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Monday, July 14
6 Months Into Trump 2.0, Dems See Reasons for Hope, Fear
Lillis & Parnes, The Hill
Pushing Back Against the Big Medicaid Lie
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker
How China’s Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific
Ramzy & Brown, WSJ
Will John Brennan Ever Tell the Truth?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
3 Ways Trump Might Try To Defuse the Epstein Mess
Marc Caputo, Axios
Epstein Drama Plays Into Hands of Malign Dems
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Butler Shooting and the Divine Right of MAGA
Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post
One Year Later, Butler Still Has Few Answers
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
In Los Angeles, ICE Raids Show No Sign of Slowing
Li & Singh, The Guardian
Gavin Newsom’s Politically Dubious Defense of Pot Growers
Allysia Finley, WSJ
Gen Z Voters Must Stick With Mamdani
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
(Progressive) Bonfire of the Vanities, 'Mad-Mani' Style
David DesRosiers, RCP
Biden Says Clemency Decisions Recorded With Autopen
Savage & Pager, NY Times
Autopen Nonsense: Biden White House, Lawyers in Deep Trouble
Sean Davis, X
Finally Moving Past Post-9/11 Security Theater
Bryan Walsh, Vox
Dave Smith, Josh Hammer Debate U.S Policy in Mideast, Isreal
Charlie Kirk, TPUSA
Tuesday, July 15
How Trump, Biden's Ukraine Shipments Differ: NATO Pays
Philip Wegmann, RCP


A Sensible Look at the State Department Cuts
Byron York, Washington Examiner
The Albatross of Sectarian Identity Politics
Justin Vassallo, Substack
Making Illegal Employers Pay
Declan Leary, Commonplace
Tariff Tantrums
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Secret Service 'Sloped Roof' Saga Takes New Turn
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
2024 Was a Year of Bullet-Dodging
Elle Purnell, The Federalist
Markets Are Signalling a Clear Winner in Middle East
Ruchir Sharma, Financial Times
Pittsburgh Poised To Be Heart of Second Industrial Revolution
Salena Zito, NY Post
Andrew Cuomo on the Rematch Ahead
David Freedlander, New York Magazine
Federal Judge Takes Control of U.S. Government
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Nighttime Nightmare: The Deadly Texas Flood
Marshall Shepherd, The Unknowns
Underground 'Thing Pipes' Will Change Delivery Forever
G. B. Rango, Pirate Wires
He Opposed Trump. But 6 Months In, 'I'm Very Impressed'
Mark Barabak, LA Times
Dem Insider Admits to Praying for an Economic Depression
Gabriel Hays, FOX News
One Year Since Butler
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Butler: The Riveting Untold Story
Paul Kengor, The American Spectator
Harvard-Harris: Trump Job Approval 47% | Right Direction 40% | Fav/Unfav Polls
Wednesday, July 16
Trump Gave Americans a Choice, Not an Echo
Daniel McCarthy, The American Mind


Working-Class Abundance
John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
'No Kings' in America – Unless They Answer to 'Your Honor'
Samantha Flom, RCP
Democrats Smart To Seize on Epstein Files Fiasco
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
The Real Scoop on Jeffrey Epstein
Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal
Democrats: The No (Intellectual) Growth Party
Joe Klein, Substack
Rise of Mamdani Has Wall Street Giving Up on Gotham
Charles Gasparino, NY Post
Chicago Has a Warning for Mamdani
Davis Giangiulio, The American Prospect
Jerome's House Is a Very, Very, Very Fine House
Beege Welborn, Hot Air
Trump’s 50-Day Shift on Ukraine Is a Big Deal
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Study Finds Congress Often Out of Sync With Constituents
Adair Teuton, RCP
Inside the Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine
David Peisner, Rolling Stone
Virginia Poll: 2025 Republican Challenges & Opportunities
Steve Cortes, Substack
Dems Don't Need Big Beautiful Calamity To Win Midterms
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Biden Was Never Fit for Office
John Davidson, The Federalist
Musk's Alternative Disrupts the Two-Party System
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
Will the ‘1619 Project’ Spoil America’s Party?
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
Watch/Listen: Trump | Jeffries | Adams | Langone | Bedingfield | Levin | More
Thursday, July 17
Secret Meeting Opens Document Floodgates on Russia Hoax
Paul Sperry, RCI


