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<title><![CDATA[Tarren Bragdon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/36884.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Tarren Bragdon]]></description><category domain="36884">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Plan To Make America Affordable Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/20/the_gop_plan_to_make_america_affordable_again_153731.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American people are speaking loud and clear: They want affordability, and they want it now. Thankfully, on Jan. 13, Republicans in Congress announced that they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re ready to give families relief. They rolled out a comprehensive plan to make America affordable again.
The credit...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ending Biden's ObamaCare Subsidies Won't Hurt Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/25/ending_bidens_obamacare_subsidies_wont_hurt_republicans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a powerful argument: Republican-led cuts to government handouts will endanger the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s congressional majorities.
The claim nearly derailed President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Medicaid reforms in the spring. Now a slew'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of organizations are promoting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' polls'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' running ads'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Biden's Secret Weapon for November]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2024/04/28/opinion/bidens-secret-weapon-for-november-using-federal-agencies-to-get-out-the-vote-for-hi/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden is the weakest incumbent in modern history. No matter: He's using the strength of the federal government to register and mobilize voters who are likely to support his re-elect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Florida Policies Other States Should Emulate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/top-10-florida-policies-other-states-should-emulate-opinion-1785868</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Gov. DeSantis brags about Florida, other states should see it as a challenge to up their game.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[States Must Fight Biden Takeover of Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/22/states-must-stand-up-against-the-biden-takeover-of/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agenda '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to infiltrate state-run elections with a bureaucratic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'get-out-the-vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' scheme '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' came about last year when he issued Executive Order 14019. The unprecedented executive order, which directs federal agencies to adopt and execute...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Work Is the Solution to America&rsquo;s Economic Woes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/14/work_is_the_solution_to_americas_economic_woes_147598.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last July, President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' assured'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' us that inflation was temporary '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' just a normal part of the economic cycle. Then, inflation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' jumped'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to 5% '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' then 6% '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' then 7%. Nearly nine months later, with inflation at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' just under 9%, the transitory talking points have turned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter Registration Drive: What's Biden Hiding?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/voter-drive-whats-biden-hiding-justice-department-freedom-of-information-foia-transparency-corruption-lawsuit-foundation-for-government-accountability-11650403740</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden is ordering all agencies in the federal bureaucracy to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'expand citizens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That language, from a March 2021'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' executive order'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' titled...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Get America Back to Work, Congress Needs Courage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/18/to_get_america_back_to_work_congress_needs_courage_145774.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. You also don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t need an economist to know what happens when the government pays people to stay home. Unemployment rose to 6.1% in April despite thousands of U.S. businesses desperate to hire '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' especially in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[$600 Jobless Bonus Is Crushing Small Business; Let It Expire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/30/600_jobless_bonus_is_crushing_small_business_let_it_expire.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tarren Bragdon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, small-business owners have competed against the deep pockets of large and powerful entities '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' they just didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t think the federal government would be one of them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
In the early stages of COVID-19, Congress passed relief packages that included a $600-per-week bonus...]]></description>
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