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					<title>A Deal With Iran or a Mirage?</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:34:54 -0500</pubDate>
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				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Herb, et al.,&nbsp;CNN]]></author></item>
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					<title>NATO May Face Punishment Over Unhelpfulness</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:34:57 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/nato_may_face_punishment_over_unhelpfulness_696660.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-weighs-punishing-certain-nato-countries-over-lack-of-iran-war-support-a2361995?st=nG4WTg]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696660</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Linskey &amp; Gramer, Wall Street Journal]]></author></item>
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					<title>Bretton Woods 2.0, the New Great Game and Trump</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:34:59 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/bretton_woods_20_the_new_great_game_and_trump_696631.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://wellington-altus.ca/april-market-insights-bretton-woods-2-0-the-new-great-game-and-trump/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696631</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[James Thorne, Wellington-Altus]]></author></item>
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					<title>Tucker, Megyn Kelly Have Big Audience--Matter to Trump</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/09/scarborough_tucker_carlson_and_megyn_kelly.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/09/scarborough_tucker_carlson_and_megyn_kelly.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700696655</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Joe Scarborough, MS Now]]></author></item>
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					<title>Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly Are Low IQ Losers</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:08 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon - Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They're stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don't have what it takes, and they never did! They've all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren't even invited on TV because nobody cares about them,...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/tucker_carlson_and_megyn_kelly_are_low_iq_losers_696658.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116376634773749603]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696658</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[President Trump, Truth Social]]></author></item>
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					<title>Assumptions About Economy That Could Prove Very Wrong</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:11 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Previously uninvestable sectors are becoming attractive because of underlying technological shifts, and the gloomier inverse is also true.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/assumptions_about_economy_that_could_prove_very_wrong_696662.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/09/2026/were-making-assumptions-about-the-economy-that-could-prove-disastrously-wrong]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696662</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Liz Hoffman, Semafor]]></author></item>
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					<title>Only Prosecutions Can End DOJ Weaponization</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ By 'ending weaponization,' the media mean Trump's DOJ should do nothing about years of Democrat lawfare, until Democrats can do it again.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/only_prosecutions_can_end_doj_weaponization_696613.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/09/only-prosecutions-can-end-dems-doj-weaponization-but-media-pretend-thats-not-obvious/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696613</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Elle Purnell, The Federalist]]></author></item>
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					<title>Why One 'Big Beautiful Bill' Wasn't Enough for Republicans</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:20 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/why_one_big_beautiful_bill_wasnt_enough_for_republicans_696649.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/why-one-big-beautiful-bill-wasn-t-enough-for-republicans/ar-AA20vglz]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696649</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine]]></author></item>
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					<title>Newsom's $30 Billion Fraud Magnet</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:26 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ California's In-Home Supportive Services Program is ripe for scams, experts say.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/08/newsoms_30_billion_fraud_magnet_696553.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-in-home-supportive-services-program-fraud-gavin-newsom?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696553</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Rufo &amp; Schrupp, City Journal]]></author></item>
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					<title>Stanley Kubrick's Prophecies</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/07/stanley_kubricks_prophecies_696463.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/stanley-kubrick-prophecies]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696463</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[David Mikics, Tablet Magazine]]></author></item>
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					<title>How Negotiations Can Achieve Victory in Iran</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:49 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Trump can't negotiate away free movement in the Strait of Hormuz or highly enriched uranium.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/how_negotiations_can_achieve_victory_in_iran_696594.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-victory-looks-like-in-iran-897b8767?st=VzpJdc]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696594</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jonathan Panikoff, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/713852_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>After Trump Pauses War, Iranians Claim Victory</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:53 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Shortly after President Donald Trump threatened to erase the &quot;whole civilization&quot; of Iran, all 6,000 years of it, the crowds came out into the streets of Tehran waving flags - and not white ones. They bore the green, white and red banners of the still-standing Islamic Republic. Some set fire to the star-spangled ones of the superpower that, according to state media, they had just &quot;humiliated.&quot;]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/after_trump_pauses_war_iranians_claim_victory_696650.