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill on a Knife's Edge
Tom Bevan, Special Report
A Return to the Constitutional Horrors of Dred Scott
Sarat & Kramer, The Hill
Trump Shows Extreme Restraint on Imperial Judiciary
Margot Cleveland, Federalist
Liberals Are Going To Keep Losing at the Supreme Court
Duncan Hosie, The Atlantic
Poll Says American Pride at All-Time Low
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
How Dems Can Maintain Patriotism in Trump Era
Michael Baharaeen, Liberal Patriot
Midnight Hammer: Can't We All Just Be Proud Americans?
Rod Bishop, RCDefense
July 13, 2024: Trump’s Near Miss & Biden’s Last Stand
Dawsey, et al, Washington Post
Zito: Trump Shooting Sparked His 'Urgency of Now'
Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner
Wednesday, July 2
Republicans Didn’t Have To Do This
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic


BBB Fulfills Trump's Promises To the American People
Stephen Miller, FOX News
Big Beautiful Drama Isn't Over
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
How Republicans Got Murkowski to 'Yes'
Tully-McManus & Carney, Politico
Mamdani Looks More & More Like a Hardcore Marxist
Jonathan Turley, FOX News
How Can Young Elites Be So Easily Led Down Wrong Socialist Path?
Mark Penn, X
Cuomo Remains NYC's Best Shot To Stop Mamdani
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Supreme Court's Dangerous Trans-Rights Decision
Alison Gash, Washington Monthly
UPenn Finally Accepts That Lia Thomas Is a Man
David Sypher Jr., Spectator World
How Dems Can Weaponize Supreme Court's Recent Rulings
David Cohen, MSNBC
Why Aren't Democrats Proud To Be American?
Star Parker, Townhall
I Shouldn't Need To Say It, But Trump's Not Your Daddy
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
Trump's Racking Up Wins & Rewriting Book on Diplomacy
Rich Lowry, New York Post
President Trump Is Breaking American Intelligence
Gioe & Hayden, Foreign Affairs
Trump Ends the Folly of De-escalation
H.R. McMaster, The Dispatch
Sorry, Mamdani-Fearing Democrats, Florida Is Full!
Karol Markowicz, New York Post
Let the World Listen to Elie Wiesel
Michael Igel, Newsweek
Trump Job Approval: NPR/PBS 44% | Morning Consult 47% | RCP Avg 46.4%
Thursday, July 3
Is Our Democrats Learning? Not Really
Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot


Left Angry, Right Rejoices: A Tale of 2 Independence Days
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
America Is Bad Guy on World Stage, Must Be Sanctioned
Elie Mystal, Joy Reid Show
I'm Proud To Be an American. If You Don't Like It Here, Leave
Nicole Russell, USAT
Is NC’s Suddenly Open Senate Seat Lara Trump’s to Lose?
Eric Lutz, Vanity Fair
New Study Disproves Dems' Most Cherished Delusion
Ryan Teague Beckwith, MSNBC
For Dems, Mamdani Is Wake-Up Call, Bad Example
Tom Suozzi, Wall Street Journal
New Yorkers Aren’t Afraid of a Democratic Socialist Mayor
John Nichols, The Nation
Why Trump's 'Mamdani the Commie' Tag Will Stick
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
The New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
Trump Seeks To Remake the World
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
The Destruction of Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
Mark Schneider, RealClearDefense
KBJ's Heterodox Critiques of SCOTUS’ Right Wing
Matt Ford, The New Republic
Justice Jackson a Fish Out of Water on Supreme Court
William Shipley, FOX News
Paramount's Shameful Settlement With Trump
Chris Brennan, USA Today
Insider Trading? Duh. Pelosis Get a 54% Return On Investments
Joseph Curl, WT
Inside Elon Musk's Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol
Lauren McGaughy, Texas Tribune
Friday, July 4
Reconnect, Restore Confidence, and Strengthen Our Republic
H.R. McMaster, RCP


