12/18/2025

Karl's Latest In

Alarm Bells Ring, Are You Listening? [[link removed]] December 18, 2025

It’s the season of jingle bells and sleigh bells for most of us, but for the White House, alarm bells should be clanging. The administration is making mistakes that could result in a nasty 2026 midterm defeat for President Trump’s party.

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Karl's Upcoming TV Appearances America Reports Fox News Channel Friday, December 12, 2025 | 1:00 PM ET The Story with Martha MacCallum FOX NEWS CHANNEL Monday, December 22, 2025 | 3:00 PM ET America's Newsroom FOX NEWS CHANNEL Tuesday, December 23, 2025 | 9:00 AM ET Kilmeade & Friends FOX NEWS RADIO Wednesday, December 24, 2025 | 11:00 AM ET

Polling News & Notes

The Realities of the Affordability Crisis [[link removed]] December 18, 2025

The word of the year is “affordability,” but hammering the term does nothing unless it is paired with acknowledgement of the human costs.

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On The Air

Karl Rove Says 'Tough Steps Need to be Taken' to Improve the Economy [[link removed]] December 7, 2025

Shannon Bream hosts a panel on 'Fox News Sunday' to discuss President Donald Trump's road trip to address nationwide affordability concerns, the cost of building a strong defense budget and the Minnesota fraud scandal.

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This Week's Recommended Readings

Norman Podhoretz: The Longest Journey in the World [[link removed]] December 17, 2025 Norman Podhoretz | The Free Press

“One of the longest journeys in the world is the journey from Brooklyn to Manhattan.”

I wrote that line in 1967, and for better or worse, it has been quoted back to me ever since. I wrote it because it was true. Fifty-eight years later, it still is.

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China Just Had a ‘Sputnik Moment.’ This GOP Lawmaker Is Urging Americans to Recognize It [[link removed]] December 17, 2025 Peter Savodnik | The Free Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls him a “communist groomer.”

Elon Musk says he’s a “pedophile apologist.”

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China’s Stealth War Has Already Begun [[link removed]] December 16, 2025 Nikki Haley & John Walters | The Free Press

Mention China to a typical foreign-policy “expert” on the left or right, and they’ll describe it as a formidable adversary with a chance to challenge the U.S. But that conventional wisdom is way out-of-date: Communist China’s war on the U.S. has already begun.

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250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

The Spirit of Independence and the Rhythm of Democratic Politics [[link removed]] December 2025 Bryan Garsten | American Enterprise Institute

It is only natural to wonder, after 250 years, how long the American republic will last. While we may sometimes imagine the possibility of a “perpetual republic,” the most reliable prediction about any country—or about any state of affairs—is the one Abraham Lincoln grappled with at the end of a speech in Wisconsin in 1859: “This, too, shall pass away.”

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This week's recommended podcast

WTH Do MAGA Republicans Think on Foreign Policy? Roger Zakheim Explains. [[link removed]] Danielle Pletka & Marc Thiessen | What The Hell is Going On?

The Reagan National Defense Survey has again illuminated the MAGA world: MAGA Republicans are not isolationists, nor are the majority of Americans.

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