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Monday, August 18
Putin, Trump, and the Elusive 'Peace'
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Authoritarian Trump Wages War on Truth
Peter Stone, The Guardian
The 'Fascism' Lie
Sasha Stone, Substack
The Lies Behind Trump's D.C. Troop Surge 
Robert Shapiro, Washington Monthly
Even Liberal Maureen Dowd Admits DC Is Crime-Ridden
Andrea Peyser, NY Post
Can Democratic Socialists Seize the Moment?
Kylie Cheung, Rolling Stone
Big Cities Are the Face of the Democratic Party
Don Feder, Washington Times
Will Trump Dispatch the National Guard to New York City?
Ross Barkan, NY Magazine
America’s Most Radical Mayor?
Brandon Goldman, Spectator World
Are You Better Off Since Donald Trump Took Office?
Ken Martin, FOX News
3 Wins for American Families in the 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Sarah Rittling, Newsweek
Texas Fight Shows Dems Stuck in Limbo
Lauren Egan, The Bulwark
Will Newsom Rig His Redistricting Referendum?
David Catron, The American Spectator
Israel's War in Gaza Is a Spiritual Catastrophe For Judaism Itself
Yuval Noah Harari
Palestinian State Would Reward Hamas Massacres
Alan Dershowitz, Jerusalem Post
Stop Asking Kids if They're Depressed
Abigail Shrier, Substack
Advertising on News Sites Isn't Risky, It's a Necessity
Mark Penn, USA Today
Texas 2028 (Emerson): Dem: Buttigieg, Newsom, Harris Lead | GOP: Vance +36
Tuesday, August 19
Dressed for Success: Zelensky Wears Suit to White House
Philip Wegmann, RCP


A Putin-Zelensky Meeting on the Cards?
Debusmann & Gozzi, BBC News
Trump Is Moving at Warp Speed To Get a Peace Deal
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
It May Fall Apart, But Trump Deserves Credit for Peace Push
Stephen Collinson, CNN
The Reality Is the Ukrainians Need This Deal Now
Bill Roggio, FOX News
The Naughty Centrist--Part II
Joe Klein, Substack
Billionaires Backing Woke Math Doesn't Add Up Amid DEI Rollback
Lee Fang, RCI
Two Tiers of Justice: Here's Another SCOTUS Will Need To Fix
James Burnham, X
Mamdani Is a Political Risk Democrats Shouldn't Take
Douglas Schoen, The Hill
Restoring Trust in the Heart of PA's Political Realignment
Sean Trende, RCPenn
Sandwich Thrower Becomes Early Symbol of DC Takeover
Delaney & Bobic, HuffPost
It's Time To Stop the Hate
Christopher Rufo, X
What Recognizing a Palestinian State Actually Achieves
Abdallah Fayyad, Vox
Settlement to a Problem That Sadly, Doesn't Admit a Solution
David DesRosiers, JNS
Zelensky's Outfit Appeared To Strike a Middle Ground
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Why Is Media Rooting Against Russia-Ukraine Peace?
Bevan, et al., RCP on SiriusXM
Van Orden and Roadside Warriors Save 11 Year Old
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
Trump Job Approval: Reuters 40% | InsiderAdvantage 54% | RCP Average 45.8%
Wednesday, August 20
Trump's Unique Talents Make Him a True Leader
Michael Goodwin, New York Post


There Is No 'Trump Doctrine'. Just Chaos
Sidney Blumenthal, The Guardian
Trump Uniting Europe While Media Pretends It's Falling Apart
Mark Penn, FOX News
How Much Progress Toward Peace?
Bevan, Wegmann & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Inside the Rise of Zohran Mamdani
Mark Chiusano, Time Magazine
Is Socialism as Popular as the Media Think?
David Harsanyi, Washington Examiner
Dem Establishment’s Shunning of Mamdani Is Disqualifying
Perry Bacon, TNR
DC's Murder Rate Over 500% Higher Than Average State
John Lott, The Federalist
Why the DOJ Is Looking Into DC Crime Stats
Cameron Peters, Vox
The Hypocrisy & Callousness of the Left's Homeless Outrage
Adam Mill, Chronicles
The Perils and Absurdities of Trump's DC Occupation
Dave Zirin, The Nation
J6 Is the Democrats' New 9/11
Jack Hunter, The American Conservative
Newsom’s Trump Act Wins Raves From Democrats
Amie Parnes, The Hill
Newsom's Bid To Claim 'New Trump' Mantle Falling Flat
Daniel McCarthy, NY Post
Brat Summer Was a Lie: The New Era of Astroturf Fandom
Freddie deBoer, Substack
Three Ways Trump Is Already Trying To Rig the Midterms
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
MS NOW Will Still Peddle Same Liberal Lies as MSNBC
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Trump Job Approval: YouGov: 43% | Rasmussen: 49% | RCP Avg: 45.8% | More
Thursday, August 21
We Have Achieved Operational Security at the Border
Kristi Noem, USA Today


