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            <title>Did Rep. Pramila Jayapal finally provide a Logan Act test case?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ She admitted to working with foreign governments to bypass Trump&rsquo;s oil embargo on Cuba. That&rsquo;s as close to a congressional Logan Act violation as we&rsquo;ll ever see.
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            <category>Andrea Widburg</category>
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            <title>Unite the Kingdom’s new crusade has begun in the UK—and that’s a good thing</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ In both medieval times and now, the Crusades weren&rsquo;t spontaneous Christian colonialism; they were efforts to claw back Islamic conquest.
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            <category>Andrea Widburg</category>
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            <title>A mighty lead: GOP&#039;s Jim Desmond leads Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar in California&#039;s newly gerrymandered 48th district race -polls</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Did someone botch the job rigging California&#39;s congressional seats solely for Democrats in the recent gerrymandering?
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            <category>Monica Showalter</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>U.S. / Iran: A victory held together by &#039;love taps&#039;?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ A victory that must be explained every few days through capital letters, new threats, and limited strikes has not yet become a strategic reality.
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            <category>Travis Lynch</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Babylon Bee headline or &#039;real news&#039; headline?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ It&rsquo;s getting harder and harder to tell the difference.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/babylon_bee_headline_or_real_news_headline.html</link>
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            <category>Eric Utter</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Voters can spot fake political branding</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ And they&rsquo;re getting better at it. GOP, take note.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/voters_can_spot_fake_political_branding.html</link>
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            <category>Susan Carlino Smith</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Assassins and Secret Service incompetence</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Those who have made an attempt on President Trump&rsquo;s life have gotten way too close for comfort to succeeding.
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            <category>Robert Arvay</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>The New York Tabloid (formerly the Times)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ A lurid story alleging Israeli sexal assault of Palestinian prisoners really goes the extra mile in propaganda.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/the_new_york_tabloid_formerly_the_times.html</link>
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            <category>Civis Americanus</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>CBS News Radio signs off</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ But the spirit of radio&mdash;that familiar and trusted voice in the background, hasn&rsquo;t gone anywhere.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/cbs_news_radio_signs_off.html</link>
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            <category>Greg Maresca</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Climate Change: no, we shouldn&#039;t trust the science</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ &quot;The science&quot; we were supposed to trust was always a lie.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/climate_change_no_we_shouldn_t_trust_the_science.html</link>
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            <category> Mike McDaniel</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Minnesota fails to ban </title>
            <description><![CDATA[ No government ever disarmed its people for benevolent reasons.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/minnesota_fails_to_ban_assault_weapons.html</link>
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            <category> Mike McDaniel</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>The death of the Pony Express, telegram, teletype, facsimile machine, landline, and letter</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ We still appreciate the old Pony Express.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/the_death_of_the_pony_express_telegram_teletype_facsimile_machine_landline_and_letter.html</link>
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            <category>Stephen Helgesen</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Who said wave?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Money problems and too many crazy lefties does not make for a winning formula.
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            <category>Silvio Canto, Jr.</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>I come to bury RCP8.5, not to praise it</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ A relatively unnoticed but major retreat from the climate cultists.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/i_come_to_bury_rcp8_5_not_to_praise_it.html</link>
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            <category>Bill Ponton</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Fake asylum claims go &#039;poof&#039; as illegals skip their asylum hearings in droves</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Suddenly, they aren&#39;t so terrified of returning to their home countries anymore. And they are skipping their bogus asylum hearing cases left and right.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/fake_asylum_claims_go_poof_as_illegals_skip_their_asylum_hearings_in_droves.html</link>
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            <category>Monica Showalter</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Beyond Ukraine, Russia is a grave threat to the West as a whole </title>
            <description><![CDATA[ A little-noticed episode from December 2024 indicates that it&rsquo;s working with North Korea to give the hermit kingdom a dramatic nuclear advantage.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/beyond_ukraine_russia_is_a_grave_threat_to_the_west_as_a_whole.html</link>
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            <category>Allan J. Feifer</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Should Hannity have quit the Catholic Church?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ This Catholic says no.
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            <category>DC Larson</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>How to goose Congress in the next government shutdown</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Senators doubtless patted one another on the back for voting to defer their pay in the next shutdown. Here&rsquo;s a better idea.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/how_to_goose_congress_in_the_next_government_shutdown.html</link>
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            <category>Bill Hansmann</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Xi warns against the Thucydides Trap</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ China&rsquo;s president cautioned President Trump about an obscure historical reference. What did he mean?
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/xi_warns_against_the_thucydides_trap.html</link>
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            <category>Joe Alton</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>People are returning to church</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ After more than 50 years of moral decine, the pendulum is swinging back.
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            <link>https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/people_are_returning_to_church.html</link>
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            <category>Susan Quinn</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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