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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Confront Islamic Terrorism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/17/time_to_confront_islamic_terrorism_153946.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Importing people who hate America didn't end well.
See if you can spot any similarities in these four events.
During the weekend, President Donald Trump attacked Iran, Ndiaga Diagne opened fire at a bar in Austin. He wore a "Property of Allah" sweatshirt on top of an Iranian flag shirt....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Exposed the Crazy Things Democrats Believe]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It shouldn't have been a difficult decision.
During his Tuesday State of the Union address, President Donald Trump issued a challenge to the members of Congress before him.
"If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support," he said. "The first duty of the American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Face a Demographic Doom Spiral]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/10/democrats_face_a_demographic_doom_spiral_153821.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump isn't just deporting illegal immigrants. He's deporting the people Democrats need to offset their demographic challenges.
The Census Bureau recently released updated population figures through June 2025. The country grew slightly but that growth wasn't equally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Thanks for the Fossil Fuel Industry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/25/give_thanks_for_the_fossil_fuel_industry_153570.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just by living in 21st-century America, you have a lot to be thankful for.
You live in the richest country in the history of the world -- and one of the freest. Despite what the left claims, the benefits of wealth aren't limited to the 1%. The amenities most people take for granted -- a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Build More Homes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/18/build_more_homes_153540.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Young adults need lower housing prices, not longer mortgages.
The median age of first-time home buyers is now 40, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors. Among all buyers, the median age was 59. Home buyers are more likely to be near or at retirement age...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Middle East Triumph Embarrassed the Self-Proclaimed Experts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/21/trumps_middle_east_triumph_embarrassed_the_self-proclaimed_experts_153429.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A New York real estate developer and TV star just outsmarted America's highly credentialed foreign policy establishment.
Hamas recently returned its last 20 living hostages to Israel. That was part of a stunning Gaza peace plan announced earlier by President Donald Trump. Israel and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Victorious Ideas Don't Always Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/30/why_victorious_ideas_dont_always_win_153341.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Winning the war of ideas isn't enough.
Consider government-sanctioned racial discrimination. There's a reason the left hides behind acronyms like DEI. Judging people on their skin color, not their character, remains unpopular. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits racial discrimination...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Left Celebrated Kirk's Death and What To Do About It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/16/why_the_left_celebrated_kirks_death_and_what_to_do_about_it_153289.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something changes when you watch hordes of your political opponents gleefully celebrate the assassination of a man because he believed what you believe.
On Wednesday, Charlie Kirk visited Utah Valley University. He was talking to a crowd of thousands, engaging in civil debate, when he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When AI Grows Weary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/09/when_ai_grows_weary_153258.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'll be a lot more worried about AI when it stops acting like a lazy child.
For the last several months, I've been kicking around a book idea. The biggest hurdle isn't the writing or even the daunting task of creating a way to ensure someone else actually reads it. It's assembling the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Biggest Immigration Win Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/19/trumps_biggest_immigration_win_yet_153193.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Solving America's illegal immigration crisis didn't require amnesty -- just better leadership.
Last week, the Center for Immigration Studies released a study showing America's foreign-born population dropped by 2.2 million from January to July. While the number of naturalized U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Left Feeds Hunger in Gaza]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/12/how_the_left_feeds_hunger_in_gaza_153169.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Western leftists cared less about starving children in Gaza, there would be fewer starving children in Gaza.
Food shortages have been a major concern in the Gaza Strip. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee recently said that those living there face "hunger and deprivation and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Save Civilization, Reject Feminism and Honor Mothers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/08/05/to_save_civilization_reject_feminism_and_honor_mothers_153141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The triumph of modern feminism has put society on the path to demographic collapse.
The U.S. fertility rate dropped to a new low last year, according to recently released CDC data. An earlier report put the country's total fertility rate at around 1.6 births per woman. A country's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Keep Kids from Killing Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/29/how_to_keep_kids_from_killing_kids_153109.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What once would have shocked the conscience is now forgotten by the end of the article. Consider these recent stories on juvenile homicides.
In Southern Nevada, last October, 17-year-old Keanu Enright left his home to play video games. Police said a group of friends ended up "handling a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Reminder of What's So Great About America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/08/a_reminder_of_whats_so_great_about_america_153006.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In honor of America's recent 249th birthday, let's take a moment to celebrate some of the most incredible things about her.
We are a nation of settlers. This is the country where ancestors risked -- and often lost -- their lives in pursuit of religious freedom and opportunity. From the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Trump's Middle East Triumph]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/01/the_keys_to_trumps_middle_east_triumph_152981.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you blinked, you just missed World War III.
