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January 8, 2026Low Gas Prices Don’t Seem to be Moving the Needle for Trump—and He’s No Exception Historically By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— The price of a gallon of gasoline in President Trump’s first year in office has been relatively low, with gas recently dipping under $3 a gallon on average for the first time in half a decade, when the pandemic was having a major effect on the economy and society at large.
— That said, Trump’s overall approval rating remains underwater, and it is weaker now than it was a few months ago. Trump’s approval numbers on the economy and inflation—the latter of which would seem to be most connected to the price of gasoline—are weaker than his overall approval.
— There is some connection, historically, between gas prices and presidential approval, but that connection has been weaker lately.

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                            January 7, 2026Hollywood vs. Individualism By John Stossel
        Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams.

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                            January 6, 2026Why Hasn't Trump Repealed Biden's $50 Billion Backdoor Business Tax Increase? By Stephen Moore
   The Trump administration took a well-deserved victory lap last week for repealing more than 100 Biden-era rules for every new regulation. This will save U.S. businesses potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of unnecessary costs. Gone are discriminatory racial preferences, Green New Deal mandates and electric vehicle mandates -- to name a few.

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                            January 6, 2026Tim Walz Personifies Democrats' Decline By Daniel McCarthy
   Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party's Tim Walz crisis isn't.

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                            January 2, 2026On Immigration and Citizenship, Listen to George Washington By Michael Barone
        As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar -- and possibly billion-dollar -- fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota's Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one year's end and the next one's beginning to take a longer look at America's experience with immigration, and to seek the guidance of the first and one of its two greatest presidents.

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                            December 31, 2025Doomed? By John Stossel
   While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation in decline."

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                            December 30, 2025Why Christmas Is America’s Favorite Holiday Again By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.
A recent Rasmussen Reports national survey shows that Christmas has once again regained its status as America’s most important holiday, with 55% of American adults saying it’s among the nation’s top celebrations and another 30% placing it “somewhere in between.” 

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                            December 30, 2025The Economists Got 2025 All Wrong By Stephen Moore
   Well, Donald Trump has done it again!

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                            December 30, 2025Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ By Daniel McCarthy
   At Harvard University today, professors who teach Western history are history.

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                            December 24, 2025Socialism vs. Capitalism By John Stossel
   People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism."

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                            December 23, 2025It's a Wonderful President By Stephen Moore
   I've been shocked that Americans are in such a grumpy mood as reflected in all the public opinion polls.

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                            December 23, 2025JD Vance Gets America's Creed and Heritage Right  By Daniel McCarthy
   With America's 250th birthday as an independent nation coming up in 2026, the big debate on the right this season about what it means to be an American couldn't be more timely.

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                            December 19, 2025We Have Reached the Emily Litella Moment on Climate Change By Michael Barone
   It's been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America's 2024-25 winter was pretty cold too. It's gotten to the point that "polar vortex" is a phrase on just about everyone's lips.
December 18, 2025Examining Democrats’ 2025 Victories in Pennsylvania and What They Could Mean for the Future By Nick Field
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In Pennsylvania, Democrats swept this year’s state Supreme Court retention contests, which could be interpreted as a victory for Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) as he looks ahead to 2026, and perhaps beyond.
— In swing counties like Erie and Northampton, Democratic county executive nominees outperformed Kamala Harris’s 2024 showing, including with Hispanic voters.
— Republicans did continue to narrow Democrats’ statewide voter registration advantage throughout 2025, although Democrats did end the year on a better note.

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                            December 17, 2025Why Johnny Can't Read By Stephen Moore
        Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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                            December 17, 2025Government Control in the Digital Age By John Stossel
        Politicians push government IDs.

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                            December 16, 2025Trump's Inflation Trap By Daniel McCarthy
   What can Donald Trump do to stop morphing into Joe Biden?
December 11, 2025After Trump Pardons Cuellar, TX-28 Moves to Leans Democratic By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— In what was a surprising bipartisan move last week, President Donald Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D, TX-28), who was indicted on corruption and money laundering charges.
— Though the state’s new GOP-drawn House map faced some legal hurdles, the Supreme Court recently greenlit the mid-decade gerrymander for 2026.
— Republicans will very likely net seats under the new Texas map, though Cuellar may have actually gotten a more favorable district.
— Considering his pardon and the new lines, we are moving Cuellar from Toss-up to Leans Democratic.
— To the delight of national Republicans, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D, TX-30) made a late entry into the Senate race. We are holding the race at Likely Republican.

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                            December 10, 2025Wikipevil? By John Stossel
        Wikipedia is "Wokepedia," complains Elon Musk. That's because it's become so left-wing.

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                            December 9, 2025Biden's Immigration Debacle Is the Media's, Too By Daniel McCarthy
        The New York Times has invented a new genre of reporting -- covering big stories showing Democrats in a bad light years after the events that matter.