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		<title>The Kamala Konundrum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like it or not, the 2028 race is about to start. If it hasn't already.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump Calls South Carolina Senate Candidate ‘Trannie’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because of course.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Trump: Losing Los Angeles or San Diego ‘Small Price to Pay’ for Iran War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 11:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LAT (&#8220;Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally&#8220;): President Trump, speaking at a campaign rally Monday, suggested Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego — a comment that was possibly in jest but brought a quick reaction from leaders in California. Trump said he wanted to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tuesday’s Forum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why the Courts Reign Supreme</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congress is the strongest branch under the Constitution. It sure doesn't act like it. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hegseth’s Speech: Very Little on Iran, But A Lot of Christian Nationalism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For Pete it is more a Department of Culture War than actually being concerned with the actual war in Iran.]]></description>
		
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		<title>AG Monday: TNG S2 Part 2</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We continue our discussion of Star Trek: The Next Generation season two by discussing some of the must-watch and should-avoid episodes. There are classics like &#8220;Q Who,&#8221; &#8220;Measure Of A Man,&#8221; and &#8220;The Emissary.&#8221; Not only are they really good, but they established characters, adversaries, and plot elements that continued to be important for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Monday’s Forum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dumbest Timeline:  Stay Classy, Mr. President, Edition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From his Ohio rally.]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Tales of the Economics President</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Via Semafor: Decline in tourism hits US economy. Overseas visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year, with even the FIFA Men’s World Cup failing to arrest the decline in tourism. The slide is hurting the US economy, and as Axios put it, is partly “self-inflicted:” There has been [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sunday’s Forum</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Who Could Have Predicted It?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tariffs aren't bringing jobs, and fuel prices are making food more expensive.  Who could have predicted it?]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Front of Our Noses: “I’m going to give…”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know this is just a repeat of what he said last month, but it is worth pointing out again. It is also all the more gross to be doing this from the Oval Office instead of at a campaign event. The personalism of it all is also quite striking: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to give&#8230;&#8221; as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Democrats Optimistic One Month Before Midterms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the polls are to believed, a blowout is coming.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Alito Considering Retirement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I question the timing.]]></description>
		
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