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Monday, June 22
Live Free and Prosper
Andy Kessler, Wall Street Journal
As NYC Progressives Go, So Go Democrats. Hopefully
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Rise of Socialists a Direct Consequence of Obama
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
The Dem Party Has Never Been Weaker. This May Be a Good Thing
Matt Bai, RS
The Man Behind Graham Platner’s Scandal-Plagued Rise
Parti & Zitner, WSJ
'Is There No England Now?'
Stephen Soukup, American Greatness
Kier Starmer Was a Blank Slate That Inspired Antipathy
John Harris, The Guardian
Andy Burnham Is Just Keir Starmer In Jeans
Tim Black, Spiked
Trump's Iran Deal Is Worse Than Obama's
Rep. Ro Khanna, FOX News
Iran Is Poised to Overplay Its Hand
Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs
Has the US-Israel Relationship Changed Forever?
Roland Oliphant, The Telegraph
China Could Win Taiwan Without Fighting
Haass & Sacks, Foreign Affairs
Fauci's Covid Cover-Up Runs 'Deep' Into Intel Community
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Obama's Takedown of Trump Points to World After MAGA
Greg Sargent, TNR
Barack Obama’s Hideous Monument to Hubris
David Catron, The American Spectator
Did Harris’ Silence on Gaza Cost Her the White House?
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair
The Conversion of JD Vance
Robert P. George, The Free Press
Tuesday, June 23
Cruel Britannia: Why No PM Can Get Traction
Keith Humphreys, Washington Monthly


'Immigration and Energy': Where Starmer Failed Badly
Brendan O'Neill, New York Post
Can Burnham Get Britain Growing Again?
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Larry Krasner 'Finds Out'
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Trump Admin Now Attacking Minneapolis With Indictments
Angela Denker, MS Now
Mamdani Wades Into NY Primaries
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Greenspan's Philosophy of Freedom
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
Boom in Blue-Collar Jobs. Here's How To Fill Them
Deese & Pasnau, Washington Post
America's Continuing Reliance on Critical Chinese Materials
Ben Weingarten, RCI
The American Revolution's Long Tail
Richard Kreitner, The Nation
For GOP, Pride in U.S. Is Consistent. Not So With Dems
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
The Impeachment Trap
John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics
How New Orleans Turned Around Its Failing Schools
Paul Vallas, City Journal
The University as We Know It Is Finished, and That's Good
Nils Gilman, Substack
The Ravaging of Britain--and Media Attempts To Bury It
Shane Harris, AMAC
Renewing America's Alliances in a Dangerous World
Kathleen Shanahan, RCP
How Latin America Became More Trump-Aligned Than Ever
Vyas & Amon, WSJ
Wednesday, June 24
Zohran Mamdani Just Became a Congressional Kingmaker
Andrew Prokop, Vox


New York Primary Results Show Democrats' Far-Left Pivot
Josh Appel, UnHerd
Socialists Just Dominated NY. Now They're Eyeing 2028
William Steakin, Politico
Time for Congressional Dem Leadership To Step Up & Step Aside
Lanny Davis, RCP
GOP Senate Leadership: Gaslighting Gasbags
Sheryl Longin, Substack
Hamilton Inspires Trump's Economic Statecraft
Scott Bessent, Wall Street Journal
The Founders Warned Americans About Men Like Trump
John Avlon, Rolling Stone
Neither Genius Nor Villain, Greenspan Was Merely Human
John Tamny, Forbes
Greenspan Was the Creator of His Own Disaster
Chris Hughes, The American Prospect
Fauci, the CIA, & the Unanswered Questions of COVID
Cory Franklin, RealClearPolitics
Iran Shows Trump Just How Hard Making Peace Will Be
Stephen Collinson, CNN
The Reflecting Pool Has Been a Problem For Decades
Kerry McQuisten, X
Democrats Struggling With a Growing Mess in Maine
Andrew Solender, Axios
Brandon Johnson's 'Transfemicide State of Emergency'
Karol Markowicz, NY Post
The Slow Death of the Prestige Career
Alice Lassman, The Guardian
A German Fan Shows What Loving U.S. Is All About
Nicole Russell, Human Events
The Fight for a Free Press Also Turns 250
Barbara Cochran, RealClearPolitics
Texas Senate (U of TX): Paxton (R) 43, Talarico (D) 42 | Governor: Abbott (R) +7
Thursday, June 25
GOP Hangs On as Voters Dislike Democrats More
Byron York, Washington Examiner


