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RealClearPolitics Week of January 26, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 26
The Battle for Minneapolis
Emily Witt, The New Yorker
Dems Must Cooperate With ICE, End Sanctuary Policies
President Trump, Truth Social
Trump's ICE Crackdown Becomes a National Reckoning
Stephen Collinson, CNN
The Campaign Against ICE Is All About Open Borders
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Alex Pretti Was a Good Man at a Time of Great Evil
Joan Walsh, The Nation
More Martyrs for Cynical Democrats
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Agents Voice Frustration With DHS Leadership's Handling of Crisis
Bill Melugin, X
Senate Primary in Texas Tests the Future of Dem Politics
David Goodman, NY Times
Spanberger, Dems Work Quickly To Turn Virginia Into Venezuela
Robert Knight, WT
The Tip Is a Distraction, Wage Is the Problem
Markos Kounalakis, Washington Monthly
How To End California's Worsening Cost-of-Living Crisis
Carl DeMaio, New York Post
The Necessary Bipartisan Push To Cap Credit Card Rates
Carter Dougherty, LA Times
Why Trump’s Credit-Card Crackdown Will Backfire
Joe Nocera, The Free Press
Trump's Not the First U.S. President To Fall in Love With War
Peter Beinart, Guardian
Pain-Gain Formula Working Against Trump
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Why American Leadership in AI Matters
Condoleezza Rice, Hoover Institution
Free Speech Isn’t Free and It Cost Charlie Kirk Everything
Kristan Hawkins, RCP
Tuesday, January 27
Left Making Huge Progress Toward Letting Illegals Stay
Byron York, DC Examiner


Dems Have Much To Gain, Nothing To Fear by Attacking ICE
Perry Bacon, TNR
Only Person Who Could Have Saved Alex Pretti Is Himself
Joey Jones, FOX News
Inside Trump's Decision To Change Course in Minnesota
Linskey, et al, Wall St. Journal
Is Kristi Noem a Liability?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Where Are Protests for Victims Like Laken Riley?
Christopher Tremgolie, DC Examiner
America Has Reached Tipping Point on Trump's Fascism
Robert Reich, The Guardian
Can Democrats Swipe Alaska Senate Seat?
Hunter Oswald, AMAC
Dems See Narrow Path to Winning Control of Senate
Philip Elliott, Time
Conor Lamb Has Seen the Democrats' Future
Oliver Bateman, RealClearPennsylvania
Canada Should Warm to Trump's Arctic Plans
Daniel McCarthy, New York Post
Could Peace in Ukraine Finally Be on the Horizon?
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Trump Admin Uses Abortion-Focused Law To Defend Believers
Ben Weingarten, RCI
Dems Must Use Shutdown Threat To Abolish ICE
Logan McMillen, The Hill
How GOP Can Make DFL Pay for Fraud Scandal
Matt Cookson, RealClearPolitics
Tim Walz Is the Worst Kind of Coward
Sasha Stone, Substack
Kanye West & the 'Mental Illness Doesn't Do That' Crowd
Freddie deBoer, Substack
Wednesday, January 28
Walz, Homan Meet and Agree to 'Ongoing Dialogue'
Ashleigh Fields, The Hill


As Trump Calms Storm, What Happens Next Is Significant
James Antle, DC Examiner
One Bovino After Another
Daniel Boguslaw, American Prospect
Is Immigration Compromise Even Possible?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
'Even in Minnesota, the Crime Is Down'
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
The Case for Upending World Trade
Peter Harrell, Foreign Affairs
Canada Doesn't Have the Cards
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
The Answer to Trump's Good Question About Interest Rates
David Malpass, WSJ
Scott Bessent Needs To Put a Sock in It
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Is 'Sparkle Beach Ken' the Best Political Insult of All Time?
Riley Nork, Pirate Wires
Racial Gerrymandering Case Does Not Gut Voting Rights Act
Andy Jackson, RCP
Why 'Affordability Agenda' Won't Deliver for Democrats
Dustin Guastella, The Nation
The Adolescence of Technology
Dario Amodei
'Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth': Reagan's Challenger Address
Carl Cannon, RCP
Oldest U.S. Warship, Sunk in 1776, Gets a Makeover
Michael Ruane, Washington Post
China's Decadence and the Military Purge
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
Remembering the Holocaust When the Witnesses Are Gone
Bion Bartning, RCP
'28 Dems (Echelon): Newsom 27, Harris 21, Ocasio-Cortes 9, Buttigieg 8, Kelly 4
Thursday, January 29
Repealing Sanctuary Policies Would Be a Big Step Forward
William McGurn, WSJ


