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Free Speech: Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
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Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
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Paul Sperry, New York Post
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Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
McConnell's Sad Final Act
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
Could Pennsylvania Become the Next Ohio?
Aaron Flanigan, AMAC
Dems Would Look Weak If They Skip Trump's Inauguration
Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine
A Cauldron of Cultural Forces Threatening Our Body Politic
Peder Zane, RCP
The Government Should Probably Tell Us What's in the Sky, Huh?
Jim Newell, Slate
Drone Saga Is Sad End of Profoundly Failed Presidency
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
America Must Unite Around Progress Mindset
Clay Routledge, RealClearPolitics
What MAGA Means
Adam Ellwanger, TomKlingenstein.com
Facing America's New Self-Evident Truths
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
Energy Is What It Takes To Power Tech Dominance
Kevin McCarthy, ALFA Institute
Why It's Probably Better To Throw Plastic in the Trash
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearPolitics
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Andrew Miller, FOX News
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Stephen Lind, LA Times
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David DesRosiers, RealClear Media Fund

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Washington Examiner
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Chicago Tribune

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Pass the Kids Online Safety Act Before It's Too Late
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President-Elect Trump

Trump Celebrates TIME Magazine Cover, Ringing NYSE Bell

Donald Trump is in Manhattan this morning to "ring the opening bell" at the New York Stock Exchange. With the photo of him as Time Magazine's Person of the Year in the background, Trump signs the NYSE guest book and learns he is the first president to ring the opening bell since Reagan. Read More

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Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias had a rough election. Several of his clients, notably Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, fell to defeat. But instead of accepting their losses, Elias disputed the presidential and senatorial results in Pennsylvania, leading to charges that Elias, a self-advertised "democracy defender," is what he's accused Donald Trump of being: an "election denier." Read More

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Analysis & Commentary

Barone: Free Speech--Why a Tech Titan Backed Trump

Why did Marc Andreessen -- inventor of the first internet web browser, and perhaps the prime venture capitalist in Silicon Valley today -- switch from his longstanding support of the Democratic Party and back President-elect Donald Trump this year? Because, in his view, the Democrats who claim to be the great scourge of "disinformation" are threatening to embed disinformation in the bedrock of society. At least that's my interpretation of Andreessen's comments in a wide-ranging interview with The Free Pres Read More

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Election 2024 Trump Harris Spread    
RCP National Average 48.6 48.7 Harris +0.1
   
Multi-Candidate Average 47.3 47.2 Trump +0.1
   
Top Battlegrounds 48.5 47.7 Trump +0.8
   
RCP Betting Average 60.0 38.6  
Electoral College Trump Harris Toss Ups
RCP Electoral Map 219 211 108
No Toss Up States 287 251  
Battlegrounds
Trump Harris Spread
Georgia 49.1 47.8 Trump +1.3
   
North Carolina 48.7 47.5 Trump +1.2
   
Pennsylvania 48.5 48.1 Trump +0.4
   
Michigan 47.8 48.3 Harris +0.5
   
Wisconsin 48.2 48.6 Harris +0.4
   
Arizona 49.1 46.3 Trump +2.8
   
Minnesota 45.5 49.5 Harris +4.0
   
Ohio 53.3 44.0 Trump +9.3
   
Nevada 48.2 47.6 Trump +0.6
   
Texas 52.5 43.5 Trump +9.0
   
New Hampshire 45.8 50.0 Harris +4.2
   
Virginia 44.5 49.5 Harris +5.0
   
2024 vs. 2020 2024 2020 Spread    
Top Battlegrounds R +0.8 D +2.0 Trump +2.8  
RCP National Average D +0.1 D +7.2 Trump +7.1  
Favorability Rating D +4.3 D +19.0 Trump +14.7  
2020 vs. 2016 2020 2016 Spread    
Top Battlegrounds D +2.0 D +0.2 Biden +1.8  
RCP National Average D +7.2 D +3.2 Biden +4.0  
Favorability Rating D +19.0 D +5.4 Biden +13.6  
Electoral Map | No Toss Up Map | Senate Map | Latest Polls
Battle for Senate
43 Dems 7 GOP 50
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GOP +3 Pick-Ups
State Spread
Ohio Moreno (R) +1.7
Michigan Slotkin (D) +2.3
Pennsylvania Casey (D) +1.8
Wisconsin Baldwin (D) +1.8
Nevada Rosen (D) +4.9
Arizona Gallego (D) +2.6
Texas Cruz (R) +4.4
Montana Sheehy (R) +7.7
Maryland Leans Dem
Florida Leans GOP
New Mexico Leans Dem
Missouri Likely GOP
Virginia Likely Dem
RCP Senate Map | No Toss Ups | Latest Senate Polls
Battle for House
195 Dems 39 GOP 201
Generic Vote
Republicans +0.3
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Toss Up Races
Maine CD 2 Theriault (R) Vs. Golden (D)
Nebraska CD 2 Bacon (R) Vs. Vargas (D)
Nevada CD 1 Titus (D) Vs. Robertson (R)
Nevada CD 3 Lee (D) Vs. Johnson (R)
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New Mexico CD 2 Herrell (R) Vs. Vasquez (D)
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