RealClearPolitics Week of August 31, 2026 Archives

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Monday, August 31

Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution

Jamelle Bouie, New York Times

Dems’ Demonization of Trump To Blame for Rise of Socialism

Mark Serrano, RCP

Dems Want Midterms To Be About Trump. He Does, Too

Wootson & Arnsdorf, WP

Leftists Will Never Self-Reflect or Apologize

Hayden Daniel, The Federalist

Both Parties Fighting To Win Working Class Voters

Doherty & Wiederkehr, Politico

Susan Collins' Superpower Against Troy Jackson?

Will McDuffie, MS Now

Letitia James Turns Evil Eye on Trump, Blind Eye to NY Crime

Miranda Devine, NYP

Big Tech Crashes Headlong Into U.S. Democracy

Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect

Republicans Are Being Shockingly Smart on Data Centers

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

As War Drags On, Threats to Allies Deepen U.S. Isolation

Vaughn Hillyard, MS Now

Iran Losing Its Leverage in Strait of Hormuz

Brett McGurk, CNN

The First Amendment Does Not Belong Only to the Beloved

Benjamin Barr, RCP

Corporate Profits Booming, Signaling Good Times Ahead

Nassauer & Francis, WSJ

The Daejon Love Stock Market

Quoth the Raven, Substack

Jelly Roll Torches His Career

Ben Sellers, Red State

'Lake America' Is Trump's Desperate Attempt To Distract Us

Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian

'Lake America' Less Offensive Than the Left's Reaction to It

Sasha Stone, Substack

Tuesday, September 1

Restoring Law and Order Leads to Record Crime Drop

Sen. Chuck Grassley, FOX News

$40 Trillion Debt Threatens the Whole Economy

Sen. Jeff Merkley, MS Now

Strictly Ballroom: Justice Kavanaugh Defeats Roberts

Josh Blackman, Reason

Sen. Ossoff Goes Low, and It's Working

Moira Donegan, The Guardian

Can El-Sayed Escape Controversy?

Bevan, Lumetta & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

An Ugly Look Inside Democrat Lawfare Techniques

Jonathan Turley, New York Post

'Golden Age'? Well, Yes--for Dollar Stores

Harold Meyerson, American Prospect

Hydrogen: Energy's Version of Waiting for Godot

James Varney, RealClearInvestigations

American Law Should, and Does, Advantage American Citizens

Palmer Luckey, X

A Different Kind of College Ranking

Glastris & Weisberg, Washington Monthly

WashPost Embarrasses Itself Trying To Embarrass Me

Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Trump Sics FCC on NBC's Welker Over Offhand Comment

Kelby Vera, HuffPost

How the Left Sustains Myths About Political Violence

John Tierney, City Journal

The Confused Lindsay Clancy Fan Club

Caitlin Flanagan, The Free Press

Think Twice About Clamping Down on Drug Ads

Ashley McGuire, The Center Square

From $1,000 to $149: Drug Prices Dropping Fast

Rep. Diana Harshbarger, DC Examiner

Backsliding: On the Paradox of Willpower

Meghan O'Gieblyn, Harper's Magazine

'28 (MrnCon): Vance 36, Rubio 22,DeSantis 8 | Harris 24,Newsom 12,Buttigieg 9

Wednesday, September 2

Can Susan Collins Survive Trump's America?

Jonathan Martin, Politico

Progressive West Has Embraced the Politics of Barbarism

Victor Davis Hanson, AG

Are Democrats Trying To Sabotage Talarico and El-Sayed?

Perry Bacon, New Republic

Josh Shapiro Shows Democrats How To Win

William Galston, Wall Street Journal

Inside the Iranian Clampdown

AmirAli Maleki, Spiked

Why Iran Torched the Deal With U.S.

Bevan, Cannon, Gould, & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Trump's Awful Venezuelan Oil Grab a Fool’s Errand

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph

Bold Venezuela Oil Pact May Finally Crush Communism's Grip

Yuri Perez, FOX News

Tariffs Will Hurt Republicans in the Midterms

Schoen & Cooperman, The Hill

Who Is Really Paying for American Politics?

Rep. Ralph Norman, RealClearPolitics

A Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Term

Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist

The Supreme Court Brought This on Themselves

Matt Ford, The New Republic

China's Hidden Hand In America's Data Center Backlash

Dace Potas, USA Today

Hugging Face Attack Was a Warning. It May Be the Only One

Ajeya Cotra, Substack

I Reject Dems' Sympathy. There's No Way They Are Sorry

Marcus Coleman, US House

I Am a Persecuted Human Rights Icon

Milo Yiannopoulos, The Spectator

How Milo Owned Himself

Jenny Holland, Spiked

Michigan (MSU): El-Sayed (D) 50, Rogers (R) 45 | Benson (D) 52, James (R) 43

Thursday, September 3

Data Center Backlash a September Surprise?

Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics

To Protect Elections, Impeach Boston Judge Talwani

Mike Davis, FOX News

'Resistance' Democrats Are Fading--Except for Rep. Raskin

Arthur Delaney, HuffPost

Dems' Path to House Majority Narrower Than It Looks

Henry Olsen, Washington Post

The Problem With Supreme Court Expansion Threats

Austin Sarat, MS Now

Bad Medicine: Billions Wasted on Unnecessary Treatments

Jeremy Portnoy, RCI

How Did HeroCare Make $40 Million?

