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RealClearPolitics Week of April 7, 2025 Archives

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Monday, April 7
The Left Offers No Alternative to Trump
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Time for Dems To Pitch Their Own 'Contract with America'
Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark
Can Trump Win the Tariff Wars?
Wolfgang Munchau, UnHerd
Trump Doesn't Have Authority To Levy Tariffs
Jessica Levinson, MSNBC
Get a Grip, Wall Street
Mark Penn, X
The Worst Thing To Happen to Democrats Is Democracy
Sasha Stone, Substack
We Got Complacent With Democracy
President Barack Obama
Obama Has Lost His Mojo & Ruined His Brand
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Closing Federal Offices Punishes Everyday Americans
Sen. Dick Durbin, FOX News
Why Democrats Hate DOGE
Stephen Moore, Washington Times
The Forever War in Gaza
Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs
Inside Trump's Jihadist Elimination Unit
Matthew Boyle, Breitbart
Take Trump Seriously About Greenland
Tom Nichols, The Atlantic
Somebody Finally Got the Message About the Panama Canal
Frank Miele, RCP
4 Ways To Help U.S. Universities Trump Is Targeting
Cas Mudde, The Guardian
Evict the Squatters. Our Universities Still Worth Saving
Libby Emmons, New York Post
Jonathan Capehart's WaPo Hissy Fit
Mark Judge, Chronicles
Tuesday, April 8
Retribution: Sen. Schmitt Believes Censors Are 'On the Run'
Philip Wegmann, RCP


Tim Walz and the Border Crisis That Would Still Be a Crisis
Byron York, DC Examiner
Booker Showed How It's Done
Matthew Yglesias, Substack
Why 'Liberation Day' Frightened Democrats
David Catron, The American Spectator
Trump's Tantrum Tariffs
John Nichols, The Nation
Trump's Tariffs Are About China
Park MacDougald, Tablet Magazine
Offer Truly Reciprocal Trade: Zero-Barriers, Zero-Subsidies
Laffer & Moore, WSJ
The Abundance Option
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Scary How Institutional Washington Protected Biden
Emily Jashinsky, RCP/SiriusXM
Instagram Shouldn't Ban Pro-Hamas Students
Tal Fortgang, City Journal
Lebanon's Precarious Future
Hicham Nassif, Washington Monthly
Former CMCs' Letter Endorsing Amphibious Shipbuilding
Krulak, et al., RCDefense
Make the FDA Great Again
Joe Lonsdale, Substack
Democrats Get Amnesia on Unfair Trade Deals
Sarah Sisk, AMAC
Snatching Confusion From the Jaws of Clarity
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Lords of Martha's Vineyard Forgot About American Dream
Edward Luttwak, UnHerd
The All-Male Women's Final
Lauren Smith, Spiked
Wednesday, April 9
Democrats Are the True Party of 'Oligarchy'
Zachary Faria, Washington Examiner


Saturday's Protests Brought a Glimmer of Hope
Moira Donegan, The Guardian
What I Learned About 'America First' in a PA Steel Mill
Salena Zito, Washington Post
The Manufactured Nostalgia of Trump's Tariffs
Jessica Calarco, MSNBC
Trump and the Economics of Statecraft
Francis Sempa, RealClearWorld
Can Trump's Billionaire Backers Save Him From Tariff Cliff?
Michael Hiltzik, LA Times
Wall Street Panicans and Democrat Fearmongers
John Kass
Due Process for Me, Not for Thee
David Graham, The Atlantic
Rulings Put Arrogant Judges Back in Their Lane
Andrew & Katie Cherkasky, NY Post
Sanders Giving Rattled Americans Hope for Life After Trump
Luke Winkie, Slate
On Democratic Party Violence
Paul Gottfried, Chronicles
Angus King's Warning About the Dangers of Trump
Charles Pierce, Esquire
How Jill Biden's Lust for Power Saved America
Andrew Stiles, Washington Free Beacon
At UNC, Conservative Profs Have Met the Enemy - & It's Them
John Murawski, RCI
Who Is MAGA Leftist Batya Ungar-Sargon?
Nate Weisberg, Washington Monthly
Trump's Free-Speech Warrior?
Curt Mills, The American Conservative
Bataan Death March at 80: POWs Deserve Commemorating
Kinue Tokudome, RCP
Watch/Listen: Bessent | Galloway | O'Leary | Warner | Paxton | Enten | More
Thursday, April 10
Harris Shows Little Self-Reflection Over Weak Campaign
Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd


