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							<title><![CDATA[Reality Check for Gen Z: &lsquo;Green&rsquo; Energy Requires Wealth]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Big Beautiful Bill has drawn fire in recent days is the blow it deals to green energy. Climate-anxious Gen Zers may clutch their pearls at the expanded oil and gas sales on federal lands, or the elimination of the methane emissions fees,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[KOSMA: Toothless Law, Important Wake-Up Call for Families]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the controversial Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA)'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' passed the Senate Commerce Committee. Proponents of the bill say barring kids under 13 and limiting algorithm-based advertising for those under 17 will protect children online. Opponents claim that the law would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Hollywood Ambassadors Spotlight Tinseltown&rsquo;s Troubles]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump announced recently that he would be appointing John Voight, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'special envoys'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' to Hollywood. Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Truth Social Post described the trio as Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'eyes and ears'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' within La La Land, advising on business...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Time for Republicans To Adopt the Politics of Palatability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/12/03/its_time_for_republicans_to_adopt_politics_palatability_152023.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump has wasted no time announcing his Cabinet appointees, and few have drawn more fire than Matt Gaetz. The controversial firebrand recently withdrew his name from attorney general consideration amid sexual misconduct allegations, but Gaetz had been a problematic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make Election Day a Federal Holiday, Require In-Person Voting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/10/29/make_election_day_a_federal_holiday_require_in-person_voting_151850.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our calendars are full of useless holidays. Just last week, we saw Credit Union Day, Mashed Potato Day, and Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day. While observances like these are otherwise irrelevant at the national level, there is one day of the year that has long lacked federal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gen Z Should Not Be Fooled by Kamala&rsquo;s Sudden Seriousness]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ethan Watson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After yanking Joe Biden off the ticket with a giant vaudeville cane, Kamala Harris has breathed new life into the Democratic party. Kamala opened her campaign with the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'politics of joy,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' replete with twerking rappers, sassy X clapbacks, and quirky Doritos videos. But, after...]]></description>
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