RealClearPolicy Week of October 6, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 6
Reactionary, Neo-Confederate Portland
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
Trump Rightly Defies Judge to Protect Federal Agents
Miranda Devine NYP
Who Screwed Up Immigration Under Biden?
Josh Barro Very Serious
Dems Rush to Counterpunch Trump's Crime Messaging
Kashinsky & Booker Politico
To Win the Shutdown, Democrats Need a Big Switch
David Dayen TAP
Dems Have Surprising Shutdown Leverage Over Trump
Zeeshan Aleem MSNBC
Dems Want Medicaid for Illegals. Pretend They Don’t
Brianna Lyman The Federalist
If We Need a Shutdown, Here’s Where to Start
Frank Miele RCP
Hollywood Fights Back Again
CK Smith Salon
Hard Hat Riot Documentary Shows its Relevance Today
Vincent J. Cannato CJ
Charlie Kirk and George Floyd
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Yes, Virginia, Jay Jones Is Evil
David Catron American Spectator
How Trump Brought Hamas to the Table
Peter Berkowitz The Free Press
Trump and His Get Sh*t Done Attitude
Quoth the Raven ZeroHedge
Inflation Is a Real Political Problem for Republicans
Liz Mair RealClearPolicy
The Myth of the Affordability Crisis
Staff Unleash Prosperity


Tuesday, October 7
The War Israel Won—and the One the West Is Losing
Douglas Murray The Free Press
Two Years After 10/7, Trump Will Decide War’s Outcome
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
What Will It Take to Squash the Pending Insurrection?
Paul Gottfried Chronicles
It’s Good v. Evil. It’s Always Been Good v. Evil
Scott McKay American Spectator
The NYT's Mean Girl Cope Over Bari Weiss and CBS
Sasha Stone Free Thinking
CBS's Colbert Spreads Even More Fake News
Christian Toto Hollywood in Toto
Turns Out the OBBBA Was a Big, Beautiful Gift to Blue States
Editorial Board I&I
Dems Are Wrong to Think Shutdown Gives Them Leverage
Michael R. Strain FT
The Return of Krazee-Eyez Killa
Scott Johnson PowerLine
Is Political Violence Disqualifying, or Not?
Tyler O'Neil The Daily Signal
Gavin Newsom’s American Dystopia
Joel Kotkin spiked
Supreme Court: A Preview of Cases Ahead
Ilya Shapiro City Journal
Hush, Queen
Ellwanger and Waters RealClearDefense
‘Push Back Against Tyranny’: Chicago Fights Trump
Greene & Bennett Time
Chicago Withholding Police Backup From Battered ICE Agents
Beth Brelje FDRLST
When Is It Right to Kill a Wolf?
Marta Zaraska The New Republic
Repelling the Coyote Invasion, a Troubling Allegory
Kenin M. Spivak RealClearPolicy
Fighting Fire with Poison
Allen Drew RealClearPolicy
Real Deadline Lawmakers Are Using to End the Shutdown
Peggy Helman MSNBC
Frustrations Rise as Shutdown Feeling Like ‘Groundhog Day’
Al Weaver The Hill


Wednesday, October 8
The End of the Race Hustle
Heather Mac Donald The Spectator World
How Counting Noncitizens Distorts State Legislatures
Richwine & Zeigler CIS
Trump Immigration Officials Struggling with Biden's Legacy
Byron York WashEx
Chicago Mayor Calls for the Arrest of ICE Officers
Jonathan Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
Cynical Palestine Cult Demands More Death, No Cease-fire
Editorial Board NYP
The Right Way to Fight Anti-Semitism
Christopher F. Rufo City Journal
Five Must-See Films to Remember October 7
Christian Toto Hollywood in Toto
How New York Democrats Came to Embrace Anti-Zionism
Burns & Greene CJ
How Trump Became the Ringmaster of Left-Wing Violence
Timothy Noah TNR
It’s Time for Soft Secession
Clara Jeffery Mother Jones
Democrats, Call Off Your Animals
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Conservative Dem Jared Golden Gets Serious Challenger
Russell Payne Salon
Shutdown Grinds into Second Week, but Talks Emerging
Lisa Mascaro et al. AP
Trump Ready to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Employees
Popli & Lee Time
The Democrats’ ‘Affordability Agenda’ Is a Fraud
Edward Ring American Greatness
Class Struggle
Alexander Riley The American Mind
Defining a Working-Class Economic Agenda
John Halpin The Liberal Patriot