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/after-trump-pauses-war-iranians-fly-flags-of-victory-not-surrender/ar-AA20uOSq]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696650</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Steve Hendrix, Washington Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714305_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Trump, Hormuz and the End of the Free Ride</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:56 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ For half a century, Western strategists have known that the Strait of Hormuz is the acute point where energy, sea power and political will intersect. That knowledge is not in dispute. What is new in this war with Iran is that the United States, under Donald Trump, has chosen not to rush to &quot;solve&quot; the problem. In Hegelian terms, he is refusing an easy synthesis in order to force the underlying contradiction to the surface. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/trump_hormuz_and_the_end_of_the_free_ride_696640.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://x.com/DrJStrategy/status/2040029898295632377]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696640</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[James Thorne, X]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/713835_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Myth of the Downwardly Mobile College Graduate</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:36:10 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose their value. Many have been forced into menial jobs - while others cling to their prestigious positions only by accepting ever more exploitative terms of employment.   ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/the_myth_of_the_downwardly_mobile_college_graduate_696648.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-myth-of-the-downwardly-mobile-college-graduate/ar-AA20uXp3]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696648</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Eric Levitz, Vox]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/569686_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ The Myth of the Downwardly Mobile College Graduate]]></media:title>
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					<title>How the Left Ditched Class</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:36:01 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ I remember where I was sitting when Adolph Reed Jr. and Walter Benn Michaels told the left that it was making a historic mistake.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/how_the_left_ditched_class_696416.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-the-left-ditched-class/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696416</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Ryan Zickgraf, Compact Magazine]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714278_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Mid-Air Birth Shows How Stupid Birthright Citizenship Is</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:32:23 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The extreme manipulation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause must end now if the republic is to survive.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/mid-air_birth_shows_how_stupid_birthright_citizenship_is_696562.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/08/mid-air-birth-flies-home-how-stupid-birthright-citizenship-is/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696562</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[M.D. Kittle, The Federalist]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/713981_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Women Don't Like Trump, But Will They Vote for Democrats?</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:36:06 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ But will they actually vote for the Democrats?]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/women_dont_like_trump_but_will_they_vote_for_democrats_696596.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/women-are-done-with-trump]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696596</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Lakshya Jain, Substack]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/70/708871_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Voters Still Want Normalcy</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:37:50 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ There's a strange dynamic at work in American politics. In volatile times, the message of the last two presidential elections seems to be that voters are yearning for someone to restore a measure of normality to national life. Partisans on both sides always think the moment is ripe for radicalism. But voters in the middle seem to want normal. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/voters_still_want_normalcy_696341.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/voters-still-want-normalcy-ce53efaf?st=c8XW2T]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696341</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Gerard Baker, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714306_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>'Organic' Protests That Come With Price Tags</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:37:55 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Foreign adversaries have figured out what American political campaigns are still learning: in a world where public opinion shapes policy, the battle for hearts and minds is fought on your phone. Iran, China, and Russia cannot compete with the United States militarily. But they can reach directly into your living room through social media, front organizations, and direct support of protest movements. All of this with the intent of making voters question whether the fight du jour, in this case Iran, is even worth it.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/organic_protests_that_come_with_price_tags_696451.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/sI6W0]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696451</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Alex Tarascio, The Daily Wire]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/710925_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Private Credit Cartels</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Wall Street wants you to believe AI is to blame for the incipient credit crisis. But the crappy software loans spooking investors are the products of old-economy greed and brazen collusion.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/the_private_credit_cartels_696321.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/04/06/private-credit-cartels-crisis-wall-street/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696321</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Maureen Tkacik, American Prospect]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/54/543176_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ The Private Credit Cartels]]></media:title>
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					<title>The Long Shadow of 'The Population Bomb'</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:38:18 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Reversing anti-human doomerism will be a decades-long project.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/the_long_shadow_of_the_population_bomb_696588.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.commonplace.org/p/the-long-shadow-of-the-population]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696588</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Patrick Brown, Commonplace]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/57/575872_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ The Long Shadow of &#039;The Population Bomb&#039;]]></media:title>
