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Monday, April 22, 2024

You’re Only as Free as Your Oppression

Daniel Greenfield, Front Page

The history of Arizona’s abortion ban reveals the true dangers of 'zombie laws'

Mary Ziegler, MSNBC

Freedom Is at the Center of a Flourishing Country. How Is the U.S. Doing?

Ian Vásquez, CATO Institute

Is America heading to civil war? But what about Europe?

Hakki Öcal, Daily Sabah

Taxes increasingly paying for the past — not the future

Tim Penny and David Minge, Star Tribune

Politicians need the middle to win. It's getting harder for them to find it.

Chuck Todd, NBC News

Who’s More Excited About Election 2024?

Staff, Rasmussen Reports

Should foreign terrorism suspects be given constitutional rights?

25% Yes, 75% No, Voter Polls

The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

Coleman Hughes, Trending books

Murder in the Hollywood Hills

Murder in the Hollywood Hills, Trending podcasts

Donald Trump

Trending People, Google

United States v. Nixon (1974)

History, Landmark SCOTUS Cases

US National Debt: $34.6 Trillion

Trending Data, US Debt Clock

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Biden Weaponizes the Federal Government for His Own Reelection Campaign

Jeff Reynolds, American Greatness

How Elon Musk Wrecked Twitter

Zoë Schiffer, Current Affairs

"Bougie Broke" Americans: Spending More While Falling Further Behind

EJ Antoni, The Heritage Foundation

Why the centrists changed their trans tune Truth was sacrificed for status

Mary Harrington, UnHerd

There’s no suitable presidential candidate for millions of Americans

Geoff Duncan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Trump the Front-Runner? Not So Fast.

Jonathan Martin, Politico

About 1 in 4 U.S. teachers say their school went into a gun-related lockdown in the last school year

Kiley Hurst, Pew Research Center

Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?

57% Yes, 43% No, Voter Polls

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

Abigail Shrier, Trending books

Stay Tuned with Preet

CAFE, Trending podcasts

Mike Johnson

Trending People, Google

US Constitution Ninth Amendment "Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People" (1789)

History, National Constitution Center

US President Job Approval: 39.8%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Biden’s Mideast policy disaster

Editorial, Washington Examiner

Trump, Mike Johnson Announce Intention to Make Noncitizen Voting, Which Is Illegal, Even More Illegal

Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate

The death penalty says more about us than the condemned

Joe Ingle, RNS

As a Palestinian American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone

Ahmed Moor, The Guardian

Deriding DEI is the right’s attempt at a polite way to attack civil rights

Clarence Page, Richmond Free Press

The Local Ingredients That Fuel Misinformation

Carol Graham, Amy Liu and Isabel Shaheen O'Malley, CityLab

What is 'lived experience'?

Patrick J Casey, Aeon

Should a photo ID be required to vote?

79% Yes, 21% No, Voter Polls

Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell, Trending books

Morning Announcements

Morning Announcements, Trending podcasts

Salman Rushdie

Trending People, Google

Markos Moulitsas

Influencers, Article Bio

US Unemployment Rate: 3.8%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Friday, April 19, 2024

Down With Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution

John and Nisha Whitehead, New American

Progressives Should Not Partner with Trumpers to Undermine FISA

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

California's 'Right to Disconnect' Bill Is Not the Answer

Lívia de Bastos Martini, Newsweek

America Fueled the Fire in the Middle East

Stephen M. Walt, FP

Outrunning race

Larry Smith, Indianapolis Recorder

America’s news deserts are growing

Frank Jacobs, Big Think

Twenty Percent Say Their Incomes Are Keeping up with Inflation

Scott Rasmussen, NewsMax

Should the U.S. expand offshore oil drilling?

52% Yes, 48% No, Voter Polls

The War on the West

Douglas Murray, Trending books

Deadline: White House

Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC, Trending podcasts

Clarence Thomas

Trending People, Google

Michael Berry

Talk Radio, KTRH News Radio

US Direction of Country: 26.0%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Mainstream Media: American Democracy’s Greatest Threat

Jeff Davidson, Townhall

The $6 Trillion Decision

David Dayen, The American Prospect

Talking to Americans reveals the diversity behind the shared opinion 'the country is on the wrong track'

Ari Pinkus, The Conversation

Iran hits back

Mahir Ali, Dawn

Supreme Court passes on a chance to protect peaceful protesters

Jacob Sullum, Chicago Sun Times

What We Can Learn From the Civil War Movie

Jessica Carpenter, AllSides

Shifting Shoppers’ ESG Attitudes to Action

Staff, Ipsos

Do you support increasing taxes for the rich in order to reduce interest rates for student loans?

53% Yes, 47% No, Voter Polls

Facing the Beast: Courage, Faith, and Resistance in a New Dark Age

Naomi Wolf, Trending books

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew, Trending podcasts

Alejandro Mayorkas

Trending People, Google

"Squish"

Political Terms, PoliticalDictionary.com

US Congressional Job Approval: 20.0%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Biden Admin’s Title IX Rewrite Obliterates Female Spaces, Free Speech, And Due Process

Jordan Boyd, The Federalist

Other democracies prosecute their ex-leaders. Trump should be no exception

Charles Jay, Daily KOS

April 15th the real April Fool's Day

William Haupt III, The Center Square

Twenty Years of Israel-U.S. Air Defense Investment Pays Off

Seth J. Frantzman, The National Interest

Abortion is remaking our political landscape. Why aren’t guns?

Gail Collins, The Seattle Times

The Real Reason NPR Squashed Uri Berliner

Jack Shafer, Politico

Americans really love their governors

Cooper Burton and Mary Radcliffe, ABC FiveThirtyEight

Should the government increase environmental regulations to prevent climate change?

63% Yes, 37% No, Voter Polls

Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women

Batya Ungar-Sargon, Trending books

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Legal AF by MeidasTouch, Trending podcasts

Bob Graham

Trending People, Google

All the King’s Men (1949)

Movies, IMDb

US Consumer Confidence Index: 104.7 (100)

Trending Data, CEIC

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

How the Tide May Be Turning for Jan. 6 Defendants, Trump

Michael Dorstewitz, NewsMax

The Spectacular Implosion of the Libertarian Party

Tim Murphy, Mother Jones

Alvin Bragg Says Trump Tried To Conceal 'Another Crime.' What Crime?

Jacob Sullum, Reason

Is climate inaction a human rights violation?

John Letzing and Minji Sung, World Economic Forum

Fear and loathing on America’s college campuses as free speech is disappearing