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Monday, January 27
A Tale of Two Inaugurations
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Trump Shocks System. Will He Solve Problems Voters Care About?
Dan Balz, WP
We Will Enforce Our Immigration Laws
Vice President J.D. Vance, Face the Nation
Colombia Backs Down, Trump Claims U.S. Respected Again
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Trump & His New Frenemies, Abroad & At Home
Victor Davis Hanson, Am Greatness
Greenland’s Prime Minister Wants Nightmare To End
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic
The Great American Debate Begins Again
Martin Gurri, The Free Press
Trump Just Broke the Law. And He Might Get Away With It
Michael Tomasky, TNR
What Americans Want From Trump in Next Four Years
Lee Carter, FOX News
Karine Jean-Pierre Has No Regrets
Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone
So Trump Nixed Your Bullshit DEI Job
Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
The J6er Who Left Trumpism
John Hendrickson, The Atlantic
Trump's Decision To Pardon J6ers Costly - and Correct
Miranda Devine, NY Post
CNN Surrenders to Trump
Jeet Heer, The Nation
Watergate and the Media's Addiction Problem
Mark Judge, Chronicles
We Forget the Lessons of Auschwitz at Our Peril
Schneider & Eizenstat, Newsweek
The Debasement of the Holocaust by Our Cultural Elites
Frank Furedi, Spiked
Tuesday, January 28
'I Don't Care, Margaret': JD Vance's MAGA Mic Drop Moment
Philip Wegmann, RCP


NYT Refuses To Admit Patel Was Right About Russiagate
Elle Purnell, The Federalist
Biden's Indictment
Jeet Heer, The Nation
Trump's Fight Against Censorship Goes Global
Ben Weingarten, RealClearInvestigations
Inside Trump's First Week: Bright Moods, Simmering Tensions
Liptak & Zeleny, CNN
Eithan Haim: 'We Took On the Federal Leviathan and We Won'
Emily Yoffe, Free Press
Why It's Time for Tulsi Gabbard
Aryeh Lightstone, RealClearPolitics
We Found the $2 Trillion
David Dayen, American Prospect
Traditional Approach vs. Trump Approach With Colombia
Cynical Publius, X
Young Voters Didn't Want All the Abortion Harris Was Selling
Kristan Hawkins, RCP
Will Harris Ever Make a Comeback?
Barbara Perry, Newsweek
LA Fires Extinguish Newsom's Presidential Dream
Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
Trump Places More Than 50 USAID Officials on Leave
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Trump's 'Energy Emergency' and the IEA
Mills & Atkinson, Wall Street Journal
What Does Trump Mean by 'Unleashing American Energy'?
Dylan Matthews, Vox
Trump's Agenda Is Like 2nd Declaration of Independence
Chris Thomas, Detroit News
Politicians Impose a 'Sale or Ban' on TikTok Simply 'Because...'
John Tamny, Forbes
Wednesday, January 29
Trump Launches Full-Scale War Against Modern Liberalism
Perry Bacon Jr., WaPo


The Most Consequential 1st Week in Presidential History
Beth Brelje, The Federalist
Why America Needs a 'Deep State'
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Trump Tries To Rein in Federal Workers
Bevan, Trende & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Dear Senators: Bobby May Be Willing To Play Nice, But I Won't
Nicole Shanahan, X
My Cousin Is a Predator Who Is Unfit for the Job
Caroline Kennedy, YouTube
Caroline Kennedy Is Why I Am No Longer a Democrat
Sasha Stone, Substack
America Needs Kash Patel at the FBI
Rep. Jim Jordan, Newsweek
Press Secretary Fields Questions From Packed Briefing Room
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Media Did Biden's Bidding, Now Freak Out Over Trump
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
USA vs China AI Race May Define Trump's 2nd Term
Jordan Schachtel, Substack
Rise of DeepSeek Is Unreservedly Bullish for the U.S.
John Tamny, RealClearMarkets
Birthright Citizenship: A Nuanced Examination
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics
Michael Anton, The American Mind
Israel, Trump, and the Gaza Deal
Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs
Talk Loudly and Swing a Yuge Stick: Trump Does TR One Better
Rich Lowry, NY Post
Catholics, Hippocrates, & Reforming American Medicine
George Weigel, First Things
Thursday, January 30
How I'll Rebuild Trust in the FBI
Kash Patel, Wall Street Journal


