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Thursday, March 21, 2024

Back in the USSR?: Biden’s Budget for Gargantuan Government

Star Parker, The Daily Signal

The Most Committed Are the Uncommitted

Jeet Heer, The Nation

Copy and Paste

Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal

The U.S. Military's New Defense Budget Makes No Sense

James Holmes, The National Interest

Biden administration’s ‘shell game’ on immigration

Editorial, Boston Herald

What Drives Republican Opposition to Transit?

Jared Brey, Governing

Are religions simply cults that have gone mainstream?

Jonny Thomson, Big Think

Do you support qualified immunity for police officers?

36% Yes, 64% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson, Trending books on Amazon

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Legal AF by MeidasTouch, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Kristi Noem

Trending People, Google

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (2006)

Lawrence Wright, Good Reads

US Gross Domestic Product: 2.5%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Biden’s Corporate Tax Hike: Populism Versus Economic Literacy

Veronique de Rugy, New American

Campaign despair is crushing our mental health

Maggie Mulqueen, CNN

Measuring this historic moment: Is it a 1968, Redux?

Charles M. Sennott, The Groundtruth Project

What the US Might Owe the World for Covid-19

Jeffrey D. Sachs, Consortium News

Southern racism: How much has changed; how much remains the same?

Dr. Ivory Phillips, Jackson Advocate

America’s Plumber Deficit Isn’t Good for the Economy

Enda Curran, Bloomberg

Toxic Political Attacks On Social Media Creating Nation Of Cynics

Staff, StudyFinds

Should immigrants be required to pass a citizenship test to demonstrate a basic understanding of our country’s language, history, and government?

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

Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell, Trending books on Amazon

Fox News Hourly Update

Fox News Radio, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Robert Hur

Trending People, Google

Black Lives Matter (2020)

Protests, Pew Research Center

US Consumer Confidence Index: 106.7 (100)

Trending Data, CEI

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Joe Biden Does Not Understand America

Derek Hunter, Townhall

Why Biden’s Pro-worker Stance Isn’t Working

James Surowiecki, The Atlantic

America’s Suburban Crime Problem

T. Johnson, N. Johnson, W.J. Sabol, Time

Political arrogance wiped out US influence in Africa

Huriye Yildirim, Daily Sabah

With rampant shoplifting, progressives are killing stores where people need them most

Seth Barron, New York Post

From the White House to the statehouse, Democrats’ anti-MAGA message snaps into focus

David Weigel, Semafor

No one is coming to save us from Trump versus Biden 2.0

Kaleigh Rogers, ABC FiveThirtyEight

Should the federal government be allowed to negotiate drug prices for Medicare?

76% Yes, 24% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall, Trending books on Amazon

The President's Daily Brief

The President's Daily Brief, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Ken Buck

Trending People, Google

Suppressed Speech (1970)

Speeches, Frank James

US Congressional Job Approval: 20.4%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Monday, March 18, 2024

FBI’s Wray Pauses Hunt for ‘Insurrectionists’ to Warn of Actual Terrorist Threat

Robert Spencer, Front Page

The Strange Death of a Boeing Whistleblower

Maureen Tkacik, The American Prospect

America's $280 Million Military Mission in Niger Ends in Failure

Matthew Petti, Reason

Senator Schumer: You are no guardian of Israel

Sherwin Pomerantz, The Jerusalem Post

Democrats’ Tax Reform Plan

Andre Carson, Indianapolis Recorder

The big missing piece in Congress' rushed TikTok debate

Chuck Todd, NBC News

Biden’s State of the Union Performance Eases Base Concerns About His Age

Eli Yokley, Morning Consult

Should the federal government institute a mandatory buyback of assault weapons?

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

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Abigail Shrier, Trending books on Amazon

The Kara Goldin Show

The Kara Goldin Show, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Trending People, Google

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

History, Landmark SCOTUS Cases

US Inflation Rate: 3.2%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Spending Spans D.C. Careers, Then It's Someone Else's Problem

Debra J. Saunders, NewsMax

Facing three global crises, the American empire may be nearing final collapse

Alfred McCoy, Salon

Journalism’s Slow Death Threatens Democracy

Ryan Zickgraf, Compact

Are we suffering from ‘Trump outrage fatigue’?

Freddy Gray, The Spectator

The madness is not just about Trump

Jamala Rogers, The St. Louis American

What the Press and Pollsters Get Wrong about a Biden-Trump Rematch

Jack Shafer, Politico

LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Now at 7.6%

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup

Should there be a 5-year ban on White House and Congressional officials from becoming lobbyists after they leave the government?

79% Yes, 21% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe

Jesse Watters, Trending books on Amazon

Morning Announcements

Morning Announcements, Trending podcasts on Chartable

George Santos

Trending People, Google

US Constitution Fourth Amendment "Search and Seizure" (1789)

History, National Constitution Center

US Direction of Country: 26.7%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Saturday, March 16, 2024

In Prosecuting Trump, Democrats Have Exonerated Him

J.T. Young, The American Spectator

The Plan to Ban TikTok is Outright Xenophobia

Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs

How the Federal Government Spends $6.7 Trillion

Chris Edwards, CATO Institute

Should we still be flying on Boeing planes?

Doug Drury, Asia Times

End the use of special counsels

Jack Goldsmith, Star Tribune

How the GOP Must Respond to the Abortion Issue

Frank Miele, Real Clear Politics

Most Americans would limit abortion after a certain stage of pregnancy and allow certain exceptions

Jamie Ballard, YouGov

Should the technology of our financial system transition to a decentralized protocol, that is not owned or controlled by any corporation, similar to the internet?

52% Yes, 48% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

The War on the West

Douglas Murray, Trending books on Amazon

What Now? with Trevor Noah

What Now? with Trevor Noah, Trending podcasts on Chartable

Fani Willis

Trending People, Google

Erick Erickson

Influencers, Erickson.Com

US National Debt: $34.5 Trillion

Trending Data, DebtClock

Friday, March 15, 2024

The Elite War on the American Middle Class—and How to End It

Christine Rosen, Commentary

What Does It Take to Keep a Movement Going?

Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Astra Taylor, Aziz Rana, Boston Review

Annual Interest on National Debt Now Eclipses Entire Military Budget

Christopher Talgo, The Heartland Institute

America Has a Resilience Problem

Lina M. Khan, FP

Would DA Fani Willis indict defendant Fani Willis?

Robert Wilson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Is TikTok's Time Up in the U.S.?

Staff, All Sides

Election 2024: Replace Biden? Trump Leads Newsom, Michelle Obama

Staff, Rasmussen Reports

Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

48% Yes, 52% No, Voter polls on iSideWith

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