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RealClearPolitics Week of October 20, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 20
Grim Signs for Democrats With Midterms a Year Away
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
No Kings Wasn't Cringe
Jerusalem Demsas, Substack
DOJ Finds Evidence Cities Are Skewing Crime Stats
Charles Gasparino, New York Post
Trump May Be Peace's Greatest Ally. Wish Him Well
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Witkoff, Kushner on the Mideast Deal, and What's Next
Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes
If It's Worse Than Watergate, Where's the Follow-Up?
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
The Bleak Reality of Trump's Revenge Rampage
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Timeline: The Case Against John Bolton
Greg Collard, Racket News
SCOTUS Must Affirm Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order
Mike Davis, FOX News
Sparks Flying in Maine's Senate Race
Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
Schumer and Jeffries Should Not Endorse Mamdani
Kaivan Shroff, RealClearPolitics
The Sweetheart Deal Is Over for Academia
Megan McArdle, Washington Post
The Miseducation of Xi Jinping
Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs
What CFR Never Understood About Weakening Industrial Base
Peter Navarro, CFR
AI Will Never Be Your Friend
Zito Madu, The Nation
Daylight Heist at Louvre Snatches Priceless Jewels
Sam Schechner, Wall St. Journal
Words, Stats Struggle To Capture Ohtani's GOAT Game
Ben Lindbergh, The Ringer
Watch/Listen: Trump | Jeffries | Johnson | Capehart | Penn | More Videos
Tuesday, October 21
Long Way To Go Before Centrists Can Be Asked To Trust Dems
Joe Klein, Substack


Sherrill's Helicopter Campaign
William McGurn, Wall Street Journal
The Real Lesson From Mamdani's Ascent
David Sirota, The Nation
Pressure Grows for Sliwa To Pull Out of New York Race
Kramer & Brennan, CBS News
Cleaning Up Cities Will Have Big Political Consequences
Ned Ryun, FOX News
Crime in Chicago Is a Choice
Michael Powell, The Atlantic
Democrats Exhibit Amnesia About Biden-Era Lawfare
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
We Interviewed an Inflatable Frog. It Made Some Great Points
Molly Olmstead, Slate
Reporters Doth Protest Too Much to Pentagon Restrictions
Jeffrey McCall, The Hill
Dems Seek Shutdown Off Ramp But Won't Just Surrender
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Congress Should Miss Their Paychecks Too
Tiffany Smiley, RealClearPolitics
How Trump-Zelensky Meeting Turned Acrimonious
Kevin Liptak, CNN
Reconquering Lost Ukraine Territory Is Hopeless
Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft
Countering Cartels and Communists in the Americas
Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles
Toward a Bolder Theory of Party Renewal
Justin Vassallo, Substack
The Parties Are Losing. That's Why They're Redrawing Districts
Forcum & Loyd, RCP
MSNBC's Wake To Remember
Stiles & Mitrovich, Washington Free Beacon
Wednesday, October 22
How Trump Changed Conservatism
Waters & Ellwanger, RealClearHistory


No Kings: Anti-Trump Movement Nearing Major Threshold
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
The Largest - and Most Irrelevant - Protest in U.S. History
Paul du Quenoy, Telegraph
How Does Trump Keep Getting Away w/Attacking Americans?
Parker Malloy, TNR
All the President's Memes
Sasha Stone, Substack
Culture War Dominates VA Governor Race
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Democrats Have To Let Bigots In the Tent
Matthew Yglesias, The Argument
The Democrat Death Cult Grows in Virginia
John Kass
How the Dem Brand Turned Radioactive in Rural America
Ezra Klein, New York Times
James Comey's Long List of Abuses
Sen. Lindsey Graham, FOX News
Will John Brennan Finally Get His Just Deserts?
Roger Simon, Substack
How Obama Moved To Fight Trump on Redistricting
Abutaleb & Goodwin, Wash Post
An End to the Rights Revolution?
James Piereson, The New Criterion
Is Secret Service Committed to Reforming DEI, 'Woke' Culture?
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Two Months of ICE Terror in Chicago
Emma Janssen, The American Prospect
Trans ID Decline Points To Social Contagion
Lisa Selin Davis, UnHerd
The Oxford Union Won't Miss George Abaraonye
Georgina Mumford, Spiked
2025 Virginia (Quantus): Gov: Spanberger (D) +5 | Atty General: Mirayes (R) +7
Thursday, October 23
Who Are the Real Kings?
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness


