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Think More: Thursday, June 4, 2026
A CIA officer’s $40 million in gold, the Tenderloin’s Honduran cartels, Maine’s Democratic mess, Trump’s AI order, and the religious-liberty fight.
The Squeeze Nobody Voted For
A new Napolitan survey finds 64% of voters say they are spending more than a year ago. The squeeze crosses party lines, and Democrats now lead on the economy.
Think More: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Zeldin's $29 billion in referrals, a quarter-billion-dollar food fraud, an Iranian agent in New York, the accreditation racket, and the spending squeeze.
One Bill From Trouble
A plurality of voters say the country is already in a recession. Beneath the argument over the label, the survey finds a nation split between those with a cushion and those without one.
Think More: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Paxton ousts Cornyn, Rabb's socialist win, California's NGO money, a third UCLA antisemitism suit, and the economy.
Think More: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Oxnevad on Beijing's hand in your power bill, Solomon on the buried Mar-a-Lago memo, Flannery at the Tomb, Bray on Newsom's phantom railhead.
He Who Rewrites the Story — Rules
Two reports expose how a narrow elite is rewriting America's monuments and overriding the public they're meant to serve.
Welcome to the Machine
Sydney Harris warned that men would learn to think like machines. He did not foresee that machines would become the judges of what men make.
The People Who Still Trust Washington
Voter confidence in the federal government slips to 24%, and the few believers cluster among the politically obsessed.
Think More: Friday, May 22, 2026
Riley measures the new tech barons against the founders, the CCP runs fraud as statecraft, the data clears Kash Patel, Dreher reads a killer's manifesto, and on Memorial Day weekend, T.R. at Gettysburg.
The Compact Nobody Expects to Be Honored
A new Napolitan survey finds only 35% favor the National Popular Vote Compact, and even its sympathizers expect blue states would break the pledge the moment it cost them the White House.
Think More: Thursday, May 21, 2026
The Justice Department indicts Raúl Castro, the DNC's disavowed 2024 autopsy, Rasmussen on the popular-vote compact, Samuelson on John Adams, and more.
Think More: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Severi on Massie's ouster, JTN on the broader sweep, Stiles on the ash heap, the Post on Iran's moment of truth, and Poulos and Davidson on the data-center backlash.
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American Pride at a Three-Year Low
Pride in country is down nineteen points from its 2024 peak. Among Democrats and AOC-aligned voters, the floor is dropping faster.
Think More: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Eastman on Justice Thomas's defense of natural-law constitutionalism, the Federalist on how the CCP manufactures American citizens, the Justice Department exposes a twenty-year California voter registration scheme, and five more pieces worth reading.
The AI Race is Lost without Power
AI politics has moved from chatbots to power plants. Conservatives need a doctrine of building before the agencies and the Left write one for them.
We Don’t Need No (Civic) Education
What universities require tells you what they worship.
Capital Is Not a Hostage
A new Napolitan poll finds bipartisan majorities endorse a corporation's right to walk away. The voters have ratified federalism.
Think More: Monday, May 18, 2026
Davidson reads Britain's local elections as the drift toward civil war, Smarick on Republican governors leading higher-education reform, Republicans pursue a double-digit House swing post-Callais, and seven more pieces worth reading.
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