Publication: Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

The only way to give Donald Trump a real challenge is to consolidate the field early.

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The prosecutions ensure U.S. political bitterness for years and payback against Democrats.

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The fourth indictment of fTrump reads like an exercise at throwing everything at the jury to see what might stick. Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has assembled a 98-page charge sheet with little fresh evidence regarding Mr. Trump.

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Merrick Garland’s appointment Friday of David Weiss as a special counsel is best understood as political damage control after the Attorney General’s sweetheart plea deal with Hunter Biden blew up under judicial questioning. The result may be worse for the President’s son but better for Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.

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When Trump violated his oath of office after the 2020 election by attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, Republicans faced their worst choice yet between fact- and faith-based decision making: Banish him from office, or keep wishing, harder than ever. It wasn’t really a contest.

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They want the election to be all about the former President, all the time.

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His conduct is hard to defend, but a conviction for fraud would set a dangerous precedent.

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Yet the indictment offers no new evidence to establish a connection between the riot and Mr. Trump beyond his well-known tweets and public statements. Surely Mr. Smith would have added this to his conspiracy charges if he had found such evidence.

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It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.

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Alarmist stories about the weather, not the warm air itself, are behind the left’s anxiety and dread.

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Karl Rove: If the third party puts a conservative atop its ticket, it could lure Republican voters.

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When revenue is declining anyway, it doesn’t help to alienate half your audience with political posturing.

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He boosted the fortunes of blacks who were already better off but he has done little to help the black poor. Worse, by advocating an ever-larger welfare state that creates incentives not to work and subsidizes counterproductive behavior, Mr. Jackson and his political allies have inadvertently helped to keep the black poor impoverished.

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The Continent is experiencing a tentative revival of conservatism. Spain, which goes to the polls on July 23, could be the next country to do that most unusual of things these days: Elect a mainstream party of the center-right.

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“Average global temperature” is a meaningless measure, and comparisons to 125,000 years ago are preposterous.

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Peggy Noonan: Political cults are never good, often rise, always pass. May it this time come sooner rather than later.

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Karl Rove: Our nation is deeply divided and angry; it faces tremendous challenges at home and dangers abroad. These are best confronted by energetic new leadership. Whichever party figures this out will have the upper hand next year.

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He graduated Yale Law School. So did Bill and Hillary Clinton. Only his credentials get questioned.

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Karl Rove: His plan for winning back the voters he lost in 2020? Insisting that he actually won.

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The left doesn’t want voters exposed to black candidates with different political opinions.

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Covid lockdowns hastened the city’s decline, but it won’t recover as long as it clings to progressive obsessions.

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Peggy Noonan: Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security.

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The U.S. needs a debate between the California and Florida Governors.

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Judge Aileen Cannon gets the criminal document case, and she need not recuse herself.