The Narrow Path for Democrats To Save the Republic
Matthew Yglesias, Substack
Russiagate Prosecutor Calls Audible on 'Grand Conspiracy'
Paul Sperry, RCI
Mamdani Has Power. Here's What He Wants To Do
Perry Bacon, The New Republic
Can the Would-Be Revolutionaries Stop Subway Stabbings?
Liel Leibovitz, NY Post
Trump Throws Tantrum, Holds Housing Bill Hostage
Delaney & Golgowski, HuffPost
Freedom 250 vs. America250: Who's Doing It Better?
Lumetta & Weimer, RCP
On Iran Trump Is Neither Neocon or Obama--and It Is Working
Larry Kudlow, NY Sun
Oil Industry Analysts Are Eating a Lot of Humble Pie
David Goldman, CNN
FDA Has Wrong Mission. That's Why It Fails
Scott Atlas, RealClearPolitics
How I Became an American
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, The Nation
Fraud Is an Open Wound on the Social Contract
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
California's $20 Million Attempt To Silence Medical Speech
Danielle White, RCP
Stalled Careers and the Stranded Talent Dilemma
Bruno Manno, Washington Monthly
How Schools, Medication Fail Kids With ADHD
Taylor Sheridan, Joe Rogan Experience
Thrilla by the Villa: Trump vs. Meloni
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Starmer, the Man Who Couldn't Do It
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic
Trump Approval: Quinnipiac 38%, Daily Mail 47%, Marquette 40% | RCP 40.5%
Friday, June 26
Supreme Court Backs White House on Asylum Claims, TPS
Fritze, Luhby & Cole, CNN


Clarence Thomas’s Constitutional Firepower
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Socialism Is Thriving in New York. This Is a Good Thing
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
After 250 Years, America's Republic Is Coming Apart
John Daniel Davidson, Federalist
Dems in Panic Mode, GOP 'in Revolt'
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Don't Let Trump Empower Blanche, His Modern-Day Roy Cohn
Jackie Calmes, LAT
Confirm Todd Blanche at Justice
William Barr, Wall Street Journal
Trump Turns Congress' Housing Boom Bill Into a Bust
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Fraud Crackdown an Easy Win for Trump
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
Breaking Down the SAVE America Act: Photo ID
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
Mainstream Media Ignores COVID Vaccine Cover-Up
Matt Lamb, AMAC
Iran Didn't Win
James Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs
Muddling Through on the MOU
James Pinkerton, The American Conservative
At This Point, the Reflecting Pool Deserves an Emmy
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
What Would C. S. Lewis Have Thought of AI?
Benjamin Osborne, Chronicles
The Right's Culture Wars Come to MLB
Howard Bryant, The Guardian
The Tartan Army Takes America
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Ohio (AARP): Senate: Brown (D) 48, Husted (R) 45 | Governor: Acton (D) +3
Saturday, June 27
I Co-Founded Wikipedia. Now I'm Banned for Life
Larry Sanger, The Free Press
Harvey Mansfield: America Is 250 Years Young
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
America's 250th Celebration Is Trump's Lost Cause
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
Left Sends Regrets on America's Birthday
Hugo Gurdon, Washington Examiner
Even in Heavily Dem NYC, Mamdani Agenda a Hard Sell
Susan Del Percio, MS Now
Democrats Divided?
Bevan, Cannon, Trende & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Poll Shows Trump Approval Coming Back as Oil Prices Drop
Shane Harris, AMAC
Is Vance the Fall Guy for Beleaguered Iran Deal?
Andrew Roth, The Guardian
Liberty or Force? John Quincy Adams on Foreign Policy
Daniel McCarthy, Daily Signal
Playing the 'War Party' Will Backfire on Democrats
Norman Solomon, The Hill
The Low-Tax Case for Tariffs
Stephen Miran, Wall Street Journal
Higher Ed Is Very Sorry
Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic
CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
How I Built Barstool Sports
Dave Portnoy, The Free Press
My Life of Protest
Jane Fonda, The Nation
Oh Baby! NYT Takes On GOP Women...Having Children
Andrea Peyser, New York Post
All Hail, Mel Brooks
Jacob Howland, UnHerd
Latest Polls: Senate | Gov | Trump Job Approval | Generic Ballot | '28 Dem/GOP
Sunday, June 28
European Soccer Fans Marvel at Splendor of U.S. Suburbs
Tucker-Smith, et al., WSJ
The Left-Wing Mob Has a Mind of Its Own
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Progressives Are Winning Big. Here's How To Keep It Up
Linda Sarsour, The Nation
Do You Believe in Communism or Common Sense?
Joe Concha, Washington Examiner
Minimizing Watergate Is a Republican Tradition
Rick Perlstein, The Guardian
Watergate a Story of How the Deep State Took Down Nixon
VP Vance, Nixon Library
Mamdani's Political Interests vs. Mayoral Interests?
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Military Depoliticization, Hegseth and DEI
Cynical Publius, X
Iran, U.S. Exchange Strikes as Tensions Strain Peace Deal
Tanno, et al., CNN
Ten Propositions: The U.S., Iran and the Republican Party
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
3 Possible Paths Forward for U.S.-Iran Relations
Cooper & Smith, Am. Conservative
The Hole in British Politics
Camilla Cavendish, Financial Times
America Didn't Lose Its Tradesmen by Accident
Tom Wilson, RealClearMarkets
The Map of $1M Starter Home in U.S. Grows
Jenna Romaine, US News & World Report
General Motors Is a Cash-Compounding Machine. Buy the Stock
Al Root, Barron's
Restoring the Covenant
Stephen Young, RealClearPolitics
Forgotten Founding Father: John Witherspoon
Roger Kimball, American Greatness


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