These Strategists Have a Few Fixes for Dems' Message
Ellen Ioanes, New Republic
Hassett Emerges as Early Frontrunner To Replace Powell
Cook & Saraiva, Bloomberg
Something Is Rotten at the Federal Reserve
Oren Cass, Commonplace
Bondi Dodges Bongino Question as DOJ Drama Heats Up
Marita Vlachou, HuffPost
Comey's Daughter Fired From DOJ; Worked Epstein Case
Christenson, et al., NY Post
Base Is Interested in Epstein for Proof of Deep State's Corruption
Charlie Kirk, RAV
DNC Launches X Account Dedicated to the Epstein Files
Lauren Egan, The Bulwark
Memo: D.C. Judges Predisposed Against Trump Admin
Margot Cleveland, Federalist
Democrats Should Dump Mamdani
Ryan Clancy, The Hill
Trump Bullish on America at Pittsburgh Summit
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
The AI Deal of the Century?
Jason Hausenloy, RealClearPolitics
Shut Down Open-Air Drug Markets
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
Antisemitism and the Teachers Union
Jonathan Greenblatt, Wall Street Journal
Why I'm Leaving Columbia
Shai Davidai, Tablet Magazine
It May Soon Be Morning in America for TikTok, Too
Sam Raus, RealClearPolitics
Why Your Eye Surgeon Wants You To Get a Multifocal Lens
Alex Berenson, Substack
NYC Mayor (HarrisX): Mamdani (D) 26, Cuomo (I) 23, Sliwa (R) 22, Adams (I) 13
Friday, July 18
Is America Still a Free Country?
Sam Khan, Substack


The World Woke Up
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Epstein Got Bawdy Birthday Letters. One Was From Trump
Safdar & Palazzolo, WSJ
Newscorp, Murdoch, WSJ Maliciously Ran a Fake Story
President Trump, Truth Social
Trump, Epstein, and 3 Conspiracy Theories
Jon Allsop, The New Yorker
Trump Is Right: Forget the Epstein Hoax
Jeffrey Lord, The American Spectator
The Three-Way Battle for the Democratic Party
Andrew Prokop, Vox
Zohran Mamdani Can't Quit Obamaism
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
NPR & PBS Stripped of Taxpayer Funds
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Trump’s Win Over PBS & NPR Devastating for Rural Areas
Brian Stelter, CNN
Red, White, and Bitcoin
Logan Beirne, RealClearPolitics
Democratic Primaries for 2028 Already Under Way
Osita Nwanevu, The Guardian
Will Newsom Ditch Woke and Move to the Center?
Adair Teuton, RealClearPolitics
It’s Okay to Go No Contact With Your MAGA Relatives
Sarah Jones, NY Magazine
MLB All-Star Game Exposes Dems & Media as Liars
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?
David Graham, The Atlantic
Shane Gillis' ESPYs Set a Litmus Test for Uptight Culture
Kirsten Fleming, NY Post
Saturday, July 19
Russia Hoax Exposed, New Era of Accountability Begins
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
A Bad Week for Democrat Media Mouthpieces
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Why Trump Keeps Clawing Back Spending
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Republicans' Job on 'Big Beautiful Bill' Is Only Just Beginning
Shane Harris, AMAC
Bobby Kennedy, Liberal Patriot
Teixeira & Kahlenberg, Substack
Another Biden Aide Invokes Fifth Before House Panel
John Parkinson, ABC News
Voters Say Keeping Illegals Off Benefits Is Important
Sharyl Attkisson
Dems Don't Realize How Much They Rely on Media Crutches
Mark Halperin, 2-Way
The Problem at NPR Starts With Executives Like Maher
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Crypto Week Revealed the Dittohead Congress
David Dayen, American Prospect
Emil Bove Will Be an Effective, Pro-Liberty Judge
Beth Brelje, The Federalist
How the Left Can Win Back Working Class
David Kusnet, Washington Monthly
Europe Committing Economic Suicide
Bjorn Lomborg, New York Post
The Manhattan Statement on Higher Education
Rufo, et al., City Journal
The Unspoken Truth About the Baby Bust
Janan Ganesh, Financial Times
Defund Disaster: LAPD Costs Are Soaring
Miller & Kasparian, The Miller Report
Stephen Colbert Says His Goodbyes
John Nolte, Breitbart
Sunday, July 20
Colbert's 8 Years of Democrat Propaganda Talking Points
Rob Schneider, FOX News
End for Colbert's Show Has Fans Worried
Jacques Berlinerblau, MSNBC
Obama Orchestrated the Russiagate Coup
Julie Kelly, Substack
GOP Trying To Turn Biden's Autopen Use Into a Huge Scandal
Frank Bowman, Slate
Trump and Wiles Are Like a New Madden and Summerall
Michael Toth, The Hill
Likes Don't Equal Votes
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Federal Dollars Bankrolled University Diversity Hiring
John Sailer, City Journal
Can Alan Garber Save Harvard?
Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
Rescuing the Declaration From Left- and Right-Wing Polemics
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Rekindling Statesmanship To Secure the Future
Vice President JD Vance, Blaze Media
Israel Has Its Best Chance for Peace in 25 Years
Dennis Ross, Bloomberg
Christian Brose on the Coming Revolution in Military Tech
Kate Odell, Wall St. Journal
What Cuba Policy Should Be To Advance U.S. Interests
Peter Kornbluh, The Nation
Bastille Day Should Be a Reminder to Americans
Paul du Quenoy, Chronicles
Why Is Oregon Trying To Kill Free Preschool?
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
How Perseverance Saved This Community in PA
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Final Chapter Closes on Archegos Scandal
Eric Salzman, Racket News
TDIH - July 20th Second Term Approval: Trump 45.5 | Obama 45.6 | Bush 45.5


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