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							<title><![CDATA[Big Problem for Democrats in the 'Affordability' Battle]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/opinion/trump-and-republicans-can-win-the-affordability-battle-heres-how/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans need to go bold and sell the good news about President Donald Trump's economy to voters because the media sure won't.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Easy Ways to Reduce Pain at the Pump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/30/three_easy_ways_to_reduce_pain_at_the_pump_154544.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I've always argued that the easiest way for families to gauge the health of the economy is to check the daily gas price. Drivers see the 50-foot-high signs in every community in America. They stare us right in the face.
I call it the affordability index.
In recent weeks, gas prices have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al Gore's Inconvenient Lies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/23/al_gores_inconvenient_lies_154529.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was 20 years ago that Al Gore's book "An Inconvenient Truth" was published, and ... well, it turns out that the truth was inconvenient -- for Al and his band of apocalyptics.
I asked my team to use the AI chatbot ChatGPT as a referee in assessing the accuracy of the book's scary and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Waste $9 Trillion to NOT 'Save the Planet']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/09/how_to_waste_9_trillion_to_not_save_the_planet_154486.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world has spent $9 trillion to combat climate change since 2020. That is a World War II-type number.
Except we won WWII. But now even the left admits that this torrent of money has accomplished ... nothing.
According to ESG Today, citing a 2026 United Nations report, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the USA Going Bankrupt?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/25/is_the_usa_going_bankrupt_154443.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thank God, no, we aren't going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt.
The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington in the mid-1980s, our debt hit $1 trillion for the first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Net Zero Is Dead and Gone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/18/net_zero_is_dead_and_gone_154421.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was only a few years ago when the climate change alarms and green energy fad were all the rage at the White House and corporate board rooms. Former President Joe Biden's policies were all tilted to ending fossil fuels, and many of America's biggest corporations embraced the concept of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Five Lessons Learned From the Fauci Fiasco]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/04/five_lessons_learned_from_the_fauci_fiasco_154393.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[COVID-19 was a traumatic experience for our families, small businesses, schools and country. Understandably, people don't like thinking or talking about it. But we must. We now know, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's doggedness and Anthony Fauci's supreme arrogance that he freely expresses in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[My Visit to the Data Center]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/21/my_visit_to_the_data_center_154351.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
"The cloud," by the way, is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of the Library of Congress and virtually...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Move Over, Wall Street -- Here Come the Texas Longhorns]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/15/move_over_wall_street_--_here_come_the_texas_longhorns_154337.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York Stock Exchange opened its doors over 230 years ago. It has been one of the iconic symbols of America's economic might for more than two centuries.
But for how much longer?
Now the challenge for supremacy isn't coming from London or Tokyo or Hong Kong or Beijing. It's coming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What England Can Teach Us About 'Democratic Socialism']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/30/what_england_can_teach_us_about_democratic_socialism_154280.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you want to see modern-day socialism in action, look no further than to the other side of the pond at not-so-jolly old England. The story of Britain's decline is a warning signal to those here in the States who are thrilled by the warm embrace of socialism.
Right now, the Brits are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Blunders Made Drug Price Controls Even Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4609653/biden-blunders-drug-price-controls/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its scope by ignoring some of the statute's clear lines.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Big Bob Packwood Tax Reform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-big-bob-packwood-tax-reform-94033d4b?st=AMDUqr</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Oregon senator, who died Saturday at 93, closed loopholes and cut the top rate to 28%.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Needs More, Not Fewer, Billionaires]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/27/america_needs_more_not_fewer_billionaires_154164.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Billionaires are getting a bad name. "Eat the rich" is the new mantra of the Left's greed and envy lobby.
Once upon a time, we saluted and celebrated America's empire builders who got rich but created great industries that built the richest nation on earth. Now the Left in America...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Free the Mail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/20/free_the_mail_154141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those of us of a certain age -- born before about 1970 -- have fond memories of the mailman (yes, that's what we called him, not "postal carrier") dropping off a pile of letters and cards into the mailbox down the driveway six days a week.
But those days are long past. Now if we have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time for Jerome Powell To Go Home]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/05/time_for_jerome_powell_to_go_home_154094.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The man just won't leave the stage.
