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Monday, July 27
Anthony Fauci Was the 'Big Head' of Covid Response
Miranda Devine, New York Post
DSA Plan: Abolish ICE, Borders, Prisons & Senate
Megan Romer, Fox News Sunday
Democrats Need To Postpone Their Civil War
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Communism – It's Back
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
What 2 Years of Soul-Searching Has Taught Dems
Emily Suttle-Braun, Newsweek
The Republicans in Congress Who Enable Socialists
Allysia Finley, WSJ
Polling Pennsylvania: ‘No’ to Wealth Caps, ‘Yes’ to Taxing Rich
Sean Trende, RCP
Beware the Coming Gusher of 'Charitable Giving'
Robert Reich, Substack
America’s Big Cities Are Rapidly Losing Kids
Ensign & Overberg, Wall Street Journal
Trump Hears 'Affordability,' Fears Accountability
Chris Brennan, USA Today
Contempt for America’s Middle
Paul Gottfried, Chronicles
Now We’re All Victims of Trump’s Wars
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
How Asia Learned To Live With America First
John Lee, Foreign Affairs
The Mamdani Warning
Jed Babbin, The American Spectator
Zohran Mamdani's New Kids on the Block
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
The Smithsonian's Revolutionary World View
Richard Epstein, Civitas Outlook
Dining With the President
Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics
South Carolina GOP Senate Primary: Graham Nordone 21, Norman 17, Evete 10
Tuesday, July 28
Takeaways From the Dem Senate Primary Debate in Michigan
Eric Bradner, CNN


The Socialist Monster Awakens
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Dems Need Michigan. They Can Win With Abdul El-Sayed
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
What We Learned Reading Fauci's Diary
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Mamdani's Pied-a-Terre Hitlist Reveals His True Colors
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
Kamala Harris' Biggest Opponent in 2028? Herself
Jason Kyle Howard, Salon
Remember When Democrats Used To Sound Like Trump?
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Is Ken Martin the Worst Party Chair in US History?
Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
Why Isn’t Trump Finishing the Job in Iran?
Park MacDougald, Tablet Magazine
The Hidden Path to Regime Change in Iran
Nader Hashemi, Foreign Affairs
Berlin Pride Attack Shows Left’s Insane Love for Islamism
Tom Harris, The Telegraph
A Win in Philadelphia for America’s Founders
Jeffrey Anderson, RealClearPolitics
Trump Humiliated a Submissive Media at WHCD
Jeet Heer, The Nation
The Pentagon’s Testosterone Wake-Up Call
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Yale Loses the Capitulation Bowl
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
Woke Privilege Still Reigns at Cambridge University
Joanna Williams, Spiked
Odysseus: An Uncomplicated Man
Emily Wilson, London Review of Books
'28 Dems (DM): Harris 31, Newsom 14, Buttigieg 9, AOC 7, Shapiro 5, Ossoff 4
Wednesday, July 29
I'm Peeling Back the Covid Cover-Up One Layer at a Time
Sen. Rand Paul, FOX News


The Unmaking of Anthony Fauci
Katherine Wu, The Atlantic
Media's Fauci Love Affair Might've Buried Covid's Origins
Drew Holden, Substack
Small Band of Socialists Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party
Fanelli, et al., WSJ
Democrats' Primary Struggles
Cannon, Trende, & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Socialists Threw a Victory Party. It's Too Soon
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
Champagne Socialists Masquerade as Working-Class Heroes
David Catron, AMAC
Zohran Mamdani and the Politics of Joy
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
Mamdani’s Grocery Stores Will Be the Most Expensive in NYC
Jonathan Turley, NYP
Why Autocracy Doesn't Pay
Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
Who Will Dems Pick in 2028? The Scales Just Tilted
Jim Geraghty, Washington Post
Why Cruz, Hawley, and Paul Have Reasons To Run in 2028
Luke Nicastro, TAC
Midterms May Boost Shapiro's Chances in 2028
Karen Tumulty, Washington Post
America's Murder Problem Is Smaller Than It Looks
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
The Paramount-Warner Merger Could Save Hollywood
Ari Emanuel, WSJ
Anatomy of an 'Islamophobic' Shooting That Wasn't
Andrew Bostom, RCI
The AI Future Is for Everyone
Mark Zuckerberg, Wall Street Journal
'28 GOP (DM): Vance 48, Rubio 18, DeSantis 12, Cruz 5, Haley 2, Ramaswamy 2
Thursday, July 30
Pleading the Fifth Doesn't Spare Fauci
Eli Lake, The Free Press


