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Monday, July 13
The Many Lives of Lindsey Graham
Jonathan Martin, Politico
Lindsey Graham: Senator, Soldier and Statesman
Mike Waltz, New York Post
Graham’s Journey With Trump Embodies How GOP Changed
Dan Merica, Wash Post
James Carville’s Presidential History Lesson
David Catron, The American Spectator
Populist Tide Is Coming for Both Parties
Bass & Swett, RealClearPolitics
Socialists Lead Democrats Into Tea-Party Trap
William M. Daley, Wall Street Journal
Democratic Socialism Is Not Communism
Bill Waltz, Asheville Citizen-Times
Why Dems Can't Kick the Trans Obsession
Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative
How Do You Run a Government? Ask Scott Kupor
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
DOGE Is Done. What Happened To Its Records?
Lauren Harper, MS Now
Birthright Citizenship: The Court Pointed the Way
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are Nonsense
Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian
We Can Still Stop Birth Tourism
Kenin M. Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Jonathan Haidt Is Wrong About Age-Gating the Internet
Kelsey Piper, The Argument
Hunter Biden On Shameless Media Blitz To Rewrite History
Miranda Devine, NY Post
An Ancient Solution to Our Modern Crisis of Attention
S.J. Murray, New York Times
Was the War Over When the Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor?
Craig Shirley, RCP
'26 Polls: Sen,Gov, House |'28 Polls: Dems, GOP | TDIH: Trump Approval, Generic
Tuesday, July 14
Teen Takeovers Are Not a Mystery
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal


Can American Economics Change?
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
The Global Balance Has Shifted in Our Favor
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Can Pakistan Bring U.S. and Iran Back to Talks?
Abid Hussain, Al-Jazeera
Why We're Dismantling the International Criminal Court
Marco Rubio, Wall St. Journal
Ditching Platner May Not Be a Win for Democrats
Mark Halperin, The Free Press
Graham Leaving Behind a Void
Bevan, Cannon, Lumetta & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Sen. Graham's Finest Hour
Guy Benson, Washington Examiner
GOP's Congressional Mess Just Got Even Worse
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Despite Supermajority Support, SAVE Act Stalls in Senate
Joseph Castleberry, RCP
Is There Any End to The Atlantic's 'End-ism' Fetish?
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Evidence Is Overwhelming, Won't Get Through to Kirk Dead-Enders
Megyn Kelly
The UFC Cage Match Theory of America
Christoph Irmscher, Washington Monthly
School Choice for Me, But Not for Thee
Corey DeAngelis, Washington Post
Americans Are Right To Mistrust AI
Gregory Conti, Compact Magazine
AI Is Not Enough To Arrest China's Decline
Ruchir Sharma, Financial Times
Breaking China's Chokehold
Michael McNair, Commonplace
Wednesday, July 15
The Frenzied Sprint Among Maine Dems To Replace Platner
Patrick Svitek, CNN


Maine Socialists Try Again - With Predictable Results
Andrea Peyser, New York Post
3 Things Dems Have To Do if They Actually Want To Win
Thomas Edsall, NY Times
Do Michigan Democrats Want Populism or Pragmatism?
David Drucker, The Dispatch
Suing Joe Biden Helped Fuel Ken Paxton's Rise
Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune
Shootings Put ICE Back in the News
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
China & the New Era of Critical Minerals Diplomacy
Camilla Hodgson, Financial Times
America Can Break China’s Choke Hold on Critical Minerals
Peter Navarro, WSJ
Inside the Effort To Get Trump To Drop Strait of Hormuz Fee
Cancryn, et al, CNN
The West Is a Superior Civilization (Too Bad if That Offends You)
Itxu Diaz, TAS
CA In-Home Workers Accuse Unions of Shakedowns
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
Trump Brazenly Escalating Attacks on the Press
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Dem State Attorneys Sue To Keep CNN as Partisan as Possible
Tim Graham, RCP
Inside Elite University's Effort To Bring Conservatives to Campus
Vince Bielski, RCI
Lindsey Graham’s Defense of Kavanaugh Told Us Everything
Elie Mystal, The Nation
Barrett & Kagan's Safety Plea Exposes Left's War on SCOTUS
John Yoo, FOX News
The Dehumanization of Charlie Kirk
Sasha Stone, Substack
Harvard-Harris '28: Harris 37, Newsom 24, Buttigieg 10, AOC 9, Shapiro 9 | GOP
Thursday, July 16
Trump's Address To Focus on 'Free and Fair Elections'
Liptak & Lyngaas, CNN