Congrats, America, You're 249! But Last Year Was Rough
Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times
A Virtual Civil War on America's Birthday
Sasha Stone, Substack
A Refresher Course in American Truths
Chemerinsky & Luttig, Los Angeles Times
Ending the Imperial Judiciary
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
No President Has Ever Had Anything Like Trump’s Megabill
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Congress Delivers Big, Beautiful Win for Middle Class
Sarah Chamberlain, FOX News
Trump's Megabill & the New Art of GOP Capitulation
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
Democrats Uncork Crazy Talk on the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Tim Graham, Townhall
Long-Term Negative Consequences of Unilateralism
Michael McFaul, Substack
Weaponizing Jewish Compassion
Rachel Gendler, RealClearPolitics
Founders Put God at Center of Declaration of Independence
Myra Adams, The Hill
America’s Approaching 250th Birthday: Fall of an Empire?
Jill Simonian, RCP
Welcome to the Mafia Presidency
David Frum, The Atlantic
PBS, NPR and a Lethal Case of TDS
David Marcus, FOX News
The Horror of Raising Generation Alpha
Emma Woolf, Spiked
We Must Renew Patriotic Education
Linda McMahon, RealClearEducation
What, to the New York Times, Is the 4th of July?
James Piereson, TomKlingenstein.com
Saturday, July 5
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Unleash Parallel Prosperity
Scott Bessent, FOX News
Will Big, Beautiful Bill Haunt Republicans in 2026?
Beggin, et al, USA Today
The Decline and Fall of Our So-Called Degreed Experts
Victor Davis Hanson, AG
MAGA Goes After Financialization of Corporate America
John Authers, Bloomberg
This July 4th, World Declares Independence from America
Stephen Marche, Guardian
Dems, Show Some Pride as America Enters 250th Year
Libby Emmons, NY Post
Ezra Klein Meets Zohran Mamdani
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Will NYC Fall for Selfie-Entitled Mamdani?
Douglas Murray, New York Post
Trump’s Deportation Crusade Is the End for the American Dream
Bob Brody, The Hill
What an America First Guestworker Policy Could Look Like
Josiah Lippincott, AG
California Just Showed That a Better Democratic Party Is Possible
Eric Levitz, Vox
OMB: States Used Education Grants for ‘Left-Wing Agenda’
Susan Crabtree, RCP
How Trump’s Media War Brought Paramount To Its Knees
Barr & Ellison, Wash Post
A Real Live Niece of Uncle Sam
Jack Fowler, National Review
The Center Keeps Shrinking in Trump's GOP
Molly Ball, Wall Street Journal
Kennedy Center Breaks Fundraising Records
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
4th of July Means Freedom- Especially From the Govt
John Stossel, New York Post
Latest Polls: Direction of Country Hovers Near 20-Year Highs | 2025/26 Polls
Sunday, July 6
Battle To Sway Voters Over Trump’s 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Begins
Ferris & Wright, CNN
How Trump Became Washington's Unlikeliest Centrist
Julian Epstein, New York Post
Why Trump's Political Threats Should Be Taken Seriously
Robert Tait, The Guardian
Making Patriots in an Unpatriotic Age
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
I'm Proud of America & Ashamed of What's Happening to It
Anthony Fisher, MSNBC
Waning American Pride Threatens the Republic
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
Reforming Higher-Education Reform
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
America's Academic System Is Being Destroyed
Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian
How Universities Went to War With Biological Facts
Alice Sullivan, Spiked
Alligator Alcatraz: American History From the Dark Side
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Mamdani’s Victory Proves the Dems Have Abandoned Jews
Gregory Lyakhov, TAS
Pride Month Is Over, But Nothing Has Changed for Me
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Trump in the Crosshairs
David Garrow, Washington Free Beacon
Why Democrats Should Become the 'Pro-Porn' Party
Elie Mystal, The Nation
Cynthia Nixon and the Sociopathic Left
Sasha Stone, Substack
Too Corporate To Fight for a Free Press
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
Media Elites Put Their Profession Over Patriotism
Tim Graham, FOX News


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