10/9/2025

Karl's Latest In

Trump's Problem Is a Lack of Focus [[link removed]] October 9, 2025

There’s so much happening, it’s overwhelming—for news junkies watching events unfold and for the White House trying to manage it all. The federal government is shut down over stupid demands.

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Polling News & Notes

No Signs of Imminent Blue Wave [[link removed]] October 9, 2025

At this point in the 2018 Midterm Election cycle, there were plenty of signs that Republicans were marching into a debacle. The 2026 Midterm Elections do not have those same warning signs, as pointed out by NBC News’ Steve Kornacki, and Republicans likely have Democrats to thank for it.

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On The Air

Katie Porter on Trump Voters: How Her Interview is Shaping the California Race [[link removed]] October 9, 2025

Fox News contributor Karl Rove and 'The Five' co-host Jessica Tarlov respond to California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter sparring with a reporter on 'The Story.'

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This Week's Recommended Readings

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today [[link removed]] October 8, 2025 Scott Lincicome | The Dispatch

I'm the first to admit that Capitolism talks about trade too much, but, in my defense, the president keeps forcing my hand. Our latest motivation comes in the form of 25 percent tariffs on sofas and kitchen cabinets, which officially take effect next week and ratchet even higher next year (to 30 and 50 percent, respectively).

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The ‘Jews’ Are a Proxy for a Far Bigger Political Fight [[link removed]] October 1, 2025 Michael Doran | The Free Press

Historically, Americans have been less susceptible than Europeans to antisemitism. But since October 7, 2023, American Jews have found themselves squarely in the crosshairs of the political left and the political right.

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The Deficit Trap: Why Spending Cuts Must Take Center Stage [[link removed]] September 30, 2025 Adam Michel | Civitas Institute

Following a campaign that paid regular lip service to the threat of rising budget deficits, the passage of the Republicans' large tax and spending package, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), should leave budget hawks unsettled.

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250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Democracy and the American Revolution [[link removed]] October 9, 2025 Yuval Levin | American Enterprise Institute

July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and, therefore, of the United States of America. That we can point to such a distinct starting point marks us as a modern nation, perhaps the first modern nation: No countries older than the United States, but almost all countries younger, can claim to know in this way exactly when they were born.

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This week's recommended podcast

Bari Weiss Takes the Reins at CBS and Might Just Save Legacy Media Along the Way [[link removed]] Mark Halperin | Next Up

Mark Halperin dissects the legacy media meltdown over Bari Weiss’s appointment as editor-in-chief of CBS News. He unpacks the internal uproar and the outrage from many of the same type of left-leaning journalists who once drove Weiss out of The New York Times — and explains why she may be CBS’s best hope to rebuild credibility and profitability.

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