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                            September 8, 2026How to Waste $9 Trillion to NOT 'Save the Planet' By Stephen Moore
        The world has spent $9 trillion to combat climate change since 2020. That is a World War II-type number.

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                            September 8, 2026Jobs and Manufacturing Are on the Ballot By Daniel McCarthy
   American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.

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                            September 8, 2026We Do Need Some Education – In Western Civilization By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
Pink Floyd told listeners, “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Yet maybe schoolchildren do need some education – specifically about Western civilization and the values that sustain it.

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                            September 4, 2026What a Stalin Biography Tells Us About Our Time By Michael Barone
   History illuminates the present. I've been reading Stephen Kotkin's widely and justly praised multivolume biography of Joseph Stalin and have encountered many passages that illuminate the present.
September 3, 2026The Governors: A Trio of Rating Changes Toward Democrats as They Chase a Rare Edge in Overall Seats Held By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— We continue to have just two Toss-ups in our gubernatorial ratings, but Alaska replaces Iowa this week, while Georgia remains a Toss-up.
— Democrats used to routinely control a majority of the state governorships, but Republicans have held a majority for almost all of the post-1994 period. Democrats have a chance to grab an edge this cycle, though.
September 2, 2026The Senate: Our Best Guess on the Toss-ups as Labor Day Nears By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Republicans probably retain a slight edge in the Senate, but that assessment has gotten harder to defend over the course of the summer.
— Read on for our best guesses on our five Senate Toss-up races.

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                            September 2, 2026Rent Control ... Still Doesn't Work By John Stossel
   In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control.

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                            September 2, 2026Stop the Democrats' Scheme to Pack the Supreme Court By Stephen Moore
   Democrats are in a quandary over the Supreme Court. Every four years, they've warned their voters that electing a Republican president will lead to more conservative Supreme Court justices. And yet since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 through today, they've lost more presidential elections than they've won. Maybe the voters are telling Democrats something. Maybe Americans don't want the court packed with Sonia Sotomayors who make up or rewrite the laws as they see fit.

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                            September 1, 2026How to Tackle Domestic Extremists' Foreign Enablers By Daniel McCarthy
        Left-wing terrorism is a serious problem in the United States, though for political reasons it doesn't receive anything like the attention right-wing violence gets.

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                            August 28, 2026Democrats Try to Brush Aside 'Woke 1' By Michael Barone
   "'Woke 1' was crazy." So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on ABC News' "This Week" earlier this month.
August 27, 2026Keeping It Classy: A Revised Model for Forecasting Seat Swing in Midterm Senate Elections By Alan I. Abramowitz
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The growing connection between presidential and Senate results has given Republicans a structural advantage in Senate elections.
— That advantage is particularly pronounced in Senate Class 2, the group of Senate seats being contested this year.
— Despite the collective Republican lean of the Senate seats being contested this year, the current average Democratic lead in generic ballot polling along with the large number of Republican seats up for election suggests that Democrats have a realistic chance of gaining at least four seats to take control of the upper chamber.

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                            August 26, 2026Ditching Net Zero By John Stossel
        What a difference a few years make.
August 26, 2026Three Rating Changes in Texas, All Towards Democrats By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The open Texas Senate race moves to Toss-up, as state Rep. James Talarico (D) leads in polls more often than not against state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who will need a rescue operation from national Republicans.
— Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), though much better-positioned than Paxton, is no longer in a completely Safe Republican race.
— As strange as it may seem, Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s (R, TX-15) reelection bid in a Trump +18 district now appears to be a genuine Toss-up.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The open Texas Senate race moves to Toss-up, as state Rep. James Talarico (D) leads in polls more often than not against state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who will need a rescue operation from national Republicans.
— Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), though much better-positioned than Paxton, is no longer in a completely Safe Republican race.
— As strange as it may seem, Rep. Monica De La Cruz’s (R, TX-15) reelection bid in a Trump +18 district now appears to be a genuine Toss-up.

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                            August 26, 2026Neither Party Represents People Like Me By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
If you listen to Democrat politicians describe their opponents—whether Republicans in general or, more specifically, President Donald Trump, MAGA, or the America First coalition—one of their favorite terms is “extremist.” Yet voters don’t appear to perceive ideological extremism quite as the rhetoric would suggest.

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                            August 25, 2026Why Hasan Piker Mocks a Murdered Man By Daniel McCarthy
   Hasan Piker is deeply envious of Charlie Kirk.

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                            August 25, 2026Is the USA Going Bankrupt? By Stephen Moore
   Thank God, no, we aren't going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt.

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                            August 21, 2026Socialists Shove the Resistance Aside in Florida By Michael Barone
   The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the contest for the Democratic nomination against appointed Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody in Florida.
August 20, 2026Democratic Outlook Brightens in Races for Vital State AG Posts By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— This year, 30 states are holding elections for attorney general. Currently, the GOP holds 27 attorney general offices to 23 for the Democrats (counting an independent in Hawaii who was appointed by Democratic Gov. Josh Green).
— Our analysis suggests that eight AG races this year are currently competitive, up from seven when we last looked at these races a year ago. Two are Toss-ups, down from five a year ago, with three of last year’s Toss-ups shifting to Leans Democratic.
— All the shifts we’ve made in this analysis benefit the Democrats. In addition to the three races that switched from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, two races shifted from Safe Republican to Likely Republican and two races shifted from Likely Republican to Leans Republican.
August 19, 2026Florida’s Primary: Senate Race Moves Back to Safe Republican, While a Pair of House Races Remain Where They Were By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In an upset last night, Florida Democrats nominated state Rep. Angie Nixon over the much better funded, and less progressive, Alex Vindman.
— Without Vindman’s fundraising capacity, Democrats will probably have an even harder time against appointed Sen. Ashley Moody (R), so we are moving the race from Likely Republican to Safe Republican.
— In the 7th District, Rep. Cory Mills (R) became the 12th member this year to lose a primary; his defeat actually leaves the GOP better-positioned to hold his seat.
— South Florida Democrats also made an electorally wise choice of their own, opting to renominate Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) in the marginal FL-25 over his more progressive primary opponent.

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                            August 19, 2026Racist Tests By John Stossel
   Did you know that the SAT is racist?