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Monday, December 29
For Better or Worse, It Was the Year of Trump
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Trump's Year of Media Capture
John Avlon, Rolling Stone
2025 Was the Year of the Big Liberal Lie
Don Feder, Washington Times
Is It Over for Tim Walz?
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Stephen Miller's New Bullshit About Immigrants
Robert Reich, Substack
Corrupt Media Ran Cover for Somali Fraud in Minnesota
Drew Holden, X
Congress Has Gotten Bad at Being Congress
Hayes Brown, MS Now
House Republicans Had a Great Year
Speaker Mike Johnson, Wall Street Journal
The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here's Who's Winning
Bill Scher, Politico
Top 8 Senate Races to Watch in 2026
Lord & Richman, Epoch Times
Republican Fears Over 2026 Grow
Charlie Hunt, Salon
Has GOP Turned the Corner in the Battle for the House?
Adam Turner, Red State
Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene's Break With Trump
Robert Draper, NY Times Magazine
MTG Among Biggest Political Losers of 2025
Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner
How Deepfakes Could Lead to Doomsday
Erin Dumbacher, Foreign Affairs
Trump Did a Lot for the Military in 2025, But More Is Needed
Jed Babbin, TAS
Javier Milei: My Government Is the Best in History
Louis Emanuel, The Telegraph
Tuesday, December 30
The Fast-Growing Economy and the Shifting Mood of the Nation
Penn & Stein, WSJ


Trump Gave Us Leadership, Scored Big Wins in 2025
Nicole Russell, USA Today
The Plan That Foretold 2025
David Graham, The Atlantic
It's Not Just Minnesota. Or Just Daycares
Alex Berenson, Substack
MN Daycare Scandal Reveals Blue Zone Fraud Culture
Chris Bray, The Federalist
Mamdani on His Mayoral Transition and What Comes Next
Astead Herndon, Vox
The Trump Administration's Fight To Fund Scientists
Paul Thacker, RCInvestigations
5 Hard Truths Democrats Must Face on Education
Evan Bonsall, Washington Monthly
Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ
Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles
The 'Makings' of a Peace Deal Between Russia and Ukraine
Jester & Salam, MS Now
Trump Meets Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Rubio Sticks It to Europe's Censorship Goons
Becket Adams, New York Post
The Difficulty of Reform in Journalism
Joe Klein, Substack
Medicare for All Is a Disaster Proposition
Sally Pipes, Washington Examiner
A Movement-Building Strategy for All Workers
Olney & Bacon, The Nation
Why We Watch It's a Wonderful Life
Sasha Stone, Substack
Is Common Sense Making a Comeback?
Robert Curry, American Thinker
Wednesday, December 31
Winners, Losers, Biggest Stories of 2025
Bevan, Cannon, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM


26 Predictions for 2026
Peachy Keenan, Substack
Viral Video Renewed Scrutiny on Fraud in Minnesota
Meitrodt & Winter, Star Tribune
Minnesota Scams Get Worse, But Who Will Pay?
Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Will Tim Walz Face Criminal Charges for Fraud Scandal?
Bradley Cortright, NY Sun
Democrats Need the New Deal, Not Socialism
Brendan Frasier, The Hill
New York City Headed for Disaster Under Mayor Mamdani
Poppy Sowerby, UnHerd
Why Are Dems Hiding Their 2024 Autopsy Report?
Norman Soloman, The Guardian
Setting Up the 2026 Midterms
J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics
Supreme Court Finally Pushed Back Against Trump
Erwin Chemerinsky, LA Times
The Judicial Coup in Utah Is a Warning to the Nation
W.J. Lee, AMAC
Stephen Miller Is the 2025 Scoundrel of the Year
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
The Heart of Trump's Deportation Push
Byron York, Washington Examiner
MAHA Isn't Political--Nor Should It Be
Courtney Hunt, Substack
RFK Jr. Embraces the Science on Trans Kids
Rich Lowry, New York Post
America’s 25 Years of Decline
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Push for Censorship on Campus Hit Record Levels in 2025
Sean Stevens, RCP
Trump Approval: Daily Mail 48% | YouGov 42% | Big Data 47% | RCP Avg: 43.4%
Friday, January 2
The 20 Best Things Trump Did in 2025
Marc Thiessen, Washington Post


