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Ahead in 2026: You Read It Here First [[link removed]] January 8, 2026

Before offering my predictions for 2026, let’s review my score for 2025. I had about 56% right, 42% wrong, 2%—one prediction—to be determined.

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Polling News & Notes

First Reactions to Venezuela Strike [[link removed]] January 8, 2026

The first numbers on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro show that Americans are cautiously supportive, according to new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

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On The Air

The Problem for Democrats is Nominating Candidates Who Are ‘Too Far Left' [[link removed]] December 28, 2025

Fox News contributor and former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove discusses what lies ahead with the 2026 midterms on ‘Sunday Night in America.’

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This Week's Recommended Readings

Ben Sasse and the Path Not Taken [[link removed]] December 31, 2025 Josh Lewis | The Dispatch

Christmas merriment this year was tinged with sadness as we learned of former Sen. Ben Sasse’s advanced cancer diagnosis. In a lengthy social media post on December 23, he let the world know that he is “gonna die.”

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The International Costs of Chinese Use of Force Against Taiwan [[link removed]] January 5, 2026 Zack Cooper | American Enterprise Institute

How costly would a conflict over Taiwan be for China’s international standing and relationships around the world?

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The Crisis of the Islamic Republic of Iran [[link removed]] January 6, 2026 Zineb Riboua | Hudson

In recent days, a widening popular uprising has taken shape across Iran, as protests driven by deepening economic chaos intensify.

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250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

This Week in American History: The Revolution’s First Hot Take [[link removed]] January 7, 2026 Jonathan Horn | The Free Press

Had the writer Thomas Paine published Common Sense in the age of social media rather than in January 1776 amid what he called the Age of Reason, some commenters would surely have noted—using one of the more irritating idioms of the internet—that he had dared to say “the quiet part out loud”: America needed to sever ties with Great Britain.

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This week's recommended podcast

WTH: America 250 Begins! With Professor Gordon Wood. [[link removed]] Danielle Pletka and Marc A. Thiessen | What The Hell is Going On?

It is officially 2026, which means America is turning 250 this year. Our question on this semiquincentennial looks back to America’s founding and the constitutional framework that gave birth to our nation.

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