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RealClearPolitics Week of December 22, 2025 Archives

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Monday, December 22
Vance Honors Charlie Kirk at Turning Point's AmericaFest
Chang, et al., ABC News
Fixing the Mess, Delivering Common Sense in 2025
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Betting Against NY Is Always a Losing Proposition
Richard Florida, Financial Times
Young and Ambitious Are Leaving Stagnant Coastal States
Joel Kotkin, Spiked
The Fulton County 2020 Election Bombshell
David Catron, The American Spectator
Conservative Infighting Explodes at TPUSA's AmericaFest
Li Zhou, HuffPost
Vance Slams Fuentes: His Influence Is Vastly Overstated
Sohrab Ahmari, UnHerd
Nicki Minaj Is Surprise Guest at Turning Point Gathering
Alana Mastrangelo, Breitbart
Jeffries Undercuts Congressional Stock Trading Ban
David Dayen, American Prospect
A Serious Effort To Tame the Administrative State
Ronald Pestritto, The American Mind
Beware of Central Economic Forecasts for 2026
Mohamed El-Erian, Project Syndicate
Offshore Wind Harms National Security, Shut It Down
Steve Cortes, RealClearPolicy
Life in the Fast Lane With Robinhood Markets
Eric Salzman, Racket News
Jews Face Horrors With Humor
David Mamet, Wall Street Journal
How America and Iran Can Break Nuclear Deadlock
Zarif & Garmsiri, Foreign Affairs
Lifting Sanctions on Syria Without Enforcement Dangerous
Morhaf Ibrahim, RCP
Reflections on the Revolution: An Introduction
Roger Kimball, The New Criterion
2026 GA GOP: Senate: Collins 25, Carter 20, Dooley 12 | Governor: Jones +10
Tuesday, December 23
U.S. Targeting Oil Tankers in Bid To Stymie Global Black Market
Holliday, et al., WSJ


Trump Says It'd Be 'Smart' for Maduro To Step Down
Liptak & Judd, CNN
The Year of the Tariff
Jamieson Greer, Financial Times
Is It Trump's Economy Yet?
Frey & Schnell, MS Now
DEI Harmed a Generation, Sapped America's Promise
Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Green Shoots of a 'Post-Woke' Left?
Justin Vassallo, Substack
Vance, TPUSA and the MAGA Coalition
Bevan, Wegmann & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
What Vance Told Me About 2028
David Marcus, FOX News
5 Turning Points That Explain MAGA's Civil War
Zachary Basu, Axios
Ben Shapiro Can't Handle the Truth
Steve Bannon, Turning Point AmFest
The Remaking of Trump's Washington, DC
Karrie Jacobs, The Nation
FBI Raided Secret Service Agent's Home in Tax Fraud Probe
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Will Amtrak Let the American Freedom Train Roll?
Jeffrey Anderson, The Federalist
Shelved '60 Minutes' Story Streamed in Canada
Brian Stelter, CNN
CBS Reporter Has History of Biased, Inaccurate Reporting
Michael Shellenberger, X
Avoid Turning Holiday Gatherings Into a Battleground
Bethany Mandel, DC Examiner
Her Daughter Was Unraveling. AI Chats Showed Why
Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post
Wednesday, December 24
O Holy Night
John Kass


At Christmas, God Fulfills His Purpose - and Gives Us Ours
Jim Gash, FOX News
The Demise of Religion Among Democrats
John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
The Good Book Is Great
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
US Economy Keeps Powering Ahead, Defying Dire Predictions
Whalen & Wolfe, WSJ
Why Do Pundits Keep Getting Trump's Economy So Wrong?
Stephen Moore, NY Post
Trump Admin Echoes Jim Crow Era w/Pleas For White Men
Ja'han Jones, MSNBC
The Economic Purge of the Young White Male
Sean Thomas, Spectator World
The Supreme Court Hands Trump a Significant Loss
Ian Millhiser, Vox
How Illegal Immigration, Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft
James Varney, RCI
Dems Divided Over How To Retake House and Senate
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
How Republicans Can Shatter 2026's Midterm Narrative
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
COP30 and the Art of Climate-Policy Neglect
Joel Darmstadter, RealClearPolitics
The Return of the Jewish Question
David Azerrad, Compact Magazine
America Needs More Husband Material
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Yanking 60 Minutes Story Is Censorship By Oligarchy
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Hunter Biden Tries To Rewrite History
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
'28 Dem Prez (Daily Mail): Harris 30, Newsom 21, Buttigieg 7, Shapiro 4, Kelly 4
Friday, December 26
Pseudo-Recessions
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness


