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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Systemic Lying Corrodes Once-Great Institutions

Michael Barone, The Patriot Post

Beware Government Bullshit

Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs

Can the U.S. Electricity Grid Support All-Electric Vehicles?

Walter Myers III, Discovery Institute

The logistics of war: How Washington is preparing for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Japan Today

Why corruption festers in San Francisco government

Ben Kaplan, San Francisco Examiner

Diet drugs: A paradigm shift in weight management?

Deeksha Bathini, The Tufts Daily

Border Battle: Texans Should Stand Their Ground, Most Voters Say

Staff, Rasmussen Reports

President Biden

Trending People, Google

The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump

Clay Cane, Trending books on Amazon

Cup Of Justice

Cup Of Justice, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US National Debt: $34.2T

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Should the U.S. build a wall along the southern border?

39% Yes, 61% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear (2010)

Protests, NPR

Saturday, February 10, 2024

J6 Committee Admits Its Show Trials Were An Election-Year Publicity Stunt

Tristan Justice, The Federalist

Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term

Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone

The most important vice presidential election ever

Merrill Matthews, The Hill

Elon, the monkeys and you: the atrocity of giving up control of our thoughts

Paloma Llaneza, El Pais

Support drug treatment, not recriminalization

John Rupp, The Oregonian

Yale’s ivory tower — navigating the disconnection between academia and the average voter

Ingluciano Magaldi, Yale News

Republicans and Democrats consider each other immoral. Even when treated fairly and kindly by the opposition

Phillip McGarry, Phys.org

Sunny Hostin

Trending People, Google

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

Jonathan Karl, Trending books on Amazon

The Bret Baier Podcast

FOX News Radio, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Libertarian US States: New Hampshire

Trending Data, World Population Review

Should foreigners, currently residing in the United States, have the right to vote?

37% Yes, 63% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

The Communist Manifesto

Thomas Paine, Good Reads

Friday, February 9, 2024

Biden is drowning in three disasters of his own making

Editorial, Washington Examiner

Forget No Labels. Biden’s Third-Party Peril is on the Left.

Jonathan Martin, Politico

Replace the Debt Limit

Brian Riedl, City Journal

Possible Biden-Trump rematch could tear US political life to pieces

Victor Gao, Global Times

Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl is a 2020 rematch. So is Biden-Trump. What does that tell us?

Liz Feldman, The Wichita Eagle

Picking a president: What really matters

Editorial, The Stanford Daily

Americans are more likely to say homelessness is a serious problem than they were in 2022

Jamie Ballard, YouGov

Ronna McDaniel

Trending People, Google

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson, Trending books on Amazon

Crimetown

Gimlet, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US Consumer Confidence Index: 110.7 (100)

Trending Data, CEIC

Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries?

60% Yes, 40% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Suppressed Speech (1970)

Speeches, Frank James

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Not all protests are created equal

Timon Cline, World

The chances that Trump will be a convicted felon by Election Day have dropped

Andrew Prokopandre, Vox

Is the U.S. On the Verge of Another Forever War?

Jon Hoffman, CATO Institute

US strikes in the Middle East will not change Biden’s re-election fortunes

Imad K Harb, Aljazeera

Where can you bet on Super Bowl? Now legal, Ohioans are gambling away money at warp speed.

Michael Curtin, The Columbus Dispatch

Don't trust TikTok; it could be a threat to democracy

Camden Baxter, The University Daily Kansan

Immigration is driving support for Trump more than in 2016

Michael Tesler, FiveThirtyEight

Alejandro Mayorkas

Trending People, Google

The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Coleman Hughes, Trending books on Amazon

60 Minutes

CBS News Radio, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US Direction of Country: 24.9%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?

22% Yes, 78% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

US Constitution Article 7 "Ratification" (1788)

History, National Constitution Center

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

How Your Tax Dollars Are Funding the Border Disaster

Helen Andrews, The Conservative American

Is This the End of Biden’s "Moral Leadership" on Immigration?

Isabela Dias, Mother Jones

The Conspiracy Theories Behind the Drive to Impeach Mayorkas

Abraham Foxmanf, Time

America's Biggest Foreign Policy Weakness: No Grand Strategy

Michael C. DiCianna, The National Interest

Mass. caught in migrant crisis cycle

Editorial, Boston Herald

How do we categorize the most livable cities?

Emily O'Neil, The Pitt News

Why is the US still in such poor health, despite its wealth?

Laudan Aron, NewScientist

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Trending People, Google

A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration

Christopher Hitchens, Trending books on Amazon

Mark Levin Podcast

Cumulus Podcast Network, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US Congressional Job Approval: 20.0%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Should the NSA (National Security Agency) be allowed to collect basic metadata of citizen’s phone calls such as numbers, timestamps, and call durations?

31% Yes, 69% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

The Butler (2013)

Movies, IMDb

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Did Iranian Agent Serving as Pentagon Chief of Staff Cause Death of 3 Soldiers?

Daniel Greenfield, Front Page

How Ukrainians Are Dealing with Republicans Dithering Over Military Aid

Tamar Jacoby, Washington Monthly

The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics

Peter Suderman, Reason

The Coming Flood of Disinformation

Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs

‘Abbott Elementary’ accurately portrays life in Philadelphia schools

Lisa Mazinas, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Daycare and paid parental leave: America can do more

Nick Daum, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

Is Hiring Qualified Job Candidates Unfair? Conservatives and Liberals Actually Agree On Meritocracy

Staff, StudyFinds

Tucker Carlson

Trending People, Google

Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

Jeff Fynn-Paul, Trending books on Amazon

Timcast IRL

Tim Pool, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US President Job Approval: 40.7%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Should the government increase or decrease military spending?

53% Yes, 47% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Candace Owens

Influencers, Daily Wire

Monday, February 5, 2024

Iran has declared war

Dominic Green, Washington Examiner

Can Divestment Campaigns Still Work?

Kian Braulik, Boston Review

Not every American high-school student needs to go to college. Here’s what they should do instead.

Peter Morici, MarketWatch

Why China Is Rooting for Trump

Agathe Demarais, FP

Letting go of department stores

Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun Times

The American Dream Might Be Harder To Attain Now Than In Recent Years

Shreeya Gautam, The Hilltop

U.S. Voters: Biden, Most in House Don't Deserve Another Term

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup

Supreme Court

Trending People, Google

Cancel Culture Dictionary: An A to Z Guide to Winning the War on Fun

Jimmy Failla, Trending books on Amazon

Betrouwbare Bronnen

Betrouwbare Bronnen, Trending podcasts on Chartable

US Cable TV News Viewers: January, 2024

Trending Data, TVNewser

Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?

68% Yes, 32% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke (1978)

History, Landmark SCOTUS Cases

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