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		<title>Wrong Answer, Right Answer</title>
		<link>https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/28/wrong-answer-right-answer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The US took more serious damage to Naval Support Activity Bahrain, one of CENTCOM&#8217;s naval control nodes in the Middle East, than was previously acknowledged. In response, DoD is considering a number of moves, two of which are the following. &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/28/wrong-answer-right-answer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Sell F-35s to Turkey because…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[…Turkey still has Russian S-400 air defense missile systems? The Trump administration is expected to override a decision by a Democratic lawmaker who is blocking a proposed $750 million sale of jet engines to Turkey over concerns about the country&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/27/dont-sell-f-35s-to-turkey-because/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What the Progressive-Democratic Party now Stands For</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With Party&#8217;s nomination of three Democratic Socialists of America for our nation&#8217;s House of Representatives, its election of DSA member Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor, its all but election of a DSA supporter as mayor of DC, and &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/26/what-the-progressive-democratic-party-now-stands-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Confidential</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fifteen-year-old boy who sued YouTube, Alphabet&#8216;s Google-owned company over YouTube&#8216;s alleged causing [of] mental health harms to children via its also alleged by-design addictive nature, has settled his lawsuit rather than insisting on going to trial. The terms of &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/26/confidential/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>False Dichotomy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[eehines]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal&#8216;s editors are at it again. Their lede lays out their (unrecognized) mistake. The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on President Trump&#8217;s birthright citizenship order. Win—or more likely—lose, he might take note that the success &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/25/false-dichotomy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>There is a Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crystal FitzSimons, Food Research &#38; Action Center President, is worried that reduced participation in SNAP is not an indication of reduced need for assistance. [T]the law&#8217;s stricter time limits, administrative hurdles, and pending cost-shift to states, along with inadequate benefits, &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/25/there-is-a-solution-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not about Fair Wages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A letter-writer to The Wall Street Journal&#8216;s Letters section seconded the editors&#8217; editorial on unions and their Leftist push. The letter-writer had this in support: Instead of focusing solely on issues like wages and benefits, union representatives demanded that the &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/24/its-not-about-fair-wages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Complexifying Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kyle Smith opened his piece in The Wall Street Journal&#8216;s Free Expression with a summary of a survey on non-pilots landing a passenger airplane in an emergency. Included in that was this bit about women&#8217;s assessment of men&#8217;s ability to &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/24/complexifying-problems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>That&#8217;s the Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recall that one of New York City&#8217;s Progressive-Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s goal was a plethora of city government-run grocery stores to sell groceries at &#8220;affordable prices&#8221;—which, for Mamdani, meant &#8220;cheaper than what existing grocery stores were selling.&#8221; He could mean &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/23/thats-the-point-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Contradiction in Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The lede lays it out. State financial aid continues to expand within higher education, allowing money to go to eligible illegal immigrant students. That&#8217;s an obvious oxymoron, or it should be. Leave aside the plain fact that folks in the &#8230; <a href="https://aplebessite.com/2026/06/23/contradiction-in-terms-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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