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RCP to address polling crisis
RealClearPolitics is invaluable to those of us who follow politics. Every reporter, political science professor, and political junkie checks the site every day to see what is happening in the world of politics and as…
Democrats proposed bill in VA House: Parents must affirm child’s gender identity/sexual orientation or it’s curtains
Among those tweets that randomly make it into your feed - a friend's retweet, etc - there's always the one that catches your eye for whatever reason, and you think to yourself, "What in the wide wide world of…
Damage control: Fetterman campaign launches ad discussing his stroke after reactions to NBC interview
Democrat John Fetterman agreed to do an interview with NBC News and it did not go well, at least not when the interview's reviews came in. It turned into a mess when the journalist's honest assessment of…
L.A. GOP mayoral candidate: I’m not white. I’m Italian
File this story under the "sad but true" category. The race to be the next mayor of Los Angeles has at least been a bit more entertaining this year than the typical contests where Democrats simply win by default and…
JP Morgan Chase bank attacked religious liberty
It's no secret that the establishment is at war with traditional American values. I've written about it many times before, and if you read the news at all you have heard the stories about how the government, major…
I finally found something I agree with Vlad Putin on!
Vladimir Putin is an evil man. I believed that before he invaded Ukraine, and believe it still. I would say I believe it more now, but frankly after the Chechen atrocities my opinion could not go any lower. I am hardly…
Ohio Senate debate: A tale of two tail-kissers, or a sales-closer for Vance?
Did Tim Ryan plan to debate J.D. Vance last night in Ohio, or Donald Trump? At times, it appeared that Ryan would have preferred the latter, according to a recap of the Senate election debate from The Hill. While Vance tied…
Lukashenko plays with Putin’s fire on Ukraine border — why?
What could Alexander Lukashenko hope to gain by joining Vladimir Putin's genocide in Ukraine -- especially now? Despite owing his office (and likely his continued ability to breathe) to Putin, Lukashenko wisely demurred…
The lesson to be learned — again — from the Ye meltdown
The last time I wrote about Kanye West was really the last time I ever felt the need to write about him. His exit from a fortnight of suggesting that he might jump into the presidential race in July 2020 was a good occasion…
Are we headed for a rail strike after all?
A month ago it seemed we were headed for a major rail strike as unions were holding out against a labor contract that included a 24% raise. Amtrak even started canceling trains in expectation of the strike but then, at the…