Real Clear Politics

What Sen. Graham Wanted

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly last night, was a pivotal citizen of the Washington conversation. He loved being in the mix, slapping bipartisan backs off camera, and then, when the lights came on, cracking wise, weighing in, and, yes, currying favor with a certain Audience of One.

Mamdani Touts Big Business Investments in New York

For a socialist who once opined that New York would be better off without billionaires, Zohran Mamdani - the mayor of a city with more billionaires than any other city on the globe - sure doesn't mind basking in the investment boom that is currently sweeping through Gotham.

Practical Politics and the Triumph of Sen. Graham

Lindsey Graham, the senior US senator from South Carolina, died unexpectedly on Saturday, aged 71. This being Anno Domini 2026, the famously hawkish Republican's demise was greeted with open joy by his opponents on the antiwar Left and the hard Right. "Good riddance," posted Ana Kasparian. Nick Fuentes said the exact same thing. Many others shared the same sentiment with slightly more circumspection.

X and the State of the Media With Lee Smith

On this week's episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, J. Peder Zane and James Varney speak with Tablet writer and RCI contributor Lee Smith about conservative media in the Trump era wit

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