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RealClearPolitics Week of December 9, 2024 Archives

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Monday, December 9
Carter 2.0: Biden Another Failed Democratic President
Jay Cost, DC Examiner
Biden's Been Wrecking His Legacy, But He Still Has Time
Judith Levine, The Guardian
Assad's Downfall Marks a New Realignment in Middle East
Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ
How To Convince a Reluctant Trump To Get Involved in Syria
Nahal Toosi, Politico
Trump, U.S. Must Approach Syria With a Tragic Mind
Francis Sempa, Am Spectator
Biden Must Act Now To Block Trump's Retribution Threats
Jonathan Jeffress, The Hill
4 Yrs Later, No Letup in J6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not
Julie Kelly, RCI
Trump Hoped His Picks Could Escape Vetting. He Was Wrong
Doyle McManus, LAT
Hegseth's Nomination Is a Hill Trump Should Die On
John Daniel Davidson, Federalist
Dems Have a Pod Save America Problem
Alexander Sammon, Slate
Falling Out of Love With Obama: What Changed?
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
What It Took To Fix the Democratic Brand Last Time Around
Al From, The Bulwark
Pennsylvania Almost Saw a Stolen Election
Ari Fleischer, Wall Street Journal
How Trump 2.0 Could Make Mass Deportation a Reality
Jennifer Lee Koh, LA Times
Tren De Aragua, MS-13 Will Be Top Priorities on Jan 20
Tom Homan, FOX Business
What Doctors Know About Americans' Health Care Anger
Helen Ouyang, NY Times
UnitedHealthcare and the ObamaCare Con
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, December 10
Daniel Penny & America's Verdict: BLM Era Is Finished
Christopher Rufo, IM--1776


Luigi Mangione’s Ivy League Background Is No Surprise
Daniel Kalder, UnHerd
A Tale of Two Criminal Cases
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Growing Momentum for Trump Cabinet Picks
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Cold Shoulder: Dems Ignore Tulsi Gabbard’s Request To Meet
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Chris Wray Has Failed His Fundamental Duties as FBI Director
Sen. Chuck Grassley
The Bizarre Normalcy of Trump 2.0
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Like It or Not, America Is Back Thanks to Trump
Miranda Devine, New York Post
HTS Victory Over Assad Shows 'Nationalist Jihadism' Is Back
Hussein Ibish, MSNBC
Syria Rebels Are Former Al-Qaeda. Why's DC Celebrating?
Michael Tracey, Newsweek
American Return
Adam Ellwanger, The American Mind
What Wisconsin Taught Us
John Nichols, The Progressive
Hardball Dem Lawyer Marc Elias Vows To Fight Back in '26 & '28
Paul Sperry, RCI
Trade Battle Between China & U.S. Could Get a Lot Worse
Reshma Kapadia, Barron's
Trade Policy Means More Than Tariffs
Robert Zoellick, Wall Street Journal
Once They Were My Captors. Now They Rule Syria
Theo Padnos, Substack
Why Is Anyone Taking Our People Hostage? We Must Scare Them
Alex Karp, RNDF
Wednesday, December 11
Trump: 'Retribution Will Be Through Success'
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today


Democrats Should Work With DOGE. I Know Where To Start
Rep. Ro Khanna, MSNBC
The Coming Fight To Abolish DEI
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
No, Harris Staffers Did Not Run a 'Flawless' Campaign
Jeet Heer, The Nation
Before Anyone Is Pardoned, Shouldn't the Crime(s) Be Disclosed?
Bill Ackman, X
Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment
James Ho, The Federalist
Does Latino Shift to Trump Spell Doom for Democrats?
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Stop the Smear
Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense
Why DOGE and Musk Will Fail
Tyson & Mendonca, Project Syndicate
Will Biden Pardon Fauci?
Vinay Prasad, Substack
ActBlue Bombshell: It Didn't Block Foreign Gift Cards Until Fall
John Solomon, JTN
Republican Legislative Fault Lines Start To Emerge
David Dayen, American Prospect
Russiagate Remnants
Michael Caputo, Racket News
The Love of Honor and the Age of Trump
Pavlos Papadopoulos, TomKlingenstein.com
A Modest Proposal To Change Electoral College
Robert Alexander, RealClearPolitics
U.S. Rebrands Leader of al-Qaeda in Syria
Glenn Greenwald, System Update
An Assassin for Our Time
Alex Berenson, Substack
Thursday, December 12
The Largest Immigration Surge in U.S. History
David Leonhardt, New York Times