Rufo & Rowley, City Journal

Trump Meant It When He Said He Was Taking the Oil

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic

The Elephant in the Canadian Room

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

After the College Closures

Richard Greenwald, Washington Monthly

End Is Near for the American Bar Association

Josh Blackman, Civitas Outlook

Neera Tanden, Establishment Warrior

Nate Weisberg, New York Magazine

Talarico Walks Back Woke 2020 Comments

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Threat to Germany Does Not Come From the AfD

Sabine Beppler-Spahl, Spiked

How German Angst Could Become Europe's Nightmare

Oertel & Puglierin, ECFR

Don't Blame Silicon Valley, Smith & Wesson for Parenting Fails

Stephen Cook, RCP

Faith Rising as Americans Seek Peace and Purpose

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

Harvard-Harris: Trump Approval: 44% | Generic Ballot: GOP +2, vs '22,'18,'14,'10

Friday, September 4

Democrats' Chance To Prove They Care About Children

Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

Ridiculous Bullying of Canada Will Backfire

Robert Reich, The Guardian

Does Progress in Iran Help Trump?

Byron York, Washington Examiner

Gulf Insecurity Fuels U.S. Energy Dominance

Sultan Barakat, Al Jazeera

Talarico Brings a Touch of Trotsky to Texas Senate Race

Jonathan Turley, FOX News

El-Sayed Diagnoses American Politics

Vanden Heuvel & Nichols, The Nation

Trump 'Suffering From Success' on Border?

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM

Much More Work To Do To Dismantle Wokeness

Helen Andrews, The American Mind

Are Fewer Children the Future?

James Chappel, The New Republic

Chicago Bears Play Favorite U.S. Game--Eating Taxpayers

James Hohman, RCP

Shamers Think Ozempic Is Cheating, and I Don't Care

Rick Reilly, Washington Post

American Healthcare's 'Moneyball' Moment

John Harrison, Substack

Is Measles Becoming Less Severe?

Cory Franklin, RealClearPolitics

Many Democrats Would Like Hasan Piker To Go Away

Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic

Inside the Rotten Mind of Jennifer Welch

Chloe Trapanotto, The Daily Wire

Notes From Political No-Man's Land

John Adams, RealClearPolitics

Thank Steinem for So Much Women Take for Granted

Robin Abcarian, LA Times

'28 GOP: Vance 44, Rubio 21, Trump Jr. 18, RFK Jr. 7, Haley 3, Carlson 3 | Dems

Saturday, September 5

Trump Wants the Midterms To Be All About Him

Robillard & Delaney, HuffPost

Democrats' Empty Pledges on Energy Affordability

Jonathan Lesser, City Journal

Swing-Seat Dem Deletes Posts on 'World Without Police'

Andrew Kaczynski, CNN

MAGA: What Happens Next?

Victor Davis Hanson, The Free Press

Lessons From Clinton To Cut Child Poverty

Rahm Emanuel, Wall Street Journal

The Real Economy: Manufacturing Jobs

Oren Cass, Commonplace

Exposed: Illegal Alien Employment Workaround

Victoria Manning, Restoration News

Trump Isn't Just Trolling Canada. He's Pushing It Apart

Curtis Gillespie, NY Times

The Problem With Canada's Economy

Jerry Haar, The National Interest

Hard Lessons for Europe From the Ceuta Crisis

Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate

Rubio's 'Ross Perot Moment'

Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM

Livestreaming Trials Emboldens Lawyers To Act Out for PR

Brianna Lyman, Federalist

Note on a Mistrial

Matt Taibbi, Racket News

For Aaron Rodgers, It Was Never Only Football

Salena Zito, Washington Post

Gloria Steinem's Life Between Art and Activism

Maggie Doherty, The New Republic

Maybe Paramount-Warner SHOULD Leave L.A.

Joseph Kahn, Hollywood Reporter

Texas Needs To Stay Texas on AI

Matt Cookson, RealClearPolitics

Sunday, September 6

25 Years of Thinking About 9/11

Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal

Mamdani & Co Downplaying Unspeakable Tragedy of 9/11

Charles Gasparino, NYP

Leftists Storm the Midterms – Just Don’t Call Them Socialists

Alice Speri, Guardian

GOP Bets on Trumpapalooza To Defy Midterm History

Carolina Lumetta, RCP

Trump Has No Idea of the Tidal Wave That’s Coming for Him

Michael Tomasky, TNR

The Most Important House Races To Watch in Nov

Alfaro, et al, Washington Post

The Pennsylvania Measles Debacle Worsens

Alex Berenson, Substack

Power-Hungry Josh Shapiro Owes RFK Jr. an Apology

Douglas MacKinnon, The Hill

What the Jeffries-Blue Dog Spat Is Really About

David Dayen, The American Prospect

Hakeem Jeffries Is Hapless in the House

Matt Continetti, Wall Street Journal

What Happens to Bernie Sanders’ Movement Without Bernie?

Will Steakin, Politico

Will Vance's Friendship With Tucker Carlson Cost the GOP?

Sasha Stone, Substack

Time Is No Longer on Iran’s Side

Yaroslav Trofimov, Wall Street Journal

Peace w/Islamic Republic of Iran Is a Fantasy

Nima Gholam Ali Pour, Gatestone Institute

Facts Never Mattered to Lindsay Clancy's Deranged Fans

Poppy Coburn, Telegraph

Trump Can't Stop the Uprising Against Data Centers

Chris Lehmann, The Nation

The Garage Where Silicon Valley Began

Christopher DeMuth, Coolidge Review