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<title><![CDATA[Susan Crabtree - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/22561.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Susan Crabtree]]></description><category domain="22561">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Casts Long Shadow Over California Campaigns]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/08/trump_casts_long_shadow_over_california_campaigns.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even before Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s confusing gaffe Monday night in Nebraska about Iran bombing Los Angeles and San Diego, the president was looming large over nearly every hotly contested California election campaign.
In one Southern California race, Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s long shadow produced a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In CA Gov. Debate Becerra Runs Against Trump More Than Hilton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/01/in_ca_gov_debate_becerra_runs_against_trump_more_than_hilton_154549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Xavier Becerra walked into CNN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Burbank studio Wednesday night as the heavy favorite to be California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s next governor. He walked out the same way. But anyone expecting the debate to demonstrate why the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s former attorney general and Biden Cabinet secretary holds such...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Group To Sue New York Over Union-Backed &lsquo;Hit-Job&rsquo; Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/28/group_to_sue_new_york_over_union-backed_hit-job_law_154541.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A national worker-rights group plans to go to federal court Monday to block a New York law it says was written to silence outreach to public employees about their right to leave their unions. The group argues the new law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech because it allows...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Much Welfare Spending for Illegals?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYDTqtcjz_E&amp;t=1730s</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday, September 24th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by National Political Correspondent, Susan Crabtree]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Advocates to Trump: Confront Xi on China&rsquo;s Religious Prisoners]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/23/advocates_to_trump_confront_xi_on_chinas_religious_prisoners__154531.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For five months in a Chinese detention center, the pastor had no name. He was T07. His senior pastor, Wang Yi, was T01.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'They just made me reduce my name to a number,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Pastor Ding Shuqi of Chengdu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Early Rain Covenant Church said of his imprisonment following the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hilton's Uphill Fight in California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuQPHjjH9iI&amp;t=994s&amp;pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, September 16th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP National Political Correspondent, Susan Crabtree:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hilton Channels Lasso, Punches Hard Against Becerra]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/16/hilton_channels_lasso_punches_hard_against_becerra__154507.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Steve Hilton has a favorite sign. Not a campaign sign '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a sign from his old life, bolted to the atrium wall of Stanford University'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Institute of Design, where he taught for a couple of years after moving to the Bay Area from England in 2012. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a simple line with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Nervous About Senate Map]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/26/rcp_podcast_senate_map.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, August 26th on RealClearPolitics - Joined RCP Senior Elections Analyst Sean Trende and RCP National Political Reporter, Susan Crabtree]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Secret Service Spokesman, Two Others Suspended Amid Leak Probe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/26/secret_service_spokesman_two_others_suspended_amid_leak_probe_154446.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three officials within the U.S. Secret Service'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s communications office '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' including the agency'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' have been removed from their posts and stripped of their security clearances as investigators examine how classified or sensitive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Florida Democrats Hand Republicans a November Gift]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/19/florida_democrats_hand_republicans_a_november_gift_154426.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Far-left State Rep. Angie Nixon handed the progressive movement a surprise win against deep-pocketed Alex Vindman in Florida'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic Senate primary Tuesday night.
With nearly all precincts reporting, Nixon had handily defeated Vindman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ADF Demands Colorado District Scrap or Overhaul Sex-Ed Curriculum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/14/adf_demands_colorado_district_scrap_or_overhaul_sex-ed_curriculum_154412.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A national religious-liberty legal organization has sent a formal letter to Colorado'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Roaring Fork School District demanding it discontinue its human sexuality curriculum or, at minimum, overhaul how parents are notified and allowed to exclude their children from it.
Alliance...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressive Wave Hits Wall as Crowley Upsets Hong in Wisconsin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/12/progressive_wave_hits_wall_as_crowley_upsets_hong_in_wisconsin_154407.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic socialists'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' much-anticipated iron-clad grip on the party in Wisconsin dissolved into thin air Tuesday night when David Crowley pulled off a stunning upset, defeating Francesca Hong for the Democratic nomination for governor.
Hong, the democratic socialist who had entered...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Tucker Carlson's Endgame?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/07/rcp_podcast_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday, August 7th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP National Correspondent Susan Crabtree and RealClearInvestigations Editor J. Peder Zane]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Secret Service Agent Arrested in Hazing Incident]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/27/secret_service_agent_arrested_in_hazing_incident_154373.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Secret Service agent Marquez Pinder was arrested and charged Sunday with five felony counts in a near-fatal fraternity hazing incident that occurred this spring, according to court documents.
RealClearPolitics first reported in June that the agent was put on administrative leave while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Picks Run the Table in Arizona, Biggs To Face Hobbs in November]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/22/trump_picks_run_the_table_in_arizona_biggs_to_face_hobbs_in_november_154358.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Arizona'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican primary voters sent a clear message Tuesday: The party still belongs to Donald Trump.
