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Monday, March 23
'Productive' Talks With Iran, Strikes Postponed for 5 Days
Chambers, et al., USA Today
Iran's the One Without an Endgame
RN Prasher, Asia Times
Kent Wants Trump To Hear MAGA Opposition on Iran
Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
It Will Take Resolve To See This Through in Iran
Mark Penn, X
Iranian Strikes Are Costing Big Oil Billions in Lost Revenue
Eaton & Dalton, WSJ
We Are Using the Iranians' Own Oil Against Them
Scott Bessent, Meet the Press
Mueller Never Should Have Been a Liberal Hero
Jeet Heer, The Nation
Dem Lawfare: Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul Violates Due Process
Kenin Spivak, RCP
Where Left and Right Both Go Wrong on Crime
Keith Humphreys, Washington Monthly
Illegal Charged With Killing Student Released Under Biden
Finn, et al., FOX News
Group Rebuilding Dem Bench Is Targeting 3 New States
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost
Coalition That Won in 2024 Is Drifting From GOP Over Iran
Steve Krakauer, X
Imminent Threat? Iran Was Existential Threat
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Panetta Slams Trump, Says He Must 'Expand the War'
David Smith, The Guardian
Make Families, Not War
Ivana Greco, The American Conservative
Me Too Too Far? With Nancy Rommelmann
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
The Next Step Towards Becoming a Galactic Civilization
Elon Musk, Tesla/xAI/SpaceX
Trump Job Approval: CBS News 40% | Rasmussen Rpts 45% | Daily Mail 42%
Tuesday, March 24
The Back-Channel Diplomacy Behind Trump's U-Turn on Iran
Said, et al, WSJ


Trump Needs To Find Off-Ramp of War With Iran. Fast
Nicole Russell, USA Today
There's Reason To Be Skeptical of Trump's Talks With Iran
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
Iran War Proving Gulf Is About More Than Oil
Jason Greenblatt, Newsweek
Sheridan Gorman's Murder--and Chicago's Silence
Julie Kelly, RealClearPolitics
I Warned Sanctuary City Policies Would Cost More Lives
Joe Abraham, FOX News
SCOTUS Seems Eager To Help Trump End Mail Voting
Ari Berman, Mother Jones
Dems' Fraud-Friendly Election Rules Destroy Public Trust
Jim DeMint, The Federalist
The Liberal Case for Voter ID
Milan Singh, The Argument
Oil Traders Bet Millions Ahead of Trump's Iran Talks Post
Nick Marsh, BBC
The Swamp Still Looks Pretty Healthy
Brian Joondeph, American Thinker
Trump Wants To 'Take' Cuba, But We've Tried That Before
LZ Granderson, LA Times
Lefty Hypocrites' Cuba Vacation Par for Communist Course
Glenn Reynolds, NY Post
Kendi Fears Rise of Racist Dictatorships Around Globe
Steve Rose, The Guardian
Ibram X. Kendi Shows He Has Learned Nothing
Glenn Loury, UnHerd
CNN's 'Podcast' Look & the Slow Death of Cable News
Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker
Citizen Sleuths Find Red Flags Galore in Government Spending
James Varney, RCI
'28 NH (St. Anselm): Vance 46, Rubio 27, Haley 5, DeSantis 5, Gabbard 2 | Dems
Wednesday, March 25
Trump Loses the Home Front
William Galston, Wall Street Journal


The War in Iran Is Going Better Than You Think
Bret Stephens, New York Times
'Unpatriotic Conservatives' Redux
Mason Letteau Stallings, The American Conservative
Dem Scores Upset Win in Trump’s Backyard in Florida
Dan Merica, Washington Post
Are Republicans Trying To Lose the Midterms?
Daniel McCarthy, Spectator World
On TSA Mess, Hit Congress Where It Hurts
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Why Are So Many Dem Politicians So Far Out of Touch?
Thomas Edsall, NY Times
America's $130 Trillion Blind Spot
Vince Kolber, RealClearPolitics
AI Is Going To Emerge as a Key Midterm Issue
Sanders & Schneier, The Guardian
Missouri v. Biden: Big Loss for Federal Censorship Machine
Sen. Eric Schmitt, X
Cory Booker Argues for a Different Path for Dems
Boudreaux & Vitali, MS Now
Newsom's Failed Leadership Made CA a Playground for Fraud
Young Kim, FOX News
Kamala Harris Is Polling Well, Which Signifies Nothing
Garry South, LA Times
Dems Scramble After California Governor's Debate Implodes
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Jack Smith & Co 'Must Be Held Accountable' for Lawfare
Margot Cleveland, Federalist
Why I'm Not Taking Down My César Chávez Photo
Gustavo Arellano, LA Times
In Sanctuary Cities, American Lives Don't Matter
Brian Lonergan, Chronicles
Quinnipiac: Trump Job Approval: 38% | Generic Ballot: Dems +11 | Iran: 39/54
Thursday, March 26
Finally, Good News: Free Speech Wins Big in Court
Matt Taibbi, Racket News


