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Monday, June 10, 2024

How Democrats Faked a Jobs Boom

Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine

The New MAGA

Aymann Ismail, Slate

Yellen Wants Price Inflation to Rise So the Feds Can Keep Spending

Daniel Lacalle, Mises Institute

There is a measure of desperation in Biden’s ceasefire plan

Rami G Khouri, Aljazeera

How the GOP is using noncitizen voting as a political boogeyman

Marc Sandalow, San Francisco Examiner

The New ‘White Fortress’ Cities of the American South

Luisa Godinez-Puig, Brian D. Smedley, Bloomberg CityLab

Voters Remain Sour on Biden’s Handling of China

Staff, Rasmussen Reports

Should women be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies?

82% Yes, 18% No, Voter Polls

"What This Comedian Said Will Shock You"

Bill Maher, Trending books

"The Rubin Report"

Dave Rubin, Trending podcasts

Byron Donalds

Trending People, Google

Supreme Court rules U.S. must pay more for Native American tribes’ health care

SCOTUS Opinion Analysis, SCOTUSBlog

US Unemployment Rate: 4%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Sunday, June 9, 2024

The Myth That Biden Had Nothing To Do With The Prosecutions Of Trump

Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Caller

"No One Is Above the Law" – Really Mr. Biden?

Ralph Nader, CounterPunch

Government is 'the last great experiment for promoting human happiness'

Lisa Halverson, Deseret News

Trump carries stain of conviction like a crown. Will verdict matter to voters?

Calvin Woodward, Japan Today

Why Biden’s new border plan is a terrible idea

Karen Musalo, Los Angeles

Demand Shortfalls and the Floorplate Mismatch: What’s Happening with Downtown Retail

Michael J. Berne, Urban Land

U.S. Voter Support for Israeli Military Aid Reaches Wartime Low

Eli Yokley, Morning Consult

Should the President mobilize the U.S. military against Mexican Drug Cartels?

60% Yes, 40% No, Voter Polls

"The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free"

Pete Hegseth, Trending books

"Strict Scrutiny"

Strict Scrutiny, Trending podcasts

Hallie Biden

Trending People, Google

US Constitution 16th Amendment "Income Tax" (1913)

History, National Constitution Center

US President Job Approval: 39.8%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Democrats' Lawfare Proves Politically Impotent, Likely to Come Back to Haunt Them

Josh Hammer, The Daily Signal

"I don't see any of that": Experts pour cold water on Trump's hope that Supreme Court will save him

Marina Villeneuve, Salon

The Anti-Americanism of Globalized Universities

Jay P. Greene,Tommy Huska, The Heritage Foundation

Biden’s Foreign-Policy Problem Is Incompetence

Stephen M. Walt, FP

Why consumers think inflation is still really high when it's not

Akshay R. Rao, Star Tribune

Folk music was never green

Richard Smyth, Aeon

Abortion-rights ballot measures are leading in the polls

Irena Li, ABC News 538

Should an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers?

36% Yes, 64% No, Voter Polls

"Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-in Edition): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI"

David Grann, Trending books

"Odd Lots"

Bloomberg, Trending podcasts

Joe Manchin

Trending People, Google

"All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats."

Political Quotes, Groucho Marx

US Direction of Country: 25.0%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Friday, June 7, 2024

When Did Dems Transition to Becoming the War Party?

Selwyn Duke, New American

It's math: Trump's conviction is not a good thing for him

Staff, Daily Kos

'Thank You for Your Science:' Democrats Fail to Challenge Tony Fauci

Joe Nocera, The Free Press

Trump should cease the undermining of U.S. democracy

Editorial, The Asahi Shimbun

Remembering the Greatest Generation on D-Day’s milestone anniversary

James Doelling, Chicago Sun Times

'Moral decoupling' explains why Trump guilty verdict so easily dismissed by supporters

Eugene Y. Chan, Ali Gohary, StudyFinds

Voters oppose student protests, say they haven’t made them more sympathetic to the Palestinians

Victoria Balara, Fox News

Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

52% Yes, 48% No, Voter Polls

"A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind"

Stephen Mitford Goodson, Trending books

"Morning Joe"

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, MSNBC, Trending podcasts

Michelle Obama

Trending People, Google

"Cats and Cosby"

Talk Radio, 77 WABC

US Congressional Job Approval: 19.2%

Trending Data, Real Clear Politics

Thursday, June 6, 2024

'Record' Temperatures: A Statistical Certainty

Buck Throckmorton, The Pipeline

Trump’s Worst Crimes Remain Unpunished

Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs

Is the Fed Driving Us Into Recession?

Wealthion, Zero Hedge

Biden’s secret support for Iran America is far from Israel's best friend

Jacob Siegel, UnHerd

Donald Trump isn’t alone when it comes to crying 'rigged' over an outcome he doesn’t like

Jonathan Zimmerman, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Race is a social construct, but racism can cause real biological harm

Layal Liverpool, NewScientist

61 Percent: Govt Info During Pandemic Intentionally Misleading

Scott Rasmussen, NewsMax

Should the U.S. defend other NATO countries that maintain low military defense budgets relative to their GDP?

55% Yes, 45% No, Voter Polls

"Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy"

Elizabeth Beller, Trending books

"OHNE AKTIEN WIRD SCHWER - Tägliche Börsen-News"

OHNE AKTIEN WIRD SCHWER - Tägliche Börsen-News, Trending podcasts

Claudia Sheinbaum

Trending People, Google

Nobel Prize Speech (1950)

William Faulkner, Speeches

US National Debt: $3.8 Trillion

Trending Data, US Debt Clock

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

The Kids Aren't Alright

Alan Joseph Bauer, Townhall

Donald Trump Should Drop Out

Bill Scher, Washington Monthly

The Inflation Tax

John C. Goodman, Independent Institute

How Trump defines a 'real' American

Eric Taylor, Robert Schertzer, Asia Times

Dems fearing Trump’s lawfare 'retribution' have only themselves to blame

Dan McLaughlin, New York Post

The upside of feeling dissatisfied with the world: How to work your "weltschmerz"

Kevin Dickinson, Big Think

Americans are evenly divided on whether the average person can be trusted with a gun

Jamie Ballard, YouGov

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

71% Yes, 29% No, Voter Polls

"Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy"

Brian Tyler Cohen, Trending books

"On with Kara Swisher"

On with Kara Swisher, Trending podcasts

Hunter Biden

Trending People, Google

"JFK" (1991)

Movies, IMDb

US Inflation Rate: 3.4%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Joe Biden Plays Let's Pretend on Southern Border 'Fix'

Larry Bell, NewsMax

Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Democrats Must Shout It From the Rooftops.

Joan Walsh, The Nation

Net Neutrality Is Not about 'Saving the Internet.' It’s about Controlling the Internet

Jon Miltimore, Foundation for Economic Education

Rough justice for Trump

Eric Posner, Korea Herald

Trump prosecution was 'bathed in politics'

George Brauchler, The Gazette

The NYPD gave officers iPhones—here's what researchers learned about race and policing