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					<title>Teetering Ceasefire Bodes Ill for Treacherous Talks Ahead</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:27 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The sad truth is that Middle East ceasefires don't always stop the shooting. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/teetering_ceasefire_bodes_ill_for_treacherous_talks_ahead_696584.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-teetering-ceasefire-bodes-ill-for-treacherous-us-iran-talks-ahead/ar-AA20tkwB]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696584</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Stephen Collinson, CNN]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714156_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Ceasefire or a Strategic Pause?</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:05:39 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ On April 17 over Kharg Island there will be a new moon, perfect conditions for Navy SEALs to do their work.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/a_ceasefire_or_a_strategic_pause_696576.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://spectator.org/it-may-not-be-a-ceasefire-it-might-be-a-strategic-pause/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696576</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Scott McKay, The American Spectator]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714257_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ A Ceasefire or a Strategic Pause?]]></media:title>
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					<title>A New Theory of Trump: The 'Soft TACO'</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran - rather than following through on his threats to escalate the war further with massively destructive attacks harming Iranian civilians - is being greeted with what's become a familiar refrain: TACO.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/a_new_theory_of_trump_the_soft_taco_696593.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-new-theory-of-trump-the-soft-taco/ar-AA20rksn]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696593</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Andrew Prokop, Vox]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/713979_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>This Is What a World Superpower Looks Like</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:13:22 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ America is living through a moment difficult to describe without sounding a little unhinged. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/this_is_what_a_world_superpower_looks_like.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/this_is_what_a_world_superpower_looks_like.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200696586</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714156_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Iran Folly Blasting GOP Coalition to Smithereens</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:14:55 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Megyn Kelly on &quot;Piers Morgan Uncensored&quot; discussed the damage sustained by the Trump political coalition, the global economy, and U.S. allies, after 40 days at war with Iran.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/08/megyn_kelly_iran_war_blasted_the_political_coalition_charlie_kirk_delivered_to_trump_to_smithereens.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/08/megyn_kelly_iran_war_blasted_the_political_coalition_charlie_kirk_delivered_to_trump_to_smithereens.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700696582</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Megyn Kelly, Piers Morgan Uncensored]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714260_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Ceasefire Is Welcome But Fragile</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:19:29 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The ceasefire is welcome but fragile. Friday's talks in Islamabad must address Iran's nuclear programme and avoid sidelining the rest of the region]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/a_ceasefire_is_welcome_but_fragile_696551.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/08/iran-crisis-ceasefire-friday-talks-islamabad-nuclear-programme]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696551</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Sanam Vakil, The Guardian]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714261_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Close Encounters of the Totalitarian Kind</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:59:04 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Jacob Siegel's The Information State means no one will ever forget what happened to our country at the hands of the Democrats and the Ruling Class.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/close_encounters_of_the_totalitarian_kind_696577.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.sashastone.com/p/close-encounters-of-the-totalitarian]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696577</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Sasha Stone, Substack]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/70/709924_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Tulsi Gabbard and the Deep State's Dirty Secrets</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:24:08 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Anonymously sourced hit pieces have hammered Tulsi Gabbard the past few months in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Republic, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, you name it.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/tulsi_gabbard_and_the_deep_states_dirty_secrets_696573.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/opinion/miranda-devine-tulsi-gabbard-keeps-her-focus-on-revealing-deep-states-dirty-secrets-even-as-they-try-to-take-her-down/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696573</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Miranda Devine, New York Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714262_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>How Democrats Can Win on Education Again</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:59:41 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Democrats can rebuild trust on education by combining the best of centrist and progressive ideas to improve K-12 outcomes.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/how_democrats_can_win_on_education_again_696592.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/04/09/democrats-can-win-on-education/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696592</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Thomas Toch, Washington Monthly]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/56/560773_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Many Americans Voting With Their Feet. GOP Is Winning</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:01:06 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Progressive states like New York and California keep losing residents to lower-tax, higher-freedom states like Texas and Florida.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/many_americans_voting_with_their_feet_gop_is_winning_696512.