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					<title>Sanctuary Folly Making Cities Poorer, More Dangerous</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:24 -0500</pubDate>
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				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Brian Lonergan, Chronicles]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump Doesn't Care If He Wrecks Global Economy</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:25 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/trump_doesnt_care_if_he_wrecks_global_economy_699008.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-doesn-t-care-if-he-wrecks-the-global-economy/ar-AA22vd2b]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699008</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Alex Shephard, The New Republic]]></author></item>
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					<title>Financial Literacy Can Unlock Opportunity for All Americans</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:28 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/07/treasury_secretary_scott_bessent.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/07/treasury_secretary_scott_bessent.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700699120</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Scott Bessent, Treasury]]></author></item>
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					<title>Industrial Revolution Brewing. I Saw It in Pittsburgh</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:30 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/industrial_revolution_brewing_i_saw_it_in_pittsburgh_699122.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/drtBK]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699122</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[David Ignatius, Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>A Covid-Era Bombshell Coming?</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Thursday, May 7th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Dana Perino, FOX Anchor and Author of Purple State:00:00 Rand Paul's Quest for Revenge on Fauci 7:46 Obama...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/a_covid-era_bombshell_coming_699118.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-heCEAU_TE]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699118</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Bevan,&nbsp;Cannon &amp; Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM]]></author></item>
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					<title>Local, National Press Got It Wrong Again in Indiana Races</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:32 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Local and national outlets predicted that Indiana's GOP primaries would be a defeat for Donald Trump. The experts got it wrong, and it's worth exploring why.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/local_national_press_got_it_wrong_again_in_indiana_races_698999.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4556928/experts-miss-trumps-enduring-presence-in-american-politics-in-indiana-races/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698999</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Salena Zito, DC&nbsp;Examiner]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump's Revenge in Indiana Could Come With a Cost</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:34 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ By ousting state senators who voted against his redistricting push, Trump achieves nothing but soothing his wounded pride.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/trumps_revenge_in_indiana_could_come_with_a_cost_699033.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.ms.now/opinion/indiana-primary-results-trump-republicans-cost]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699033</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Paul Waldman, MS Now]]></author></item>
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					<title>Rahm Emanuel and the Real Crony Capitalists</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ From inside his glass house, Emanuel's stone-throwing is intended to deflect from the fact that politics has been a major profit center for him and other Democrats.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/rahm_emanuel_and_the_real_crony_capitalists_699106.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/fast_talking_rahm_emanuel_tries_to_hide_who_the_real_crony_capitalists_are.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699106</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Andrea Widburg, American Thinker]]></author></item>
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					<title>Hospitals the Biggest Culprit for High Health Care Spending</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:54 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/hospitals_the_biggest_culprit_for_high_health_care_spending_698832.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/opinion/health-care-hospitals-insurance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f1A.uLSR.CHsVEpggvcTJ&smid=url-share]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698832</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Zack Cooper, NY Times]]></author></item>
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					<title>Stop Pretending Hospitals Are 'Nonprofits'</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 21:16:41 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ These are massive businesses - frequently chains - that pay executives richly and depend on huge government spending and subsidies to survive. We need to start treating them that way.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/stop_pretending_hospitals_are_nonprofits_699036.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/its-time-to-stop-pretending-hospitals]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699036</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Alex Berenson, Substack]]></author></item>
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					<title>The Exquisite Timing of Trump's Indiana Revenge Campaign</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:37:34 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ When Donald Trump furiously ordered his minions to find and fund primary challenges to seven Indiana Republican state senators who refused to conduct a mid-decade gerrymander that he demanded late last year, it looked like just the typical act of a vengeance-obsessed president who couldn't abide being defied.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/the_exquisite_timing_of_trumps_indiana_revenge_campaign_699068.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-exquisite-timing-of-trump-s-indiana-revenge-campaign/ar-AA22x3GL]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699068</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Ed Kilgore, NY Magazine]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716637_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Will Senate GOP Get the Message? Pass the SAVE Act</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:37:58 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Hopefully senators starring in the failure theater production of 'debating' the SAVE America Act heard Indiana's message loud and clear. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/will_senate_gop_get_the_message_pass_the_save_act_699011.