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Monday, April 13
Trump Betting Economic Pressure Can Do What Bombs Couldn’t
David Ignatius, WP
Why Trump Will Win the War With Iran
Conrad Black, New York Sun
Hormuz Blockade a Throwdown U.S. Can't Win
Marc Champion, Bloomberg
Why the U.S. Blockade Will Force Iran To Fold
Miad Maleki, X
Viktor Orbán Has Fallen
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Hungary's Election Sends a Jolting Message - To Dems
Alexander Burns, Politico
After Swalwell Craters, CA GOP Jubilant but Divided
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
How Did California Dems Let Swalwell Get This Far, Anyway?
Michael Tomasky, TNR
Dems Hurt All Women By Covering for Swalwell for Years
Batya Ungar-Sargon, NYP
The 2026 Races Giving Dems New Hope in the South
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Is There Really a GOP Civil War Going On?
Jacob Siegel, City Journal
Jeffries: Dems Will Finish Gerrymander Fight GOP Started
Frey & Helman, MS Now
Rich Men North of Richmond Stealing Votes of Virginians
David Marcus, FOX News
Mamdani Marks First 100 Days, Says He's Just Getting Started
Gloria Pazmino, CNN
Mamdani's Gotten Zero Results - Except Fanning Jew-Hate
Steve Cuozzo, NY Post
How the Pope Should Retaliate Against Trump
Stephen Daisley, Spectator World
Why Are Liberals Erasing the Memory of Iryna Zarutska?
Jenny Holland, Spiked
Tuesday, April 14
Jiu-Jitsu Puts U.S. in Control of Persian Gulf Oil Flow
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun


Diplomacy Is the Only Solution With Iran
Kenneth Roth, The Guardian
Closing the Strait
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Unlike Bush/Obama in Mideast, Trump Channeling JFK Towards Iran
Mark Penn, X
Trump's Pivot to Blasphemy
Christian Paz, Vox
Illegal Immigrant Bludgeons Victim--Media Balks
Heather Mac Donald, City Journal
CA Dems Were Already Scrambling Before Swalwell Quit
Kayla Epstein, BBC News
Florida Shows How To Confront Out-of-Control Judiciary
Paul du Quenoy, Chronicles
Vance Is the Most Mistreated VP Since the Last Two
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Orban One of Few Who Stood Up to EU Bureaucracy
Vice President Vance, FOX News
Asking the Big Question of the New World Economy
Ben Smith, Semafor
Disaster Tourism: California and Other Blue States Compete
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
AI Is Bound To Subvert Communism
Cameron Berg, Wall Street Journal
Vertical Vertigo
Jarod Facundo, American Prospect
PNC Steps Up for Pittsburgh's NFL Draft
Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
No, Colorado Case Was Not About Conversion Therapy
Mayfield & Cannedy, RCP
Dangerous Trucking Schemes Putting Americans at Risk
Whitaker, et al., CBS News
'28 (YouGov): Harris 24, Newsom 12, Buttigieg 9, AOC 9, Kelly 5,Shapiro 4 | GOP
Wednesday, April 15
Happy Tax Day, America. You're (Still) Being Robbed
Nicole Russell, USA Today


How Americans Feel About Tax Day
Tom Bevan, RealClearPolitics
US Allies Won’t Join Trump’s War - But Can’t Escape Fallout
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Iran: A Longer View on Shifting Balance of Power
Victor Davis Hanson, Am. Greatness
Obama’s Top Iran Negotiator on Trump's Screwups
Wessinger & King, Vox
Media Coverage of the Iran War Has One Target: Trump
Peter Van Buren, TAC
Does Iran Fit Catholic Definition of a 'Just War?'
Matthew Bunson, RCP on SiriusXM
Pope Needs To Brush Up on Bible's Lessons on War & Peace
Rich Lowry, NY Post
Chuck Schumer: 'We're Going To Take Back the Senate'
Igor Bobic, NOTUS
Democrats State a Show of Respect for Al Sharpton. Really?
Jason Riley, WSJ
SAVE Act: Election Control for Me, Not for Thee
Andy Jackson, RealClearPolitics
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Impeaching Trump Must Be an Option
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Dem Machine, Media Protected Swalwell - Until the Coup
Jesse Watters, FOX News
Swalwell Scandal Sparks Fears of Deeper Rot on Capitol Hill
Wilner, et al, LA Times
Attacks Raise Doubts About U.S. Immigration System
Benjamin Weingarten, RCI
With Mythos, AI Pays for Itself
Holman Jenkins, Wall Street Journal
What AI Doesn’t Know – and Why It Matters
Richard Porter, RealClearPolitics
Thursday, April 16
An Urgent Reason for Iran To Negotiate
Rasmussen & Moussavi, Wall Street Journal


