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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Democrats Are Running the Christine Blasey-Ford Playbook Again But There's a Big Problem

Victoria Taft, PJ Media

Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car

Sonali Kolhatkar, Counter Punch

Can AI be regulated?

Jerry McNerney, Roll Call

Gigantic Ships Are a Danger—and a Lifeline

Elisabeth Braw, FP

Biden’s war on gas cars will cost Americans a fortune

Jason Hayes, New York Post

NYC Homeowner Arrested For Not Providing Squatters With WiFi Password

Satire, The Babylon Bee

Americans prefer Trump's approach to trade to Biden's — but are split on big tariffs on China

Taylor Orth, YouGov

Should the government stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline?

36% Yes, 64% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

The War on the West

Douglas Murray, Trending books

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell

Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC, Trending podcasts

Fani Willis

Trending People, Google

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

History, Landmark SCOTUS Cases

US Consumer Confidence Index: 106.7 (100)

Trending Data, CEI

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

’15 Days to Slow the Spread’

John Stossel, New American

Who Owns Donald Trump?

Jeet Heer, The Nation

Here’s Proof the Fed is a Political Entity… and It Leans Left

By Graham Summers, ZeroHedge

Election 2024 Roundup: Are Americans Turning Isolationist?

James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations

Texas has right idea in arresting illegal border crossers

Editorial, Boston Herald

Look to the EU for internet regulation

Tom Muha, The Michigan Daily

Will RFK Jr. and third-party contenders even make the ballot in November?

Geoffrey Skelley, ABC FiveThirtyEight

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

81% Yes, 19% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

Twilight's Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved?

Todd Starnes, Trending books

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media, Trending podcasts

Donald Trump

Trending People, Google

US Constitution Fifth Amendment "Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings" (1789)

History, National Constitution Center

US Inflation Rate: 3.2%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

'Not a Real Budget': Biden's Budget and Budget Director Are a Hot Mess

Rebecca Downs, Townhall

Why Biden Should Pardon the IRS Whistleblower Who Leaked Trump’s Taxes

Kenny Stancil, Slate

Who Really Works Against the Public?

George Ford Smith, Mises Institute

Why America Is Still Failing in Iraq

Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs

If Trump is ‘really rich,’ why is he looking for a handout?

S. E. Cupp, Chicago Sun Times

NYT Calls the ‘Deep State’ ‘Awesome,’ Draws Meda Criticisms

Andy Gorel, AllSides

The Post-Pandemic Customer: More Demanding, Harder on Employees

B. Wigert, K. Den Houter, E. O'Boyle, Gallup

Should health insurers be allowed to deny coverage to individuals who have a pre-existing condition?

15% Yes, 85% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

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

Clay Cane, Trending books

Odd Lots

Bloomberg, Trending podcasts

Putin

Trending People, Google

Nixon (1995)

Movies, IMDb

US Direction of Country: 27.0%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Monday, March 25, 2024

To Stop The Border Invasion, Get Tough On Mexico

John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist

The same forces that drove out Sinema and Manchin are shrinking the Democratic Party

Liam Kerr, CNN

As federal government collapses, states offer solutions

S. T. Karnick, The Heartland Institute

Is RFK Jr. a good fit for the Libertarian party?

Laurel Duggan, UnHerd

‘20 Days in Mariupol’ is bloody but essential reminder

Editorial, New York Amsterdam News

The Mall Is Dead — Long Live the Mall

Diana Ionescu, Planetizen

‘Bloodbath’? 60% Say Media Are ‘Enemy of the People’

Staff, Rasmussen Reports

Should the federal government fund Universal preschool?

64% Yes, 36% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Abigail Shrier, Trending books

All In with Chris Hayes

Chris Hayes, MSNBC, Trending podcasts

King Charles

Trending People, Google

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton

Talk Radio, ClayAndBuck.com

US Congressional Job Approval: 19.7%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Sunday, March 24, 2024

The Decline Of American Industry Is A Choice

Dan Harris, Daily Caller

Are You Better Off Than Four Years Ago? OMG You Have Got to Be Kidding Me.

James West, Mother Jones

Cold weather and high taxes — why are Scandinavians so happy?

Jay Evensen, Deseret News

Is the American Empire Now in its Ultimate Crisis?

Alfred W. McCoy, Fair Observer

What’s behind California’s high gas prices? Don’t trust the oil industry for answers

Editorial, Los Angeles Times

Boeing Employees Explain Why They Refuse To Fly In Boeing Aircraft

Satire, The Onion

Majority in U.S. Say Israel Has Valid Reasons for Fighting; Fewer Say the Same About Hamas 57% express some sympathy for both Israelis and Palestinians

L. Silver, et. al., Pew Research Center

Should immigrants be deported if they commit a serious crime?

83% Yes, 17% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe

Jesse Watters, Trending books

Over My Dead Body

Wondery, Trending podcasts

Kate Middleton

Trending People, Google

Dana White

Influencers, Celebritygraphy

US President Job Approval: 40.1%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Saturday, March 23, 2024

An era of euphemism and lies

Joseph Backholm, World

The Dead-Enders of the Reagan-Era GOP

Damon Linker, The Atlantic

After Putin

Guy Sorman, City Journal

China’s Space Strategy Dwarfs U.S. Ambitions

Aedan Yohannan, The National Interest

Intel will add jobs to Ohio. Will costly project also dry wells and bring toxins, sickness?

Madhumita Dutta, The Columbus Dispatch

Marriage promotes ‘white supremacy’: George Mason professor

Benjamin Vogel, The College Fix

Deepfake Elections? 43% Fear AI Will Derail 2024 Presidential Race

Patrisha Antonaros, Study Finds

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

63% Yes, 37% No, Voter polls iSideWith.com

The End of the Alphabet: How Gen Z Can Save America

Isabel Brown, Trending books

The President's Daily Brief

The President's Daily Brief, Trending podcasts

Kristi Noem

Trending People, Google

Churchill: A Biography (2001)

Roy Jenkins, Good Reads

US National Debt: $34.5 Trillion

Trending Data, DebtClock

Friday, March 22, 2024

Why Democrats are losing minority voters

Editorial, Washington Examiner

The Supreme Court will weigh in on the January 6 insurrection. What could possibly go wrong?

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Our Partisan-Controlled Election System Has Turned Congress into a Body of 'Spineless Cowards'

John Avlon, Independent Voter News

Trump’s legal troubles are paving his way to the White House

Freddy Gray, The Spectator

Oil and gas ban would cripple Colorado

Editorial, The Gazette

How voter registration rules discourage some Americans from voting: An explainer and research roundup

Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist's Resource

15 Percent of Voters Have Met Own Congress Representative

Scott Rasmussen, NewsMax

Should the government be allowed to seize private property, with reasonable compensation, for public or civic use?