On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. That came two days after Trump sent B-2 stealth bombers to drop 14 bunker-buster bombs on the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant. Only the United States had the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Medicaid Reforms are Reasonable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/28/gops_medicaid_reforms_are_reasonable_152848.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans need to explain the Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill, not run away from them.
Early Thursday morning, House Republicans passed their version of Trump's big, beautiful bill. It contains tax cuts, money for immigration enforcement and a partial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Feminist War on Motherhood]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/13/the_feminist_war_on_motherhood_152781.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you celebrated Mother's Day, you rejected modern feminism without even knowing it.
Last Sunday was Mother's Day. It's generally a joyous occasion. Everyone has a mother. Unlike with dads, almost everyone knows his or her mom. Most people appreciate the sacrifices their moms made.
More...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defunding Shouldn't Stop With Harvard]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/defunding_shouldnt_stop_with_harvard_152753.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If America's elite universities want to racially discriminate, they shouldn't receive taxpayer money.
On Tuesday, Harvard University's Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias released its final report. The 300-plus-page document reveals the depth of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Process Due Illegals Is Deportation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/29/the_process_due_illegals_is_deportation__152718.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you break a system, you can't be upset when fixing that system requires a solution that's outside the normal operation of the system.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Congressional Democrats continue to demand the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to America. In March, the Trump administration deported him to El...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk Half Right About Fertility Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/22/musk_half_right_about_fertility_crisis_152684.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world's richest man isn't just juggling multiple companies. He's juggling multiple baby mamas.
The Wall Street Journal recently had a long piece on Elon Musk's complicated personal life. He has at least 14 children with four different women. The "harem drama" -- in the words of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Evidence for Easter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/15/the_evidence_for_easter_152653.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you think politicians make outlandish claims, consider what Christians celebrate at Easter. They believe a man named Jesus was brutally tortured, murdered and buried for three days before rising from the dead. Furthermore, they assert this man was also fully God and that your belief...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SNAP Shouldn't Subsidize Slurpees]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/01/snap_shouldnt_subsidize_slurpees_152577.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even Chicken Little would be exhausted trying to keep up with what Democrats claim President Donald Trump wants to do.
Just look at the news. On Tuesday, Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., said that Republican cuts to SNAP "are the difference between life and death for the many in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Judges Violate the Constitution]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/25/when_judges_violate_the_constitution_152548.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Leftist judges want to turn President Donald Trump into a president in name only.
Look at all the ways that individual judges have hamstrung the Trump administration. A district court judge recently blocked President Trump's executive order removing transgender individuals from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Should Ignore the Stock Market]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/18/_why_trump_should_ignore_the_stock_market_152517.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's economic priority shouldn't be preventing a recession.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Stock prices are always a bit of a roller coaster. Over the last month, it's mostly been a downhill ride. In mid-February, the S&amp;P 500 hit 6,144. It's now dipped below 5,525. That's around a 10% drop,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is the World's Worst Dictator]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/11/trump_is_the_worlds_worst_dictator_152482.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dictators crave power. President Donald Trump is using his power to give Americans more freedom. That's a massive difference.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Desperate to find an effective attack against Trump, some Democrats are recycling an old one. They claim he's an authoritarian. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Importance of Retaking Institutions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/04/the_importance_of_retaking_institutions_152451.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lasting political change doesn't come from winning elections but reshaping institutions.
On Feb. 26, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, issued a stunning announcement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
"I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages," he wrote...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Modern Feminism Makes Women Miserable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/25/modern_feminism_makes_women_miserable_152414.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best thing modern feminists could do for women is tell them to reject feminism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The Institute for Family Studies recently analyzed findings from the annual American Family Survey. It found 37% of conservative women ages 18-40 said they were completely satisfied with life. But only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Constitutional Crisis Isn't Coming From Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/19/the_real_constitutional_crisis_isnt_coming_from_trump_152380.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are in power, so Democrats are back to pretending to care about the Constitution.
As Democrats struggle to attack Trump 2.0, the national propaganda press is pushing a new narrative.
Earlier this month, a New York Times newsletter posed the question, "A constitutional...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump 2.0 Looks Unstoppable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/12/why_trump_20_looks_unstoppable__152343.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If they don't already, Democrats will soon wish that President Donald Trump had won reelection in 2020.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
It's staggering what Trump has already accomplished. Border crossings have plummeted. Trump ended DEI in the federal government. He reversed a 1965 executive order that required...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Works To End California's Man-Made Drought]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/04/trump_works_to_end_californias_man-made_drought__152306.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Victor Joecks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California Democrats want fire victims to sue oil and gas companies. President Donald Trump wants them to have access to more water.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
After surveying the wildfire damage in Los Angeles, Trump issued an executive order to "ensure adequate water resources in Southern California." He...]]></description>
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