Under Fragile Ceasefire, Iranians Wonder If Deal Can Be Done
Lyse Doucet, BBC
Iran War and the End of Left's Climate Targets Fantasy
James Thorne, X
I Hate, Hate, Hate Filing Taxes. There Is a Better Way
Ryan Cooper, American Prospect
The Men Who Bankrolled America
James Grant, The Free Press
Progressives vs. the Declaration
Justice Clarence Thomas, Wall Street Journal
The Tech High Ground
Jake Sullivan, Foreign Affairs
'Information State' Is a New Kind of Political Tyranny
Jacob Siegel, Charlie Kirk Show
Boom: Ticketmaster Guilty of Monopolization
Matt Stoller, Substack
Higher Ed Is Hiding Racial Discrimination
Kingsbury & Puelz, RealClearPolitics
Trump vs. Pope Leo: Catholics Warn of Serious Juncture
Garrett Owen, Salon
David Axelrod, Obama, Pope Leo and Trump
J.E. Rosas, X
Interviewing Identical Twins Who Clash Over Politics
Charlie Stone, The Unknowns
Democrats Divided in Maine
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
D.C. Carjackings: A Tale of Two Administrations
Charles Stimson, Washington Times
Question Alvin Bragg's Methods, But Numbers Don't Lie
Errol Louis, NY Magazine
California Economy: Strong Claims, Weak Foundations
Jackson & Winegarden, RCP
MI Dem Sen (Emerson): McMorrow 24, El-Sayed 24, Stevens 13 | MI GOP Gov
Friday, April 17
Trump, Iran and the Bottom Line for American Interests
Ned Ryun, RealClearPolitics


America and Iran's Long Road to Peace
Seyed Mousavian, Foreign Affairs
Iran in Economic Chokehold, Needs To 'Tap Out' for Deal
David Ignatius, Morning Joe
How the Coordinated Ukraine Impeachment Hoax Worked
Hans Mahncke, Federalist
Trump Nudging Alito and Thomas Toward Retirement
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Thune Is a Problem, It's Him Blocking Voter ID
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, LA Times
Pope Leo Has Clearly Struck a Nerve
Mitch Landrieu, MS Now
The Trouble With the Pope Playing Politics
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
The Kids Staying Away From School
Jacobs & Jack, Financial Times
Learning From Florida's School Choice Success
Danyela Egorov, City Journal
What, Exactly, Is a Fair Wage?
Nancy Folbre, American Prospect
Just Abolish the H-1B Visa
Sam Silvestro, Commonplace
Newsom's Ability To Lie May Help in Presidential Run
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
Trump Muses About Vance vs. Rubio Amid Iran Peace Talks
Holmes & Liptak, CNN
Mamdani Making Moves in New York
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
God, Creation and 'The Story of Everything'
Peter Robinson, Wall Street Journal
Artemis II: Back to the Future
David Winston, Roll Call
North Carolina Senate (High Point): Cooper (D) 50, Whatley (R) 42 | More '26
Saturday, April 18
Can U.S., Iran Agree on a Lasting Deal To End the War?
Patrick Sykes, Bloomberg
Optimism and Confusion Over Push for Iran Deal
Gramer, et al., Wall Street Journal
'Not Going Back': Redrawing the Energy Map
Schonhardt & Colman, Politico
NATO in 2026: Inertia Masquerading as Wisdom
Steve Cortes, American Greatness
An Elegy for the Foreign Correspondent
Sean Byrnes, The New Republic
Defying Decline
James Piereson, The New Criterion
The Well-Educated Child: A New Path Toward Real Learning
Joe Klein, Substack
Span­ber­ger Ran as a Moderate, Governs as a Hack
Ruy Teixeira, Washington Post
The Basic Political Problem for Republicans
James Antle, The American Conservative
Trump Messed With the Wrong Pope
Christian Paz, Vox
Democrats in Political Denial on Immigration?
John Judis, Compact Magazine
There's a Strategic Case for Tariffs
Paul Rahe, Wall Street Journal
Why People Hate Data Centers: Let's Count the Ways
Harold Meyerson, Am. Prospect
Gore and the Politicization of Science With Roger Pielke
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast
The Emotional Displacement of Losing Part of Community
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
A Journey to the Dark Side of the Moon
David Whitehouse, The Spectator
What Makes RCP Different: Why Our Mission Matters
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
'28 GOP (Ras Rpts): Vance 47, Rubio 20, DeSantis 7, Paul 6, Gabbard 2, Cruz 2
Sunday, April 19
Ideas of 1776 a Way of Life, Not Abstract Theory
Justice Clarence Thomas, U. of Texas
How Clarence Thomas Misunderstands Democracy
Paul Waldman, MS Now
Holy Wars: The Don vs. Leo
Peachy Keenan, Substack
The Pope Bedevils Trump
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Geopolitics of Epic Fury
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Regime Change in Iran as Necessary as Ever
Vice Admiral Robert Harward (ret.), MS Now
America Loses Its Will To Work
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal
Mayor Mamdani Proves You Really Can Tax the Rich
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Mamdani’s Tax-the-Rich Plan Risks Driving Wealth Away
Richard Porter, RCP
The California Governor's Race Is a Debacle
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic
Eric Swalwell Flew Too Close to the Sun
Sasha Stone, Substack
Democrats Eye Deep-Red Turf as Trump Popularity Falls
Kevin Robillard, HuffPost
Dems Thought Platner Was Perfect - But It Turns Out He's Awful
John Loftus, DC
An Imaginary Walk Through the Yale Campus: 1963–1971
Lanny Davis, RCP
'Purple State' Shows Life's Biggest Choices Aren't Political
Dana Perino, FOX News
Harvard Business School Case Study Vilifies Israel
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
Honoring America's 250th Through Service
Reps. Lawler & Watson-Coleman, Newsweek


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