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RealClearPolitics Week of April 14, 2025 Archives

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Monday, April 14
How U.S. Lost Its Place as World's Manufacturing Powerhouse
Justin Lahart, WSJ
Decoupling From China Is Worth the Price
Jordan Schachtel, Substack
Is Trump Just Winging His Radical Agenda?
Dan Balz, Washington Post
China Would Lose a Trade War With America
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
China's Military Is Quietly Gaining Control of the Pacific
Tatlow & Feng, Newsweek
The Chinese Honeypot Problem
Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative
The 'New World Order' Is Being Demolished
Gordon Brown, The Guardian
If the U.S. Sells Its Soul, We'll Be Nothing
Commerce Secretary Lutnick, This Week
Trump Admin Must Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity
Will Bunch, Philly Inquirer
Does Political Ideology Without Religion Beget Violence?
Roger Simon, Substack
Taylor Lorenz's Crush on Luigi Mangione Is Sick
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy
Franklin Foer, The Atlantic
DOD Must Go on Offensive To Defeat Politicized Officers
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
Neera Tanden on the 'Existential Moment' Facing America
Lauren Egan, The Bulwark
The Casual Tyranny of Banning Silent Prayer
Josie Appleton, Spiked
Whitmer Shows How Dems Play w/Fire Cozying Up to Trump
Epstein & Pager, NYT
Bill Maher Shows Liberals How To Deal With Trump
Oliver Bateman, UnHerd
Trump Approval: Harvard-Harris 48% | CBS 47% | RasRpts 48% | RCP Avg 46.7%
Tuesday, April 15
Happy Tax Day, America! You're Being Robbed
Nicole Russell, USA Today


Trump Is Running Economic Development in Reverse
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
How Dems Used NGOs To End-Run Voters
Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
Will Tariff Carve-Outs Reawaken Swamp?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Trump Is Succeeding Broadly on Immigration
Brit Hume, FOX News
Govt Has No Right To Tell Private Universities What To Do
Alan Garber, Harvard Univ.
Harvard Free To Target Jews - But Not on U.S. Taxpayers' Dime
New York Post
Multiplication, Biden-Style: School Bias Cases Doubled
James Varney, RCI
In Garcia Case, SCOTUS Lets Trump Get Away With It
Kimberly Wehle, The Hill
Biden Paved the Way for Trump’s Embrace of Bukele
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
Pam Bondi’s Punishments Are Making Her Own Job Harder
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
Why Progressives Increasingly Support Violence
Dulberg & Horder, City Journal
What the Josh Shapiro Attack Reveals
Ali Breland, The Atlantic
On CNN, Murder Is Hardly Worse Than Voting For Trump
Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles
US Aid for Ukraine Is About To Cease. Is Europe Ready?
David Shimer, The Guardian
Vance to Europe: America Doesn’t Want a Vassal Continent
Sohrab Ahmari, UnHerd
Faking History: Six Women Take Up Space
Sasha Stone, Substack
Wednesday, April 16
Exclusive: Trump Plans Overhaul of Endangered Species Act
Philip Wegmann, RCP


Exclusive: Former Secret Service Chief Still on Agency Payroll
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Time for Accountability on Covid Lab-Leak Coverup
Mike Gallagher, Wall St. Journal
Harvard Must Not Submit to a Hostile Takeover
Masoud & Pinker, The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Jeopardizes $9B To Lead the Resistance
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Have Democrats Found Their Version of Trump?
Perry Bacon, Jr., Washington Post
Stop the Stephen A. Smith Presidential Run Madness
Christopher Tremoglie, Examiner
Dems Must Speak to Cultural Concerns as Well as Economics
Joan Williams, LAT
Tish James Will Eat Her Own Words
Jonathan Turley, New York Post
America's Shameful 'No' to the World
Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark
Abrego Garcia Isn’t a Winning Political Issue for Dems
Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
U.S. Military Resentment Against Civilian Command
Cynical Publius, The Federalist
Why Bernie Sanders Went to Coachella
John Nichols, The Nation
Is DOGE Enough?
Jeffrey Anderson, The American Mind
Trump Misunderstands the ‘China Shock’
William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Time To Pull the Plug on Corporate Virtue-Signaling
Bjorn Lomborg, FOX News
Blue Origin Flight Doesn't Land Well With Some
Alexandra Del Rosario, LA Times
Watch/Listen: Biden | Bannon | Walter | Homan | Reid | Witkoff | More
Thursday, April 17
The Trump Regime Has Finally Met Its Match
Robert Reich, The Guardian


