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Thursday, January 11, 2024

Will We Govern Ourselves or Be Governed by a Small Elite?

Mark Lewis, Townhall

The Jan. 6 election is coming — and it's time for America to choose a path

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

The Right Is Dancing on Claudine Gay’s Grave. But It Was the Center-Left That Did Her In.

Michael Schaffer, Politico

America has new Axis of Evil

Andreas Kluth, The Korea Herald

Forcing drug screens on SF welfare recipients is misguided

Ben Kaplan, San Fransisco Examiner

Nelson Rockefeller ’30 Brought a Forgotten Force to Moderate Politics

Luke Montalbano, The Dartmouth

Most Americans say voters should be able to decide Trump's eligibility

YouGov

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

ISideWith.com, 70% Yes 30% No

Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.

New Jersey Assembly Bill 4689

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

The Left Will Launch Another “Insurrection” If Trump Wins

Selwyn Duke, New American

The culture war came for Claudine Gay — and isn’t done yet

Fabiola Cineas, Vox

An Election About Elections

Chris Stirewalt, The Dispatch

Trump could be good for Europe

Richard Vinen, UnHerd

Billboards point out widespread failures

Marvin Thiessen, The Oregonian

Media hyped up ‘brain drain’ from red states, higher ed reporter says

Matt Lamb, The College Fix

Could efforts to kick Trump off the ballot impact the presidential race?

FiveThirtyEight

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

ISideWith.com, 68% Yes 32% No

Includes certain lands used in single operation for the production of tree nuts in the definition of agricultural land.

New York Assembly Bill 5928

百靈果 News

百靈果 News

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Left Forgets MLK's Dream In Reaction to Harvard Prez Plagiarism

Michael Dorstewitz, NewsMax

Defense Secretary Austin’s Mysterious Hospital Stay Is a Mess

Russ Choma, Mother Jones

Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink

Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott, Reason

If Biden wins, the US heads into a deeper decline — but if Trump wins, America burns

Douglas Murray, The Sun

Albany, make fixing bail reform your top to-do item as you return to session

James A. Gagliano, New York Post

DEI: What bureaucrats and the right get wrong

Christofer Robles, The Daily Princetonian

No Top U.S. Government Official Earns Majority Job Approval

Gallup

Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

ISideWith.com, 45% Yes 55% No

Health care reporting when a health care professional prescribes a puberty blocker to a person under the age of 18.

Illinois House Bill 3801

Marketplace

Marketplace

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

Monday, January 8, 2024

Like It or Not, 2024 Is the Year of Trump

Frank Miele, Real Clear Politics

The Signal in the Noise: The 2023 Threats and Those on the Horizon

Austin Doctor, Lawfare

How Parenting Became a Lifestyle

Leila Mechoui, Compact

The United States vs itself

Ian Bremmer, ekathimerini

Crush of illegal aliens could be employed to rebuild infrastructure

Barry Birch, Albuquerque Journal

Harvard Must Learn The Lessons of President Gay’s Troubled Tenure.

Editorial, The Harvard Crimson

Voters See Economy as Most Important Issue

Rasmussen Reports

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?

ISideWith.com, 29% Yes 71% No

Provision incentives for teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools.

Illinois House Bill 4355

The President's Daily Brief

The President's Daily Brief

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

Sunday, January 7, 2024

Trending Analysis

Voters See Economy as Most Important Issue

Rasmussen Reports

No Top U.S. Government Official Earns Majority Job Approval

Gallup

Could efforts to kick Trump off the ballot impact the presidential race?

FiveThirtyEight

Most Americans say voters should be able to decide Trump's eligibility

YouGov

Poll: Fifty Percent - Transition Away from Fossil Fuels

NewsMax

Trending Books

Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

Liz Cheney

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017

Rashid Khalidi

Trending Podcasts

The President's Daily Brief

The President's Daily Brief

Marketplace

Marketplace

百靈果 News

百靈果 News

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

The Kara Goldin Show

The Kara Goldin Show

Trending People

Wayne LaPierre

NPR

President Biden

The White House

Claudine Gay

Manhattan Institute

Jeffrey Epstein

Fox 29

Political Culture

US Constitution Article 2 (1788)

National Constitution Center

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

SCOTUS, Landmark Cases

Testimony before the President's Commission on AIDS (1988)

Ryan White, UPI

Bra 'burning' at Miss America pageant (1968)

Time Magazine

All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain’s Political Class (2016)

Tim Shipman, GoodReads

Miss Sloane (2016)

John Madden, IMDb

Formation (2016)

Beyoncé, Lyrics.com

Tucker Carlson

Britannica.com

Paul the Apostle

WikiWand (conspiracies)

National Assn of Realtors

Open Secrets (top lobbyists profile)

ULine Inc.

Open Secrets (top political donors profile)

Do-Nothing Congress

PoliticalDictionary

Gerrymandering

WikiWand (political metaphors)

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Trending Data

President Approval: 40.5% ➘ 40.2%

Real Clear Politics

Congress Approval: 21.3% ➚ 22.0%

Real Clear Politics

Direction of Country: 25.1% ➘ 24.4%

Real Clear Politics

Party Affiliation: Democrat-27% ➚ 29%

Gallup

Party Affiliation: Republican-29% ➘ 28%

Gallup

Party Affiliation: Independent-45% ➘ 40%

Gallup

Gross Domestic Product: 2.1% ➚ 4.9%

Trading Economics

Inflation: 3.2% ➘ 3.1%

Trading Economics

Unemployment: 3.9% ➘ 3.7%

Trading Economics

Labor Force Participation: 62.8% ➘ 62.5%

Trading Economics

Consumer Confidence: 101.0 ➚ 110.7

CEIC

Fiscal Confidence: 37 ➚ 41

Peterson Foundation

National Debt: $33.9T ➚ $34.1T

US Debt Clock

Media Approval: 34% ➘ 32%

Gallup

Voter Surveys

Should illegal immigrants have access to government-subsidized healthcare?

ISideWith.com, 29% Yes 71% No

Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

ISideWith.com, 45% Yes 55% No

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

ISideWith.com, 68% Yes 32% No

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

ISideWith.com, 70% Yes 30% No

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

ISideWith.com, 57% Yes 43% No

Trending Legislation

Provision incentives for teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools.

Illinois House Bill 4355

Health care reporting when a health care professional prescribes a puberty blocker to a person under the age of 18.

Illinois House Bill 3801

Includes certain lands used in single operation for the production of tree nuts in the definition of agricultural land.

New York Assembly Bill 5928

Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.

New Jersey Assembly Bill 4689

Provision concerning submission to an examination to determine fitness for duty for police officers.

Illinois House Bill 2390

Friday, January 5, 2024

The silent death by a thousand cuts in manufacturing

Salena Zito, Washington Examiner

What Happened to Liberalism?

Samuel Moyn and Becca Rothfeld, Boston Review

The Great Scramble

Peter Savodnik, The Free Press

An American appeals to Taiwan: Don’t vote to be Ukraine 2.0

John Walsh, Asia Times

Local school councils should have the final say on keeping police in Chicago schools

Editorial, Chicago Sun Times

Why all of us at UW and Washingtonians need the WRAP Act

Kaleigh McGarry, The Daily

Poll: Fifty Percent - Transition Away from Fossil Fuels

NewsMax

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

ISideWith.com, 57% Yes 43% No

Provision concerning submission to an examination to determine fitness for duty for police officers.

Illinois House Bill 2390

The Kara Goldin Show

The Kara Goldin Show

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017

Rashid Khalidi

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