Who Has the Midterm Upper Hand?
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
12 Questions for the Center-Left
Nate Silver, Substack
Democrats Push To 'Defund ICE'
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
No English, No Problem--Until the Crash Happens
Brian Lonergan, Chronicles
We're in a Wage Crisis Too
Monica Potts, The New Republic
One Year In, How Are Republicans Doing Selling the BBB?
David Winston, Roll Call
Mom, Dad, I Want To Be a Welder
Callie Holtermann, New York Times
Cost of Politics Is Showing Up on Your Electric Bill
Carl Marrara, RealClearPennsylvania
How the UK Became Ungovernable
Rameswaram, McTague & Bryan, Vox
'Citizen Vigilante,' Censorship and Europe's Migrant Problem
Dominic Green, WSJ
103 Democrats Oppose Aid to Israel in Symbolic Vote
Delaney & Robillard, HuffPost
Why Don't Maine Dems Hold a Vote To Replace Platner?
Byron York, DC Examiner
Graham and the Post-Mortem Beating of the Corpse
Melinda Henneberger, Substack
Why Sen. Graham Was Always Ready for War
Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator
'The Odyssey' Is a Natural End Point for Nolan
Alison Willmore, New York Magazine
Netflix's 'Little House on the Prairie' Is a Betrayal
Elle Purnell, The Federalist
SC GOP Senate Special (Emerson): Norman 16, Lynch 13, Mace/Evette 10, Fry 9
Friday, July 17
Deep State Covered Up Chinese Interference in '20 Election
President Donald Trump


Democrats Call 'Bull--' on Trump's Election Interference Claims
Sarah Davis, The Hill
Move On From 2020, But Pass the SAVE America Act
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Swing-State Lawmaker Wants a New Focus for Dems
Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
Ashcroft Rips Apart Sen. Schiff on DOJ Weaponization
Breccan Thies, The Federalist
Why Iran Is Returning to War
Vali Nasr, Financial Times
Tightening Squeeze Heaps More Pain on Iran's Ailing Economy
Kantchev, et al., WSJ
A Massive Manufacturing Push Unveiled in Pennsylvania
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
The Supreme Court's AI Collision Course
Brian Boyle, RealClearPolitics
Jerome Powell Needs To Resign From the Fed
James Thorne, X
What Being Detained in the West Bank Taught Me
Rep. Ro Khanna, MS Now
Is Israel Actually More Isolated Than Ever?
Goldberg & Zakheim, RealClearPolitics
Don't Look Away from Cuba
Chris Rodrigo, In These Times
Communism Hasn't Been Done Right. (Yeah, That's It)
Milli Sands, American Thinker
Sen. Fetterman Open to Idea of Switching Parties
Nia Prater, New York Magazine
Graham Was a True Defender of America and a Bridge Builder
Bret Baier, FOX News
Death by Telehealth
Tanya Lukyanova, The Free Press
Generic Vote: CNBC: D+4 | Echelon: D+6 | RMG: D+2 | YouGov: D+4 | RCP: D+4.8
Saturday, July 18
Trump Releases Election Files Alleging Foreign Threats
Lumetta & Weimer, RCP
China's Xi Is Still Planning for a Lavish State Visit to the U.S.
Kevin Liptak, CNN
After Birthplace Ruling, China Won't Need Election Hackers
Jordan Boyd, Federalist
Trump's Election Speech Was a Weirdly Good Sign for U.S.
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
2020 Files Change the Odds. Now Congress Must Change Rules
Peter Navarro, RCP
There Is More Than One Way for Democrats To Win
Symone Townsend, MS Now
Red States Winning the Prosperity Race
Vedder & Jadwisienczak, Newsweek
Maine's New Senate Candidates Sound a Lot Like Platner
Monica Potts, New Republic
Rubio Takes on Communism
Bevan, Cannon, Porter & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Dark Day for UK as Burnham Takes Over for Starmer
Brendan O'Neill, New York Post
Can Prime Minister Burnham Succeed?
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Chinese Fraud Rings Steal Billions From Banks, Retailers
Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC
Danger Signs America Is at a Third-World Level of Trust
Bill Connor, RealClearPolitics
Every Era Gets the 'Odyssey' It Deserves
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
Thanks, Sam, But We Already Have a Stake in OpenAI
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
Don't Become a Consultant. Start a Business
Ronnen Harary, The Free Press
How the U.S. Lost the World Cup--and Won Over the World
Robinson & Clegg, WSJ
Sunday, July 19
Dems Still Searching for Identity 2 Yrs After Biden's Exit
Barnini Chakraborty, Examiner
Voters Want What the Democrats' Left Wing Offers
LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times
Dear Bernie: Socialism Has a Long History of Failure
Mike Bski, X
Dems, Stop Vying for GOP Voters. It's a Lost Cause
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
SAVE Act Is Solution to Shocking Election Integrity Disclosures
Shane Harris, AMAC
Why I’m Voting Against the SAVE America Act
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Wall Street Journal
Marco Rubio Goes to War Against Global Justice
Heather Digby Parton, Salon
Defending American Sovereignty at Last
Fred Fleitz, American Greatness
Lindsey Graham: Scar Tissue and Statesmanship
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Send Trump a Message That ICE Killings Have Consequences
Jackie Calmes, LAT
ICE Needs Body Cams - To Clear Most Agents of Wrongdoing
Jason Johnson, WSJ
Trump Hates War But Loves Winning. Iran Is Learning
Rep. Ryan Zinke, DC Examiner
Trump Sliding Into a Forever War With Iran
Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph
GOP Nomination Is Vance's To Lose. And He Might
Astead Herndon, Vox
Vance's Ambiguous Message on Christianity & America
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
What Lionel Messi Sees
Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic
How Donald Trump Won the World Cup
Jesus Mesa, Newsweek
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