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A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules
Carl Cannon, RCP
Will the Democrats' Weekend From Hell Matter?
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Trump Owns This Midterm Meltdown
Charles Lane, Washington Post
When Does a Dirty Trick Become a Crime?
George Terwilliger, Wall Street Journal
How Attempt at Dem Unity Exploded With Michigan Senate Flip
Bradner, et al., CNN
Did Stevens Change the Race in Michigan?
Bevan, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Few Will Lament the End of This Midterm Campaign
Conrad Black, New York Sun
GOP Tunes Out Nightmare Polls
Benjamin Weiss, HuffPost
Record Drop in Felony Violent Crime Is Not a Coincidence
John Lott, The Federalist
Young People Can't Afford the Culture War
Rachel Janfaza, Vox
Drug Prices Are Finally Falling
Joel Zinberg, City Journal
A Fraudster Is Sentenced in Minnesota
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
Anthropic Isn't Just a Company, It's a Payoff
Matt Stoller, Substack
Crumbling Europe and the Lessons for U.S.
Sharyl Attkisson, Full Measure
Europe's Immigrant Riots Spread to Germany
Heather Mac Donald, X
The Sane Person's Guide to Microplastics
Charlotte Grinberg, The Free Press
The Two Promised Lands
Miller & Vigler, RealClearEducation
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Gas and Groceries: What's on Midterm Voters' Minds
TIPP Insights
Cost-of-Living Crises Don't Need To Cost So Much
Bloomberg
Los Angeles Races to the Bottom
Wall Street Journal
Massachusetts Has a Warning for California and Washington
Washington Post

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RealClearPolitics Monday

When 'Country Over Party' Goes Only One Way
James Kirchick, The Free Press
Haley Stevens Is Sending the Wrong Message
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic
Poll: Democrats Lead in Key States That Will Decide Senate
Nate Cohn, NY Times
Will 2026 for GOP Be Same as 2022 Was for Dems?
Victor Davis Hanson, AG
GOP Counting on Election Day Turnout Despite Enthusiasm Gap
Isaac Arnsdorf, WP
A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Focus on the Kitchen Table, Not Culture War Noise
Maria Cardona, RealClearPolitics
Don't Count Susan Collins Out
Miranda Devine, New York Post
Ken Paxton’s Last Stand
Jack Herrera, Washington Post
Texas Early Vote Results
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
Alaska Town Reckons With 'Decoy Dan' Election Fallout
Barrett & Nelson, WSJ
The One Blue State the Blue Wave Might Not Reach
Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
Dems Are Coming. Time To Worry About 2028
Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review
If There's a Blue Wave on Tuesday, What Comes Next?
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian
When Dems Tell You What They'll Do, Believe Them
Brian Joondeph, American Thinker
Europe's Great Pension Covenant Unravels
Fairless & Bisserbe, Wall Street Journal
The Bill Is Coming Due for Leftism, Globalism
Fred Fleitz, American Greatness
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PM Update
My Final Prediction--Terrible Night Awaits the GOP
Henry Olsen, Washington Post
Democrat Scandal in Alaska Brings Back Usual Suspects
Jonathan Turley, The Hill
In Michigan, Are Democrats Split--or Is It a Personal Grudge?
Andrew Prokop, Vox
Stevens on Backing Rogers: 'I Think He Loves the Country'
Olivia Reingold, Free Press
Trump Confident, Issues Stark Warning If Democrats Win
Miranda Devine, NY Post
Inside Talarico's Bid To Break Texas Dems' Losing Streak
David Smith, The Guardian
Blue State/Red State Comparisons: Winning Message for GOP
Heather Higgins, RCP
The Asymmetric Campaigns of 2026
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Dems Spend Millions on Spoiler 3rd Party Candidates
Kyle Chouinard, Washington Sun
The Ghost in the Voter Rolls
Andrew Paquette, Tablet Magazine
Battling the Unelected Elite With @DataRepublican
Zane & Varney, RCI Podcast

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Political Landscape

A Blue Wave, a Senate Fight and a Campaign Without Rules

National elections take place every two years in this country, and whether it’s a presidential cycle or a midterm election, overwrought commentators, partisan activists, and the candidates themselves repeat without self-awareness, let alone irony, a variant of the exhortation that “this election is the most important of our lifetimes.” It’s an age-old talking point. The motivations of those peddling it range from trying to rally the faithful to justifying their own side’s mudslinging. Read More

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Trump Administration

Trump Calls for Alaska's Peltola To Be Taken Off Senate Ballot

So they said they didn't do this, and it turned out they did. The New York Times just released actually an incredible story on it. They created a fake candidate. They took a candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against another candidate who's a great senator named Dan Sullivan in order to cheat in the election. And they said they didn't do it, and we caught him cold. Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Spivak: A Closing Argument for America on Election Eve

To those who have not yet voted, I offer this plea: Look past personality, gas prices, concerns about Trump’s Iran policy, vanity, ICE’s fallibility and any lingering hope that radical left candidates mean what they say when they sanitize their agendas. Elections are about the future. Our choice is between Republicans who believe in American exceptionalism, and Democrats who increasingly “problematize” America. Read More

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