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Sunday
Saturday
2016 all over again
Have the Democrats learned nothing in four years?
If anything, America has an under-incarceration problem
The victims of violent crime are paying the price
Friday
Rand Paul, BLM and DC’s street harassment laws
Trying to reason with a group that hates you and is motivated by fear and anger is useless
After the RNC, I am confident Trump will triumph
The Democrats own the anarchy they have unleashed and abetted
Trump redefines the race
Trump is using Biden’s inertia and lack of a positive agenda to define the Democrat
Why I won’t vote
If Trump wins, I reckon America will burn. If Trump loses, America will burn
Full transcript of President Trump’s RNC 2020 speech
‘We have spent the last four years reversing the damage Joe Biden inflicted over the last 47 years’
Wednesday
Kristi Noem, first female president?
The South Dakota governor actually embraces tenets of Trumpism, rather than mentioning them when it suits her career
Where is Biden’s post-convention bounce?
Polls suggest the DNC was a flop
We are all Rachel Dolezal now
Here was somebody who truly acted as if race was a social construct, and the antiracist intellectuals were furious about it
The most memorable RNC speakers are not the stars
The speech of the night belonged to Nick Sandmann
Tuesday
Melania’s moment
The First Lady finds her voice on night two of the RNC
The GOP’s ‘Great American Story’ will play well at the ballot box
The Republicans kicked things off in a spirit of affirmation and hope
The difference between the RNC and the DNC, according to the Trump campaign
‘An unending list of Washington DC insiders’
The Republicans have a race problem
For both parties, the strategy for base turnout undermines the strategy for winning the center
Make America Normal Again
Trump should double down on his COVID skepticism, just as Lukashenko did
Playing with fire
Democratic leaders who fail to condemn the West Coast rioters may get burned
Republicans actually make better TV
On night one, the GOP offered consistency and stability
Monday
Populist Trump can win
To triumph, the President needs to offer winning policies for sensible, everyday Americans
