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					<title>Saving California Wouldn't Be Difficult</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:14:10 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/saving_california_wouldnt_be_difficult_701643.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://amgreatness.com/2026/06/04/can-california-still-be-saved/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701643</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump Admin's Latest Looney Tariff Justification</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:08:53 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ The administration says tariffs are needed to combat forced labor. Yet it has gutted efforts to fight slavery and human trafficking.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/trump_admins_latest_looney_tariff_justification_701641.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-tariffs-forced-labor-jamieson-greer-trafficking-epstein]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701641</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Ja'han Jones, MS Now]]></author></item>
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					<title>China Controls Stuff Life Runs On. Breaking Free Will Cost You</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:08:55 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/05/china_controls_the_stuff_life_runs_on_breaking_free_will_cost_you.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/05/china_controls_the_stuff_life_runs_on_breaking_free_will_cost_you.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701688</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Robert Malone,&nbsp;RCP]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718740_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>My Time Inside the Immigration Industrial Complex</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ During President Joe Biden's term in office, the United States witnessed the largest surge in immigration in the nation's history.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/my_time_inside_the_immigration_industrial_complex_701667.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.compactmag.com/article/my-time-inside-the-immigration-industrial-complex/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701667</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Juan Rojas, Compact Magazine]]></author></item>
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					<title>Kroft: 60 Minutes We've Known 'No Longer Exists'</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:09:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/kroft_60_minutes_weve_known_no_longer_exists_701681.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/steve-kroft-says-the-60-minutes-we-ve-known-no-longer-exists/ar-AA24OUF6]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701681</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Michael Calderone, NY Magazine]]></author></item>
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					<title>Sanctimonious Scott Pelley Helped Ruin 60 Minutes</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:09:05 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Scott Pelley thought he was untouchable at CBS as the anchor of 60 Minutes. But Nick Bilton proved he wasn't.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/sanctimonious_scott_pelley_helped_ruin_60_minutes_701684.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4595006/sanctimonious-scott-pelley-no-one-indispensable/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701684</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Joe Concha, DC&nbsp;Examiner]]></author></item>
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					<title>Affordable To Buy, Costly To Use</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:09:10 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Health care affordability depends on access to care and the true cost of care, not just insurance premiums.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/affordable_to_buy_costly_to_use_701650.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/06/04/health-insurance-affordable-to-buy-costly-to-use/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701650</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Thom Walsh, American Prospect]]></author></item>
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					<title>What America Needs From a New FDA Commissioner</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:09:12 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Dear Readers,]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/03/what_america_needs_from_a_new_fda_commissioner_701582.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/what-america-needs-from-a-new-fda]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701582</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Joe Lonsdale, Substack]]></author></item>
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					<title>Rubio and Bessent Unleashed</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:09:15 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate><description><![CDATA[ Thursday, June 4th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP Contributor Richard Porter and Miranda Devine, host of Pod Force One: 00:00 Trump Nominates Blanche f...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/04/rcp_podcast_rubio_and_bessent_unleashed_miranda_devine_on_blanche_and_pulte_new_platner_scandal_california_still_cant_count.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/04/rcp_podcast_rubio_and_bessent_unleashed_miranda_devine_on_blanche_and_pulte_new_platner_scandal_california_still_cant_count.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700701686</guid>
				 <category>Early Morning Update</category> <author><![CDATA[Bevan,&nbsp;Devine,&nbsp;Porter &amp; Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM]]></author></item>
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					<title>An Autopsy of the DNC Campaign Autopsy</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:40:32 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Without a thorough post-mortem, Democrats are left without any information about what might work in 2028]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/an_autopsy_of_the_dnc_campaign_autopsy_701585.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://rollcall.com/2026/06/03/an-autopsy-of-the-dnc-campaign-autopsy/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701585</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[David Winston, Roll Call]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/717911_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>What Just Happened in California?</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:08:23 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Millions of ballots are still being counted in California, where the primary results for the state's two marquee races for governor and mayor of Los Angeles remain uncalled as of Wednesday afternoon.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/what_just_happened_in_california_701662.