A Shameful Final Chapter for Fauci, Democrats, Media
Miranda Devine, New York Post
The Fauci Circus and the Covid Debate That Never Ended
Caitlin Dewey, Vox
Can Fauci Be Taken to SCOTUS?
Cannon, Porter & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
'Restorative Justice' Brings Violent Schools
Tony Woodlief, Wall Street Journal
New Red Scare Is Here--and It's Dumber Than Ever
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
Inside Story of How Democrats Went Off the Deep End
Evan Barker, The Free Press
The Iran War Is Inarguably a Drag on Trump's Approval
Sean Davis, X
The New Old Middle East
Gregory Gause, Foreign Affairs
Will Democrats Stand Up to Their Party's Anti-Israel Bigotry?
Alan Dershowitz, RCP
Vance the Media Virtuoso
Steve Cortes, American Greatness
The Smithsonian Doesn't Need Any Warning Signs
Robyn Autry, MS Now
Trump Has a Point About the Smithsonian
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
How Immigration Created a Two-Tier Legal System
Sam Munson, Compact Magazine
ICE's Secret Weapon Is in Your Community
Melissa Grant, The New Republic
Why New York Wrongly Asked My Mom To Pay New Tax
Alex Berenson, Free Press
Country Music Revival Signals New Mood in America
Ryan Zickgraf, UnHerd
Trump Approval: CNN 35% | Rasmussen 44% | Quinnipiac 32% | RCP Avg 39.7%
Friday, July 31
95 Days and Counting
Byron York, Washington Examiner


Democrats Need a Better Answer on Voter ID. Here's One
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
The Ferocity of the Covid Coverup Is a Thing To Behold
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
How Florida Defeated Faucism
Josh Hammer, Newsweek
What We Learned From the Theatrical Fauci Hearing
Rachel Bedard, New York Times
Fauci Pardon: Not Bulletproof
Catherine Herridge, X
Blanche Nomination on Hold--and It Could Stay That Way
Mychael Schnell, MS Now
I Won't Change the Filibuster
Sen. John Curtis, Wall Street Journal
Amazon, Walmart and 'Made in USA' Fraudyssey
James Baratta, American Prospect
Barbara Jordan & the Victory for Workers That Almost Was
Roy Beck, Commonplace
How Leftists in Pittsburgh Became an Early Alarm Bell
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
Should Cities Bribe the NIMBYs?
Milan Singh, Substack
One Million New Yorkers?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Counting Noncitizens in Census Undermines America
Ben Weingarten, The Federalist
Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist
David Dayen, American Prospect
Declaration's Life Story Continues To Inspire the Nation
Michael Auslin, RCP
Sophie Cunningham's Common Sense
Kat Rosenfield, The Free Press
Texas (FOX): Sen: Talarico-D 51, Paxton-R 48 | Gov: Abbott-R 50, Hinojosa-D 49
Saturday, August 1
Trump, Under Pressure on Iran, Takes His Cabinet to Camp David
Kevin Liptak, CNN
Europe Keenly Polices Language But Not Its Borders
Brendan O'Neill, The Spectator
Spain Attacks 'Selfish' Response of Some in EU to Crossings
Tinshui Yeung, BBC
Italy Closes Air, Sea Borders, Suspends Schengen With Spain
Sarah Davis, The Hill
Reality Denied: Musk, The Economist and the Overton Window
James Thorne, RCP
Trump Reaping Whirlwind From His Senate Purges
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
What's the Matter With Democrats?
Geoff Shullenberger, Compact Magazine
Fauci's Senate Hearing Proves We're Still Living in 2020
Heather Parton, Salon
Why Censorship Never Works in the Long Run
Tony Lyons, Substack
The Smithsonian's Disdain for America
Jeffrey Anderson, Wall Street Journal
Will Mamdani's Left YIMBYism Work?
Ross Barkan, The Nation
Decoupling From China More Affordable Than You Think
Peter Harrell, Commonplace
In Search of J.D. Vance
Joe Klein, Substack
Can Vance Square Catholicism w/Republican Party?
Sohrab Ahmari, Financial Times
Fetterman Doubts Democratic Party Is 'Big Tent' Enough
Burgess Everett, Semafor
Seven States Hacked
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
The Sudden Death of Glen Hansard Is a Heartbreaker
Sasha Stone, Substack
Senate: Latest Polls, Map, Odds | House: Generic Polls, vs. Past Mid-Terms
Sunday, August 2
The Rise and Fall of Anthony Fauci
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
Inside the Week That Tested Anthony Fauci
Dan Diamond, Washington Post
Socialists Propose Radical Overhaul of U.S. Government
Emily Condon, USA Today
Radicalism of Young Dems Threatens Party's Future
Isaac Schorr, New York Post
A Socialist in the White House? Activists Are Thinking Big
Teo Armus, Wash Post
Why It's Still Kamala
Sasha Stone, Substack
Trump Still Playing Reality-TV Role
Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times
Will a Glaring Breach of Its Borders Jar Europe Awake?
Douglas Murray, Free Press
Berlin Pride Attack Shames the German Establishment
Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Spiked
Why Britain Needs a Healthy Suspicion of Islam
Laurence Fox, X
AI Costs and Doubts Are Spreading
Shira Ovide, Washington Post
World Is Writing Rules for Digital Assets. US Cannot Fall Behind
Ji Hun Kim, RCP
The Smithsonian Has Lost Sight of America
Rep. Michael Cloud, Newsweek
Blanche's Nomination Is Actually in Serious Trouble Now
Nia Prater, NY Magazine
Deneen's Conflicting Accounts of Liberalism in America
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
CBS Hired 1 Conservative. The Legacy Press Lost Its Mind
Joe Concha, DC Examiner
How Did Savannah Guthrie's Mom Disappear Without a Trace?
Bauerlein, et al, WSJ
August 2nd -- 2nd Term Job Approval: Trump 39.2 | Obama 41.6 | Bush 39.6


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