Dems Utterly Contemptuous of the American People
Scott McKay, American Spectator
Under Trump, America No Longer Stands for Rule of Law
Jackie Calmes, LAT
We Will Not Ratify Biden's Illegal Migrant Invasion
Vice President JD Vance, X
Angel Mom Slams Van Hollen Trip to El Salvador
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
Freeze on $2.2B to Harvard Provided No Proof of Wrongdoing
Brasch, et al, WP
Harvard, Meet Bob Jones
John Hinderaker, PowerLine
The Remarkable Rags-to-Riches Story of Stacey Abrams
Paul Sperry, RCI
In Trumpland, 'Free Speech' Means Submission to Trump
Rafael Behr, The Guardian
To Protect Free Speech, the Censorship Complex Must Die
Marco Rubio, Federalist
The Left Is Paying a High Price for Getting Men Wrong
Alice Lassman, Newsweek
AOC Is a Legit White House Contender - and a Threat to GOP
Isaac Schorr, NY Post
The Next Frontier of Plutocracy
Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
Why a Soak-the-Rich Tax Hike Would Be a Disaster
Forbes, Laffer & Moore, NY Post
I Don't Believe the Trump Tax Hike Rumors
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
Trump Galvanizing the Nationalist Right Worldwide
Anthony J. Constantini, Politico
Did Biden Fund Anti-Netanyahu Politicking?
Liel Leibovitz, Wall Street Journal
Friday, April 18
Trump Versus the Meteor
J. Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics


Fighting for Freedom Against a President Who Hates It
Chris Hayes, MSNBC
I Was Elected To Get Criminals, Murderers Out of Country
President Donald Trump
Voters Favor Trump on Immigration, Skeptical on Tariff Plan
Jonathan Draeger, RCP
A Madman President Sinks Even Lower
Brian Karem, Salon
Democrats Step in It Again With El Salvador Stunt
Shane Harris, AMAC
AOC, Sanders Need To Split Off From Democratic Party
James Carville, NewsNation
Trump vs. the Fed
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Tariffs Will Likely Lead to Stagnation, Not a Depression
Alexander Salter, The Hill
Ignore Tariff Panic. Trump Has Crushed Inflation
Michael Glassner, Washington Times
DOJ's Top Civil Rights Lawyer Is Enabling Injustice
Hayes Brown, MSNBC
All the DOJ Needed Was a New Attorney General
Sen. Eric Schmitt, The Hill
Canada Discovers Uniting Against Trump Is the Easy Part
Calder McHugh, Politico
Was More Added to National Debt During Trump or Biden Admins?
Bill King, RCP
What Our Universities Need To Do Now
Jonathan Zimmerman, The Hill
Higher Education Should Learn From Hillsdale
Ryan Silverstein, RealClearPolitics
Easter and Passover Lesson: It’s Never Too Late
Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Saturday, April 19
The Tale of Paul Revere’s Ride Remains Very Much Worth Telling
Rich Lowry, NYP
We Should Reclaim the American Revolution
Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect
Democrats Try To Frame the Abrego Garcia Case
Byron York, Washington Examiner
Trump and His Cronies Desire a Police State
Chris Lehmann, The Nation
Trump’s ‘Dirty Harry’ Theory of Justice
Henry Olsen, UnHerd
Public Opinion on Tariffs & Immigration
Spencer Kimball, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Harvard Says No to Trump. Others Should, Too
Andrew Smith, The Hill
Harvard and the View From Hillsdale
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
The Working Class Needs Jobs, Not Therapy
Lisa McKenzie, Compact
Shapiro Attack Was Antisemitism, Not Just Political Violence
Nicole Russell, USAT
Is Blue Labour a Model for Rust Belt Democrats?
Justin Vassallo, Substack
Trump's Trade War May Derail U.S.-China Relations
Daniel DePetris, Newsweek
No Good Outcomes for Xi in Trade War With Trump
Gordon Chang, FOX News
States Are Right To Reject Ranked-Choice Voting
Trent England, The Hill
J.K. Rowling’s War on Trans People Won’t Stop Us
Katelyn Burns, MSNBC
The March of the Trans Mob Is Over
Julie Burchill, Spectator World
Katy Perry's Space Jaunt Was Galaxy-Level Cringe
Julie Burchill, Spiked
Sunday, April 20
Border Crossings Grind to Halt as Trump Policies Take Hold
Vyes, et al, WSJ
The Real Reason Trump Voters Have No Regrets
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
Media's 'Maryland Man' Narrative Collapses, But Dems Persist
Joe Concha, DC Ex
Easter's Triumphant Message for Our Noisy, Angry World
Scott Gunn, FOX News
Data Shows Gen Z Is Returning to Christianity
Ed Stetzer, USA Today
Easter Transformed The World Like Nothing Else Ever Could
Scott Powell, Federalist
Mistaking Mary Magdalene
Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker
Dems Face Growing Calls for Generational Change
Manchester, et al, The Hill
It's Time to Worry About AOC
Spencer Neale, The American Conservative
If AOC Is Nominee, Dems Will Be Back To Being 1-State Party
Mark Penn, FOX News
Harvard Right To Fight Trump. Every Other School Should Too
Jos Joseph, The Hill
Harvard Against America
Peter Wood, The Spectator World
Trump Bullying Harvard Won't Foster Diversity of Thought
Kenan Malik, The Guardian
Harvard Law School Professors Politicize the Rule of Law
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Do Liberals Know the Fascist Moment Is Here?
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
Left-Leaning AP Out of Step With Rest of U.S.
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Beware The Times Bearing Lies
Taki Theodoracopulos, Chronicles
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