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Monday, April 28
Trump's Done More in 100 Days Than Biden Did in 4 Years
Nicole Russell, USA Today
An Unpopular President Continues To Push Radical Changes
Dan Balz, Wash Post
Trump's First 100 Days Has America Thinking Big Again
David Bossie, Wash Times
Trump's 2nd Term Will Be Worst Presidential Term Ever
Steven Greenhouse, Guardian
Is Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Above the Law?
David Catron, American Spectator
Inside Dems' Attempts To Stave Off Financial Death
Lauren Egan, The Bulwark
Media Tries To Rewrite History About Biden's Mental Decline
Drew Holden, X
4 Possible Scenarios for Canada's Election
Allan Gregg, Toronto Sun
Canada: A Vote for Carney Is a Vote for Continued Decline
Anthony Furey, Natl Post
Elite Universities Form Private Collective To Resist Trump Admin
Emily Glazer, WSJ
For Universities, a Time for Resolve - and Humility
George & West, The Hill
Qatar & China Pouring Billions Into Elite American Universities
Block & Sulkin, TFP
Few Have Done More To Ensure Trump's Success Than Obama
Andrew Stiles, WFB
Censorship Far More Dangerous Than Free Speech
David Gelber, Spiked
'A War Zone': When Portland Decriminalized Fentanyl
Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone
California Keeps Declining, and Newsom Tries To Blame Trump
Allysia Finley, WSJ
The Papal Conclave Is a Battle for Civilization
John Davidson, The Federalist
Tuesday, April 29
Dems Take Stock of Lessons Learned in Trump's First 100 Days
Dovere, et al., CNN


Fake Polls Won't Tell You About Trump's 100-Day Success
Larry Kudlow, NY Sun
100 Daze
Joe Klein, Substack
My Daughter's Murder Is Not an Isolated Tragedy
Patty Morin, FOX News
The Markets as Master
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Catastrophic Mistake for U.S. To Become Dependent on China
David Sacks, All-In
High Cost of the Fed's Mission Creep
Kevin Warsh, Wall Street Journal
Carney's Liberals Win Narrow Victory in Canada's Election
Seal, et al., Bloomberg
Tourists, Tailors, Holy Spirit Descend on Vatican
Josephine de La Bruyere, Free Press
Antisemitism: The Modern Forces Fueling an Ancient Scourge
David Swindle, RCI
A Professor on Life at Princeton
Christopher Rufo, City Journal
NYT 'Investigates' DC Jet Crash, Buries the Truth It Finds
Alex Berenson, Substack
Power, Peace and Knowing When To Shift Gears
Karl Zinsmeister, RealClearPolitics
Consumer Debt Has Reached an All-Time High
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
How Strategic Dealmaking Can Fortify American Power
Wess Mitchell, Foreign Affairs
Being an Unaccompanied Immigrant Minor Is Getting Harder
Jennie Murray, RCP
Ensuring Biden's Open Border Policies Don't Happen Again
Rep. Mark Green, RCP
Trump Job Approval: NPR 43% | ABC/WP 42% | CNN 43% | RCP Average: 45.1%
Wednesday, April 30
Trump’s First 100 Days: Decisive, Bold, and in a Hurry
Michael Goodwin, NY Post


First 100 Days of Trump 2.0 a Blast From the Dark Past
Brad Bannon, The Hill
Trump 2.0 a Return to American Greatness
Sen. Roger Marshall, Newsweek
Next 100 Days More Important for Trump?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Why Is America Sleeping as Autocracy Approaches?
Jay Inslee, The Guardian
Democrat Judges Spit on Rule of Law
John Kass
The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
David Graham, The Atlantic
Least Accurate Polls Getting the Most Airtime
James Johnson, Spectator World
Lessons From Canada's Liberals
John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
Carney Won on Phoney Values. They Won't Fix Canada
Terry Newman, National Post
First 100 Days of the Resistance
Greg Orman, RealClearPolitics
Biden Was First Ever To Unsecure the Border on Purpose
Tom Homan, White House
An Opposition--and a Proposition--Agenda
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, The Nation
Trump Has Made America a Safer Place for My Daughters
Mary Vought, USA Today
Harvard Fights in Court But Retreats on Campus
Patel & Yoon, The Harvard Crimson
Trump Is Likely To Win His Fight With Universities
James Piereson, City Journal
Rest in Peace to My Friend David Horowitz
Charlie Kirk, X
Watch/Listen: Winston Marshall | Van Jones | Charlie Hurt | Chuck Todd | More
Thursday, May 1
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic


