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RealClearPolitics Week of June 1, 2026 Archives

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Monday, June 1
How California's Fight for Gov Became a Hot Mess for Dems
Nelson & Collins, WSJ
It's a Fight to the Finish in L.A.'s Wild Mayoral Primary
Zahniser & Goldberg, LA Times
Platner Is a Creep. How Long Will Dems Defend Him?
David Catron, Am Spectator
Why the Attacks on Graham Platner Don't Work
River Page, The Free Press
Talarico Won't Be Able To Rebrand His Progressive Politics
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Trump in Perilous Polling Territory as Midterms Approach
Wilner & Ceballos, LAT
The Impending Republican Collapse
Tim Carney, Washington Examiner
The Autopsy of the Democrat Disaster of 2026
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
Who's Leading the Wide Open Dem 2028 Field?
Amber Phillips, Washington Post
Why I Still Stand With the 1 Percent
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Dems To Put GOP on Hot Seat With Trump's $1.8B Fund
Jack Fitzpatrick, MS Now
DOJ's Anti-Weaponization Fund Has Precedent & Purpose
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Dems Have a Voter Problem - and Gerrymandering Won't Fix It
Ryan Young, RCP
Delaney Hall: the New Front in Trump’s Immigration War
Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone
Democrats Own the Chaos & Racism at Delaney Hall
David Marcus, FOX News
Why My Family Danced After Killing My 15-Year-Old Cousin
Anonymous, Guardian
The Left’s Destruction of America’s Sacred Institutions
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
June 2nd Primary Polls: CA Open Governor | LA Open Mayor | SD GOP Governor
Tuesday, June 2
Busy Primary Day Sweeps the Nation
David Weigel, Semafor


The Most Consequential Treasury Secretary Since Hamilton
James Thorne, RCP
The End of Cheap?
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
Iranian Endgames
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Iran Embraces a Forever War
Mohammad Tabaar, Foreign Affairs
Trump's Short-Lived Anti-Weaponization Fund
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
Democrats' 192-Page Autopsy Sounds Like Bad Therapy
Jonathan Alpert, FOX News
California Governor Primary Closes as a 3-Way Brawl
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
'Just Gossip' About Platner in Maine?
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Feeding the Fraudsters
Jennica Pounds, The American Mind
The American Revolution Is Not Complete
Eric Herschthal, The New Republic
If 1977 England Could Hold a Jubilee, So Can America Today
Gerard Baker, WSJ
Cassidy and Cornyn May Add to Trump's Senate Problem
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
60 Minutes Is Burning. Bring Marshmallows
Scott McKay, The American Spectator
Do Americans Know the World Hates Us?
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Horrifying Footage of Henry Nowak's Dying Moments
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
The Strange Afterlife of Fascism
Joel Kotkin, RealClearInvestigations
Wednesday, June 3
GOP ‘Change’ Agents Rattle Deep-Blue California
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics


8 Takeaways From a Big Primary Night
Meyer, Merica & Knowles, Washington Post
The Democratic Mess in Maine
Byron York, Washington Examiner
It's Not Too Late To Save Democrats From Platner
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
What Jill Biden Doesn't Tell Us
Tina Brown, Substack
Biden's Failed Presidency Still Defines 2028 Dem Field
J.T. Young, American Spectator
How Dems Drifted Away From the Working Class
Nicholas Jacobs, Los Angeles Times
AI Is the Most Dangerous Arms Race in History
Niall Ferguson, The Free Press
U.S. Technologists Face a Defining National Security Moment
Prineha Narang, RCP
Trump's Most Dangerously Sycophantic Promotion Yet
Hayes Brown, MS Now
Henry Nowak's Murder Is a Wake-Up Call for Britain
Nigel Farage, The Telegraph
Are U.K. Police Biased Against White Victims?
Colchester & Luhnow, Wall Street Journal
Americans Want To Rebuild Wall Between Church & State
Robin Abcarian, LA Times
Islamic Extremism's Rise in California & What To Do About It
Joel Kotkin, CA Post
Nobody Has Weaponzied Government More Than Trump
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Democrats Must Learn That Lawfare Has Consequences
Eddie Scarry, The Federalist
6/2 Results: California | Iowa | S. Dakota | New Mexico | Montana | New Jersey
Thursday, June 4
Voters Are Sending a Message to LA's Mayor Bass
Karen Tumulty, Washington Post