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...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Kill Cancer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/31/lets_kill_cancer_153997.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you.
So let's kill cancer before it kills us.
This crusade could be similar in size and scope to our national commitments to developing a polio vaccine in the 1950s and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Five Things You Must Know About Energy Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/11/the_five_things_you_must_know_about_energy_policy_153931.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given the energy disruptions in the Middle East and the topsy-turvy fluctuation in the price of crude oil in recent weeks, here are a few facts about the energy scene.
First, "drill, baby, drill" is working. America today is producing more oil and gas than ever. Over the past six years,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was Climate Change the Greatest Financial Scam in History?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/18/was_climate_change_the_greatest_financial_scam_in_history_153854.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex.
And for what?
Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dow 50,000: A Supply-Side Miracle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/11/dow_50000_a_supply-side_miracle_153827.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I first arrived in Washington in 1982, the Dow Jones hit a low of 800. You may not believe that, so feel free to look it up.
If anyone had predicted that in a little more four decades the Dow would surpass 50,000, they might have been admitted into a mental institution. But U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kevin Warsh Must Move Fast, Undo Powell's Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kevin-warsh-must-move-fast-undo-worst-fed-mistakes-decades</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump was smart to select Kevin Warsh as next Fed chairman. He should reverse Jerome Powell's policies and work quickly to restore stability at the Federal Reserve.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, Please Free Caleb Bailey]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/28/mr_president_please_free_caleb_bailey_153768.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA["How can the life of such a man / Be in the palm of some fool's hand?" -- Bob Dylan, "Hurricane"
You've probably never heard of Caleb Bailey, but he is a political prisoner who has been locked behind bars for nearly eight years; nine more years remain on his sentence.
Anyone who has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is No Way to Gimme Shelter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/20/this_is_no_way_to_gimme_shelter_153733.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median home price is now $415,000.
The 30- and 40-somethings are having a tough time buying a first home. Young families may need to pay a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Economists Got 2025 All Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/31/the_economists_got_2025_all_wrong_153671.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Well, Donald Trump has done it again!
He stumped the chumps. The "chumps" in this case were the "blue-chip" academic and financial economists whose consensus forecast this time last year was of high inflation and low economic growth. Wrong on both counts.
As you've probably heard, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Do Pundits Keep Getting Trump's Economy So Wrong?]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/12/23/opinion/why-do-pessimistic-pundits-keep-getting-trumps-economy-so-wrong/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the gang that can't shoot straight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Johnny Can't Read]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/17/why_johnny_cant_read_153638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Can Help Accelerate Argentina's Economic Comeback]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/09/how_trump_can_help_accelerate_argentinas_economic_comeback_153608.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei have a special relationship. Each is engaged in a crusade to make his respective country's economy great again. Trump was all in on helping Milei win his elections earlier this year, and he has also offered the Argentines a $20...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Use Tariff Revenue To Cut Payroll Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tariffs-can-make-work-pay-again-728dc9d8?st=b2C9ub</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s good and bad in President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s suggestion to send a $2,000 check of tariff revenues to each U.S. family. Though incomes have been rising faster than overall consumer prices this year, Americans are still understandably angry about the rising costs of healthcare,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Want Lower Prices? More 'Affordability'? Move to a Red State.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/18/want_lower_prices_more_affordability_move_to_a_red_state_153539.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The buzzword of the month is "affordability," and based on the election results from New York, New Jersey and Virginia, voters think that's declining. Democrats think they've found a winning issue here to win back the hearts and minds of voters after the Trump sweep last year.
It's true...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates Gets Mugged by Reality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/07/bill_gates_gets_mugged_by_reality_153500.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You've probably heard by now the blockbuster news that Microsoft founder Bill Gates, one of the richest people to ever walk the planet, has had a change of heart on climate change. For several decades, Gates poured billions of dollars into the climate-industrial complex and was howling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deposit Insurance for Billionaires?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/28/deposit_insurance_for_billionaires_153459.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Moore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politicians in Washington have the shortest memories.
Maybe that's why they so seldom learn from their sometimes catastrophic mistakes.
It was less than 20 years ago that the U.S. economy was flattened by the mortgage and banking crisis. Anyone remember?
The experts said that the odds...]]></description>
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