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<title><![CDATA[Rachel Bovard - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/36980.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Rachel Bovard]]></description><category domain="36980">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Conservative Legal Movement Must Raise Its Standards]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/16/after-birthplace-citizenship-case-the-conservative-legal-movement-needs-to-raise-its-standards/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the post-judicial-filibuster world, intellectual adherence to textualism is no longer sufficient for Republican Supreme Court nominees.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[D.C. Media Blob Beclowned by SAVE Act Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://americanmind.org/salvo/d-c-media-blob-beclowned-by-save-act-debate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They might salvage some of their profession's evaporating credibility if they spent more time challenging the establishment's spin.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What WSJ Gets Wrong About the Talking Filibuster]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/17/what-the-wall-street-journal-gets-wrong-about-the-talking-filibuster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The talking filibuster has been a tool in the Senate's arsenal for 200 years. Returning to it could unlock the majesty of the institution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter ID Filibuster Would Be a 24/7 GOP Campaign Ad]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/02/senate-gop-can-fix-elections-boost-trump-and-wreck-dems-with-the-save-act/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What if I told you Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has the power and the votes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' right now '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to save Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' congressional majorities, President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second-term agenda, and maybe the republic itself, all while poleaxing Democrats on the short side...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Arctic Frost Is the Democrats' New Baseline]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/11/06/if-arctic-frost-perpetrators-dont-go-to-jail-conservatives-will/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To conservatives, Arctic Frost is a scandal. To Democrats, it's their new baseline. And the only way to stop it is to punish them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Restoring the Rule of Law After Biden's Corrupt DOJ]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/07/trump-should-prosecute-many-many-more-biden-officials/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Under President Trump, the United States is not entering an era of extraconstitutional, criminal authoritarianism, but coming out of one.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Rebuffed the D.C. Warmongers]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/30/how-trump-rebuffed-d-c-warmongers-with-one-surgical-strike-against-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the first time in a generation, the United States is exclusively pursuing its vital interests, not the ambitions of its NatSec elites.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate GOP's Slow Work Week Keeps Nominees Hanging]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/20/senate-republicans-wont-work-5-days-a-week-to-confirm-trumps-key-nominees/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no more important place for senators to be than the Senate floor, doing the work they were elected to do so Trump can do the same.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Break 'Em Up: Renewed Antitrust Aimed at Big Tech]]></title>
							<link>https://commonplace.org/2025/04/30/break-em-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Renewed conservative antitrust aimed at the problem of Big Tech can reshape our society's fraught relationship with the internet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite PR Pivot, Meta Is Still a Monopoly and a Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2025/04/08/despite-pr-pivot-meta-is-still-a-monopoly-and-a-threat-to-a-free-society/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The FTC is not suing Meta for its past leftism or current MAGA-ism but for its longstanding, documented monopolism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Makes Appointment That Has Big Tech Panicked]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/president-trump-has-made-appointment-has-big-tech-panicked</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump's appointment of Gail Slater as head of the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department will challenge Big Tech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Can't Afford To Elect Another McConnell as Leader]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/12/republicans-cant-afford-to-elect-another-mitch-mcconnell-as-senate-leader/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans cannot be led by someone who is openly hostile to the agenda of their party's president and the base who elected him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP&nbsp;Must Resist Big Tech's Lobbying Efforts]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/05/the-gop-must-resist-big-techs-lobbying-efforts-to-save-face-with-conservatives/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite what Tim Cook might claim, Apple has no intention of acting as a good-faith partner with the conservative movement.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conservatives Should Consider Antitrust Against Microsoft]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/why-conservatives-should-consider-antitrust-against-microsoft/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid the renewed energy around antitrust enforcement in recent years, one name has been notably missing: Microsoft]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech Is a Partner in Biden's Speech Crackdown]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/11/02/big-tech-isnt-a-victim-in-the-biden-regimes-speech-crackdown-its-an-eager-collaborator/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America cannot survive the two-pronged assault from the government and tech companies working together to suppress disfavored speech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech: SCOTUS Can Finally Do What Congress Won't]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/07/by-bridling-section-230-scotus-can-finally-do-what-congress-wont-rein-in-big-tech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A ruling that returns to Section 230's intent would respect the public's interest while immunizing platforms to moderate nasty content.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard and the Out of Control Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/beside-a-golden-door/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Martha's Vineyard affair illustrates the divide between those at the top who set policy, and those at the bottom who must live with it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Report: Capitol Police Spying on Members of Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/26/capitol-police-spying-on-members-visitors-is-more-ruling-class-safety-theater/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Police surveillance is another way of keeping voters and the accountability they might bring at a healthy distance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Plans to Win the Senate, Then Do Nothing, Per Usual]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/25/republicans-plan-to-win-back-the-senate-then-do-nothing-per-usual/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans cannot do what they have largely always done with a Senate majority: set it on a shelf, polish it, and admire it from afar.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Winning in '22 Means Nothing If GOP Refuses to Learn]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/13/if-the-republican-party-refuses-to-learn-from-the-trump-era-winning-in-2022-will-mean-nothing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican ruling class seems to have completely forgotten why the Republican base elected Trump in the first place.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Cracks Are Showing in the Left's Legal Reasoning]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/abortion-dobbs-jackson-cracks-showing-roe-wade-casey/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Undoing Roe v. Wade and returning the decisions surrounding abortion to the states is a possibility that today seems entirely within reach]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facebook Keeps Getting Caught Censoring the Truth]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/11/22/how-many-times-must-facebook-be-caught-censoring-the-truth/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the 2020 election, COVID-19 and every controversial event that has followed, Twitter, Facebook and Google have limited the free flow of information.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the New Right Must Do Next Time It Earns Power]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/04/national-conservatism-must-prioritize-fights-over-american-values-not-just-legislation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a former congressional staffer who has seen what happens to new movements when they come to Washington with little more than energy and talking points, I think it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s important for national conservatives to think carefully and concretely about policy. But more important than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When the Economy Goes Woke, Everyone Gets Dumber]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/19/when-the-economy-goes-woke-everyone-gets-dumber-and-poorer/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In addition to making us scared, unemployed, humorless, and dumb, the tidal wave of wokeness is redefining our economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The SCOTUS Case That Could End Roe v. Wade]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/supreme-court-case-could-end-roe-v-wade/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The justices have a chance to restore American self-government]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Outdated Laws Let Tech Giants Get Away With Everything]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/09/16/outdated-laws-letting-tech-giants-get-away-with-everything/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission has determined that Twitter prohibiting circulation of a New York Post story about then-candidate Joe Biden's son did not constitute election interference.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Big Tech &amp; the Dystopian Turn Against Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/07/16/government-dictating-what-social-media-bans-is-tyrannical/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a fine line between spreading lies in a public health crisis, and individuals thoughtfully pursuing information in a rapidly changing and evolving field of science, writes Rachel Bovard.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Republicans Must Rethink Antitrust]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-republicans-must-rethink-antitrust/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pairing of unprecedented economic dominance and woke progressive dogma necessitates a response.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Big Tech's Power Threatens Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://americanmind.org/salvo/facebooks-star-chamber/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley's cynical grasp on the levers of speech threatens democratic norms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Must Break Up Big Tech]]></title>
							<link>https://americanconsequences.com/big-tech-rachel-bovard/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Rachel Bovard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t always seen Big Tech as a big problem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' Libertarian-leaning conservatives like me, who came of age under the presidency of George W. Bush before riding the Tea Party wave of the 2008, were steeped in a political movement that gave wide latitude and deference to the...]]></description>
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