Democrats Have a Big Voter Registration Problem
Ellie Houghtaling, The New Republic
Zeldin: Obama, Biden Officials Corruptly Laundered $20B
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Trump's DC Takeover May Be a Prelude
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Competent Drivers, Crime and Problems Created by Porous Borders
Mark Penn, X
Bold Diplomacy, Humble Foreign Policy
James Antle, The American Conservative
The Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast
Anatol Lieven, The Nation
Hunger Games: AI Demand for Resources Poses Promise, Peril
James Varney, RCI
Why Powell Should Step Down as Fed Chair
Mohamed El-Erian, FOX Business
Democrats Play Redistricting 'Hardball'
Russell Payne, Salon
Newsom's Cracked Mirror
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
A Smart Solution for Downtown LA's Empty Skyscrapers
Joshua Seawell, LA Times
We Will Not Open or Operate Stores in California
Marcus Lemonis, Bed Bath & Beyond
The Costly Legacy of ESG
James Copland, City Journal
Trump's Impatience With the Swiss and Other Small Nations
Joseph Campbell, RCP
Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Reindustrialize America
Julius Krein, Commonplace
A Moonshot Won't Stop Cancer
Karl Zinsmeister, Wall Street Journal
'25 New Jersey Governor (Rutgers-Eagleton): Sherill (D) 47, Ciattrelli (R) 37
Friday, August 22
Obituaries for the Democratic Party Are Premature
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine


The Democratic Party Is Now Messianic
Alex Castellanos, Spectator World
How Moderate Senate Dems Enabled Trump's DC Takeover
Ryan Cooper, TAP
Dems Furious at Trump for Stopping All DC Homicides
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
The Redistricting Wars
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
John Roberts and the Death of Rule of Law in America
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
Letitia James’ Crusade Was an Abomination of the Law
Jonathan Turley, NYP
Mail-In Voting: Trust the States To Decide
Jan Brewer & Pat McCrory, RealClearPolitics
Mail-In Ballots Need To Go
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
The Anti-Mamdani Movement Is Fizzling
Ross Barkan, New York Magazine
Newsom's California Shows How Mamdani Will Ruin NYC
Douglas Murray, NY Post
The Clashing Advice Over COVID-19 Shots for Kids
Alice Park, Time Magazine
How COVID Lies Radicalized So Many of Us
Alex Berenson, Substack
Former Secret Service Chief Paid Himself a Bonus
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
Fired 'Mainstream' Journos Prove They Never Belonged on TV
Andrew Stiles, WFB
Could 'Hamilton' Be Made Today?
Joe Nocera, The Free Press
Cracker Barrel Is Dead. Its Woke CEO Killed It
Sean Davis, The Federalist
Ohio Senate (Emerson): Husted (R) 50, Brown (D) 44 | More Senate: TX, NC, GA
Saturday, August 23
What Is the Democratic Alternative to Trump?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Trump’s Philosophy Is Government by Shakedown
Steven Greenhouse, The Guardian
Trump Seeks To Undo Lawfare’s Damage
Byron York, Washington Examiner
A Partisan Shot Fired in Texas Reverberates Around the Country
Molly Ball, WSJ
Obama Scorns Gerrymandering - Unless It Benefits Him
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
The Bolton Raid Feels Like a Warning
Shane Harris, The Atlantic
Bolton Raid and the Future of Lawfare
Bevan, Jashinsky, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Trump Vindicated in Newly Released 'Epstein Files' Interview
Katie Pavlich, Townhall
Trump Right About DC Crime - But Still Dangerously Wrong
Shadi Hamid, WaPo
Kotkin Says With Putin, ‘Ultimately, Trump Holds the Cards’
Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ
In the Short Term, There Will Be No Peace
Sumantra Maitra, The American Conservative
Trump Wants To Make Art Into a Tool of the State
Barry Schwabsky, The Nation
Make the Smithsonian Great Again
Ellie Bufkin, New York Post
Cracker Barrel and the Americana Debate
Ashlie D. Stevens, Salon
Why the Cracker Barrel Logo Matters
Stephen Soukup, American Greatness
Disney Seeks to Win Back Gen-Z Men Amid Struggles
Matt Donnelly, Variety
The New Yorker's Racialism Problem
Christopher Rufo, Substack
Sunday, August 24
Trump Eyes Chicago for Next Phase of Crackdown
Dan Lamothe, Washington Post
Peace Talks, DC Cleanup and a CBO Win
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
It's Feeling Like 1988, Democrats No Longer in Touch
Jim Messina, MSNBC
FBI Is Serious About Prosecuting the Russia Hoax
Michael Shellenberger, FOX News
Michael Cohen Has Blunt Advice for Bolton After FBI Raid
Ben Blanchet, HuffPost
The Judicial Calvinball of Justice Jackson
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Why NIH Is Pivoting Away From mRNA Vaccines
Jay Bhattacharya, Washington Post
DNC Chair Proposes Nine Major Reforms for Consideration
Larry Cohen, The Nation
End Court-Ordered 'Majority-Minority' Congressional Districts
Kenin Spivak, RCP
Wilson Has Something Trump Desperately Wants 
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Art of the Deal, Russia-Ukraine Style
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
Deal To End War Must Respect Ukraine's Independence
Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs
Teaching Western Political Thought in Indonesia
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
We'd Never Have Had Lockdowns Without Corporate Media
Joy Pullmann, Federalist
The Exhausting Summer of Nothing 2025
Alex Abad-Santos, Vox
Blame Academics for Woke Wreckage at Universities
Maier & Kodsi, Times of London
Age of Balls
Mike Solana, Pirate Wires
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