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                The West Fails To Understand That Iran Operates Religiously Not Pragmatically            </title>

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                                       <p>American Thinker</p>We view dealings with Iran from one election to another, whereas Iran views its wars as a global matter that affects everything and runs on a cosmic timetable.
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                Allan J. Feifer            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                HOAs And Western Civilization: From Karen To Rambo            </title>

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                                       <p>Vince Coyner</p>Community standards may be irksome, but enforcing them is a lot better than embracing a violent, cruel, dangerous, and ugly society.
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                Vince Coyner            </category>
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                Back in the Spotlight: Anthony Fauci            </title>

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                                       <p>The White House</p>The controversial disease guru must be muttering under his breath, &lsquo;Thanks, Tulsi.&rsquo;
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                Gerald McGlothlin            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Socialism, Communism: Same Coin            </title>

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                                       <p>Praveenp</p>They&rsquo;re just two different sides.
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                William Manning            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                When Extremists Run the Government            </title>

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                J.B. Shurk            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Perpetual Death of the Balanced Budget Amendment            </title>

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                                       <p>Pexels</p>How can we expect Congress to vote to constrain itself?
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                Jay Rogers            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Problem with Isolationism            </title>

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                                       <p>Pexels</p>The Iran War has served as a platform for isolationists to criticize U.S. interventions. But the criticism is off base.
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                Ruel Domi            </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                2.1: The Number That Fixes Nothing            </title>

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                                       <p>American Thinker</p>Current certitudes about replacement rates are dangerously simplistic body counts that have nothing to do with a nation&#39;s successful survival.
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                Michael Applebaum            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                America Is a Young Country            </title>

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                Jeffrey Folks            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Decline Of Academia            </title>

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                                       <p>Public Domain</p>A defense of Western meritocracy against the academically destructive DEI incursion.
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                Lars Møller            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Tenets Of Islam: License To Kill            </title>

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                                       <p>American Thinker</p>Because the religion&rsquo;s clearly stated rules are hostile to Western norms and our Constitution, Western governments fail their citizens by refusing to address it.
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                Shari Goodman            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Mar-a-Lago Raid Was About Burying the Fake Russia ICA            </title>

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                                       <p>American Thinker</p>Nunes and Patel never stopped working on exposing the Deep State&rsquo;s efforts to destroy Trump, and we&rsquo;re finally getting close to indictment territory.
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                Ron Wright            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Dealing With Islamic Extremism: How The Soviets Did It            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>Obviously, the U.S. would never adopt the Soviet approach. However, what the Soviet&rsquo;s response reveals is that in any negotiations with Iran, there can be no quarter.
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                James Zumwalt            </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                A Patriot’s Take On The American Revolution            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>Eric Metaxas reminds the reader why he&rsquo;s an eminent voice in American history.
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                Richard Kirk            </category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                How California Mandated Election Corruption            </title>

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                                       <p>Public domain</p>The right to vote is among our most cherished liberties, but equally important is the public&rsquo;s confidence that every lawful vote -- and only lawful votes -- determines the outcome
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                Jim Cardoza            </category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Alan Greenspan’s Legacy On Inflation And Trade            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan died Monday at age 100, leaving quite an impression on monetary policy.
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                Howard Richman, Jesse Richman            </category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Evolution of Iran            </title>

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                                       <p>Ninara</p>The Trump administration is moving from maximum pressure to a mediated framework.
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                Monty Donohew            </category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The COVID Conspiracy Continues            </title>

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                                       <p>Gage Skidmore</p>What crimes have Western governments committed against their citizens?
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                J.B. Shurk            </category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Thing            </title>

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                                       <p>NVO</p>At the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union bugged the U.S. Embassy with one of the most ingenious devices ever created.
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                Jacob Fraden            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Historical Roots Of The American Experiment At 250            </title>

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                                       <p>American Thinker</p>Our nation did not start in 1776. Instead, brave and far-seeing men provided the seeds from which our liberties grew.
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                M. E. Boyd            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Climate Scenario Behind A Decade of Alarmism Is No Longer Considered Plausible            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>The most alarming projections of climate change have been built upon a scenario known as RCP 8.5 and its successor, SSP5-8.5, which climate scientists now admit are &ldquo;implausible&rdquo; parameters.
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                Mark Keenan            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                The Time Is Now For JD Vance To Disavow Tucker Carlson            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>Given Vance&rsquo;s extensive history with Carlson, his ongoing silence screams from the mountaintop.
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                Joseph Ford Cotto            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Queers for Palestine            </title>

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                                       <p>pixabay</p>The creation of Israel provided a sanctuary for refugees fleeing antisemitism, but it did nothing to address the underlying forces that had necessitated her creation in the first place.&nbsp;
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                James G. Robertson            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Who Will Win The New Space Race, China Or America?            </title>

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                                       <p>ChatGPT</p>This intense space race for geopolitical influence, resource extraction, and the establishment of standards for future exploration is not about proving what is possible but about securing a foothold.&nbsp;
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                Janet Levy            </category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                Trump’s Iran &#039;Peace&#039; Deal is a Shrewd Midterm Maneuver            </title>

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                                       <p>grok</p>A short-term economic calm from reopened oil flows could be the difference in holding the U.S. House. Is Trump&rsquo;s deal smart politics? Yes.
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                Joseph Ford Cotto            </category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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