Conservatism Needed a Trump Reset
Karl Zinsmeister, Wall Street Journal
Don't Let GOP Lie To You: Americans Don't Like Trump
Sara Pequeno, USA Today
The Media's Fake Narrative on Trump's First 100 Days
Paul du Quenoy, Chronicles
Loss of Freedom at 60 Minutes a Sorry Media Milestone
Margaret Sullivan, Guardian
The Role of a Free Press and Irresponsibility of Legacy Media
Sean Davis, Hillsdale
'Abundance' Is Good Advice for Democrats
John Maxwell Hamilton, RealClearPolitics
Kamala Harris Is Back - and More Vapid Than Ever
Kate Andrews, The Spectator World
Your 2028 Dem Contenders! I Am Underwhelmed
Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot
Exclusive: Trump Revamps Performance Reviews
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
Trump’s Recession Has Begun
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Forget GDP. It’s the Jobs Report That Matters
Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal
We Can Run the World Without Fossil Fuels
Hertsgaard & McKibben, The Nation
How the Lights Went Out in Spain
Calzada & Ordóñez, Wall Street Journal
Trump's Throwing Everything at Maine
Deprez & Fried, Washington Monthly
California Penal Reform and the Violent Criminals It Let Loose
Ana Kasparian, RCI
A Daughter Dies Too Young
Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Cabinet Meeting: Trump | Rubio | Kennedy | Vance | Greer | Full Meeting
Friday, May 2
With Another Role in His Portfolio, Rubio Ascends
Liptak & Zeleny, CNN


We Know How To Fix Government - Will We?
Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics
Pritzker's Message Is a Hit Among Angry Democrats
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
The Result of Biden's 'Due Process' for Tren de Aragua
Stephen Miller, White House
A New Sign That AI Is Competing With College Grads
Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Military Incentivizing Careerism Over Performance
Stuart Scheller, X
Congress Should Strengthen Trump's Hand on Ukraine
Kurt Volker, RealClearPolitics
Minerals Deal: Tactical Win, Not a Turning Point
Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft
The Trump-Approved Policy That's Actually Good for Kids
Anna North, Vox
Immigration Without Assimilation Is Recipe for Suicide
John Davidson, The Federalist
Judicial Checks and Balances Are Essential to Justice
Cumberbatch & Levin, RCP
John Marshall Would Say Trump Is Right
Ralph Cushman, Substack
The Best Job Training in the Public and Private Sectors
Arun Gupta, US News & WR
Trump Needs To Hit the Public Ivies Like Mich., Wisc.
Steve Bannon, War Room
Voters Want Strong, Unequivocal Leaders
Jocelyn Benson, The Unknowns
Grenell's Favorite Yet 'Unsexy' Role: Registering CA Voters
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Report: Sex Offenders Make Up Large Share of Homeless
Devon Kurtz, City Journal
Saturday, May 3
The Next 100 Days: Democrats Have a Problem
Olivier Knox, US News & World Report
Alien Enemies Act Exists To Protect Americans
Marco Rubio, FOX News
One Hundred Days That Shook U.S. Foreign Policy
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Harvard Is Spraying Perfume on a Sewer
David Wolpe, The Free Press
The Downfall of 60 Minutes
Mark Hemingway, The Federalist
AOC Can Make Oversight Great Again
Kiren Gopal, American Prospect
Break 'Em Up: Renewed Antitrust Aimed at Big Tech
Rachel Bovard, Commonplace
Americans Need Musk More Than the Government Does
Reed Albergotti, Semafor
WH Leans on Congress To Fund Kennedy Center Renovations
Philip Wegmann, RCP
The Affirmative Action Myth
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
A YIMBY Theory of Power
Ned Resnikoff, The Nation
Elites Turned Military Into Rent-a-Cops for Wall St's Casino
Steve Bannon, Hillsdale
Can Farage Keep Winning, All the Way to Downing Street?
Ross & Webber, Politico
A Body Blow to Britain's Two-Party System
Tom Slater, Spiked
How Trump Won the Canadian Election
Philip Cunliffe, Compact Magazine
Democrats, Please Stop Trying To Be Cool
Matt Lewis, Los Angeles Times
Thank You, Elon
Sasha Stone, Substack
Trump Approval: TG/InsAdv 46% | Ras Rpts 50% | Emerson 45% | YouGov 43%
Sunday, May 4
Meltdowns, Cringey Rhetoric and Why Dems Keep Losing
Ingrid Jacques, USA Today
Trump's Government Cuts Are Just Getting Started
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
The Cost of Arrogance: NPR's Cautionary Tale
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
The Case for American Reindustrialization
Dustin Guastella, The Guardian
Why China Is Retreating as Fast as It Can
Steven Mosher, New York Post
Did Our Politics Fail Us During Covid?
Illing & Lee, Vox
Political Analysis Is Getting Weird in This Country...
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
The Politicized Mind: How the University Lost Its Way
Roger Kimball, Am. Greatness
Universities Deserve Special Standing
Lee Bollinger, The Atlantic
Yale Professors Call Out University's Bureaucracy
John Sailer, City Journal
Toward a Negotiated Settlement of Trump-Harvard Showdown
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
Lateral Moves Instead of Scalps in Trump 2.0
Cockburn, The Spectator
Reform's Rise Shows UK Must Get Serious on Immigration
Camilla Cavendish, FT
Miami Is Enjoying a Tech Renaissance
Arvin Patel, RealClearMarkets
Stealing 'Abundance'
David Cowan, Commonplace
Jason Canon on Empathy and Modern Political Theory
Elliott Drago, Jack Miller Center
Why There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett
Jason Zweig, Wall Street Journal


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