RFK Jr.'s Family Dissents. I Hope Democrats Do Too
Joan Walsh, The Nation
Dems Embarrassed Themselves and Our Country at RFK Hearing
Bill Ackman, X
Meta To Pay $25 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Trump Ban
Haake, et al., NBC News
Tulsi Gabbard: No Apologist for Russia-Backed Syria
Aaron Mate, RCInvestigations
Selena Gomez Fell Prey to the Game No One Can Win
Emma Brockes, The Guardian
Meet the Criminal Illegal Aliens Captured in ICE Raids
Lindquist & Olohan, Daily Wire
Did Backlash Really Kill the Trump Funding Freeze?
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
1.8 Trillion Reasons Why Trump Tried To Freeze Spending
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Democrats Hammered by Ugly Unpopularity Numbers
Erin Doherty, Axios
Why Does the NYT Continue To Print Lies About RFK Jr.?
Blake Fleetwood, RCP
Preparing for the Worst
Emma Janssen, American Prospect
Trump's Priority: Restore National Sovereignty
Casey Wheatland, TomKlingenstein.com
Democrats' Identity Crisis Is Their Biggest Weakness
Alexander Nazaryan, MSNBC
A Healthcare Excellence Agenda for the New Admin
Lonsdale & Caliri, Substack
Gender Ideology Parasitized People's Brains
Colin Wright, X
Trump the Triumphant vs. Trump the Destroyer
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
Friday, January 31
Why Dems Must Steal Trump's Playbook To Win Again
Richard Davis, The Hill


Dems' New Party Leader Won't Be Able To Right the Ship
Henry Olsen, New York Post
Donald Trump's Cabinet of Revenge
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
Dems Worry Patel Could Weaponize FBI Like They Did
Beth Brelje, The Federalist
Gabbard Wanted the Hegseth Treatment. She Didn’t Get It
John Sakellariadis, Politico
What Really Bothers Them About Tulsi Gabbard
Sasha Stone, Substack
Why RFK Jr. Has Captured the Attention of Everyday Moms
Lee Fang, LA Times
An Americas First Foreign Policy
Marco Rubio, Wall Street Journal
Trump's Big Stick Strategy Will Make America Respected Again
Connor Vasile, RCP
With Plane Crash, Trump Makes Himself the News
Chris Brennan, USA Today
Media, Dems Rush to Blame Trump for DCA Crash
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
An American General Gets Purged, Soviet-Style
Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Undermining Chain of Command Has Consequences
Pete Hegseth, FOX News
Should We Send Illegal Migrants to Gitmo?
Bevan, Troy & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Spare Us the Tears for Bad Hombres, Selena Gomez
Kirsten Fleming, New York Post
How Long Can Appalling Musk-Trump Bromance Go On?
Margaret Sullivan, Guardian
Make Los Angeles Great Again
Peachy Keenan, Los Angeles Times
Latest Polls: Trump Favorability Hits New High | Vance, Jeffries, Johnson, More
Saturday, February 1
Democrats Are in Denial
Byron York, Washington Examiner
What the Next DNC Chair Must Do To Save the Party
John Nichols, The Nation
How the Gender Fever Finally Broke
Abigail Shrier, The Free Press
I Saw Up Close How Politically Weaponized FBI Became
Sen. Eric Schmitt, U.S. Senate
RFK Jr. Is Bad for Our Health
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Newsweek
About Those Onesies: A Brief Note to Sen. Sanders
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
The Senate's Tulsi Gabbard Test
George Beebe, The American Conservative
Musk Is Right--U.S. Government Needs Digital Makeover
Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Cold Immigration
Benjamin Braddock, IM--1776
The Trump Values Crisis
David Masciotra, Washington Monthly
Why Democrats Will Struggle To Recover After Biden
Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd
New Right Needs Conservative Eclecticism
Samuel Hammond, TomKlingenstein.com
Chips on the Table
Glickman & Dutta, American Prospect
Trump Is Emphatically Correct on Birthright Citizenship
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
How To Drive Latin America Into the Arms of China
Mark Davis, RealClearPolitics
Mexico: Friend, Enemy, Neutral or Something Else?
Victor Davis Hanson, AmGreatness
How Did You Vote? Oh, Really?
Penn & Stein, Wall Street Journal
Sunday, February 2
Trump's War on 'Woke' Marks U.S. Plunge Into 'Dark Times'
David Smith, Guardian
Dems Wage 'Holy War' as Trump Ends 50 Years of DEI Tyranny
James Bovard, NYP
Why the Dem Party Has Become Ballot Box Poison
Rahm Emanuel, Washington Post
Some Democrats See a Ruthless Leader in Ken Martin
Elena Schneider, Politico
Trump’s Tariffs a $1.4 Trillion Gamble With the Economy
Matt Egan, CNN
Cut Off Those Taking Advantage of US Economy
Alan Tonelson, American Conservative
Rubio's Mission Impossible: Retake the Panama Canal
John Hudson, Washington Post
Rubio Should Build on the Commission on Unalienable Rights
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Trump's Behavior Is 'Democracy at Work'
Mark Leibovich, Washington Week
Challenging Birthright Citizenship Is a Win-Win for Trump
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Laken Riley Act Intended Only To Persecute Immigrants
Robin Epley, Sacramento Bee
I'm Yuma's Mayor. Trump Is Transforming Our Border
Douglas Nicholls, Newsweek
If RFK Jr. Loses
Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic
Good Luck Challenging RFK Jr. on the Science Behind Vaccines
Megyn Kelly
Memo to Elon: Know Your Boss
Jonathan Martin, Politico
Elon Musk Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
Liz Peek, The Hill
Leftist TV Anchors Biting the Dust Is Good for America
Michael Goodwin, NY Post


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