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/06/indiana-primaries-should-be-a-wakeup-call-for-senate-rinos-pass-the-save-act/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699011</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[M.D. Kittle, The Federalist]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716165_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>5 Ways the Iran Standoff Could End</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:39:20 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Despite the US and Iran exchanging fire and new missile attacks aimed at the United Arab Emirates this week, the Trump administration maintains that the ceasefire that began in early April is still in effect. Iran's attacks on commercial and US Navy ships are still &quot;all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point,&quot; according to Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine.     ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/5_ways_the_iran_standoff_could_end_699076.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/5-ways-the-iran-standoff-could-end/ar-AA22xq8s]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699076</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Joshua Keating, Vox]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716638_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Rubio's Rock Star White House Briefing</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:42:50 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ From DJ'ing a wedding on the weekend to manning the White House press podium, from velvet-gloved diplomacy in Europe to juggling the roles of secretary of state and NSA director, Marco Rubio is the...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/rubios_rock_star_white_house_briefing_699030.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/opinion/rubio-poised-to-become-potus-as-he-is-a-rock-star-for-the-trump-administration/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699030</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Miranda Devine, New York Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716639_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Control of the U.S. Senate Now a Toss-Up</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:43:05 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ For months, polling and prediction markets have forecast that Democrats will retake the House, but that Republicans will retain control of the Senate. However, recently, the prediction markets have moved toward the Senate being a toss-up. The latest RCP Senate Map lists eight toss up states and three in the Leans category. These 11 states are where the battle for the Senate will be decided.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/control_of_the_us_senate_now_a_toss-up.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/control_of_the_us_senate_now_a_toss-up.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200699107</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bill King, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716347_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Sen. Cassidy Made Bad Decision Trying To Sabotage MAHA</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:45:13 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Trump and HHS Secretary Kennedy criticize Senator Bill Cassidy as they put forward a new candidate to serve as Surgeon General.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/sen_cassidy_made_bad_decision_trying_to_sabotage_maha_698786.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.themahareport.com/p/sen-bill-cassidy-stakes-his-political]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698786</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Adam Garrie, Substack]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716641_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Obama's Russiagate Coup Attempt Haunts Nation</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:46:39 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Mollie Hemingway told FBN's Stuart &quot;Varney &amp; Co.&quot; that President Obama's recent comments about &quot;rule of law&quot; and the Republican Party are &quot;reprehensible&quot; coming from him.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/07/mollie_hemingway_obama_has_no_standing_to_lecture_anyone_on_rule_of_law.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/07/mollie_hemingway_obama_has_no_standing_to_lecture_anyone_on_rule_of_law.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700699110</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Mollie Hemingway, FOX Business]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716643_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Jack Smith Calls the Justice Dept. 'Corrupted' by Trump</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The prosecutor wasn't able to make his case in court, but months later, he's bringing his arguments to the public in forceful and unrestrained ways.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/jack_smith_calls_the_justice_dept_corrupted_by_trump_699111.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/silent-no-more-jack-smith-calls-out-trumps-corrupted-justice-department]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699111</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Steve Benen, MS Now]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/64/647186_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Trump's Clever Message to King Charles</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:48:48 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Trump's speech implied that the legacy of British greatness and courage is now to be found in America.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/trumps_clever_message_to_king_charles_699114.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-sun-sets-on-great-britain/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699114</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Steven Hayward, The American Mind]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716645_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>What Business Leaders Should Know About Beijing Summit</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:49:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Trump's mid-May trip to Beijing is a high-profile reminder that U.S.-China relations will be a major factor in shaping markets, supply chains, and security dynamics this year. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/05/07/what_business_leaders_need_to_know_about_the_trump-xi_beijing_summit_1181198.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/05/07/what_business_leaders_need_to_know_about_the_trump-xi_beijing_summit_1181198.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200699088</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Joseph Lai, RCWorld]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/714540_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Why Did California Award CAIR $40 Million?</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:48:54 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Other states are trying to shutter CAIR branches. Gavin Newsom is writing them checks.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/why_did_california_award_cair_40_million_699001.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/council-on-american-islamic-relations-hamas-california?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699001</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Thorpe &amp; Rufo, City Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/712982_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Lesson of Epic Fury: China and Europe Are Exposed</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:51:57 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ We are back in an era of hard resource power and Mahanian sea power. Geography matters again. Chokepoints matter again. Energy, food, minerals, and shipping routes matter again. And above all of it still sits American monetary power, reinforcing advantages that the United States and the wider Western Hemisphere possess in abundance. