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							<title><![CDATA[Act Worthy of Yourselves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/03/act_worthy_of_yourselves_154296.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This July, the United States turns 250 years old. Anniversaries like this one are supposed to be moments of pride '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' parades, fireworks, the familiar comfort of a story we already know how it ends. But this anniversary arrives at a more uneasy moment than most. The country is as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Settlement Deepens GOP&rsquo;s Independent Voter Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/27/trumps_settlement_deepens_gops_independent_voter_problem_154158.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Perhaps with everything going on in the Middle East and gasoline prices rising here at home, President Trump was hoping the settlement agreement entered into between the Trump family and the Department of Justice last week would attract little attention. Unfortunately for congressional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Independent Candidates Make a Difference in 2026?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN released a new presidential approval poll this week, and the headlines aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t good for the White House. More Americans now disapprove of the job the president is doing than at any other point during the five-plus years Donald Trump has occupied the Oval Office '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' higher even...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Has Lost Support Among Independents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/02/why_trump_has_lost_support_among_independents.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ten months into Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second term in office, his approval ratings are significantly lower than when his term began. Such declines are not uncommon '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even though presidential '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'honeymoon'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' periods aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t what they once were. Democrats have never cottoned to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk&rsquo;s Unclaimed Political Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/05/elon_musks_unclaimed_political_power_153246.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bold July 5 declaration that he was starting a new political party, little has been heard from the boisterous billionaire on the subject. Over the past two months, Musk has walked back many of his statements in his short-lived feud with the president. Meanwhile,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk the Problem-Solver Tackles the Two-Party System]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/07/elon_musk_the_problem-solver_tackles_two-party_system_153003.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s July 5 announcement that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s starting a new political party could be consequential, but only if the world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s richest man maintains a sustained interest in the effort.
Over the past three decades, a number of billionaires have flirted with the idea of starting a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk, the Budget, and the Coming Labor Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/09/elon_musk_budget_and_coming_labor_crisis_152898.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Other than the president himself, no one has had a greater impact on the first months of the new Trump administration than Elon Musk. Not only was Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s support critical in getting Donald Trump elected, but his empathy-free approach at the newly formed Department of Government...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[First 100 Days of the Resistance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/30/first_100_days_of_the_resistance_152723.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On April 30, President Trump will mark the 100th day of his second term in office. Countless column inches will be devoted to dissecting every decision made, executive order signed, and social media post. Most left-leaning media outlets will decry what appears to be the slow march...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will DOGE Finish What Clinton Administration Started?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/22/will_doge_finish_what_clinton_administration_started_152407.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lots of ink has been spilled over the past three weeks regarding the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t the first time a new administration has attempted to address what it saw as government bloat. Most recently, the Clinton administration tasked...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dark Before the Dawn&rsquo;s Early Light]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/04/the_dark_before_the_dawns_early_light_151894.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I drove from Philadelphia to Harrisburg this weekend, I was reminded that the American experiment hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always been easy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and was hard-won. My route took me past Valley Forge, where ill-supplied and exhausted troops of the Continental Army hunkered down for the winter....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Radical&rsquo; Is in the Eye of the Beholder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/24/radical_is_in_eye_of_beholder_151827.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most ubiquitous surrogates, went on NBC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Meet the Press'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' this past Sunday and proclaimed Kamala Harris '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the most radical nominee in the history of American politics.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
As a political tactic, it makes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hurricane Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/08/hurricane_politics_151745.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reprise rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the former president lashed out at the Biden administration for its handling of Hurricane Helene. Amplifying the misinformation about the storm that is spreading on social media, Trump implied that the administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Independent Voters Won't Be Persuaded by RFK Jr.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/27/why_independent_voters_wont_be_persuaded_by_rfk_jr.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, in the wake of their brother'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s siblings penned a letter calling his actions a betrayal of Kennedy family values. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be shocked if a family that seems to have more members than an army battalion had a uniform...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is There a &lsquo;Hidden Harris&rsquo; Vote?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/21/is_there_hidden_harris_vote_151495.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic National Convention is now in full swing. If history is our guide, when the four-day infomercial is over Kamala Harris will enjoy a bounce in the polls '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' potentially opening up as much as a 5-point lead nationally over Donald Trump. Political pundits will lap up the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Resetting the Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/18/resetting_the_race_151293.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s acceptance of the Republican nomination in Milwaukee will cap what is arguably the best three-week stretch any presidential candidate has seen in a long time. The press has spent much of that time focused solely on his opponent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mental decline and the quest to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Performance Is a Wakeup Call]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/30/bidens_performance_is_a_wakeup_call_151187.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much has already been written about the awful Thursday night debate. President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s performance made Rick Perry look like a college debate champ. I can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t say I expected a Will Ferrell '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Old School'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' moment on the debate stage from Biden, but I didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Wasted Vote Dodge]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/03/the_wasted_vote_dodge_150883.