Trump Is Governing Exactly How He Said He Would
Ari Fleischer, FOX News
Are We Out of the Woods on Tariffs? Hahaha, No
Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate
Apologists for Unfair Trade Regime Ignore the Downsides
Joel Kotkin, Spiked
Shawn Fain Is Right. America Needs To Rethink Trade
Dustin Guastella, The Nation
Paying the Cost for Investigating Tax Cheat Hunter Biden
Nancy Rommelmann, RCI
The Ukraine Link in a Plot To Kill Trump
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Underestimating China
Campbell & Doshi, Foreign Affairs
China Is Isolated, and Rest of the World Is Lining Up To Make Deals
David Sacks, X
Trump's Two-Front Economic Fight
J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics
Borne Back Ceaselessly Into a Past That Never Was
Harold Meyerson, Am. Prospect
Reagan and the Austrians vs. the World of Today
John Di Leo, American Thinker
Trump on Trade Could Be Like Biden on the Border
Kyle Moran, RealClearPolitics
Under Trump U.S. Is Finally Taking On China
Kevin O'Leary, CNN
How Houston Is Turning Around Struggling Schools
Neetu Arnold, City Journal
Why Are Israelis So Happy?
Sharansky & Troy, Tablet Magazine
'The Bottomless Well' at 20: Is Energy 'Infinite'?
Pomeroy & Mills, RealClearScience
Friday, April 11
Fight for 2026 Midterms Is Already Underway
Chris Brennan, USA Today


Democrats Continue To Run Failed 2024 Playbook
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
Tim Walz Is Ready To Talk - Including About Why Trump Won
Dylan Wells, Wash Post
Trump's Big Move: Being Flexible
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Flip on Tariffs Reveals Chaos at Core of Trump's Presidency
Robert Tait, Guardian
Vance Feared Bond Market Would Be 'Devastating' to Trump
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Focus on China a Winning Argument for Trump
Bevan & Cannon, Megyn Kelly Show
A U.S.-China Trade War Could Be Catastrophic
Stephen Collinson, CNN
Trump's Latest Trade War With China Is Sorely Needed
Josh Hammer, LA Times
A Win—and a Warning—for Trump’s Agenda
Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Sanctuary Cities: Chicago Hits Back at Trump, L.A. Stays Quiet
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Modern Dems' True Intentions Align With the Confederacy
Adam Coleman, NY Post
Layoffs at 'Luxurious' Federal Agency
Jeremy Portnoy, RealClearInvestigations
Why the 'Peace President' Wants To Spend $1T on Defense
Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
Why Do Economists Insist on Single-Entry Bookkeeping?
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
The University President Willing To Fight Trump
Rachel Adams, New York Times
MIT Must Meet the Moment: Accountability on Antisemitism
Spitz & Karchmer, RCP
Watch/Listen: Trump Hosts Cabinet Meeting
Saturday, April 12
Resetting a Trade System Rigged Against Americans
Sen. Jim Banks, Newsweek
Trump's Mistaken Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs
Michael Cohen, MSNBC
The Climate Has Changed on Climate Change
Joel Kotkin, The Spectator
Data Shows Democrats Are No Longer the Party of the People
Harry Enten, CNN
Big Development in Effort To Destroy the Censorship Complex
Ben Weingarten, X
Is the Dire Wolf Truly Back From the Dead?
Johanna Berkman, The Free Press
Gatsby's America
Alexander Raubo, IM--1776
Fighting the Ideological Lie
Daniel Mahoney, The American Mind
Trump Has Created a Legal Nightmare
Gaby Del Valle, The Nation
Democrats Making a Fatal Error Opposing DOGE
Jason Chaffetz, FOX News
KOSMA: Toothless Law, Important Wake-Up Call
Ethan Watson, RealClearPolitics
NASA Nominee Outlines New Vision for Troubled Agency
James Meigs, City Journal
The Case for a 'Trump to Tehran' Strategy
Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs
The EU Thinks It Can Rob America Blind
Robert O'Brien, The National Interest
Minecraft's Massive, Blocky Success, Explained
Aja Romano, Vox
Megyn Kelly Goes the Distance in Podcast Journalism
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
John Adams Memorial: It's Time
Andrew Young, RealClearPolitics
Sunday, April 13
Why China Can't Win a Trade War
Bob Davis, Time
The Incentive Is Strong for Countries To Make a Deal
Oren Cass, Commonplace
Trump Panicked, No One Is Buying the White House Spin
Jim VandeHei, Axios
It May Be Too Late for Media To Turn Their Credibility Around
Sasha Stone, Substack
'End of an Era.' What Next for Global Trade?
Fleming, et al., Financial Times
Visas a Privilege Reserved for Those Who Make U.S. Better
Marco Rubio, FOX News
My Book Report on My Visit to the Trump White House
Bill Maher, Real Time
Russiagate Binder: FBI Interview With Christopher Steele
Catherine Herridge, X
National Populism Challenges Right as Well as Left
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
What's a Democrat To Do About Trade?
Michael Warren, The Dispatch
Trump's Deliberate Strategy To Decouple From China
EndGame Macro, X
Did Biden Suppress Covid Evidence Contradicting Chinese?
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
Why Conservatives Are Worried About Justice Barrett
Scott Lemieux, MSNBC
Tall Tales and the End of #MeToo
Mark Judge, Chronicles
What Exactly Is the Point of Creating a Dire Wolf?
Blake Dodge, Pirate Wires
The 'Energy Realist' Approach
Pomeroy & Mills, RealClearScience
Luka Doncic: Worst Trade Deal of All Time?
Spencer Neale, The American Conservative


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