Why De-Escalation in Minnesota May Be Short-Lived
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Tranquility Is a Drama Trump Can Win
Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics
Whistles, Horns and the Monitoring Groups in Minneapolis
Michele Norris, MS Now
Idea of Organic Protest in MN Is Provable Nonsense
Joe Rogan, Joe Rogan Experience
Who Might Succeed Noem If Trump Shakes Up DHS?
Crabtree & Wegmann, RCP
Democrats Announce 3 Key Demands for Funding Bill
Bobic & Delaney, HuffPost
FBI Executes Search Order at Fulton Cty Election Facility
Kaelan Deese, DC Examiner
Biden's Renewables Push Now Funds 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
James Varney, RCInvestigations
Gold and Silver Are on a Tear But Buyer Beware...
Katie Martin, Financial Times
JPMorgan, BofA To Contribute $1,000 to Trump Accounts
Megan Cerullo, CBS News
Elon Musk's Perfect Problem
Terrence Keeley, RealClearPolitics
Man Appearing To Be Alex Pretti Filmed in Altercation w/Agents
Ming, et al., TNM
Philadelphia's Ambitious Plan To Scare Off ICE
Amanda Marcotte, Salon
The Professionals, the Dupes and the PSYOP Against the Public
Michael Waller, X
Manchin and Kennedy: Two Profiles in Courage
John Hamilton, RealClearPolitics
NFL Blew It With Bill Belichick Snub
Jarrett Bell, USA Today
MI Senate (Emerson): Dems: McMorrow 22, Stevens 17, El-Sayed 16 | General
Friday, January 30
Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair
Claire Jones, Financial Times


Sen. Fetterman Is the Kind of Democrat We Need More Of
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Seven Principles for a 21st Century Left
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
Why Is Gabbard in Georgia? Because Trump Sent Her There
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Where Things Stand on the Border and Immigration
Byron York, Washington Examiner
This Crisis in Minneapolis Reveals a War on Empathy
Hillary Clinton, The Atlantic
Oh Hillary, Please
Sasha Stone, Substack
Moderation Is Most Disruptive Movement in American Politics
Christian Josi, RCP
How Did 400 Businesses Bill Medicaid From One MN Factory?
Mehmet Oz, HHS
Klobuchar Launches Bid for Minnesota Governor
Jeff Zeleny, CNN
Homan Sets a New Tone in Minneapolis
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Midterms Are Dems' To Lose--and They May
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
The Senate Race Giving Democrats Hope
David Faris, Newsweek
The Rational Nationalist
Lee Ellis, RealClearPolitics
Extinguishing the Deep-State Vampire
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Springsteen's New Anthem Is Mediocre. And That's OK
Jeff Slate, MS Now
Deja Vu? Performative Outrage Untethered From Reality
Bethany Mandel, NY Post
Generic Ballot: FOX News: Dems +6 | RCP Average: Dems +4.8 
Saturday, January 31
My Tariffs Have Brought America Back
President Donald Trump, Wall Street Journal
Is Warsh Really the Fed Chair of Trump's Dreams?
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
How Warsh Can Restore the Fed After Powell
Allison Schrager, City Journal
Democrats Won This Funding Fight. Now Comes Hard Part
Igor Bobic, HuffPost
Sanctuary Cities Are Sanctuaries for Criminals
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Don Lemon Defiant After Church Protest Arrest
Ebony Davis, MS Now
Don Lemon, the FACE Act and 2 Tiers of Justice
Michael Knowles, Real America's Voice
Trump Says He Believes Iran Wants To Make Deal
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Toppling Iran's Regime Wouldn't Be Like Iraq
Douglas Murray, New York Post
How Many Times Do I Have To Write This About Iran?
Jude Russo, Am. Conservative
Teaching Kids To Read Isn't Just About Phonics
Kelsey Piper, Substack
The Inequality-Unaffordability Nexus
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
10 Great Justice Alito Quotes To Mark 20 Years on Court
Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist
How Was Sociology Invented?
Steinmetz-Jenkins & Appiah, The Nation
A Therapist's Warning About the Politics of Outrage
Jonathan Alpert, FOX News
Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon
Jeffrey Kluger, Time
Catherine O'Hara Was Everyone's Mom
Kathryn VanArendonk, New York Magazine
Sunday, February 1
When Govt Tramples Our Rights, People Must Take to Streets
Robin Abcarian, LAT
Leftists Sought Violence in Minneapolis, and They Got It
Tim Murtaugh, Wash Times
Trump Pressuring Minnesota To Make Deal With Devil
Claire Finkelstein, The Guardian
Poorly Run Democrat Cities Are on Their Own
President Donald Trump, Truth Social
These Are Criminals in LA, Not Protesters
Jon Fleischman, New York Post
World Cup Places Risky Bet on Seattle's Socialist Mayor
Natalie Fertig, Politico
Homeless Deaths Reveal Mamdani's Arrogance
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
How Kevin Warsh Won the Race To Become Fed Chair
Pollard, et al., Financial Times
What To Know About Kevin Warsh
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Coming for America
Jeremy Warner, The Telegraph
Millions of Epstein Files Still Unreleased
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
Saint Hillary Is Here To Tell You You're a Terrible Christian
Chris Bray, The Federalist
Islamic Republic's Predatory Contract With Its People
Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic
Not ‘Might Makes Right’ but ‘Might Should Serve Freedom’
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
TikTok's 1st Week of U.S. Ownership Was a Disaster
Blake Montgomery, The Guardian
Don Lemon's 'Other' Unforgivable Crime
David Marcus, FOX News
Can AI Write a Better Protest Song Than Springsteen? Yep
Andrew Walworth, RCP
TDIH - Feb 1st 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 42.6 | Obama 43.3 | Bush 42.9


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