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							<title><![CDATA[Latin American Left on Losing Streak Since USAID Dismantled]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/latin_americas_many_trumps_154565.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Latin America is turning right, and it's a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In some ways, the Cold War never really ended in the Western hemisphere: Socialism has haunted the nations of Central and South America long after the fall of the Berlin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MAID in America?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/30/maid_in_america_154543.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Legalized homicide is now the cause of one out of every 20 Canadian deaths.
The country's "medical assistance in dying" regime -- MAID -- has been in effect for 10 years and has taken an estimated 100,000 lives.
The numbers, and shocking stories like Brigitte Stegemann's, are a warning...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sore Losers Are the Left's Allies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/22/sore_losers_are_the_lefts_allies.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This year's midterms don't just pit Democrats against Republicans -- they also set Republicans against Republicans and Democrats at war with Democrats.
The coalition that better holds together is the one that will win control of the Senate.
Republicans have only a slim chance to keep the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Immigration Politics of a Felon's Pardon]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/15/the_immigration_politics_of_a_felons_pardon_154504.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How far will New York Gov. Kathy Hochul go to keep immigrant criminals in this country?
So far, she'll even pardon a man convicted of an aggravated felony, if that's what it takes to prevent the United States Supreme Court from setting a restrictionist precedent.
Keisy Guerrero Mariano...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chaos Wrought by Building a Nation of Illegal Aliens]]></title>
							<link>https://chroniclesmagazine.org/columns/alienation-nation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stories of migrant murderers have become common in America. Consider Tsegaab Binessu, a 30-year-old Ethiopian migrant'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' accused'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of murdering three people in the offices of a St. Paul, Minnesota apartment complex. He wanted to get out of his $65-a-month parking contract, and when he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jobs and Manufacturing Are on the Ballot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/08/jobs_and_manufacturing_are_on_the_ballot_154481.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American manufacturing is on the rebound, and that good news could hardly come at a better time for President Donald Trump, as Republicans gird themselves for the midterm elections just two months from now.
Not that manufacturing is the only sector that's on a hiring spree -- businesses...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Cuts Off Antifa's Global Leftist Lifeline]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/01/us_cuts_off_antifas_global_leftist_lifeline.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Left-wing terrorism is a serious problem in the United States, though for political reasons it doesn't receive anything like the attention right-wing violence gets.
When most people think of violence connected to abortion, they imagine attacks on abortion clinics -- yet lately,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Mock Charlie Kirk's Assassination?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/25/why_mock_charlie_kirks_assassination.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hasan Piker is deeply envious of Charlie Kirk.
The hard-left influencer debated Kirk in 2017 and was set to do so again before Kirk was murdered last year.
Yet now Piker is going around mocking Kirk's assassination, leading a crowd last weekend, during his live podcast tour, in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Southern Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/18/democrats_southern_strategy_154420.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't believe the Democratic National Committee's official storyline -- the DNC's decision to make South Carolina the first Democratic presidential primary in 2028 isn't about introducing more racial diversity into the early contests.
It's actually about keeping power in the hands of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Homebuyers Deserve the Facts About Crime and Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/11/homebuyers_deserve_the_facts_about_crime_and_schools_154404.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nothing is more natural when buying a house than looking into how safe the neighborhood is, and, if you have or plan to have children, whether the schools are any good.
Yet the last Democratic presidential administration tried to prevent real estate agents from answering those kinds of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Comical Case of Cambridge U.'s Fibbing DEI Prof]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/04/diversity_equity_and_confabulation_154392.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If The Onion or Babylon Bee or another satirical publication wanted to spoof the absurdity of DEI -- the ideology of "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" -- they couldn't have invented a character as unbelievable as Jason Arday.
But Arday is very real: Born in 1985, in 2023 he became at 37...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratic Socialists of America vs. John Adams]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/28/democratic_socialists_of_america_vs_john_adams_154376.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Socialists of America don't like being called Communists, though many members might echo the sentiment of leftist influencer Hasan Piker when he says, "I don't have an issue with an end goal of communism."
Yet however the group self-identifies, its agenda is openly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Young Republicans Like Nixon]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/i-invented-nixonmaxxing/?rcp=true&amp;set_edition=en</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA['I think that his historical record is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, but I think deservedly so,' J.D. Vance says about Richard Nixon]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Can't Do Better Than Kamala Harris in 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/21/why_democrats_cant_do_better_than_kamala_harris_in_2028_154353.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are only two lanes to the Democratic presidential nomination two years from now, and one of them is already blocked -- by Kamala Harris.