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/lesson_of_epic_fury_china_and_europe_are_exposed.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/lesson_of_epic_fury_china_and_europe_are_exposed.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200699027</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[James Thorne, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/712440_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Why Germany's Merz Decided To Risk Trump's Wrath</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:52:53 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Trump's retribution is painful for Germany and Nato, but Merz is not backing down. He knows the status quo is untenable]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/why_germanys_merz_decided_to_risk_trumps_wrath_699007.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/friedrich-merz-risk-donald-trump-germany-nato-europe]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699007</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jorg Lau, The Guardian]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716603_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Princelings of Persia</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:54:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama brought the children and cronies of Iran's ruling elite into the United States. Now they're being sent back.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/princelings_of_persia_699083.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/iran-regime-cronies-deported]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699083</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Peter Theroux, Tablet Magazine]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716604_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Damaging Fight for Republicans in Indiana</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:32:35 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The entire effort cost $13.5 million, which could have gone to beating Democrats.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/a_damaging_fight_for_republicans_in_indiana_699031.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-defeats-itself-in-indiana-1927c4cd?st=69cAwc]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699031</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716599_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>GOP Choosing Not To Surrender Against Rigged Dem Maps</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:54:08 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ It's not the being wrong that's so off-putting, it's that these people are always 1) so smug in their certainty while being wrong and 2) refuse to learn from their mistakes. Media]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/gop_choosing_not_to_surrender_against_rigged_dem_maps_699032.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2026/05/06/nolte-anti-trump-indiana-columnist-forced-to-eat-crow-after-maga-primary-triumph/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699032</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[John Nolte, Breitbart]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716479_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Tom Steyer Can Make California Golden Again</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:59:32 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ I loathe billionaires. But the former hedge fund manager could be a class traitor in the mold of FDR]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/tom_steyer_can_make_california_golden_again_698995.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.salon.com/2026/05/06/tom-steyer-can-make-california-golden-again/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698995</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jeff Cohen, Salon]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716606_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Why Isn't Matt Mahan at the Top of the California Polls?</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:59:37 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Having grown up near San Jose and watched every California gubernatorial debate so far, I'm genuinely surprised that San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan isn't polling far higher among Democratic voters.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/why_isnt_matt_mahan_at_the_top_of_the_california_polls_699081.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/6/800034530/community/why-isnt-matt-mahan-at-the-top-of-the-california-polls/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699081</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Erik Espe, Daily Kos]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716607_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>DOJ Investigating Fulton County, Should've Done in 2021</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:33:42 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Now it's being reconstructed five years later]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/06/cleta_mitchell_doj_investigating_fulton_county_election_workers_that_handled_ballots_in_2020.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/06/cleta_mitchell_doj_investigating_fulton_county_election_workers_that_handled_ballots_in_2020.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700699080</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Cleta Mitchell, War Room]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716600_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Long Nightmare of Trump's Border Wall Is Still Going</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:59:26 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ It may have fallen out of the news cycle, but rest assured, the the world's least pragmatic and most performative construction project continues to prosper.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/the_long_nightmare_of_trumps_border_wall_is_still_going_698911.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/wv1hg]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698911</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[William deBuys, The Nation]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/66/667433_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>RFK Jr.'s Anti-SSRI Campaign Is Long Overdue</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:34:42 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's questions this week about the scale of antidepressant use in the United States should be welcomed, whatever your politics. Long-stated concerns about psychiatric medication are now being taken seriously, and Kennedy has announced initiatives aimed at reducing the use of SSRIs, the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants. These [...]Read More...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/rfk_jrs_anti-ssri_campaign_is_long_overdue_699015.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://unherd.com/newsroom/rjk-jrs-anti-ssri-campaign-is-long-overdue/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699015</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Stella O'Malley, UnHerd]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/715129_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>On the Consequences of Louisiana v. Callais Decision</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:35:41 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court strikes down race-based districting]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/on_the_consequences_of_louisiana_v_callais_decision_699025.