RealClearPolitics July 9, 2026 Archives

RealClearPolitics Morning Edition

Beware the Honest Oysterman

Caitlin Flanagan, The Free Press

How Did Dems Get Platner? The Answer Is the Problem

Christina Cauterucci, Slate

Dems Haven't Learned a Thing From Biden Fiasco

Miranda Devine, New York Post

There's a Silver Lining to Democrats' Platner Disaster

Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now

'Trump Peace Prize' Is the Best Idea Trump Hasn't Had Yet

Richard Porter, RCP

Trump Revives the Red Scare

Heather Parton, Salon

An Ugly Picture Emerging Around Wikipedia

Larry Sanger, Washington Examiner

The End of Reading Is Here

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic

Mythbuster: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations

John Lott, RCInvestigations

Why Trump Left NATO Summit on a Positive Note

Kevin Liptak, CNN

A Statement on My Future, and What's Needed To Fix Britain

Nigel Farage, Substack

How To Save the UN From Irrelevance

Rafael Grossi, Foreign Affairs

Where the Fight for Israel Can Still Be Won

Mor Greenberg, RealClearPolitics

I'm Free. Now Pray for China

Ezra Jin, Wall Street Journal

What Could Democrats Have Done Differently About Platner?

Prokop & Litman, Vox

The Platner Switcheroo

Bevan, Cannon & Porter, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

We Need a Rebirth of Instinctive Patriotism

Ryun & McFadden, American Greatness

RealClearPolitics Afternoon Edition

Giving Platner the Bum's Rush

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Platner's Conspiracy-Laden, Bitter Farewell

Matthew Cooper, Washington Monthly

More Death on Highways at Hands of Noncitizen Truck Drivers

Julie Kelly, Substack

Trump Blows Up His Own Iran Deal

Robert Kuttner, American Prospect

Ignore the Latest Propaganda Offensive on Ukraine

Thomas Fazi, UnHerd

Aftermath of Kirk Assassination Is an Utter Tragedy

Sean Davis, Megyn Kelly Show

Can El-Sayed Shatter Assumptions on 'Electability'?

Nathan Robinson, The Nation

'Democratic' Socialism and the Marxist Tradition

Holly Soto, RealClearPolitics

Why Britain Is Finding the World a More Difficult Place

Fisher & Clover, Financial Times

France's Long Slide

Eric Zemmour, The American Mind

Spending the 4th With the 1st: Independence Day at Mt. Vernon

Cathi Warren, RCP

Trump Approval: HarrisX 43% | YouGov 40% | M. Consult 45%| RCP Avg: 40.8%