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							<title><![CDATA[The American Dream Is the Promise of a Process]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/14/ben_shapiro_the_american_dream_is_a_process.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American Dream is the promise of a process: if you work hard, and make smart and virtuous decisions, you will live a better life than your parents, and your children will live a better life than you do.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defending America's Founding Principles in a Divided Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/09/defending_americas_founding_principles_in_a_divided_age_154316.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States nation faces threats that extend beyond the familiar divide between Democrats and Republicans. Increasingly, two ideological movements -- one on the far left, one emerging on the populist right -- share a willingness to undermine the principles that have long defined...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/02/the_supreme_courts_birthright_citizenship_mistake_154292.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has now settled, at least for the foreseeable future, one of the most contentious questions in American immigration law: A child born in the United States is a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the child's parents entered the country legally or came solely to give...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Iran and China Are Not 'Winning']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/28/no_iran_and_china_are_not_winning_154168.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, much of the American media has operated under a peculiar assumption: that the best way to confront adversaries such as China and Iran is to accommodate them. If the United States applies pressure, the narrative quickly becomes that America is overextended, losing leverage, or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China: Our Enemy, Not Our Rival]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/14/china_our_enemy_not_our_rival_154122.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China is not merely America's geopolitical opponent. It is America's geopolitical enemy -- and has been since the establishment of the Chinese communist regime in 1949.
For decades, American leaders and elites indulged the fantasy that this reality could be softened or reversed. Richard...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Medicaid Millionaires Are Hiding in Plain Sight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/07/medicaid_millionaires_are_hiding_in_plain_sight_154100.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fraud in government programs is often treated like an urban legend -- something that happens in faraway blue cities run by corrupt political machines. But the truth is more unsettling: Some of the most brazen theft of taxpayer money is happening in places governed by Republicans, right...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is What a World Superpower Looks Like]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/09/this_is_what_a_world_superpower_looks_like.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America is living through a moment difficult to describe without sounding a little unhinged.
But here goes: We are watching the United States do things that only the United States can do.
In the span of a few days, Americans have watched astronauts push farther into space than any human...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Today's NBA, Beliefs Can Be a Firing Offense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/02/in_todays_nba_beliefs_can_be_a_firing_offense_154003.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of things an NBA player can do and still keep his job.
League history is littered with examples: players involved in off-court scandals, arrests, even allegations of serious violence. Time and again, teams and the league have found ways to look past behavior that, in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Is Losing. What Happens Next Is Uncertain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/19/iran_is_losing_what_happens_next_is_uncertain.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't fall for the propaganda. Iran is not holding its own in this conflict. It is being systematically dismantled.
One by one, the senior figures of the Islamic Republic have been eliminated: generals, security chiefs and regime power brokers. The country's leadership has been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Piers Morgan Is a Clickwhore. Megyn Kelly Is a Coward]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/12/ben_shapiro_slams_anarchist_toward_carlson_coward_megyn_kelly_and_little_btch_piers_morgan.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On his podcast, Ben Shapiro pushed back on criticism from Megyn Kelly and Piers Morgan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Last Hope Is American Division]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/05/irans_last_hope_is_american_division_153910.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is winning.
Anyone telling you otherwise is either mistaken -- or rooting for a different outcome.
That may sound blunt. But it happens to be true.
The Iranian regime's best remaining strategy is not military. It is political. Tehran is not counting on its air defenses,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio's Case for a Stronger West]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/19/rubios_case_for_a_stronger_west_153856.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday that stood out not for its bombast but for its clarity. In a room filled with political figures from across the Atlantic -- and from both parties at home -- Rubio was unmistakably the adult in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Con Consuming American Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/12/the_con_consuming_american_politics_153830.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a growing sense of frustration coursing through American politics, and it is no longer confined to one party or ideology.
