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After Slamming Biden, GOP Preaching Gas Price Patience
Jack Fitzpatrick, MS Now
Trump's Foreign Policy Reset From Bush, Obama
Carafano & Arha, The National Interest
China Trying To Limit U.S. Leverage in Growing Energy War
Javier Blas, Bloomberg
Industrial Revolution Brewing. I Saw It in Pittsburgh
David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Slide From 'Minnesota Nice' to Assaulting Journalists
Matt Cookson, RCP
Trump's Revenge in Indiana Could Come With a Cost
Paul Waldman, MS Now
Indiana Primary Results Ominous Sign for Massie
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Progressives' Big Dilemma in California Governor's Race
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
The Case for Spencer Pratt
Adeline Dimond, Pirate Wires
A Covid-Era Bombshell Coming?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Hospitals the Biggest Culprit for High Health Care Spending
Zack Cooper, NY Times
Medicine Without Merit
Forrest Bohler, Compact Magazine
Rahm Emanuel and the Real Crony Capitalists
Andrea Widburg, American Thinker
Trump Doesn't Care If He Wrecks Global Economy
Alex Shephard, The New Republic
Farage Racks Up UK Election Wins, Voters Punish Starmer
MacAskill & Piper, Reuters
Senate's Rush To Regulate AI Chatbots Is Bad for Everybody
John Coleman, RCP
It's Time for the Government To Regulate AI
David Rivkin, RealClearPolitics
SC GOP Gov (Trafalgar): Evette 25, Wilson 23, Norman 20, Mace 15, Reddy 10 

Editorials

Marty Makary's FDA Has All the Right Enemies
The Free Press
Another Marty Makary Mistake
Wall Street Journal
Data Centers Aren't the Enemy--They're the Future
Bloomberg
Which State Is Next in the Fraud-O-Rama?
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Life: The 50 Best Whiskey Bars in the World - Miller, et al., InsideHook
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RealClearPolitics Thursday

Lesson of Epic Fury: China and Europe Are Exposed
James Thorne, RealClearPolitics
Why Germany's Merz Decided To Risk Trump's Wrath
Jorg Lau, The Guardian
Princelings of Persia
Peter Theroux, Tablet Magazine
A Damaging Fight for Republicans in Indiana
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
GOP Choosing Not To Surrender Against Rigged Dem Maps
John Nolte, Breitbart
Tom Steyer Can Make California Golden Again
Jeff Cohen, Salon
Why Isn't Matt Mahan at the Top of the California Polls?
Erik Espe, Daily Kos
DOJ Investigating Fulton County, Should've Done in 2021
Cleta Mitchell, War Room
The Long Nightmare of Trump's Border Wall Is Still Going
William deBuys, The Nation
RFK Jr.'s Anti-SSRI Campaign Is Long Overdue
Stella O'Malley, UnHerd
On the Consequences of Louisiana v. Callais Decision
James Piereson, New Criterion
A Tricky Handoff at the Federal Reserve
Alan Blinder, Wall Street Journal
Powell's Done Enough Damage. Time To Go Home
Stephen Moore, Washington Times
A Bipartisan Bill To Solve Housing Crisis
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, The Hill
Corporate Media Propaganda Hitting Wall w/Under 50s
Cenk Uygur, Shawn Ryan Show
How Battery Tech Illuminates Competition Between U.S., China
James Varney, RCI
The Inversion of 'Animal Farm'
Nicholas Clairmont, The Free Press
Trump Job Approval: Forbes 41% | MrnCon 44% | NPR/PBS 39% | YouGov 40%

PM Update
The Exquisite Timing of Trump's Indiana Revenge Campaign
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
Will Senate GOP Get the Message? Pass the SAVE Act
M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
5 Ways the Iran Standoff Could End
Joshua Keating, Vox
Rubio's Rock Star White House Briefing
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Control of the U.S. Senate Now a Toss-Up
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
Sen. Cassidy Made Bad Decision Trying To Sabotage MAHA
Adam Garrie, Substack
Obama's Russiagate Coup Attempt Haunts Nation
Mollie Hemingway, FOX Business
Jack Smith Calls the Justice Dept. 'Corrupted' by Trump
Steve Benen, MS Now
Trump's Clever Message to King Charles
Steven Hayward, The American Mind
What Business Leaders Should Know About Beijing Summit
Joseph Lai, RCWorld
Why Did California Award CAIR $40 Million?
Thorpe & Rufo, City Journal

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Political Landscape

How Battery Tech Illuminates Competition Between U.S., China

The most familiar races between superpowers are those involving dreaded killer weapons, but today the U.S. and China are engaged in another one involving a centuries-old invention that also improves life: batteries. One year ago, the Chinese battery giant CATL announced that it had redefined the limits of electric cars by creating a battery that could power a vehicle for 320 miles on a 5-minute charge. Read More

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Trump Administration

Blackburn to Secret Service: 'Root Out the Rot'

Sen. Marsha Blackburn sent a sharply worded letter Wednesday to Secret Service Director Sean Curran demanding an immediate, top-to-bottom review of the Secret Service, a move that comes nearly two weeks after an armed gunman sprinted past a checkpoint leading to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in a third assassination attempt on President Trump.As part of the review, Blackburn Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Thorne: Lesson of Epic Fury--China and Europe Are Exposed

We are back in an era of hard resource power and Mahanian sea power. Geography matters again. Chokepoints matter again. Energy, food, minerals, and shipping routes matter again. And above all of it still sits American monetary power, reinforcing advantages that the United States and the wider Western Hemisphere possess in abundance. So, what is the real meaning of Operation Epic Fury? Read More

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