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Donald Trump posted one of his signature slam poetry missives on MAGA social media. For those trained in the art of deciphering his work, the post called out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his voters for potentially casting a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wasted protest vote.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' And just that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CNN's RFK Jr. Interview Ignored Policy Issues &ndash; by Design]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/06/cnns_rfk_jr_interview_ignored_policy_issues__by_design_150757.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Erin Burnett had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on her CNN show this week. Burnett is to be commended for giving her viewers the opportunity to consider an alternative to the major party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s candidates. She will no doubt receive criticism from partisans on both sides of the aisle who would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr&rsquo;s Strategic Choice for VP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/27/rfk_jrs_strategic_choice_for_vp_150709.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The selection by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of attorney Nicole Shanahan as his running mate is sure to create more attacks on his campaign by Democrats. Prior to choosing Shanahan, an ardently pro-choice former Democrat, the Kennedy campaign seemed to be drawing support equally across the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Labels Could Give U.S. Someone To Vote For, Not Against]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/05/no_labels_could_give_us_someone_to_vote_for_not_against_150598.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Feb. 23, Citizens to Save Our Republic, a group of political insiders who oppose No Labels'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' efforts to give voters an alternative to the Biden-Trump rematch that nobody seems to want, penned a letter to No Labels. In it, they asked that the organization commit to a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'No...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The True Ideology of Washington Is Hypocrisy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/22/the_true_ideology_of_washington_is_hypocrisy_150541.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[South Carolina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic presidential primary is in the books. As expected, Joe Biden received overwhelming support from the Palmetto State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rank-and-file Democrats. Leaders of the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic Party hope to be as consequential in the 2024 race as they were in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Border Reform Stalemate Foreshadowed by Hypocrisy of 2007]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/13/border_reform_stalemate_foreshadowed_by_hypocrisy_of_2007_150484.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The current debate in Washington over immigration reform legislation has unnervingly similar undertones to a debate that took place 17 years ago. One of our two main political parties was looking to get something accomplished. The other wanted to prevent progress as a way of aiding their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Death of Wokeism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/10/the_death_of_wokeism_150175.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I was watching the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' presidents'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of three elite universities testify before'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Congress on Tuesday, I wondered whether'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was watching the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' beginning of Wokeism'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' death'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' throes.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
To be clear, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m not referring to the original use of the word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'woke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SBF Trial Should Spur Dark Money Legislation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/10/25/sbf_trial_should_spur_dark_money_legislation_149958.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, in the trial of former crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, details emerged about how the now-disgraced entrepreneur attempted to co-opt U.S. senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties.
With $50 million in donations to secretive dark money vehicles linked to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and Biden Families Can&rsquo;t Escape Corruption Accusations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/09/19/trump_and_biden_families_cant_escape_corruption_accusations_149771.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent polling suggests that support for Donald Trump among Republican primary voters hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t wavered even after 91 felony indictments in four separate jurisdictions. Not surprisingly, this has attracted the attention of political pundits. Many view it as an indictment of Republican...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Labels Challenges Dems&rsquo; Embrace of Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/25/no_labels_challenges_dems_embrace_of_democracy_149676.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No Labels, the centrist group looking to field a 2024 presidential ticket, just announced that they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve earned ballot access in 10 states. As someone who has twice had to use the signature process to gain ballot access in a single state, I can tell you that this is no small feat. No...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[St. Andrews to Saudis: The Storied Past and Clouded Future of Pro Golf]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/20/st_andrews_to_saudis_the_storied_past_and_clouded_future_of_pro_golf_149518.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Riding the train from London to Liverpool, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m filled with anticipation. Tomorrow is the first round of golf'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s British Open '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' or, as they make a point of calling it here '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' just '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Open Championship.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the final so-called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'major'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Unfortunate Partisanship of the Prosecutor&rsquo;s Office]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/04/19/the_unfortunate_partisanship_of_the_prosecutors_office_149124.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The indictment of Donald Trump in New York City has been portrayed as everything from the beginning of long-awaited accountability for the former president to a partisan effort to interfere in the 2024 election. Pundits have dissected it from every possible legal and political angle....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Passing the Buck on the SVB Bank Run]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/15/passing_the_buck_on_the_svb_bank_run_148983.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the last 72 hours, the demise of Silicon Valley Bank has been dissected in the media. What went wrong seems perfectly clear. SVB had a deluge of short-term deposits coming into the bank during the pandemic. Almost 90% of those deposits exceeded the FDIC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s insurance limits of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Document Discovery Doesn&rsquo;t Add Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/24/biden_document_discovery_doesnt_add_up_148764.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Greg Orman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, CBS '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Face the Nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' host Margaret Brennan asked Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman why President Biden would dispatch his personal attorney, who didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have proper security clearance, to his Delaware home to search for classified documents. Presumably, Brennan...]]></description>
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