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Mamdani Cares About Illegals, Not Victims of Their Crimes
Kirsten Fleming, NYPost
What Darializa Avila Chevalier Saw at the NYC ICE Shooting
Matt Stieb, NY Magazine
Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Obscenity
Bret Stephens, New York Times
This Is What Trump Panic Looks Like
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
Ignore the Haters, Look at Facts of Trump's Record
Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute
Why Won't El-Sayed Answer a No-Brainer?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Darline Graham Is No Lindsey. Voters Are Noticing
Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Inside the Republican Fight To Hold Alaska
Mary Olohan, The Daily Wire
Iran's Theory of Victory
Bajoghli & Nasr, Foreign Affairs
How To Prepare for Regime Change in Iran
Frank Schell, The American Spectator
Attacks on the Press Show Trump's Desperation
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Republicans Should Stop Talking to Corporate Press
Christopher Jacobs, Federalist
Will Public Execution Make Fort Hood Killer a Martyr?
Melinda Henneberger, Substack
Tennessee’s Executioners Had One Job
Matthew Hennessey, Wall Street Journal
Botched Execution a Reminder of Horror of Death Penalty
Moira Donegan, Guardian
Amid Protests, Pessimism About France’s Future
Gillen Tener Martin, Wash Monthly
Rubio Highlights Urgency To Embrace Western Virtues
Mike Watson, Free Beacon
Latest Polls: Sen: TX, GA, ME, IA, MN, OH, FL | Gov: ME, IA, MN, OH, TX, FL, OR

Editorials

El-Sayed, Troy Jackson and Medicare for All
Wall Street Journal
Foiled Hijacking Showed a Shifting Middle East
Washington Post
Israel Should Follow Through on British Consulate Closure
Jerusalem Post
Three Years Later, Israel Needs a Thorough Investigation of Oct. 7
Boston Globe

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Energy: Midterm Voters Can Take Back Affordability - Gary Abernathy, RCEnergy
Pennsylvania: The $64 Million Harrisburg Question - Ryan Zickgraf, RCPenn  
Markets: Not All Data Centers Are the Same - Shawn Matthews, RCMarkets
Life: The Best Restaurant in NYC? - Amanda Gabriele, InsideHook
Sports: Duke Coach Goes for Olympic Gold, Final Four - Gene Wang, Hoops HQ

RealClearPolitics Friday

Rogers, El-Sayed Swing Hard and Fast in First MI Debate
Erin Cox, Washington Post
In GOP Midterm Calculation, Avoiding the Unthinkable
Byron York, DC Examiner
Democrats Have a 'Once in a Generation' Opportunity
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost
Are Democrats Really Interested in Lowering Our Bills?
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Trump's Vote-Buying Checks Are in the Mail
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Vance Heralds New Fraud Crackdowns
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
No More Free Defense for Ungrateful Allies
Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal
Why Trump and Iran May Now Be Waiting Out the Midterms
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Rubio's Epic Speech in Athens
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
The Belated Execution of Major Hasan
Don Brown, American Thinker
Skydance Merger Will Remake Hollywood, News Business
Ben Schwartz, The Nation
Wikipedia: Oct. 7 Terrorists Came From 'Blockaded' Gaza
Aaron Bandler, JNS.org
Colleges Studied Their Problems. Can They Fix Them?
Piereson & Riley, DC Examiner
A Guide to Which College Majors Pay Off--or Don't
Momin & Lieber, New York Times
Locked Out, But Not Checked Out
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics
How Washington State Is Protecting Midterm Elections
Nick Brown, The Guardian
Front Line in Election Integrity Is Clean Voter Rolls
Beth Brelje, Restoration News

PM Update
Undoing the Architecture of 'Woke' in U.S. and Europe
Tyler O'Neil, The Daily Signal
Trump Tries To Rewrite History on Obama, Biden, Clinton
Steve Benen, MS Now
We Should Never Go Back to Dems' Lawfare Escapades
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
Dems Might Have a Shot in This Unlikely District
Emma Janssen, The New Republic
What Are Polls Telling Us Less Than a Month Out?
J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics
Britain Would Be Richer If We Were More Innovative
Gordon Brown, The Guardian
U.S. Views U.K. as an Unreliable Ally. And It Is Right
Douglas Murray, The Free Press
France's Orwellian Censorship Crackdown
Jonathan Turley, FOX News
Judge Mamdani by Results of Push To Curb Antisemitism
Errol Louis, NY Magazine
Sen. Cruz Explains How Justice Thomas Goes Further
Josh Blackman, Civitas Outlook
Mike Ditka, Legendary Bears Coach, Dies at 86
Zahn & Harrington, CBS News
Latest Polls: Maine (WaPo) Jackson 50, Collins 46 | Iowa (Emerson): Hinson +2

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Trump Administration

Vance Heralds New Fraud Crackdowns

Flanked at a White House press conference by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Attorney General Todd Blanche, Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito, and senior adviser to the president Stephen Miller, Vance said the government will block major companies like Microsoft and Adobe from applying for permanent status for hundreds of thousands of workers in the country on H-1B visas. Read More

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Political Landscape

One Family's Fraught Journey in the Guardianship System

Eugene Wu recently started his fourth year as a patient of Cliffside Rehabilitation in Queens, New York. He has little hope of ever leaving. Minimally conscious, nonverbal, and quadriplegic since suffering a brain injury, the 47-year-old former IT worker is seen only by staff and his court-appointed guardian.   Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Kudlow: Democrats Talking About Affordability Hard To Take Seriously

You just have to love it, while these Democratic candidates are out there tweeting and chirping and criticizing President Trump and the GOP on the issue of affordability. Hahaha. In the first place, Mr. Trump way back in 2016 invented the term affordability, amidst much derision as he successfully ran in his first term. Now with a temporary gasoline spike from the Iran war, Democrats have latched on to the term affordability as some kind of midterm election life raft. Read More

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