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<title><![CDATA[Joe Lonsdale - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/47118.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joe Lonsdale]]></description><category domain="47118">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Communism, Globalism and a Push for Regulatory Capture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/09/17/palantir_co-founder_ai_panic_is_being_used_to_push_communism_globalism_and_regulatory_capture.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale discusses efforts by the left to regulate artificial intelligence on 'The Will Cain Show:']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Should Shut Down the Education Cartel]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/texas-should-shut-down-the-education</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Texas Association of School Boards is a machine that fights for higher property tax, DEI, and trans rights, and fights against school choice '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' all with taxpayer money. Here's how to turn it off.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[History of Communism Is You Can Get In But Can't Get Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/28/lonsdale_our_incompetent_government_broke_society_ai_could_be_fixing_that_right_now.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on FNC's "The Will Cain Show" said resentment, elite universities, and government overreach are fueling the rise of democratic socialism. Lonsdale also responded to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani using working-class people in his videos to tout his agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dear New Philanthropists]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/dear-new-philanthropists</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most 20th century institutions are unfit for 21st century problems. Will this generation's winning innovators build new ones, or get hoodwinked by the old ones?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What America Needs From a New FDA Commissioner]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/what-america-needs-from-a-new-fda</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More than any other in recent memory, this administration has been willing to be bold in defense of American interests. It must do so for US biotech as well. Our US biotech ecosystem is in crisis: to be blunt, China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s industrial policy combined with a sclerotic FDA over the previous...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Horseshoe Jacobins]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/horseshoe-jacobins</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Livestreamer Nick Fuentes recently spent a segment of his show warning his audience about me. At some level, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m hesitant to even acknowledge it or him, but it can make for a useful opportunity to explain a few things about broken cultures and ways of thinking.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taking Thiel Seriously on the Antichrist]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/taking-thiel-seriously-on-the-antichrist</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And how old models help us think about new problems]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fighting With Liberty, for Liberty]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/fighting-with-liberty-for-liberty</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month we had our third annual Cicero Courage Awards in Austin. Over 250 friends and leaders from the public and private sectors helped us honor state legislators who partnered with us at the Cicero Institute to advance bold reforms in healthcare, public safety, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Silver Tsunami?]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/a-silver-tsunami</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every day, 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age. Many own the hardware stores, auto shops, and accounting firms that form the backbone of local economies. But unlike previous generations, their children usually aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t interested in taking over.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Dismantle the NGO Underground]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/how-to-dismantle-the-ngo-underground</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has started the job, but we need bolder action from the White House and Congress to finish it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tech-MAGA Alliance Is Far From Over]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/technology/tech-right-maga-alliance-far-over-joe-lonsdale/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the Musk-Trump break-up, many are wondering about the future of the 'tech right' and its relationship to MAGA]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Teach Our Kids About Liberty, Not Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/our-schools-teach-our-kids-to-love</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/our-schools-teach-our-kids-to-love]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Cicero Institute, the Reagan Foundation, and the State of Texas are fighting communist encroachment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fix the NIH To Fix American Science]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/fix-the-nih-to-fix-american-science</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/fix-the-nih-to-fix-american-science]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Perspectives from 8VC about how to reform America's scientific research behemoth]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Scandal of Minority Contracting]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/the-scandal-of-minority-contracting</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Margarita Howard is the founder of the Florida technical services company HX5. The company has benefited from a federal program, known as 8(a), that gives federal contracts to companies owned by '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'socially and economically disadvantaged'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' individuals, which typically means racial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make the FDA Great Again]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/make-the-fda-great-again</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/make-the-fda-great-again]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're long overdue for bold reforms to keep us ahead of China, and save more lives]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jews, Christians Must Fight Anti-Semitic Conspiracies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/jews-christians-anti-semitic-conspiracies?skip=1</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.city-journal.org/article/jews-christians-anti-semitic-conspiracies?skip=1]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ancient lies about Jews are gaining traction again in Western discourse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Needs Better Defense Acquisition]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/america-needs-better-defense-acquisition</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/america-needs-better-defense-acquisition]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And the Trump Team has a generational opportunity and mandate to get it done.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Healthcare Excellence Agenda for the New Admin]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/a-healthcare-excellence-agenda-for</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve probably heard me say before, healthcare is broken in America. As with many other broken systems, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an amazing opportunity in 2025 to fix it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' both with policy and technological improvement. At 8VC, where we invest in and build companies, including many in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To DOGE U.S. Foreign Aid]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/how-to-doge-us-foreign-aid</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/how-to-doge-us-foreign-aid]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A plan of accountability and innovation for US anti-poverty efforts abroad]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Funding the Woke and the Stupid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stop-funding-woke-stupid</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The identity politics form of left-wing politics is a virus that spreads itself, funding activists and ideology from whatever city or university department it infects.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Spend a Trillion Dollars]]></title>
							<link>https://arenamag.com/2024/10/25/how-to-spend-a-trillion-dollars/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://arenamag.com/2024/10/25/how-to-spend-a-trillion-dollars/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A rebellious program of spending for a competent government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Society Would Be at 10x Threat If Musk Hadn't Bought Twitter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/19/joe_lonsdale_western_civilization_would_be_at_10x_the_threat_if_elon_had_not_bought_twitter.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale defended Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter on Thursday's broadcast of 'Squawk Box' on CNBC.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Building a New University on Firm Foundations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/article/building-a-new-university-on-firm-foundations?skip=1</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.city-journal.org/article/building-a-new-university-on-firm-foundations?skip=1]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This fall, the University of Austin (UATX) welcomes its inaugural class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Merit and Accountability Make Bureaucracy Less Dumb]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/merit-and-accountability-make-bureaucracy</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/merit-and-accountability-make-bureaucracy]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the USA, they once did; we can restore them today.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Note on 'Equity' and Captured Institutions]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/a-note-on-equity-and-captured-institutions</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/a-note-on-equity-and-captured-institutions]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blink twice if your organization has been taken over by Marxists!]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Will We Be Remembered For?]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/brave-days-great-days</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the nascent days of the Roman Republic, the city was invaded by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena, on behalf of Sextus Tarquinius, the son of Rome'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s final (and deposed) king.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk &amp; Trump Cases Imperil the Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-musk-cases-imperil-the-rule-of-law-new-york-delaware-courts-business-266a5559?mod=opinion_lead_pos8</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[American prosperity rests on equal justice. Delaware and New York judges have called it into question.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Learning From Cato's Letters at 300]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/learning-from-catos-letters-at-300</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/learning-from-catos-letters-at-300]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Revolutionary America, colonists read Cato'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Letters for its rousing lessons on liberty, power, tyranny, and republican government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jefferson and America's Lost Idea: Natural Aristocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/jefferson-and-americas-lost-idea</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://blog.joelonsdale.com/p/jefferson-and-americas-lost-idea]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Revisiting the lesser-known wisdom of the founders.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Graham-Warren Plan To Kill Innovation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-graham-warren-plan-to-kill-innovation-dcpc-licensing-censorship-tech-cebc8efb</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-graham-warren-plan-to-kill-innovation-dcpc-licensing-censorship-tech-cebc8efb]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Lonsdale</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Their proposed federal agency would entrench Big Tech and imperil the right to freedom of speech.]]></description>
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