RealClearPolicy Week of October 20, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 20
Court Allows Trump to Deploy National Guard Troops to Portland
Ella Lee The Hill
The Constitution and the National Guard
Robert G. Natelson Civitas
DEI Defiance at the War Department?
Will Rodriguez RealClearDefense
Mamdani Dogwalks Disgraced Ex-Governor Cuomo
Whitney Curry Wimbish TAP
Zohran Mamdani’s Latest Full Embrace of Radical Islam
Miranda Devine NYP
Socialism in New York City?
Martin Gurri City Journal
What Should We Say to Our Children?
Naomi Schaefer Riley Deseret News
Who or What Will Finally End Hamas?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
The Pope Needs to Be More Specific
Ross Douthat NYT via AEI
Should Marco Rubio Be the 48th President?
Roger Simon American Refugees
Toward a Bolder Theory of Party Renewal
Justin Vassallo The Liberal Patriot
America Must Regulate Social Media
John Wihbey Time
AI Will Never Be Your Friend
Zito Madu The Nation
Trump Skewers ‘Whacked-Out’ No Kings Protestors
Sean James Mediaite
Dems Fear Getting ‘Hammered’ for Ending Shutdown
Alexander Bolton The Hill
The New Manchurian Candidates
Joel Kotkin spiked
Real America’s Voice and the Real Cost of Free Speech
David DesRosiers RCP
The Latin American Problem with Vice Presidents
Arturo C. Porzecanski RCPolicy


Tuesday, October 21
How Trump Changed Conservatism
Waters and Ellwanger RealClearHistory
Diminishing Returns of Dems’ Anti-Trump Strategy
Michael Baharaeen Liberal Patriot
Democrats Dominate the Strawman King in Their Mind
Derek Hunter Townhall
Enraged Democratic Candidates Turn on Their Own Leaders
Andrew Solender Axios
Why Didn’t More College Leaders Condemn Kirk’s Murder?
McGuire & Garrison CJ
Cartels Heeding Administration’s Fentanyl Message
Andrew R. Arthur CIS
You Are Being Lied to About ICE
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Who Funds Antifa?
John Hinderaker PowerLine
How Trump Is Changing the U.S. Citizenship Test
Chad de Guzman Time
No, the Boomers Did Not Take It All
Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Democrats Exhibit Amnesia About Biden-Era Lawfare
Kenin Spivak RCP
Califraudia Capers
Lloyd Billingsley Chronicles
Everything Smith Did Helped Trump Win the Presidency
Julie Kelly Declassified
How Corporate America Blacklists Conservatives
Tyler O'Neil The Daily Signal
Is Trump a Peacemaker or a Hell Raiser?
Gary Abernathy Abernathy Road
Comey Wants Indictment Tossed for Vindictive Prosecution
Rosen & Quinn CBS
Shutdown Unity: Senate GOP Head to the White House
Mary Clare Jalonick AP News
The Latin American Problem with Vice Presidents
Arturo C. Porzecanski RCPolicy
Argentina’s Milei Rocks the Vote Amid Party Turmoil
Zegarra & Cardona CNN


Wednesday, October 22
The Case for an American Energy Renaissance
Cameron Sholty RealClearEnergy
Energy Politics Get Interesting
Ben Geman Axios
Liberal Principles for a New Environmentalism
Jonathan H. Adler Law & Liberty
Does Federal Law Extend to Portlandia?
John Yoo Civitas
The Double-Edged Virality of Portland’s Protests
Nathaniel Friedman The Nation
Shutdown: White House's Flood-the-zone Social Strategy
Akayla Gardner MSNBC
Public Opinion: Trump Winning Shutdown Fight
Tyler Durden ZeroHedge
Fetterman Supports GOP ‘Nuking’ Filibuster to End Shutdown
A. Bolton The Hill
GOP's Rigged Gerrymandering to Oust a Black Democrat
Ari Berman Mother Jones
Clinging to Racial Preferences
Richard D. Kahlenberg The Liberal Patriot
Can the Anti-Defamation League Be Saved?
Jesse Arm City Journal
Robert De Niro Is One of the Worst Old Men in America
M.D. Kittle The Federalist
And the Star with Worst Trump Derangement Syndrome Is ...
Christian Toto HiT
Why We Don’t Like the Democratic Party
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Dems Keep Falling for Political Fantasies
Jonathan Martin Politico
Trump’s Use of AI Videos Is Changing His Political Playbook
Schneid & Chow Time