Intolerable Fail: Why I Yelled at Secret Service Chief Rowe
Rep. Pat Fallon, FOX News
Biden Cracks a Revealing Joke About Why Democrats Lost
Jim Newell, Slate
The Resignation of Christopher Wray Is a Great Day for America
Donald Trump, X
Democratic Governors Prepare Plans To Counter Trump
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN
Unwind Government Censorship, De-Banking Machine
Marc Andreessen, Free Press
That Hopeful Daniel Penny Verdict
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
It's Never Just About the Economy, Stupid
Jacob Rosenberg, Mother Jones
Dems Flirt With DOGE
Cannon, Trende & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
How Democrats Could Win Elections Again
Peachy Keenan, TomKlingenstein.com
Don't Dismantle the Department of Education Just Yet
MacKenzie Price, Salon
After the Election, a Civics Renaissance
Hans Zeiger, Fulcrum
The American University Is Rotting From Within
Joel Kotkin, Spiked
House Subcommittee Issues Final After-Action Report on Covid
Bill King, RCP
A Judicial Coup in Romania
Thomas Fazi, Compact Magazine
The Middle East's Dangerous New Normal
Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs
Restore the American Spirit
Ellwanger & Waters, RealClearPolicy
Friday, December 13
2024 Person of the Year: Donald J. Trump
Eric Cortellessa, Time Magazine


Time Magazine's Desperate Push for Relevancy
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Donald Trump Is Picking Fights. Will Anyone Hit Back?
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
Corrupt Media's Failed Smears of Trump's Cabinet Picks
Joe Concha, New York Post
Wray Broke a Prime Rule of Dealing With Trump
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Public Still Owed Whole Truth About FBI and January 6th
Sasha Stone, Substack
Time For National Conversation About Left-Wing Violence
David Harsanyi, Examiner
The Bigger Vigilante-Worship Problem Is On the Right
Zak Cheney-Rice, NY Magazine
Daniel Penny, Trapped in the Soros Mouth of Madness
John Kass
Why Trump's Inauguration Invite to Xi Is a Big Deal
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Donald Trump Is Now the Dominant Leader in the World
Newt Gingrich, FOX News
Lara Trump Joining Senate Would Be a New Ethical Frontier
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Joe Manchin: The Exit Interview
Burgess Everett, Semafor
Pardons and Resignations
Cannon, Wegmann & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Biden’s Act of Mass Clemency Leaves Allies Wanting More
Cancryn & Ward, Politico
Is a Foreign Adversary Flying Drones Over NJ?
Madeleine Kearns, The Free Press
Why Isn't One of the Drones Being Taken Down?
Bret Baier, FOX News
Saturday, December 14
Free Speech: Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Liberals Have Much To Learn From MAGA
Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
Report Reveals That FBI Spied on Its Likely New Director
Paul Sperry, New York Post
Takeaways From Dem Freshman Who Outperformed Harris
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
McConnell's Sad Final Act
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
Could Pennsylvania Become the Next Ohio?
Aaron Flanigan, AMAC
Dems Would Look Weak If They Skip Trump's Inauguration
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
A Cauldron of Cultural Forces Threatening Our Body Politic
Peder Zane, RCP
The Government Should Probably Tell Us What's in the Sky, Huh?
Jim Newell, Slate
Drone Saga Is Sad End of Profoundly Failed Presidency
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
America Must Unite Around Progress Mindset
Clay Routledge, RealClearPolitics
What MAGA Means
Adam Ellwanger, TomKlingenstein.com
Facing America's New Self-Evident Truths
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
Energy Is What It Takes To Power Tech Dominance
Kevin McCarthy, ALFA Institute
Why It's Probably Better To Throw Plastic in the Trash
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearPolitics
Climate Justice Group Has Ties to Judges, Legal Experts
Andrew Miller, FOX News
People Thought 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Would Fail
Stephen Lind, LA Times
Sunday, December 15
Why There's So Much Excitement About Trump's Return
Michael Goodwin, NY Post
Did Trump Voters Sign Up for This Much Disruption?
Ruth Marcus, PBS NewsHour
Our Intelligence Community Needs Tulsi Gabbard
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, The Hill
Dems Have Lost Credibility With Low-Income America
Anita Dunn,  DealBook Summit
The Year of McDonald's
Chris Arnade, The Free Press
Democrats Need Foreign Policy That Can Work--and Win
Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs
750K Lives Wasted in Ukraine for Less Than Nothing?
Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill
Biden White House Undercuts Biden's Trade Policy
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
Media Wrong Again on Trump Tariff Agenda
Ben Solis, AMAC
Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation
Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Houston Girl Killed by Venezuelan Illegally in U.S.
Bethany Blankley, The Center Square
Gov't Shouldn't Legitimate Systemic-Racism Confessions
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Why Equality Fails
Yascha Mounk, Substack
Give Me Liberty, Not Pronouns
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Mysterious Drone Swarms Won’t Always Be This Weird
Jeff Wise, New York Magazine
Time for Trump Team To Figure Out Drone Problem
Rebecca Grant, FOX News
ProPublica Is Well-Funded, Left-Wing Private Smear Operation
Ace, Ace of Spades


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