Does California Want To Stop Deteriorating?
Nicole Russell, USA Today
A Good Election Night for Progressives
Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
The Urgent Need To Secure American Elections
Brian Kennedy, RealClearPolitics
Diplomacy With Iran: Another Middle Eastern Mirage?
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Hormuz Squeeze Is Redrawing Oil Map for Good
Kantchev & Nasser, Wall Street Journal
Scott Pelley Was a Highly Paid Propagandist
Brianna Lyman, The Federalist
'60 Minutes' Must Still Be Saved
Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly
Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat
John Lott, RCI
Senate Dems Threaten To Punt FISA Over Pulte
James Baratta, American Prospect
Exposing Reid Hoffman and the Left's Ongoing Operation
Mark Judge, Chronicles
Two Dumb Dems in Maine and Texas
Joe Klein, Substack
Hilton, Pratt Advancing in California?
Bevan, Trende, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Nowak's Death, Britain's Shame
Aris Roussinos, UnHerd
I Launched a Magazine in Cuba, and My Troubles Began
Abraham Enoa, The Guardian
Great Americans: Louis Armstrong
Joe Nocera, The Free Press
John Adams' Hidden Hand Behind the Declaration
Danielle Allen, Coolidge Review
Marquette: Trump Job Approval: 41% | Generic: Dems +1 | Iran Approval: 35/65
Friday, June 5
Saving California Wouldn't Be Difficult
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness


Trump Admin's Latest Looney Tariff Justification
Ja'han Jones, MS Now
China Controls Stuff Life Runs On. Breaking Free Will Cost You
Robert Malone, RCP
How China Misperceives Itself
Francesca Ghiretti, Foreign Affairs
Inside the Immigration Industrial Complex
Juan Rojas, Compact Magazine
Kroft: 60 Minutes We've Known 'No Longer Exists'
Michael Calderone, NY Magazine
Sanctimonious Scott Pelley Helped Ruin 60 Minutes
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Trump Picks Todd Blanche for AG
Bevan, Devine, Porter & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Rubio, Bessent Show Weak Republicans How It's Done
Breccan Thies, The Federalist
Even Nonbelievers Like Me Can Thank God for Pope Leo
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
AI Order Walks Tightrope Between West Wing Factions
Carolina Lumetta, RCP
How AI Killed the Technocratic Bargain
Jennica Pounds, American Intelligence
Maine Has a Platner Problem
Shannon Mullen, The Atlantic
Newsom's Gerrymander Power Play Fizzles
Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
How To Fill Supreme Court With Justices Like Thomas
Sen. Eric Schmitt, Chronicles
Russia-Ukraine War: Stalemate or Escalation
Anatol Lieven, The Nation
Maine Senate (UMass Lowell): Platner (D) 48, Collins (R) 43 | RCP Senate Map
Saturday, June 6
Bruised Dems Far From United on How To Move Forward
Rachel Leingang, Guardian
Trump Builds the Wall
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Why Do Republicans Have the Celebrity Candidates?
Matt Lewis, Los Angeles Times
What I Learned About Faith, Fatherhood From Charlie Kirk
Vice President Vance, WSJ
Democrats Can Do Better, Platner Needs To Drop Out
Michael Cohen, MS Now
The National Guard and DC Crime: Inside the Numbers
Lauren Boyer, RealClearPolitics
Cities Ditch ShotSpotter Tech That Has Worked To Catch Killers
Matt Lamb, AMAC
The Housing Pitfall Mamdani Must Avoid
Errol Louis, New York Magazine
Never Mind: UN Climate Forecast Shelved
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Blackouts, Hyperinflation, Dissent: Iran Considers Peace
Patrick Wintour, Guardian
How Israel Can Prevent the Next October 7
Judith Miller, City Journal
Can Democrats Learn From the 2024 Loss?
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis, American Prospect
Autopsy? Unhappy Biden Term Doomed '7th String' Harris
Joseph Campbell, The Hill
Remember the Lies of June 5, 2020--U.S. Still Recovering
Karol Markowicz, NY Post
Why Bother With University?
Jo Ellison, Financial Times
SAT Is Back. But Is There a Better Alternative?
Maya Sulkin, The Free Press
Florida Moves To Block State Use of Media Rating Firms
Karly Tucker, The Daily Signal
Texas Senate (Quantus): Paxton (R) 45, Talarico (D) 43 | Gov: Abbott (R) +8
Sunday, June 7
The Declaration of Independence at 250, Part III
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
The Coming Revival of America
Robert Reich, Substack
A Documentary Worthy of America 250
Bradley Birzer, The American Mind
Raman Surges To Within 1% of Pratt in L.A. Mayor’s Race
John Ross Ferrara, KTLA
CA Ballot System Was Designed To Control Results
Sean Davis, Megyn Kelly Show
Maine Dems Signal They’re Sticking With Graham Platner
Bradner, et al, CNN
How Much Baggage Will Dems Accept From Platner?
Karol Markowicz, FOX News
Conservatives Don't Think James Talarico Is a 'Real Man'
Dave Holmes, Esquire
Can 'Low-T' Talarico Attacks Work? Ask Tim Walz
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Scott Pelley on Bari Weiss & His Last Days at '60 Minutes'
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NYT
Around the Globe, Gen Z Is In Revolt
Stephen Sidney, Spiked
Gen Z Has an Antisemitism Problem
Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
Hunter Biden Reclaims His Narrative on Social Media
Jay Stahl, USA Today
Hello, Hunter Biden
Data Republican, X
Jill Biden’s Book Is Last Thing Dems Need Right Now
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
Down Syndrome Babies Are Not Defects
Michael Alfonso, The Federalist
How Brandon Johnson & JB Pritzker Lost the Chicago Bears
Yogi, X


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