Across three marquee races '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' for governor and for two open U.S. House seats '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the candidates he endorsed came out on top, reaffirming his grip on the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Calif. In-Home Workers Accuse Unions of Coerced Dues, Shakedowns]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/15/calif_in-home_workers_accuse_unions_coerced_dues_shakedowns_154334.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Chaquan May'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s baby girl was born at 23 weeks with life-threatening conditions, she never could have imagined that fighting a powerful union would be one of the many difficulties of providing her daughter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s medical and nursing services herself at home. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
At first, May...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A July 4th &lsquo;Superman&rsquo; Touts the &lsquo;Better Parts&rsquo; of US]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/03/a_july_4th_superman_touts_the_better_parts_of_us_154297.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five for Fighting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s John Ondrasik is a natural choice to headline the marquee maritime celebration of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 250th birthday aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz in New York Harbor this 4th of July. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Nearly a quarter century ago, the Grammy-nominated platinum artist performed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Under Investigation?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS0OqlAFnuM</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 16th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP National Correspondent Susan Crabtree and RCP White House Reporter Carolina Lumetta]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Newsoms, the Nonprofits, and the Federal Questions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/16/the_newsoms_the_nonprofits_and_the_federal_questions_154229.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When California Gov. Gavin Newsom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s former chief of staff Dana Williamson pleaded guilty last month to three felonies pertaining to campaign finance fraud and federal tax evasion, the governor told Bloomberg News he was shaken '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but philosophical. The news had come as a shock,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[USSS Agent Investigated for Role in Fraternity Hazing Incident]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/11/exclusive_usss_agent_investigated_for_role_in_fraternity_hazing_incident_154214.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Secret Service agent is under criminal and internal agency investigation for his alleged role in a hazing incident at a historically black fraternity at Miami'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Florida International University that landed a pledge in the hospital.
The agent is accused of overseeing spring...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Pratt Gets Bad News, California Vote-Counting Fuels Conservative Distrust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/in_california_pratts_loss_fuels_conservative_election_distrust__154205.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Spencer Pratt'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s supporters, the last four days of the Los Angeles mayoral primary vote-counting and conclusion were like a gut punch delivered in slow motion.
On election night, their candidate held a lead of roughly 40,000 votes over Democratic Socialist City Councilwoman...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom&rsquo;s Gerrymander Power Play Fizzles]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/05/newsoms_gerrymander_power_play_fizzles_154197.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Republicans moved to redraw congressional maps in Texas to maximize their advantage in the House, California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded with a counterpunch: Proposition 50, a California redistricting measure explicitly designed to eliminate up to five Republican congressional seats...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Outsiders Night: GOP &lsquo;Change&rsquo; Agents Rattle Deep-Blue California]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/03/outsiders_night_gop_change_agents_rattle_deep-blue_california_154189.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON BEACH '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In a state that hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t elected a Republican governor in nearly two decades and where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly two to one in registered voters, Tuesday night belonged to two conservative political outsiders who based their campaigns on a simple...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Becerra&rsquo;s Nonprofit Network and the Deportation Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/29/becerras_nonprofit_network_and_the_deportation_debate_154174.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Xavier Becerra, the frontrunner in the race for California governor, has frequently drawn a line between deporting illegal migrants with criminal records and those without '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at least in theory.
Even as the Trump administration has softened its deportation rhetoric in recent...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Pratt Praise: Kiss of Death or Secret Weapon in LA Mayor&rsquo;s Race?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/21/trumps_pratt_praise_kiss_of_death_or_secret_weapon_in_la_mayors_race_154147.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On one level it was simply one reality star giving another what he considered the ultimate compliment.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday before boarding Air Force One, the president of the United States and former host of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Apprentice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' declared that Spencer Pratt '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Becerra Feels the Heat in Final Governor&rsquo;s Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/15/becerra_feels_the_heat_in_final_governors_debate_154127.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Seven candidates vying for California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s governorship squared off Thursday in their fifth and final debate, with frontrunner Xavier Becerra facing down an onslaught of attacks from the right and the left over his policy record, a campaign fraud scandal, and what rivals described...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fallout From Dems' Redistricting Loss in VA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LVMISHc-0U</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virginia Democrats talking about changing the rules for the state Supreme Court, after it struck down the party's ambitious partisan redistricting plan--including lowering the retirement age for judges to force every current member out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marsha Blackburn to Secret Service: &lsquo;Root Out the Rot']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/08/marsha_blackburn_to_secret_service_root_out_the_rot__154106.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Marsha Blackburn sent a sharply worded letter Wednesday to Secret Service Director Sean Curran demanding an immediate, top-to-bottom review of the Secret Service, a move that comes nearly two weeks after an armed gunman sprinted past a checkpoint leading to the White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Candidates for California Governor Target Becerra in Testy Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/06/candidates_for_california_governor_target_becerra_in_testy_debate_154097.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Candidates vying to succeed California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom squared off Tuesday in a CNN-hosted debate, with former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra drawing the most pointed jabs from rivals on both sides of the aisle.
In the most dynamic debate yet,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Secret Service Officer&rsquo;s Embarrassing Arrest Spurs More Scrutiny]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/05/secret_service_officers_embarrassing_arrest_spurs_more_scrutiny_154095.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Susan Crabtree</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Secret Service Uniformed Division officer was arrested early Monday for allegedly masturbating naked on the sixth floor of the DoubleTree hotel near the Miami airport.
Police arrested John Spillman, 33, shortly after midnight Monday morning after hotel security called them. The...]]></description>
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