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-just-happened-in-california/ar-AA24LCgJ]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701662</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Paz &amp; Walters, Vox]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718860_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>CA's Latest Election Mess Demands Supreme Court Cleanup</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:17:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ A looming U.S. Supreme Court ruling could end the seemingly endless Election Day of California and other blue and red states. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/cas_latest_election_mess_demands_supreme_court_cleanup_701663.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/californias-latest-election-mess-demands-supreme-court-cleanup/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701663</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[M.D. Kittle,&nbsp;Federalist]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716867_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Mythbusting Before the Midterms: Lessons From 2024</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:32:57 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Identifying-and avoiding-the lines of thinking that doom us.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/mythbusting_before_the_midterms_lessons_from_2024_701679.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://messinamemo.substack.com/p/mythbusting-before-the-midterms-part-671]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701679</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jim Messina, Substack]]></author></item>
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					<title>Questions the Primaries Didn't Answer</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:32:59 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/questions_the_primaries_didnt_answer_701680.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-questions-the-primaries-didnt-answer-17a9689b?st=sQSGXi]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701680</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal]]></author></item>
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					<title>Why People Stopped Having Kids</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:33:08 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/why_people_stopped_having_kids_701590.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/02/smartphones-isolation-are-driving-global-fertility-crisis/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701590</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Shadi Hamid, Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>The Real Politics Behind UAE's OPEC Exit</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:33:36 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The UAE's decision to leave the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, while initially shocking markets, had in fact been signalled by years of growing tension between the Emirates and other members of the organisation. The withdrawal reflects structural changes in the oil market, increasing competition for market share, and diverging political and commercial interests within OPEC itself. It is also possible that Venezuela might follow the UAE out of the organisation.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/06/04/the_real_politics_behind_uaes_opec_exit_1186784.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/06/04/the_real_politics_behind_uaes_opec_exit_1186784.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701664</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Neil Atkinson, RealClearWorld]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716039_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Iran Under Fire as Bessent Ratchets Up Financial Squeeze</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:46:33 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/04/iran_facing_multifront_war_as_bessent_ratchets_up_financial_squeeze.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/04/iran_facing_multifront_war_as_bessent_ratchets_up_financial_squeeze.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701683</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Larry Kudlow, NY Sun]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718621_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Transatlantic Crucible</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:47:27 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The crisis between Washington and Europe may be a blessing in disguise.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/the_transatlantic_crucible_701661.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/transatlantic-crucible]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701661</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[David Gioe, Foreign Affairs]]></author></item>
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					<title>Much Work Still To Do in San Francisco's Tenderloin</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:34:25 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ It's 3 a.m. in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, and an all-night, drug-fueled party has been raging for hours. The sidewalks are littered with trash and human feces. Addicts huddle in the alley...]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/much_work_still_to_do_in_san_franciscos_tenderloin_701640.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/tenderloin-san-francisco-drugs-gangs?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701640</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Rufo,&nbsp;Thorpe &amp; Choe, City Journal]]></author></item>
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					<title>Legal Weed Is a Mistake We Had To Make</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:34:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Tyler Cowen: I supported legalization, and I didn't expect such widespread addiction. Yet it's still better than asking the state to thwart popular demand.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/legal_weed_is_a_mistake_we_had_to_make_701578.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thefp.com/p/tyler-cowen-legal-weed-is-a-mistake-we-had-to-make?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701578</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Tyler Cowen, The Free Press]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718853_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Voters Are Sending a Message to LA's Mayor Bass</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:57:20 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ No incumbent mayor of the country's second-largest city has faced a runoff in more than two decades.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/voters_are_sending_a_message_to_las_mayor_bass_701589.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/03/democrat-karen-bass-cant-avoid-runoff-amid-an-angry-spasm-la/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701589</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Karen Tumulty, Washington Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718820_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Does California Want To Stop Deteriorating?</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:22:40 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ That Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt have secured as many votes as they have at this point suggests many Californians are fed up with the status quo.