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Friday, July 19, 2024

A heartbreaking story at the RNC peddles a horribly misguided narrative

Ben Burgis, MSNBC

Violence against GOP politicians continues: Attacks on Scalise, Paul, Elder, Zeldin, and now trying to kill Trump

Christopher Tremoglie, Washington Examiner

Trump Once Unified Democrats and Divided Republicans. The Shooting And Debate Turned the Tables.

Jonathan Martin, Politico

Political Violence Makes The Task Of Stopping Trump And Fascism Much Harder

Staff, Zeteo

The Immaculate Conception of Thomas Crooks

Editorial, Washington Free Beacon

Trump v. US: With Great Power Comes Great Immunity

Gene Healy, CATO Institute

Justices rule for Jan. 6 defendant

Amy Howe, SCOTUSBlog

Amid Doubts About Biden’s Mental Sharpness, Trump Leads Presidential Race

Staff, Pew Research Center

Where are American Troops Stationed Overseas?

Trending Data, Visual Capitalist

Biden campaign

Trending Politics, Google

Matt Gaetz

Trending People, Google

No Agenda

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe, Trending books

Thursday, July 18, 2024

It’s Official: Silicon Valley Is Fully MAGA-Pilled

JacobSilverman, The Nation

An assassination attempt against 'Hitler' was inevitable

Dennis Prager, World Net Daily

The Turnaround of J.D. Vance

Robert Alexander, Newsweek

Attempted Trump Assassination Triggers a Flood of MAGA BS

David Corn, Mother Jones

This Won’t Be The Last Time Democrats Attempt To Assassinate Trump

Eddie Scarry, The Federalist

How the Radical Left Wrecked the Housing Market

EJ Antoni, The Heritage Foundation

We are not machines

Philip Ballis, Aeon

Biden Has Lost Little Swing-State Support Following First Debate

Eli Yokley, Morning Consult

Inflation Has Come Down, But High Prices Are Here to Stay

Trending Data, Statista

"You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt."

Daniel Hannan, Political Quotes

Adam Schiff

Trending People, Google

Morning Joe

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

Anthony Fauci M.D., Trending books

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

GOP Hasn’t "Softened" on Abortion — It’s Masking Extreme Policy With Vague Words

Lizzie Chadbourne, Truthout

The irrelevance of Hollywood

Adam M. Carrington, World

Was the Trump Shooting 'Stochastic Terror'?

Sohrab Ahmari and Matthew Schmitz, Compact

Trump Allies Try to Bully Dems, Media to Shut Up About His Fascist Plans

Andrew Perez, Aswin Suebaeng, Rolling Stone

Trump just proved that he’s a pure warrior after his heinous assassination attempt

Michael Goodwin, New York Post

The cure for what ails America is equality properly understood

Guy Shepherd, DNYUZ

The deep and enduring history of universal basic income

Karl Widerquist, Big Think

Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education

Jocelyn Gecker, AP

US Unemployment Rate: 4.1%

Trending Data, Trading Economics

The White House

Featured Politics, YouTube

Amber Rose

Trending People, Google

If Books Could Kill

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

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

Brian Tyler Cohen, Trending books

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The Far Left Won't Be Badly Missed

Froma Harrop, ArcaMax

HOLY COW! Did Biden Just Open the Door to His Own Exit?

Stephen Green, PJ Media

Trump-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s classified document case is unconstitutional – here’s how special counsels have been authorized before

Joshua Holzer, The Conversation

He Wanted Violence. He got it.

RenaRF, Daily Kos

What did hard Left expect, after years of hateful anti-Trump rhetoric?

David Marcus, Fox News

Is the GOP the party of life and liberty no more?

Brent Leatherwood, RNS

Why is Congress filled with old people?

Charlie Hunt, Phys.Org

Impact of Anti-Institutional Attitudes

Staff, Monmouth University

Where do Americans want to move right now?

Trending Data, MoveBudda

Mark Reardon

Talk Radio, 97.1 FM Talk

Elon Musk

Trending People, Google

The New Yorker Radio Hour

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

Maureen Callahan, Trending books

Monday, July 15, 2024

Democrats Are Drifting Toward Disaster

Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic

The Democrats’ Panic Reveals Vance’s Strength

Dov Fischer, The American Spectator

Why are so few talking about a mounting national debt?

Jay Evensen, Deseret News

The Right Way to Politicize This

Ben Burgis, Jacobin

The Day America Changed

Christian Whiton, Daily Caller

A Crisis of Credibility

Fred Bauer, City Journal

The Long, Slow Death of the Newspaper Editorial

Staff, Nieman Reports

Why the Supreme Court tends to release unpopular decisions late in its term

Cooper Burton, Katie Marriner, ABC News 538

US Fiscal Confidence Index: 40 (100)

Trending Data, PGP Foundation

Secret Service Director Assures Nation She Wasn't Trying To Get Trump Killed, She's Just Extremely Incompetent

Trending Satire, The Babylon Bee

Vivek Ramaswamy

Trending People, Google

The Bulwark Podcast

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives

Sami Sage, Emily Amick, Trending books

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Trump and the Age of Victim-could

Kathryn Claire Higgins, Counter Punch

The Case for Draining the Swamp Is Stronger Than Ever

Stephen Moore, ArcaMax

Bet on Nancy Pelosi to show Joe Biden the door

Kevin Igoe, The Hill

This is how you get escalation

Zack Beauchamp, Vox

The Chosen One

Eric Lendrum, American Greatness

Biden Starting to Sound Like Trump

Ken Klippenstein, KenKlippenstein.com

Americans Are Outraged At a Failed Political System That Gave Us Trump and Biden

Colby Hall, MediaITE

Should the Supreme Court be reformed to include more seats and term limits on judges?

55% Yes, 45% No, Voter Polls

2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map

Trending Data, 270 To Win

Oh No! Piece Of Ear Shot Off Trump Begins To Grow Into Second Trump

Trending Satire, The Babylon Bee

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Trending People, Google

This Week Explained

GoodPods, Trending podcasts

Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Trending books

Saturday, July 13, 2024

It’s Genuinely Surprising That Nancy Pelosi Is Pushing This Hard to Boot Biden

Luke Winkie, Slate

The Trump shooting: Inexplicable facts lead to a plethora of theories

Andrea Widburg, American Thinker

Not your father’s (or grandfather’s or great-grandfather’s) GOP

Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call

An instinct to incite: The challenge to tamp down political rhetoric in the wake of Trump's shooting

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Parallels Abound Between Assassination Attempts on Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt