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		<title>Trump Celebrates America’s 250th With Partisan Flare</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The President's July 4th celebration lasted into the 5th.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sunday’s Forum</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/sundays-forum-292/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Happy 250th Forum!!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>OTB Designs Over the Years</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Photo for Friday: “Sky of Tiers”</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/a-photo-for-friday-327/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo for Friday]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA["Sky of Tiers"]]></description>
		
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		<title>More “Republic, Not a Democracy” Analysis</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/more-republic-not-a-democracy-analysis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[A Republic Not a Democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Promotion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a new essay on the topic.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birthright Citizenship As Good Policy, Not Just Constitutional Law</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[University of Virginia Law professor Amanda Frost argues that, now that the legal argument for birthright citizenship has been won (for now at least), proponents should start making the argument on policy grounds. [Justice John Roberts&#8217; majority] opinion is a meticulous rendition of U.S. history up to the 1868 ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, drawing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Twenty-five Things I Appreciate about America at 250 Years</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/twenty-five-things-i-appreciate-about-america-at-250-years/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Bailey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A reminder that there is still much that is good about our country.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mamdani Derangement Syndrome</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/mamdani-derangement-syndrome/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Science and Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everything is not political.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Friday’s Forum</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/fridays-forum-289/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Open Forum]]></category>
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		<title>OTB Has A Brand New Look</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/otb-has-a-brand-new-look/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Joyner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[OTB History]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Out with 2018. In with 2026.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Status Quo? Say it Ain’t so!</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-status-quo-say-it-aint-so/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am old enough to remember when conservatives liked the status quo.]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Front of Our Noses</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/in-front-of-our-noses-4/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dumbest Timeline]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Meanwhile in North Korea]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sure, this is normal.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tabby Thursday</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/tabby-thursday-17/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tab Clearing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So many tabs...]]></description>
		
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		<title>In Front of Our Noses</title>
		<link>https://outsidethebeltway.com/in-front-of-our-noses-3/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven L. Taylor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A President enriching himself via the office]]></description>
		
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