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/does_california_want_to_stop_deteriorating_701639.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/04/california-primary-election-la-mayoral-race-hilton-pratt/90370261007/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701639</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Nicole Russell, USA Today]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718824_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Good Election Night for Progressives</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:23:31 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Let's begin with California. Though Republican Steve Hilton is currently leading in the jungle primary for the governor's race, with Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer running second and third, there are still millions of late ballots to be counted. It remains a possibility that the final two in the November election will be Becerra and Steyer. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/a_good_election_night_for_progressives_701652.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/06/03/good-election-night-for-progressives-steyer-becerra-california/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701652</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Robert Kuttner, American Prospect]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718826_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Urgent Need To Secure American Elections</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ If there is a single idea that President Donald Trump holds with conviction, it is that the 2020 election was stolen. Millions of Americans agree with him. How it was stolen, and by whom, is still being investigated six years later. That is a problem, because another national election arrives this fall, and Americans deserve an answer as to whether the way we now conduct elections can actually produce honest results. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/04/the_urgent_need_to_secure_american_elections_154191.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/04/the_urgent_need_to_secure_american_elections_154191.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701629</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Brian Kennedy, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718770_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Diplomacy With Iran: Another Middle Eastern Mirage?</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:39:16 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Donald Trump keeps telling Americans that diplomacy with Iran is going well, a deal is close and &quot;it will all work out well in the end.&quot; ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/diplomacy_with_iran_another_middle_eastern_mirage_701637.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-question-looms-over-iran-diplomacy-is-trump-being-straight-with-the-american-people/ar-AA24NDjL]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701637</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Stephen Collinson, CNN]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718554_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Hormuz Squeeze Is Redrawing Oil Map for Good</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:47 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Iraq are pouring money into pipelines, rail and storage to keep oil flowing even when the strait isn't]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/hormuz_squeeze_is_redrawing_oil_map_for_good_701648.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/the-hormuz-squeeze-is-redrawing-the-oil-map-for-good-cf33d8c0?st=cPxb1B]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701648</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Kantchev &amp; Nasser, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/716241_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Scott Pelley Was a Highly Paid Propagandist</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:01:35 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ CBS News fired Scott Pelley on Tuesday, and his reaction only confirmed what we already knew -- Pelley was a high paid propagandist masquerading as a journalist.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/scott_pelley_was_a_highly_paid_propagandist_701638.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/03/scott-pelley-was-a-highly-paid-propagandist/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701638</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Brianna Lyman, The Federalist]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/52/521187_1_.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>'60 Minutes' Must Still Be Saved</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:44:40 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Bari Weiss may not understand what made 60 Minutes great. But CBS should not let bad management destroy a precious institution.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/60_minutes_must_still_be_saved_701636.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/03/60-minutes-cbs-bari-weiss-scott-pelley/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701636</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter, Washington Monthly]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718828_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Gun Safety: Violent Crime Drops as More Americans Pack Heat</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:07:28 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Alessandra Coote was walking on a trail with her 4-year-old daughter and dog two-and-a-half years ago when a man began yelling at her and threatened to kill her dog. When the petite single mom made it]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/04/gun_safety_violent_crime_drops_as_more_americans_pack_heat_1186651.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/04/gun_safety_violent_crime_drops_as_more_americans_pack_heat_1186651.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701632</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[John Lott,&nbsp;RCI]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718791_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Senate Dems Threaten To Punt FISA Over Pulte</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:11:32 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence is roiling an emerging bipartisan extension of warrantless spying.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/senate_dems_threaten_to_punt_fisa_over_pulte_701651.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/06/04/senate-democrats-threaten-to-punt-fisa-over-pulte-appointment/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701651</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[James Baratta, American Prospect]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718724_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Exposing Reid Hoffman and the Left's Ongoing Operation</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ It appears that Hoffman was funding Carroll's ridiculous sexual abuse and defamation lawsuits against President Trump. Hoffmann took to X to respond:  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/03/exposing_reid_hoffman_and_the_lefts_ongoing_operation_701571.