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/08/california-losing-residents-democrats-trouble-election/89483295007/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696512</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Ingrid Jacques, USA Today]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/58/583282_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>As Republicans Embrace AI, Democrats Bet on a Backlash</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:24:04 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Republicans are very comfortable using AI for almost anything in politics, and they'll say so.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/as_republicans_embrace_ai_democrats_bet_on_a_backlash_696600.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/08/2026/as-republicans-embrace-ai-in-campaigning-democrats-bet-on-a-backlash]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696600</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[David Weigel, Semafor]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/710615_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Digital Asset Rules Need Clarity</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:16:29 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ U.S. financial regulation sets the standard for the world. Congress needs to act to keep it that way.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/digital_asset_rules_need_clarity_696595.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/digital-assets-rules-need-clarity-6dfcab70?st=SWcknh]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696595</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Scott Bessent, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/67/672979_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Welfare Loophole That Lets Millionaires Get Food Stamps</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:22:51 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Rob Undersander is a millionaire. He also received taxpayer-funded food stamps. His story illustrates an absurd - and intentional - loophole in America's welfare system that taxpayers need closed immediately. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/welfare_loophole_that_lets_millionaires_get_food_stamps_154018.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/welfare_loophole_that_lets_millionaires_get_food_stamps_154018.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200696587</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Fick &amp; Crocker, RCP]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714189_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ Welfare Loophole That Lets Millionaires Get Food Stamps]]></media:title>
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					<title>Live Tax-Free and Die</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:22:37 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ After mining out state budgets for 50 years, conservative lawmakers across the country are now turning their pickaxes to local governments' largest source of revenue: property taxes.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/live_tax-free_and_die_696546.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/04/08/apr-2026-magazine-live-tax-free-and-die/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696546</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Whitney Wimbish, American Prospect]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/70/709939_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Dozens of Illegals Scatter at a PA DMV When ICE Responds</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:03:41 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ When the ICE officers arrived at the center, the long line quickly broke up, with everyone scattering in multiple directions.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/dozens_of_illegals_scatter_at_a_pa_dmv_when_ice_responds_696549.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4520231/dozens-illegal-immigrants-scatter-at-pennsylvania-dmv-when-ice-responds/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696549</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Salena Zito, DC&nbsp;Examiner]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714258_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Trump Adds New Wrinkle to Flawed Case Against NATO</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:08:34 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ As substantively incoherent as the president's case against NATO has been, he made matters worse at the end of a White House press conference on Monday.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/trump_adds_new_wrinkle_to_flawed_case_against_nato_696578.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-nato-iran-new-wrinkle]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696578</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Steve Benen, MS Now]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714259_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Islamification of Britain</title><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:22:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>04/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Until the U.K.'s political and cultural elite can defend confidently what it means to be British, the nation will sacrifice women's safety, Jewish security, and core liberal principles such as free speech.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/the_islamification_of_britain_696462.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/uk-britain-islam-muslims-free-speech?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100696462</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Joanna Williams, City Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/58/581161_1_.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>5.4 Million Have Migrated to Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/54_million_have_migrated_to_pro-trump_counties_since_2020_696572.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://issuesinsights.com/2026/04/08/exclusive-5-4-million-people-have-migrated-to-pro-trump-counties-since-2020-as-the-great-divorce-continues/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100696572</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:52:44 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Issues &amp; Insights]]></author></item>
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					<title>Youth Sports Shouldn't Be a Privilege for the Rich</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/youth_sports_shouldnt_be_a_privilege_for_the_rich_696605.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-07/youth-sports-needs-a-sanity-reset-to-bring-the-fun-back?srnd=phx-opinion&embedded-checkout=true]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100696605</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:52:47 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></author></item>
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					<title>A New Way To Undo Biden's Lawfare</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/a_new_way_to_undo_bidens_lawfare_696608.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://patriotfreedomproject.substack.com/p/president-trump-found-a-new-way-to]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100696608</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:52:48 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Weaponization Watch]]></author></item>
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					<title>WV Gov. Morrisey Signs Bill Targeting Censorship, Blow to NewsGuard</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/09/wv_gov_morrisey_signs_bill_targeting_censorship_blow_to_newsguard_696607.html</link>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:52:50 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Newsmax]]></author></item></channel></rss>