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							<title><![CDATA[If Elections Are To Be Trusted, They Must Be Trustworthy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The way we cast our ballots matters. Some methods are not secure. Some methods are overly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' complicated. Some methods are not transparent. Any of these shortcomings is enough to undermine public confidence in the outcomes of our elections '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and thus undermine our democracy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 Things We've Learned About the 2020 Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/01/15/7_things_weve_learned_about_the_2020_elections_147022.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States Agency for International Development, which monitors foreign elections to ensure fairness and accuracy, asserts that proper elections require '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
The 2020 election in the United States, however, remains one of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Allow Government Officials to Dodge Accountability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/07/dont_allow_government_officials_to_dodge_accountability_146527.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Government officials increasingly act as though they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re somehow beyond criticism. But the truth is exactly the opposite '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' they have a duty to be transparent and accountable to citizens, and that requires them to confront criticism head-on.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The impulse to dodge criticism and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Election Rules Have to Mean Something]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rule of law must be respected for liberty to be protected.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Changing the rules to achieve a desired outcome undermines both, and when this is done in the administration of elections, democracy itself is imperiled.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Unfortunately, the left shows no compunction about wielding power...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Have Released a Roadmap to One-Party Rule]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/23/democrats_have_released_a_roadmap_to_one-party_rule_145102.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats appear intent on instituting one-party rule in the United States.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re trying to use the U.S. Capitol riots as an excuse to criminalize dissent and banish conservative voices from the public sphere, and at the same time they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re hoping to use their temporary,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ActBlue Raises Millions in Suspicious Gift Card Donations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/16/actblue_raises_millions_in_suspicious_gift_card_donations_144208.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Phill Kline</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all the complaining they do about so-called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'dark money'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in politics, it certainly appears that those on the left are eager to get a slice of the pie '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even if they possibly have to engage in some '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'creative accounting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to make it seem as though everything is...]]></description>
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