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/the-supreme-court-strikes-down-race-based-districting/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699025</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[James Piereson, New Criterion]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716071_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Tricky Handoff at the Federal Reserve</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:37:14 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Divisions at the central bank show through as Kevin Warsh faces a vote on becoming chair.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/a_tricky_handoff_at_the_federal_reserve_699028.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-tricky-handoff-at-the-federal-reserve-8cfb272d?st=MQggim]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699028</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Alan Blinder, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716352_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Powell's Done Enough Damage. Time To Go Home</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:16 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced last week that he's going to remain on the Federal Reserve Board until 2028 even as he by law surrenders his chairmanship. The announcement came even after President Donald Trump agreed to drop his unwise lawsuit against Powell for funding a $2 billion new Taj Mahal building down the street from the White House. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/05/time_for_jerome_powell_to_go_home_154094.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/05/time_for_jerome_powell_to_go_home_154094.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200698967</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Stephen Moore, Washington Times]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716358_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Bipartisan Bill To Solve Housing Crisis</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:06:42 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ When Artemis II's Orion capsule spectacularly splashed into the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, I, along with millions of our fellow Americans, felt a jolt of patriotic exuberance far too uncommon in these tribalistic times. For the first time in half a century, and after decades of global cooperation, the U.S. had successfully sent a team of astronauts, including the first woman and first Black American in history, to the moon and safely back. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/a_bipartisan_bill_to_solve_housing_crisis_699004.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5863384-housing-legislation-congress-action/?tbref=hp]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100699004</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, The Hill]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/69/698675_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Corporate Media Propaganda Hitting Wall w/Under 50s</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 09:07:33 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Cenk Uygur argued on the &quot;Shawn Ryan Show&quot; that the money-dominated politics in America today increasingly resembles the tightly controlled political systems in China or Iran. Donors pre-select viable candidates by flooding primary races with money, and &quot;news actors&quot; in the corporate media narrow the debate into establishment-approved parameters.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/06/cenk_uygur_donors_and_media_rig_party_primaries_to_pick_candidates--like_the_politburo_in_china_or_mullahs_in_iran.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/06/cenk_uygur_donors_and_media_rig_party_primaries_to_pick_candidates--like_the_politburo_in_china_or_mullahs_in_iran.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700699024</guid>
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					<title>How Battery Tech Illuminates Competition Between U.S., China</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The most familiar races between superpowers are those involving dreaded killer weapons, but today the U.S. and China are engaged in another one involving a centuries-old invention that also improves l]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/05/07/super_power_to_spare_how_battery_tech_illuminates_competition_between_us_and_china_1181176.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/05/07/super_power_to_spare_how_battery_tech_illuminates_competition_between_us_and_china_1181176.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200699079</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[James Varney,&nbsp;RCI]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716523_1_.png" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Inversion of 'Animal Farm'</title><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 08:38:28 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>05/07/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Andy Serkis's new animated adaptation of George Orwell's classic inverts the point of the book to score shallow political points, writes Nicholas Clairmont. It's also just a terrible film.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/07/the_inversion_of_animal_farm_698998.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thefp.com/p/the-inversion-of-animal-farm?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100698998</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Nicholas Clairmont, The Free Press]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/61/614621_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Are Government-Run Grocery Stores Coming to D.C.?</title><description></description>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:34:42 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump's Food Stamp Reforms Are Working</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/trumps_food_stamp_reforms_are_working_698960.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4553854/trumps-food-stamp-reforms-are-working/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100698960</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 06:41:53 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Examiner]]></author></item>
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					<title>Supreme Court Judgments Have Slowly Erased Voting Rights</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/supreme_court_judgments_have_slowly_erased_voting_rights_698966.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/05/the-guardian-view-on-the-us-supreme-court-its-judgments-have-slowly-erased-voting-rights]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100698966</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 06:41:55 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[The Guardian]]></author></item>
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					<title>Justice Alito's Intriguing Footnote</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/05/06/justice_alitorsquos_intriguing_footnote_698988.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/louisiana-v-callais-samuel-alito-ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-66708f73?st=6T4wMa]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100698988</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:35:47 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></author></item></channel></rss>