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<title><![CDATA[Joel Kotkin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15243.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joel Kotkin]]></description><category domain="15243">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[America's New Geography of Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/09/americas-new-geography-of-opportunity/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Citizens prefer the business-friendly fringes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Teachers Unions: The Lobby at War With Learning]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/09/the-lobby-at-war-with-learning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The scale of radicalization seems to have few bounds.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Devolution Revolution: Americans Returning Power to the People]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/08/devolution_revolution_americans_returning_power_to_the_people_1205014.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sometimes a boundary is just a line in the road. But sometimes it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a gate from one world to another.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Driving due south from downtown Los Angeles through what was once the thriving center of Black L.A. now takes travelers through miles of dystopia that look like Mumbai on a bad...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Green Agenda Putting California at Risk]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/californias-green-agenda-is-putting-its-future-at-risk/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These costs undermine California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s prosperity, while expanding the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s already extreme divide between the haves and have-nots.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Texas May Soon Have More People Than California]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/opinion/texas-may-soon-have-more-people-than-california-heres-why/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas is now slated to pass California in population, driven both by both immigration and domestic migration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Socialism for the Elites]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/OPEaz</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Socialism is au courant in America today, though in its 21st-century form, it is less a rebellion of the proletariat than a by-product of the capitalist elite. Through its continued efforts to decrease the returns to human labour and by financing the very groups and ideologies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Newsom's Hopes Fading for Dem Nomination in 2028?]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-gavin-newsoms-white-house-dream-fading/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom is, as usual, indulging in a public relations blitzkrieg. But some suspect he may be losing his grip on his real ambition: a move to the White House. Recent polling suggests that Governor Brylcreem is losing ground to California's other potential presidential contender,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Los Angeles Be Saved?]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/07/can-los-angeles-be-saved/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last March, a makeshift drug factory exploded next to Los Angeles resident Juan Galicia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s craftsman-style home, built in 1910.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leftist Capture Has Ruined Higher Education]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/06/retiring-the-nutty-professor/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The movie'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Nutty Professor, both the original 1963 version starring'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jerry Lewis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the successful remake by'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Eddie Murphy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in 1996, is about a genius professor, obese but kind, who develops a potion that turns him into a handsome, manipulative womanizer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left vs. Left Mayor Race a Bad Sign for LA's Future]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/left-wing-civil-war-threatens-las-future/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Angelenos across political lines are'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' increasingly frustrated'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with the condition of the city; public services are strained while concerns persist over crime and homelessness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Islamic Extremism's Rise in California &amp; What To Do About It]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/opinion/islamic-extremism-in-california-and-what-to-do-about-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the Islamization of Europe and the UK. Is it now California's turn?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Strange Afterlife of Fascism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/02/the_strange_afterlife_of_fascism_1186177.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hardly a ruler in the world who would identify as fascist, but if you trust the mainstream media, you will assume fascism is on the march. Mentions of the term have skyrocketed ever since Donald Trump emerged from the land of chandeliers; fascist mentions on cable reached...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Steyer Proves Things Can Get Worse Than Gavin Newsom]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/opinion/worse-than-gavin-newsom-that-would-be-tom-steyer/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tom Steyer proves one thing about California politics: As bad as things get, they can always get worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Years of Backing Left, Tech Bros Getting What They Deserve]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/opinion/tech-bros-are-getting-what-they-deserve/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California's tech oligarchs are portraying themselves as victims, as the left clamors to tax their wealth away. Perhaps they should take some responsibility.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Spencer Pratt the Hero LA Needs?]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/is-spencer-pratt-the-hero-la-needs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reality TV stars have been fixtures of Los Angeles for decades, but now there's a chance one could run the city. Spencer Pratt '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' who appeared in The Hills, among other series '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' may not succeed in his mayoral bid, but his candidacy has produced a social media campaign that is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welders Have a Brighter Future Than Grads]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/05/goodbye-information-age/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The students in a graduate-level course I teach on the social impacts of artificial intelligence include a game designer, a warehouse manager, and an HR specialist. Many of them express concern that their current jobs could disappear as AI is implemented in their industry. Yet when I...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Roots of Recession: The Real Reason Economies Shrink]]></title>
							<link>https://quillette.com/2026/04/24/the-roots-of-recession-tyler-goodspeed/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As an energy shock looms, a new book reframes recession as the product of historical circumstance, not cyclical inevitability.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran, California and the Idiocy of Climate Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/opinion/iran-war-exposes-weakness-of-californias-green-policies/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California is a beacon for smart people. Yet we seem to excel in producing policies that hurt ourselves.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Aging Population Adds to California Economic Troubles]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/californias-ageing-population-will-cripple-the-state-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The migration of people, money, and companies out of California has evolved into a clear challenge to the economic future of the Golden State. Terrified by the loss of so much revenue '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' an estimated $91 billion between 2019-23 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the state, as well as other blue outposts, is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Californians Are Leaving--and What Newsom Can't Hide]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/04/05/opinion/gavin-newsoms-a-failed-governor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom is hiring a New York PR firm to sell California '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' ahead of his likely presidential bid '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' at a cost to taxpayers of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' $19 million.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California's Green Policies the Real Jim Crow 2.0]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/opinion/californias-green-policies-the-true-jim-crow-2-0/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No state makes more of its enlightened stance on racial justice than California. But few states do worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/28/the-myth-of-the-post-industrial-economy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the West wants to compete and survive, it must revive manufacturing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Golden State Is Turning Grey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-population-age-birthrate-jobs-housing?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California's wealthy boomers are staying put as young families head for the exits, fleeing the anti-growth politics that make the state increasingly unaffordable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Revival: Young Men, Highly Educated Lead Return to Religion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/02/17/surprising_revival_gen_z_men_and_highly_educated_lead_return_to_religion_1165235.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The decline of religion remains a fundamental reality in most Western countries, particularly in Europe, where over 50% of those under age 40 do not identify with any faith. Even in more rel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why China Wants Gavin Newsom To Be President]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/02/15/opinion/why-china-back-calif-gov-gavin-newsom-as-us-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Gavin Newsom's obedience to China follows a longstanding trend for California's political and economic elites.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Is Declining, But It's Not a Lost Cause]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/02/01/opinion/california-a-lost-cause/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If it stays on the current path, with ever-expanding government, poor job creation, miserable schools, and growing inequality, it could well be game over.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Downtowns Are Dying, But We Know How To Save Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/contributor-downtowns-are-dying-but-we-know-how-to-save-them/ar-AA1Vz4PY</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For decades, Los Angeles business and political figures have focused their attention on creating'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a sleek, vibrant downtown. The common thought, as the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' late Eli Broad'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' suggested, has been, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a great city needs a great downtown.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA Ground Zero for US Descent Into Neo-Socialist Misery]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-ground-zero-america-descent-060000301.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The election of Zohran Mamdani as New York'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first socialist mayor creates a dilemma for the still historically unpopular Democrats. Some elements of the party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' notably those based around the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' favour massive redistribution of income...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World Is Moving On From Green Energy]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/01/the-end-of-green-energy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, all right-thinking liberals were sure that fossil fuels would soon become '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'stranded assets'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Guardian'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' once'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' put it. Hydrocarbon-based energy sources, the thinking ran, would become ever more worthless as the world entered a bright renewable future. Yet...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[An Uninspiring Far-Left Field Vying for California Governor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-governor-race-gavin-newsom?skip=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Kotkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An uninspiring far-left field is vying for the governor's mansion.]]></description>
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