That frustration has real roots. Major institutions badly damaged their credibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, the excesses of the Black Lives Matter...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warning Signs for Republicans in 2026]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/05/warning_signs_for_republicans_in_2026_153802.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are beginning to sound the alarm about the 2026 midterm elections, and not without reason. The concern was crystallized by a Texas state Senate race in a district President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024 but which recently shifted 14 points toward Democrats -- a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tricia McLaughlin Defends ICE's Visible Presence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/15/tricia_mclaughlin_defends_ices_visible_presence_153713.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is still chaos surrounding Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and nowhere is the anger more palpable than in cities like Minneapolis. Protesters insist they are exercising their rights, even as some cross legal lines. The distinction matters. Observing ICE is lawful....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Have a Duty To Condemn Conspiracy Theorists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/12/18/ben_shapiro_if_candace_owens_can_spew_baseless_trash_implicating_mossad_and_tpusa_we_have_a_duty_to_speak_out.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ben Shapiro spoke at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest on Thursday and used much of his 20-minute address to sharply criticize conservative firebrands including Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, calling them "frauds," "grifters," and "charlatans."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dumbest Assumption in All of Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/18/the_dumbest_assumption_in_all_of_politics_153645.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most persistent mistakes in modern politics is the insistence on flattening all ideologies -- pretending that all human beings think the same way, want the same things, and are motivated by the same forces. Every time policymakers fall into this trap, the result is not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Do We Do About China?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/11/what_do_we_do_about_china_153615.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is confronting an existential threat -- but not the kind defined by ships on the horizon or missiles in the air. The danger instead stems from a waning sense of national purpose and a growing doubt about America's global role. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Two-Pronged Democratic Strategy for 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/04/a_two-pronged_democratic_strategy_for_2028_153594.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats appear to have settled on a dual strategy heading into the 2028 election: Sow doubt within the military ranks, and present a slate of candidates who project moderation.
The first prong centers on an emerging talking point -- one that suggests members of the armed forces should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Makes Things Affordable?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/13/what_makes_things_affordable_153520.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Affordability. It's the word on everybody's lips.
Ever since self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani became the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral election by saying the word "affordability" with talismanic regularity, we have been told that the key to modern politics is that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Generation Z(ohran)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/29/generation_zohran_153465.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How does a 33-year-old lifelong do-nothing -- a person who has never held a real job, never suffered a true challenge, been handed everything on a silver platter -- turn into a mayoral frontrunner in New York City? How does a self-described socialist who despises capitalism become the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Normie Revolution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/23/the_normie_revolution_153437.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three weeks ago, The New York Times released a poll of Americans on the question of whether America's political system could still solve the nation's problems. The overwhelming response: no. In September 2020, 51% of Americans believed that America's system could still address America's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Peace President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/16/donald_trump_peace_president_153411.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, I had the opportunity to visit the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, to hear President Donald Trump speak. Trump, who had just brokered a ceasefire deal involving the release of all 20 living Israeli hostages from Hamas -- without a full Israeli withdrawal, and with a stated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Win a War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/10/how_to_win_a_war_153392.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has been a long time since a Western country has won a war.
It can now be said that Israel has won its war on Iran and its proxies in the Middle East, with the assistance of the United States -- and, in particular, President Donald Trump.
On Oct. 7, 2023, the genocidal terror group...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Violent Movements We Must Denounce]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/18/the_assassination_of_charlie_kirk_and_the_violent_movements_we_must_denounce_153296.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, my friend Charlie Kirk was murdered in cold blood in front of a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University. He was assassinated while debating with students -- something Charlie did frequently, and with aplomb -- by a radicalized leftist with a trans boyfriend. That assassin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Society Paralyzed by the Presence of Evil]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/11/a_society_paralyzed_by_the_presence_of_evil_153267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, most Americans were shocked by the images of Decarlos Brown Jr., a violent schizophrenic with a 14-count rap sheet, stabbing a young Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, to death on a Charlotte light rail commuter train. The video of the incident is absolutely horrifying: Brown,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's Misdefinition of Americanism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/28/the_lefts_misdefinition_of_americanism_153227.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, Axios ran a fascinating piece about the supposed "redefinition" of Americanism under President Donald Trump. Titled "Inside Trump's American identity project," Axios posited that "President Trump is wielding government power to enforce a more rigid, exclusionary definition of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Would We Want Bad People Here?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/21/why_would_we_want_bad_people_here_153200.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, news emerged that the Trump administration has been setting new standards with regard to incoming immigrants. According to Axios, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will not take into account the "positive attributes" of migrants entering the country; such...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hamas Understands the Myopia and Moral Imbecility of the West]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/08/hamas_understands_the_myopia_and_moral_imbecility_of_the_west_153160.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks ago, it was widely thought that Israel and the terrorist group Hamas were nearing a deal to end the war in Gaza. In that deal, Hamas leadership would agree to go into exile, Israeli hostages would be freed from their hellish captivity and surrounding Arab nations could...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Will AI Do for Our Happiness?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/24/what_will_ai_do_for_our_happiness_153087.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Shapiro</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The West faces a series of serious economic challenges: a demographic collapse that undermines growth; a welfare state that sucks money from the future and dispenses it in the present; a regulatory structure that focuses more on redistributionism and top-down control than on innovation....]]></description>
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