Is the Economy Great or Terrible?
Jen Wieczner, New York Magazine
Trump's Tax Cuts & Trade Policy Fuel Blowout GDP Growth
Peter Navarro, Substack
New Govt Inflation & GDP Figures Are Worthless
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
All-Star Panel Grades Trump's First Year in Office
Mike Emanuel, Special Report
What Did Trump Actually Accomplish This Year?
Matt Robison, Newsweek
In 2025, Trump Kept His Promises To the American People
Sec. Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He’s the Warmonger
Alex Shephard, TNR
The Disappearing Middle Eastern Christians
Srdja Trifkovic, Chronicles
Can Democrats Reinvent Themselves as DC Disrupters?
Lisa Lerer, New York Times
We Can't Trust Dems. They're Giving Bill Clinton a Pass
Nicole Russell, USA Today
How AI Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages
Joseph de Weck, The Guardian
AI In Classroom Destroys Students' Intelligence
Meg Marie Johnson, The Federalist
Meet the Women in Love With ChatGPT
Beatrice Nolan, Fortune
Feminism, Anti-Racism & the Unraveling of Western Civilization
Edward Ring, AG
Dear Britain: America Will Recover From Trump - In 3 Years
Jimmy Kimmel, Guardian
American Optimism Proves Its Resilience
Clay Routledge, Wall Street Journal
Saturday, December 27
The Scrooges of 2025
John Tierney, City Journal


Why We Need a New Dickens
Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly
Biden's Corrupt DOJ and the Raid on Mar-a-Lago
Mike Davis, FOX News
House Republicans Aren't Having Any Fun
Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic
No, Jimmy Kimmel Didn't Win
Sasha Stone, Substack
Conservatives Can Disagree as Long as We Row in Same Direction
Sean Davis, RAV
Zelensky To Meet Trump Sunday To Discuss Peace Plan
Ebony Davis, MS Now
Obliterate Europe's Managerial Plantation
Waters & Calvin, RealClearWorld
Gaza's New Normal
Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs
America's Military Is Back
Sen. Jim Banks, The American Mind
Trump Is Talking About Greenland Again
Joshua Keating, Vox
Why Natural Gas and Nuclear Still Matter
Nash, et al., RealClearEnergy
Where Did All the Feel-Good Movies Go?
Alixandra Kupcik, Los Angeles Times
The Education of Kevin McCallister
John Grove, Law & Liberty
Are Cell Phones To Blame for Youth Loneliness?
Landes & Hassel, The Nation
School Phone Bans Work. Why Don't They All Do It?
Julie Jargon, Wall Street Journal
The National Movement To Trim Higher Ed Bloat
Christian Barnard, RealClearEducation
Sunday, December 28
Affordability Is What Everyone Needs
Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger, FOX News
Uncovering the Massive Fraud in Minnesota
Nick Shirley, X
Trump’s 2026 Resolution: Give People Money
Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic
The Good News of Economic Growth
Jeffrey Tucker, Epoch Times
There's Nothing Criminal or Illegal About Skin Color
Rosanna Garcia, USA Today
How Illegal Aliens Increased Housing Costs for Americans
Scott Turner, FOX News
Liberals: Read HHS Review of 'Gender Affirming' Care
Gorin & McDeavitt, Newsweek
Britain: No Country for Young Women
Georgina Mumford, Spiked
Dems Split Over Whether To Befriend AI - or Vilify It
Calder McHugh, Politico
The Dilemma for Dems in 2026 Is...the Dems
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Trump Shamelessly Covering America in His Name
Mohamad Bazzi, The Guardian
Why the Right Isn’t Leaving Trump
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Under Patel, 'FBI' Stands for Foolish, Belligerent, & Incompetent
Perry Bacon, TNR
The Scandal of the Mar-a-Lago Raid
Jim Trusty, Wall Street Journal
Trump's Recall of Ambassadors Worse Than It Sounds
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Ambassador Recall Part of Retooling of State Department
Phillip Linderman, TAC
Jimmy Kimmel Continues To Lie & Play the Victim. Fire Him!
Andrea Peyser, NY Post


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