Platner Is a Disaster. Dems Need More Candidates Like Him
Alex Shephard, TNR
Dems Keep Telling Us Who They Are. It's Time To Believe Them
Nicole Russell, USAT
John Brennan Faces the Music
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP Podcast
Mamdani Shows He's the Right Choice for New York
Sara Pequeño, USA Today
Cuomo Finally Lands Punches Against Smug Mamdani
Kirsten Fleming, NY Post
Dems' Fears About NJ Governor Race May Be Overblown
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Why the Latest Poll Is Really Bad News for Mikie Sherrill
Ryan King, New York Post
The Health Insurance Cost Crisis Is Now Upon Us
David Dayen, The American Prospect
Dem Shutdown Power Play: Force GOP To Do Their Dirty Work
Richard Porter, RCP
Cori Bush Thinks She Knows How Democrats Can Win
Shirin Ali, Slate
Jen Psaki's Vile Hit on Usha Vance Insults All GOP Women
Andrea Peyser, NY Post
White House More Than a 'Love It or List It' Fixer Upper
Melinda Henneberger, RCP
A Reporter Finds the Changing Face of Protest in Portland
Nancy Rommelmann, RCI
Investigate Leftist Nonprofits—Carefully
Scott Walter, Wall Street Journal
Jack Posobiec Is MAGA’s Most Important Influencer
Ali Breland, The Atlantic
Karine Jean-Pierre Sticks to Her Story, But No One Buys It
James Antle, DC Examiner
2025 NJ Gov (Rutgers): Sherrill (D) 50, Ciattarelli (R) 45 | RCP Avg: Sherrill +4.1
Friday, October 24
MAHA's Moment To Prove Itself: The '26 Midterms
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics


When Fetterman Knew Harris Had 'Lost the Plot'
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
America's Legal Thought Leaders Stayed Silent During '21-'24
Jay Clayton, CNBC
This Is the Shutdown That Doesn't End
David Graham, The Atlantic
How Did We Get Here? A Reality Check for Democrats
David Winston, Roll Call
How the Gaza Deal Got Done
Eric Cortellessa, Time
Outdated World War Analogies Make Bad Foreign Policy
Michael Lind, UnHerd
Renovating WH, Restoring DC, Rebuilding the Nation's Pride
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Why Photos of East Wing Demolition Have Struck a Chord
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
The Case Against Schiff Is Moving Forward
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
PA Energy Manufacturing Jobs Grow With Eos Expansion
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Campaign 2026: As Maine Goes...
Deprez & Fried, Washington Monthly
Mamdani Mayoralty Threatens New York's Jews
Elisha Wiesel, Wall Street Journal
War Against Antifa Is Destined To Backfire
Michael Gould-Wartofsky, The New Republic
The Trauma Is So Baked In That Conservatives Don't Realize It
Mike Cernovich, RAV
AI Is an Artificial Fix for Education
Logan Chapman, American Prospect
Introducing the City Journal College Rankings
Sailer & Wallsten, City Journal
Favorability Rating: Trump 44.2% (-8.3) | GOP 41.5% (-12.0) | Dems 35% (-24.3)
Saturday, October 25
U.S., China Start Trade Talks Ahead of Summit
Sevastopulo & Lewis, Financial Times
What Business Leaders Should Know About Trump's Trip to Asia
Joseph Lai, RCP
China Against China
Jonathan Czin, Foreign Affairs
Can Democrats Find Their Way Out of the Shutdown?
Liz Peek, The Hill
Jeffries Endorses Mamdani for New York Mayor
Sebastian Murdock, HuffPost
A War on Citizenship, From Sanctuary Cities to Street Armies
Ned Ryun, Substack
How the U.S. Turned Sports Into One Big Casino
Bryan Walsh, Vox
MAHA in the Midterms?
Bevan, Wegmann & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Demoralized, Apologetic Right Is Part of the Problem
Adam Johnston, The Federalist
Too Many on the Left Clinging to Racial Preferences
Richard Kahlenberg, Substack
Why Schools of Civic Thought Matter
Benjamin & Jenna Storey, City Journal
My Students Use AI. So What?
John McWhorter, The Atlantic
A Troubling Pattern of Municipal Lawfare
Peterson & Toth, Civitas Outlook
The Fed Must Act Before the Job Market Cracks
Dan Varroney, RealClearPolitics
A Hospital 'Add-On' Has Me Reaching for the Pitchfork
Matthew Hennessey, WSJ
The Tragedy of Bolivian Socialism
Juan Rojas, Compact Magazine
Britain's Last Election
Ziccarelli & Trevino, The American Mind
2025 Polls: VA Governor | VA Atty General | NJ Governor | New York City Mayor
Sunday, October 26
What Progressives Keep Getting Wrong
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Progressives' Search for a Fresh Face Hits Its First Hiccup
Eugene Daniels, MSNBC
The Dems Have a Nazi Problem. It's Time To Call Them Out
Sasha Stone, Substack
Burnin’ Down the House
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Calm Down, No One Cares About the White House Renovation
Andrew Stiles, WFB
Trump Wrecks America & His Fans Cheer. Is There a Bottom?
Michael Tomasky, TNR
The Left’s Never-Ending Outrage Machine
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Even Trump Country Is Marching Against Trump
Isabela Dias, Mother Jones
Don't Look Now, But Dems Are Starting To Like Trump
Nicole Russell, USA Today
The Lone Dem Who Thinks His Party Has the Shutdown Wrong
Olivia Beavers, WSJ
Mamdani's Candidacy Stirs Jews in New York – and Beyond
Ellison & Boorstein, WP
A Vote for Mamdani Will Put More Criminals on NYC Streets
Jim Quinn, NY Post
Karine Jean-Pierre's New Book Lets Dems Have It
Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post
Why Nobody's Buying What Karine Jean-Pierre Is Selling
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
The Great Feminization Hasn't Gone Far Enough
Leonora Barclay, Persuasion
Why Woke Women Make Terrible Leaders
Alex Berenson, Substack
Seven Faulty Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics


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