Trump's Motto in 2025? 'Me, Myself and I'
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
2025 By the Numbers - Based on RCP Poll Averages
Tom Bevan, X
Mamdani Hit Right Notes in Rousing Inauguration Speech
Chris Smith, Vanity Fair
Sorry, Zohran, We're Done With the 'Warmth of Collectivism'
Sasha Stone, Substack
Mayor Mamdani Is In for a Reality Check
Kaivan Shroff, MS Now
2026 Is Pivotal Year for Trump's Second Term
James Antle, Washington Examiner
How 2026 Sets the Stage for 2028
Akayla Gardner, MS Now
Dems Should Get Blame for Health Care Costs, Inflation
Tim Murtaugh, Wash Times
Dems Ready To Campaign on Expired Obamacare Subsidies
Nicholas Wu, Politico
Helping Poor Is Cure for America's Economic Fever
Sen. Raphael Warnock, USA Today
How Obama's Refugee Machine Engineered Massive Fraud
Saggezza Eterna, X
Trump Enters 2026 as the Real Leader of Europe
Nile Gardiner, The Telegraph
How the Left Fell Out of Love With Scandinavia
Fraser Myers, Spiked
Is America's Justice System on Precipice of Collapse?
Ron Capshaw, Quillette
She Provides Raw Material to Trump’s Influencer Machine
Dylan Wells, Wash Post
CNN Humiliates Itself w/Attempt at 'Investigative Journalism'
Matt Margolis, PJM
Saturday, January 3
U.S. Strikes Venezuela, Maduro Captured
President Donald Trump, Truth Social


Delta Force, Night Stalkers Led Maduro Extraction
Holliday & Seligman, Wall St. Journal
Trump Says U.S. To Run Venezuela Until Proper Transition
Tom Winter, NBC News
Trump's Venezuela Gambit Tests War Powers
Julia Jester, MS Now
Removing Maduro Was the Easy Part
Daniel DePetris, The Telegraph
How Trump Reshaped America and the World in 2025
Gillmore & Akan, Epoch Times
Enter, Stage Left, Mayor Mamdani
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
The Warmth of Collectivism Comes to City Hall
Adam Lehodey, City Journal
Just How Insane Did Democrats Become on Immigration?
Alex Berenson, Substack
Minnesota Isn't the Only Magnet for Welfare Malfeasance
Kate Farmer, WSJ
Trump's Lies Make Health Care Less Affordable
Linda J. Blumberg, USA Today
How Trump Is Making Life Affordable Again
Nicole Huyer, The Hill
Let 2026 Be a Year of Reckoning to Trump
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian
The Keffiyeh Crew’s Curious Silence on Iran
Brendan O’Neill, Spectator
Break the Asian Machine Age
John Waters & Ross Calvin, RealClearDefense
Bluesky Is Not the Good Place
Zeeshan Aleem, MS NOW
400-Acre Muslim Development in Texas Sparks Controversy
Darlene Sanchez, ET
Sunday, January 4
Inside the Operation To Capture Maduro
Ali, Banco, Holland & Stewart, Reuters
U.S. Military Delivered Speed, Surprise, Violence of Action
Erik Prince, War Room
Raid Relied on Months of Preparation, Surprise
Nakashima, et al., Washington Post
Trump's Venezuela Gamble and America's Shifting Strategy
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Hegseth: U.S. Action in Venezuela 'Exact Opposite' of Iraq
Tony Dokoupil, CBS News
Trump Makes It All About the Oil
S.V. Date, HuffPost
U.S. in Prime Position To Unlock Venezuela's Vast Oil Reserves
Eaton, et al., WSJ
The Somali Fraud Scandal Is a Turning Point
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Rep. Emmer Was Asked About Somalis a Decade Ago
Hailey Gomez, The Daily Caller
Ex-Biden Staffers Going To Work for Mamdani
David Dayen, American Prospect
Fittingly, Mamdani's Inauguration Lacked Food, Bathrooms
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
California's Starless Governor Race Could Get Very Weird
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Hamas' Quest To Destroy Israel Hinders Peace Plan
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Norman Podhoretz: The Undeceived
James Piereson, City Journal
The AI Boom Is Not a Bubble
Robin Harding, Financial Times
How CBS Stonewalled on Biden Laptop, Seized My Files
Catherine Herridge, X
The Funniest Political Moments of 2025
Shane Harris, AMAC


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