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                            August 14, 2024Native Truths By John Stossel
   American kids are now taught that before Christopher Columbus wrecked things, peaceful Native Americans protected the environment.

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                            August 13, 2024Donald Trump Has to Run Like It's 2016 Again By Daniel McCarthy
   If Donald Trump wants to return to the White House, he has to get serious about winning the "ground war."

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                            August 13, 2024Natural Gas Is Now Cheaper Than Water By Stephen Moore
   Among the great mythologies of recent years, one stands out above the rest, is that the world is in a "great energy transition." Actually, the world IS in a dramatic energy transition. But it isn't the one the Left wants it to be.

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                            August 9, 2024The Symmetrical Vice Presidential Picks: Polarized Politics Continues By Michael Barone
   There is an uncanny symmetry in the two presidential candidates' choice of vice presidential running mates. There are a few superficial differences -- Republican J.D. Vance is 40, Democrat Tim Walz 60. Vance is bearded, Walz balding.
August 8, 2024In Passing on a Swing State VP, Harris Makes a Pick That Fits Recent History By Joel K. Goldstein
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Although circumstances constricted Vice President Harris’s Veepstakes, she appears to have conducted a careful and thoughtful process that produced a good choice.
— Harris’s process was unique in its focus on Democratic governors and the selection of Gov. Tim Walz will be the first sitting governor as the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 100 years.
— Although Harris vetted candidates from competitive states, like other recent presidential candidates she chose a running mate who was not from a true swing state, demonstrating again that vice presidential candidates are chosen for reasons other than their ability to carry a competitive state.
— Harris’s focus on candidates who had demonstrated political and governmental success in competitive and even red states suggests an emphasis on candidates who can appeal to centrist voters including those beyond the Democratic base.
— The rollout tour will be important in defining Walz in the public’s eye, elevating Harris from the role of vice president to presidential candidate, and demonstrating the themes of and dynamic between the Democratic ticket.

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                            August 7, 2024Just Who Is the Real Middle-Class President? By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden talked incessantly about his "from the middle class out" economic strategy. Given his record, it would have been more accurate to call it the "middle class down and out" plan. Inflation has eroded away any income gains under Biden's presidency.

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                            August 7, 2024Slavery in America By John Stossel
Today people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst.

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                            August 6, 2024Is Trump Running Against Harris -- or Donald Trump? By Daniel McCarthy
   Donald Trump and Kamala Harris may be rivals for the White House, but they're not exactly competing in the same race.

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                            August 2, 2024The 'White Dudes for Harris' Zoom Call Was ... Weird By Michael Barone
Monday night's "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom call, with some 90,000 registered to participate, was surely a landmark in political history. Nearly 200 years ago, when the Democratic Party was being formed to elect and reelect Andrew Jackson, the entire American electorate, with exceptions, such as Black New Englanders, property-owning Black New Yorkers, and New Jersey widows, was made up of "white dudes."
August 1, 2024Harris’s VP Choice: Her Options, and the Possible Home State Effects By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE— Because of the unprecedented nature of the 2024 campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris, who stepped up to lead the Democratic ticket less than two weeks ago, has had an unusually abbreviated window in which to vet her own vice presidential prospects.
— The leading contenders to join Harris on the ticket are Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), although we are watching several other names.
— If Harris picks a running mate from a true swing state (like Arizona or Pennsylvania), it would be unusual, at least considering recent history, as most recent picks have not come from states at the center of the electoral map.
— Research is mixed on the home state bonus afforded by running mates; if any effect does exist, it is likely small—although just a small effect could be decisive in a key state.

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                            July 31, 2024RFK Jr.  By John Stossel
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won applause at the Libertarian presidential convention by criticizing government lockdowns and deficit spending, and saying America shouldn't police the world.

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                            July 30, 2024Biden's Rent Control Schemes Will Backfire on Renters -- They Always Do By Stephen Moore
It's clear why President Joe Biden desperately wants to bring down housing prices and rent. With mortgage interest rates double what they were when former President Donald Trump took office, mortgage payments have roughly doubled since 2020, and rents are up in many cities by more than 30%.

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                            July 30, 2024Kamala Harris' 'Mean Girls' Election By Daniel McCarthy
Is Kamala Harris running for president or prom queen?

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                            July 26, 2024Facing the Consequences of Presidents Choosing Their Successors By Michael Barone
The astonishing political events of the last four weeks make plain, once again, how much of America's history depends on what voters have come to accept as the choice of one person: each presidential nominee's choice of a vice presidential candidate. Even as the nomination process was expanded, half a century ago, to include millions of primary voters, the choice of the vice presidential nominee has devolved from smoke-filled rooms of bosses who represented large constituencies to the choice of a single person.

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                            July 24, 2024Harris Polling Better than Trump? Fat Chance By Brian Joondeph
What a few weeks it’s been! Starting with President Joe Biden’s trainwreck debate performance a few weeks ago, stumbling and stuttering, with his zinger “We finally beat Medicare,” to an attempted and bungled assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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                            July 24, 2024President Oliver? By John Stossel
Now it's Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris.

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                            July 23, 2024Where Does Joe Biden Rank Among America's Worst Presidents? By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden's time in the White House is mercifully coming to an end. He's now officially a lame duck with six months to go.

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                            July 19, 2024Echoes of History in This Year's Campaign By Michael Barone
For those of a certain age, or with more than a woke education, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump brings back echoes of history.

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                            July 17, 2024Trump's Promises By John Stossel
This week, Donald Trump will officially become the Republican nominee.

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                            July 16, 2024Are Republicans Ready for Biden's Counterattack? By Daniel McCarthy
Donald Trump has a lot of things to celebrate this week, but a foregone conclusion in November isn't one of them.
Joe Biden is down in the polls and losing the unwinnable war against time's toll.
But he's nothing if not tenacious, and the president has a trick ready to turn Trump's latest triumph -- over an assassin's bullet -- into a political defeat.