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/reid-hoffman-and-the-lefts-ongoing-operation-to-control-public-opinion/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701571</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Mark Judge, Chronicles]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/66/666295_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Two Dumb Dems in Maine and Texas</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:45:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ There was a moment, a few weeks ago, when I thought the Dems might win the Senate in 2026. They still might-anything is possible-but the mood has changed in two of the more juicy races, in Maine and Texas. Both feature vulnerable Republicans, dowdy Susan Collins in Maine and the phenomenally dreadful-morally and politically-Ken Paxton in Texas. They might be easy pickings if the Democratic Party were a sentient political entity, but no-the candidates Dems offer are defective and downright weird. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/two_dumb_dems_in_maine_and_texas_701557.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://josephklein.substack.com/p/two-dumb-dems]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701557</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Joe Klein, Substack]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718821_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Hilton, Pratt Advancing in California?</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:45:58 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Sean Trende joins Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth to break down the early results from Tuesday night's primary elections in California, New Jersey, and Iowa, and where both parties are headed going into November. They also look at how the congressional redistricting battle has worked out.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/03/rcp_podcast_pratt_and_hilton_advance_could_iowa_turn_bllue_.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/03/rcp_podcast_pratt_and_hilton_advance_could_iowa_turn_bllue_.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700701613</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bevan,&nbsp;Trende,&nbsp;Cannon &amp; Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718699_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Nowak's Death, Britain's Shame</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:16:25 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Progressive obsessions have warped the state]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/nowaks_death_britains_shame_701588.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://unherd.com/2026/06/henry-nowaks-death-shames-britain/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701588</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Aris Roussinos, UnHerd]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718822_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>I Launched a Magazine in Cuba, and My Troubles Began</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:48:56 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ My friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogated ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/i_launched_a_magazine_in_cuba_and_my_troubles_began_701634.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/04/cuba-first-independent-magazine-sneeze-troubles-began-state-security]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701634</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Abraham Enoa, The Guardian]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718829_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Great Americans: Louis Armstrong</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:46:44 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ His feats of creativity reshaped American jazz-and found a way to say what needed saying through his music.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/great_americans_louis_armstrong_701580.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thefp.com/p/great-americans-louis-armstrong?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701580</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Joe Nocera, The Free Press]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718823_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>John Adams' Hidden Hand Behind the Declaration</title><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:49:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/04/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Writing about the Arab Spring in the New York Times in 2013, political scientist Sheri Berman said: &quot;Establishing a stable democracy is a two-stage process. First you get rid of the old regime; then you build a durable democratic replacement.&quot; This comment struck me because it was presented as a given, a piece of received wisdom in the field of political science. But it seems to reflect a basic misunderstanding.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/john_adams_hidden_hand_behind_the_declaration_701355.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.coolidgereview.com/articles/john-adams-declaration-independence]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701355</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Danielle Allen, Coolidge Review]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718830_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Reclaiming American Citizenship: A Project for the People</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/03/reclaiming_american_citizenship_a_project_for_the_people_701568.html</link>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:46:53 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Commonplace]]></author></item>
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					<title>Commonsense Bill Takes Aim at Organized Retail Crime</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/commonsense_bill_takes_aim_at_organized_retail_crime_701657.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4590820/democrats-are-still-soft-on-crime/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100701657</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:52:55 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Examiner]]></author></item>
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					<title>Unions Held Massachusetts Schools Hostage. Bill Comes Due</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/04/unions_held_massachusetts_schools_hostage_bill_comes_due_701659.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/03/massachusetts-schools-face-cuts-after-unions-won-teacher-pay-hikes/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100701659</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:54:43 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>Britain, Don't Ban Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/03/britain_dont_ban_hasan_piker_and_cenk_uygur_701574.html</link>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:52:58 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[The Free Press]]></author></item></channel></rss>