The Path to a U.S.-Iran Deal
Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal
If Diplomacy Fails, the Iran War Could Get Much Worse
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Avoiding the Slippery Slope to Endless War
Emma Ashford, Compact Magazine
Mueller Was a Dirty Cop, Period
Howie Carr, Boston Herald
An Outrageous Financial Settlement With Michael Flynn
Steve Benen, MS Now
Weaponized Federal Law Enforcement Must Never Happen Again
Michael Flynn, X
After the DHS Shutdown
Maya Kornberg, Washington Monthly
D.C. Media Blob Beclowned by SAVE Act Debate
Rachel Bovard, The American Mind
Then They Came for the Immigrant Truckers
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Dems' Scary Response to Sheridan Gorman's Murder
Carl Cannon, RCP on SiriusXM
The Alternative Reality of Homelessness Policy
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
Tom Steyer Is Trying Politics
David Dayen, American Prospect
The Assisted Suicide of Lofty State and Local Taxes
Rob Arnott, RealClearPolitics
Dispatch From Cuba
David Montgomery, The Nation
The EU Trips Itself Up in the AI Race
Puzder & Helberg, Wall Street Journal
Killed to Order: China's Organ Harvesting Industry
Jan Jekielek, RealClearPolitics
Trump Job Approval: FOX News 41% | Qunnipiac 38% | Big Data 42% | Iran
Friday, March 27
Under Trump, We Need No Kings Protests More Than Ever
Moira Donegan, Guardian


‘No Kings’: Politics as Bad Group Therapy
Jonathan Alpert, Wall Street Journal
A Consent Decree for Freedom of Speech
John Vecchione, RealClearPolitics
Trump Is Breaking Up With Europe
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
Europe's Leaders Now Know Trump Was Right on Iran
Fred Fleitz, American Greatness
Democrats Face Nightmare Scenario In California Gov Race
Bailey, et al, USA Today
There'll Be an Immediate Recall If GOP Wins CA Gov Race
Steve Lopez, LA Times
Learning From Minnesota's Somali Fraud Scandal
Scott Johnson, Imprimis
No Learning Please, We're Democrats!
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
Healing Middle-Class Democracy
Paul Eckert, RealClearPolitics
Well-Timed Trades on Iran Fuel Suspicion of Leaks
Tom Howell, Washington Times
How the GOP Forgot It Was Conservative
Paul Starr, The American Prospect
Mueller Committed a Grave Disservice to the Nation
Gregg Jarrett, FOX News
Reckoning w/Cesar Chavez Is Reckoning w/America
Rafael Augustin, Mother Jones
The Conversation About Women That We Don’t Need To Have
Carrie Lukas, RCP
Gwynne Shotwell Leads the World's Most Valuable Company
Jeffrey Kluger, Time
Hollywood Can't Shake Its Elitism - Especially on Free Speech
Christian Toto, NYPost
'28 NH Dem (Emerson): Buttigieg 20, Newsom 12, AOC 12, Kelly 10, Harris 8
Saturday, March 28
$4 Gas Is Just the Start of the Price We’ll Pay for Iran
Michael Hicks, USA Today
Trump Must Finish the Job in Iran
Matthew Continetti, WSJ Free Expression
In Iran, Economy Under Strain and Guns in the Streets
Maziar Motamedi, Al-Jazeera
As War Rages vs. Iran, Time for Peace in Ukraine
Steve Cortes, RealClearPolitics
Today's Protesters Send a Message to the Epstein Class
Rep. Ro Khanna, MS Now
No Kings Protesters Set To Remind Us They're Still Crazy
Sasha Stone, Substack
Is Anyone Winning DHS Funding Fight?
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
States Are Running a Tax Experiment & Red America Is Winning
Sarah Sisk, AMAC
Trump's Not Hiding His Election Grab. He’s Bragging About It
David Ignatius, WaPo
The Whole World Laughs at Dems' Lame Voter-ID Claims
John Lott, New York Post
Lawmakers Eye Crackdown on Prediction Market Gambling
Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
The SAFE Bet Act Could Increase the Illegal Gambling Market
Claudia Nunes, RCP
Two Wives, Two Media Standards
Guy Benson, Washington Examiner
The Incredible Shrinking CPAC
Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones
Hollywood Is Still Trying To Corrupt Tolkien’s Work
John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist
Bill Maher for the Mark Twain Prize? Really?
Paul Waldman, MS NOW
Progressivism Destroys Its Most Loyal Servants
Louise Perry, WSJ Free Expression
Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval | Generic Ballot | Iran | Senate | Gov | 2028
Sunday, March 29
Most Believe Deeply In America's Founding Principles
Alexander & Watercutter, RCP
No Kings Is Impressive. It's Not Enough
Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
I'm a Dem. 'No Kings Day' Was an Embarrassment
Kirk Wolff, Knoxville News Sentinel
Online Fantasy vs. Reality in the Iran War
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
DoD Preps for Weeks of Ground Operations in Iran
Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
Client Tails Wag the U.S. Dog
Ted Galen Carpenter, The American Conservative
War Puts Trump on Shaky Ground With Young MAGA Men
Liz Crampton, Politico
The Murder of Sheridan Gorman & the Stifling of Chicago
John Kass
Empathetic Immigration Policies Put America at Great Risk
Chase Spears, Am Mind
Newsom's Homophobic Dig Isn't Clever. It's Trump-Like Cruelty
Rex Huppke, USAT
The Left Comes for a Flailing Gavin Newsom
Joe Concha, Washington Examiner
How Dem Juliana Stratton Surged to Victory in Illinois
Natasha Korecki, NBC News
Cuban Communism’s Long Goodbye
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Useful Lefty Idiots Want To Turn U.S. Into Commie Cuba
David Marcus, FOX News
Trump's Delusional Victory Lap
Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Becca Rothfeld’s Fanciful Demands of Liberalism
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Harmeet Dhillon, Trump’s Civil-Rights Enforcer in Action
Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ


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