Thursday, October 23
Who Are the Real Kings?
Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness
Trump Supporters Are Not 'the Rest of the Country'
Gary Abernathy Substack
Trump Already Has the Power to Reopen the Government
Derek Hunter The Hill
Will SNAP Benefits Be Delayed Due to Shutdown?
Callum Sutherland Time
Dems Admit to Prolonging Shutdown for ‘Leverage’
King & Christenson NYP
Combatting Antisemitism with CRT?
Christopher L. Schilling Law & Liberty
In Gaza Israel Fought the Holiest of Wars
Bob Goldberg The New Zionist Times
Trump's Border Policy Is Beginning to Bear Fruit
Editors The Spectator World
Court Shows Why Trump Is Right About the National Guard
Byron York WashEx
Tax the Superrich
Igor Volsky The New Republic
What Civil Discourse Could Look Like
Melanie McFarland Salon
Trump’s East Wing Demolition Isn’t Normal Renovation
Hayes Brown MSNBC
No, Trump Isn’t Destroying the White House
The Editors National Review
Maine’s Graham Platner Faces Difficult Questions
Steve Benen MSNBC
Oops, I’ve Had a Nazi Tattoo for 18 Years
Editorial Board WSJ
Dems Could Learn a Lot from the Progress Movement
Ruy Teixeira Liberal Patriot
Will John Brennan Finally Get His Just Deserts?
Roger Simon American Refugees
Wanted: Men of Purpose
Matthew Mehan The American Mind
An End to the Rights Revolution?
James Piereson New Criterion
America’s Progressive Descent Into Psychosis
Scott McKay American Spectator
College Rankings
Sailer & Wallsten City Journal


Friday, October 24
The Dems Have a Nazi Problem
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Bernie Sanders Shouldn't Dismiss Graham Platner's Tattoo
Zeeshan Aleem MSNBC
Advice for Politicians: Don't Get a Nazi Tattoo or Praise Hitler
Robby Soave Reason
Hitler Is Back in Style
Austin Petersen Tablet Magazine
What Would a Mayor Mamdani Mean for American Jews?
Jonathan S. Tobin JNS
Leavitt Says Trump Can Destroy Entire White House
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling TNR
There’s No Bottom to TDS
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
GOP Barreling Toward an Obamacare Subsidy Cliff
Alex Gangitano et al. Politico
Give Them Nothing, Speaker Johnson
Scott McKay American Spectator
Government Shutdown Will Continue
MKTContext ZeroHedge
Citizenship Starts in the Classroom
Kathleen O'Toole The American Mind
Regulators, Not Reactors, Are Real Nuclear Risk
James Pethokoukis Faster Please!
After Malthusianism
Aidan Grogan Law & Liberty
European Pharmaceutical Freeloading
Peter Pitts RealClearHealth
FDA Keeping Life-Saving Drugs Off the Market?
Staff Unleash Prosperity
MAHA’s Moment to Prove Itself: The 2026 Midterms
Philip Wegmann RCP
Saturday, October 25
Hungry Kids: The New Face of the Shutdown
Hixson & Helman MSNBC
Dems Can’t Keep the Schumer Shutdown Going Much Longer
Liz Peek The Hill
How Trump Changed Conservatism
Waters and Ellwanger RealClearHistory
Democrats Exhibit Amnesia About Biden-Era Lawfare
Kenin Spivak RCP
DEI Defiance at the War Department?
Will Rodriguez RealClearDefense
The Case for an American Energy Renaissance
Cameron Sholty RealClearEnergy
Energy Politics Get Interesting
Ben Geman Axios
Fetterman Supports GOP ‘Nuking’ Filibuster to End Shutdown
A. Bolton The Hill
Dems Admit to Prolonging Shutdown for ‘Leverage’
King & Christenson NYP
Trump Already Has the Power to Reopen the Government
Derek Hunter The Hill
Court Shows Why Trump Is Right About the National Guard
Byron York WashEx
Trump’s East Wing Demolition Isn’t Normal Renovation
Hayes Brown MSNBC
No, Trump Isn’t Destroying the White House
The Editors National Review
There’s No Bottom to TDS
Editorial Board Issues & Insights
Bernie Sanders Shouldn't Dismiss Graham Platner's Tattoo
Zeeshan Aleem MSNBC
The Dems Have a Nazi Problem
Sasha Stone Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning
Zohran Mamdani’s Latest Full Embrace of Radical Islam
Miranda Devine NYP
Why Blue-Collar Culture Matters
David Volodzko City Journal
Sunday, October 26
The Left’s Never-Ending Outrage Machine
Roger Kimball American Greatness
Senate Democrats: Get Your Stories Straight!
Jason Linkins The New Republic
Dems Can’t Keep the Schumer Shutdown Going Much Longer
Liz Peek The Hill
Obamacare Lies Reveal Flimsy Gov't Shutdown Excuses
Editorial Board NYP
Hungry Kids: The New Face of the Shutdown
Hixson & Helman MSNBC
Congress Under the Gun on Military Pay
Ellen Mitchell The Hill
All Americans Pay for Jackpot Justice vs. Truckers
Steve Cortes RealClearPolicy
MAHA in the Midterms?
Wegmann Walworth & Bevan RCP on SiriusXM
Billy Joel Was Right: New Yorkers Are Moving Out
Staff Unleash Prosperity
A New York State of Mind
Henry Olsen Beyond the Polls
What Is the West?
John Derbyshire Chronicles
Did the Great Feminization Cause the Great Awokening?
Sasha Stone Free Thinking
Charles Murray: Why I’m Taking Religion Seriously
Michael Shermer Skeptic
Is Hitler Making a Comeback?
Jerry Rogers WBAL NewsRadio
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