Get ready for the Kamala comeback, followed, in all likelihood, by a replay of her crushing defeat by the Republican nominee.
Believe it or not,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Sen. Graham Was Always Ready for War]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/why-lindsey-graham-was-always-ready-for-war/?edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senator Lindsey Graham has died. But what did his neoconservatism and hawkishness have to do with his home state of South Carolina?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Country Is Only as Free as Its Workforce]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/14/a_country_is_only_as_free_as_its_workforce.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America has a socialism problem, and it's bigger than most citizens realize.
When candidates aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America win Democratic party primaries, or New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani hails "the warmth of collectivism," socialism's advance is obvious.
But it's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Smithsonian's Patriotism Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/07/the_smithsonians_patriotism_problem_154310.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don't want you to love your country."
That's a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new report by the White House excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Britain Taught Us]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/what-britain-taught-us/?edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We Americans should be proud of the ideals that guided our war of independence and the creation of our republic]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Bill Maher Finds Himself Siding With the Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/30/why_bill_maher_finds_himself_siding_with_the_right.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bill Maher is the perfect liberal, at least on paper -- yet despite his talk shows being nominated for Emmy awards more than 40 times, it's only in Donald Trump's Washington that Maher finally gets the recognition he craves.
He's now the 27th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberty or&nbsp;Force?&nbsp;John Quincy Adams&nbsp;on Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/22/liberty-or-force-john-quincy-adams-american-foreign-policy-adams/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John Quincy Adams' 1821 Fourth of July address has had a long legacy. It has become a touchstone in debates about foreign policy to this]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Anyone Govern Britain -- or America?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/23/can_anyone_govern_britain_--_or_america_154254.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Britain gets ready for its seventh prime minister in just 10 years, it's time to ask whether the parliamentary system itself is broken.
That might explain not only why landslide election victories don't translate into stable leadership in Britain but also why America's Congress is so...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[University Professors Against Academic Freedom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/16/university_professors_against_academic_freedom_154228.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does academic freedom have a greater enemy than the American Association of University Professors?
With millions of dollars in backing from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the AAUP recently set up a Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF) that's about as accurately named as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Chance To Forge a Lasting Peace]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/trump-can-forge-a-lasting-peace/?edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is giving peace a chance in the Persian Gulf, and for Iran's leadership this is literally a matter of life or death. If Iran had continued to fight, one of two things would have happened. Either the war would have resumed its original tempo, leading to the extinction of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo Misjudges the Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/pope_leo_courts_the_global_left_154204.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving to be more political than most -- and he's siding with the left.
It's a grave mistake that can only hurt the Catholic Church on both sides of the Atlantic.
Leo has been in Spain the last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpractice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/02/a_mass-graves_myth_is_media_malpractice_154186.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A hoax costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and appears to incite arson attacks against dozens of churches.
No, this isn't the latest headline out of Minnesota -- look a little further north.
In 2021, at a time when media throughout the Western world were still in a state of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Bet on a Blue Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/dont-bet-on-a-blue-wave/?edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats shouldn't expect a wave in the November midterms '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' they should worry about being swept away by the tide]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Are Still More Focused Than Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/why-the-republicans-are-still-more-focused-than-the-democrats/?edition=us&amp;rcp=true</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are now the party of immigration restriction and know what it is they're meant to conserve: America]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo Needs Trump to Tame AI]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/27/pope_leo_needs_trump_to_tame_ai_154163.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo is right about the need to make artificial intelligence answer to the human good. AI has to be subject to human moral responsibility.
But whose?
The pope warns against power accumulating in private hands:
A few companies, led by a handful of executives and board members, control...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Face Midterm Disappointment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/19/democrats_face_midterm_disappointment_154135.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As they look to the midterm elections, Republicans have reason to worry -- but not despair.
They're going to be fighting uphill all the way to hold onto their majority in the House, which they currently control by the razor-thin margin of just six seats.
That includes one member,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Virginia Democrats Reveal a Radical Design]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/12/virginia_democrats_reveal_a_radical_design_154114.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Daniel McCarthy</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country -- by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most essential checks and balances.
Democrats violated the state's constitution by pushing through a referendum to take four congressional seats away from...]]></description>
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