Thursday, October 9
Trump Calls for Chicago Mayor & Illinois Governor to Be Jailed
Solcyré Burga Time
As Pritzker Tees Up Presidential Run, Look at His Record
Diana Rickert Daily Caller
Trump Is Waging War on an American City
Melissa Gira Grant The New Republic
The Dems Are Letting Antifa Take Over Their Cities
Miranda Devine New York Post
Trump Holds Legal Cards on Domestic Military Use
J. Goldsmith Executive Functions
About the 'Jews'
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
For European Elites, It’s Still 'See No Islamist Evil'
Heather Mac Donald City Journal
That Elusive Gaza Solution
Richard Epstein Civitas Institute
MidEast Peace Big Trouble for the Democrat Party
Roger Simon American Refugees
Why Ilhan Omar Betrays Meaning of Citizenship
Ayaan Hirsi Ali The American Mind
Why Dems Won’t Condemn Jay Jones’s Assassination Fantasies
Editors I&I
Jay Jones and Katie Porter Say the Quiet Part Out Loud
Elle Purnell The Federalist
Bondi Treated Sen Dems with the Contempt They Deserve
G. Abernathy Substack
Lack of Trust Making It Harder to End Gov't Shutdown
Stephen Groves et al. AP
Biden Demanded CIA Coverup of Ukraine Intelligence
Philip Wegmann RCP
Responding to Hegseth's Speech to Senior Military Leaders
Larry Purdy RCDefense
Paper Chase: A Global Industry Fuels Scientific Fraud in the U.S.
Vince Bielski RCI
Amid AI Fearmongering, Trust Information & Innovation
Brian Tatum RealClearPolicy
Americans' Ratings for Key Federal Agencies Plunge: Poll
Julianna Bragg Axios
Of Course Illegal Immigrants Access Public Health Benefits
Jason Richwine CIS


Friday, October 10
The Two Americas
Joel Kotkin City Journal
Are Dems the Party of Murder?
Michael Barone JWR
Memo to Trump: Don't Stop
Ann Coulter Unsafe
Comey's 'Hail Mary' Play to Block Prosecution
Jonathan Turley Res Ipsa Loquitur
On Trump, Comey, Lawfare, and 'Revenge'
Byron York Washington Examiner
Letitia ‘No One Is Above the Law’ James Indicted
Brianna Lyman The Federalist
Letitia James Pursued Trump. Then She Was Indicted.
Nick Reisman Politico
5 Key Takeaways From the Virginia Governor Debate
Tyler O'Neil The Daily Signal
Trump Has Dealt a Devastating Blow to Israelophobia
Brendan O'Neill spiked
Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize
Philip Elliott Time
Ceasefire Takes Effect in Gaza
Melanie Lidman AP News
Bari Weiss Is Powerful, Establishment Media Is Not
Robby Soave Reason
The Climate Movement Is Circling the Drain
Ruy Teixeira The Liberal Patriot
Immigration Enforcement Is Very Popular with Voters
Andrew R. Arthur CIS
Weak Job Growth Is a Supply, Not a Demand Problem
Staff Unleash Prosperity
The Affordable Care Act Was Never Affordable
Newt Gingrich Gingrich 360
Congress Must Pass the REPAIR Act
Sean Kennedy RealClearPolicy
Saturday, October 11
She Took on a Dictator and Won a Nobel Peace Prize
Jonathan Jakubowicz FP
Why Trump Will Never Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Alex Shephard The New Republic
Ehud Barak: The Gaza Ceasefire Deal Is Trump’s Achievement
Ehud Barak Time
Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Corina Machado Hails Trump
Caitlin Doornbos NYP
How the Democrats Became the Party of Hate
Sasha Stone Free Thinking
Bari Weiss vs. the Intolerant Left
David Harsanyi Washington Examiner
Katie Porter Syndrome: Toxic Feminism 101
Armageddon Prose ZeroHedge
Abigail Spanberger's Appalling Response on Political Violence
Matt Vespa TH
How the ‘Hate Speech’ Conceit Fuels Political Violence
Heather Mac Donald spiked
Democrats Are Giving Up On Democracy
John Daniel Davidson The Federalist
CA’s Minimum Wage Hike Cost the State 18,000 Jobs
Peter Suderman Reason
Will the GOP Nuke the Filibuster to End the Shutdown?
George Caldwell Daily Signal
Firings of Federal Workers Begin
Min Kim & Groves AP News
Democrats' Shutdown Wager Might Be Paying Off
Ayman Mohyeldin MSNBC
Memo to Trump: Don't Stop
Ann Coulter Unsafe
Monday, October 13
The Pieces of Trump’s Peace
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
Trump’s Israel-Hamas Peace Plan Gets ‘Thumbs Up’ From Voters
Terry Jones I&I
Second Phase of Gaza Deal Is Where the Main Challenge Lies
Yaakov Lappin JNS
Could the Real Christopher Columbus Please Step Forward?
Susan Hanssen NR
Columbus Day Celebrates Our Civilization
Daniel McCarthy RCP
John Ford’s America
Alberto M. Fernandez The American Mind
Democrats Are Losing the Culture War
Justin Vassallo The Liberal Patriot
JD Vance and the Contemporary Media Landscape
John Hinderaker PowerLine
Trump Can’t Deploy Guard on Chicago’s Streets
Julianne McShane Mother Jones
Can Trump Deploy Guard to Portland or Chicago?
F. Menton Manhattan Contrarian
Let 'Iryna's Law' Be Her Legacy
Jennifer Harrison The Spectator World
Still No Kings: Millions to Protest Trump On Saturday
Whitney Curry Wimbish TAP
The Left’s Most Fervent, and Most Wrong, Attack Dog
Jonathan Turley NYP
Obama Rips Businesses' Concessions to Trump
Edward-Isaac Dovere CNN
Vance Warns 'Deeper' Cuts Ahead as Shutdown Enters Day 12
Steve Peoples AP
Trump Proved ‘Experts’ Wrong About Tariffs
David Catron American Spectator
Everything Is Television
Derek Thompson Derek Thompson
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