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					<title>Atlanta Feels Like It's Falling Apart</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:11:57 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ A mix of restaurants, cultural institutions and high-rise residential living makes Midtown Atlanta one of the city's most attractive neighborhoods. Lately, however, a series of violent incidents has shaken residents and left many wondering if city officials can keep us safe.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/atlanta_feels_like_its_falling_apart_702094.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/atlanta-feels-like-its-falling-apart-9ae57347?st=gQ5z1G]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702094</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[John McMillian, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719221_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Defeat of Spencer Pratt Is a Defeat of AI Slop</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:12:02 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Spencer Pratt's AI-fueled Los Angeles mayoral campaign shows cheap viral slop may get views, but not votes.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/the_defeat_of_spencer_pratt_is_a_defeat_of_ai_slop_702092.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/09/spencer-pratt-ai-ads-los-angeles-mayor/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702092</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bill Scher, Washington Monthly]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718860_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Late Ballots With No Postmark Is an Invitation to Fraud</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:19:56 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ With the flood of late-arriving mail-in ballots having helped propel Raman into second place, it's worth looking at one of the state's more questionable election procedures.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/late_ballots_with_no_postmark_is_an_invitation_to_fraud_702097.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/09/california-allows-late-ballots-with-no-postmark-thats-an-invitation-to-fraud/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702097</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Brianna Lyman, The Federalist]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719066_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Why Platner Shouldn't Be a Senator</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:12:18 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ I quit the campaign last fall, disturbed by what I'd learned about the Maine Democratic Senate primary candidate.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/why_platner_shouldnt_be_a_senator_702030.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/08/graham-platner-maine-us-senate-primary-bid-sends-dubious-message/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702030</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Genevieve McDonald, Washington Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719063_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Pope Leo Misjudges the Moment</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:12:23 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ No pope can afford to be completely apolitical, but Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, is proving to be more political than most -- and he's siding with the left. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/pope_leo_courts_the_global_left_154204.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/pope_leo_courts_the_global_left_154204.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200702054</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719174_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>How To Shut Down an Immigrant Detention Camp</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:14:59 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ For more than two weeks, around 300 immigrants locked up at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention camp in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike, refusing to eat and refusing to work maintaining the prison for its operators, the GEO Group.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/how_to_shut_down_an_immigrant_detention_camp_701737.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/how-to-shut-down-an-immigrant-detention-camp/ar-AA24TPlg]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701737</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Melissa Grant, The New Republic]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719223_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Tariffs on Forced Labor Are Free-Market</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:15:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Yet another blowout jobs report this morning, with the addition of 172,000 jobs beating all expectations and the prior months revised upward as well. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%, also a very healthy figure. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/tariffs_on_forced_labor_are_free-market_701810.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.commonplace.org/p/tariffs-on-forced-labor-are-free]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701810</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Cass &amp; Kishi, Commonplace]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/70/705475_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>High-Tech Seeks Skilled Tradesmen</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:17:38 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ A new program will pay workers as they train and promise them jobs building new digital infrastructure.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/high-tech_seeks_skilled_tradesmen_702093.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/high-tech-seeks-skilled-tradesmen-0633d99e?st=K5cn74]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702093</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[McCormick &amp; Rowe, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719224_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Safety Starts With Solving Crimes, Not Just Reporting Them</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:15:59 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ When a violent crime is committed, it tends to feel not just unwarranted but random. When a murder, sex crime, or burglary happens, we often ask, &quot;How did this happen?&quot; Even worse is when a violent crime is committed by someone with a violent criminal past. We then demand to know, &quot;How did this happen... again?&quot;   ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/public_safety_starts_with_solving_crimes_not_just_reporting_them_154202.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/public_safety_starts_with_solving_crimes_not_just_reporting_them_154202.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200702035</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Rachel Wright,&nbsp;RCP]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719124_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Nothing About the Penn Station Slashing Is Normal</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:17:44 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Normalizing mental illness-related violence lets public leaders avoid accountability.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/nothing_about_the_penn_station_slashing_is_normal_702089.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-penn-station-stabbing-mental-illness?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702089</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Carolyn Gorman, City Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719225_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Trump Just Might Deliver Rail Hub NYC Has Waited For</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:17:50 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ At last! You may have lost track of how many proposals and promises for an airy and gorgeous new Penn Station have come and gone, but the Charlie Brown football of transportation projects is back, urging us to believe that this time the plan will stick.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/trump_just_might_deliver_rail_hub_nyc_has_waited_for_702019.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/trump-just-might-deliver-the-rail-hub-we-ve-been-waiting-for/ar-AA258xby]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702019</guid>
				 <category>PM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Justin Davidson, NY Magazine]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/61/613143_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>As Pratt Gets Bad News, CA Vote-Counting Fuels Distrust</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ For Spencer Pratt's supporters, the last four days of the Los Angeles mayoral primary vote-counting and conclusion were like a gut punch delivered in slow motion. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/in_california_pratts_loss_fuels_conservative_election_distrust__154205.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/in_california_pratts_loss_fuels_conservative_election_distrust__154205.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200702041</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Susan Crabtree,&nbsp;RCP]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719176_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Democrats' Next Challenge: Fix California</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:05:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ It's a quiet Tuesday morning in Sacramento. On any given weekday this past year, the City of Trees is normally bustling with state workers heading to their offices, construction workers hammering away at the new Capitol Annex, or City Parking Enforcement Officer Grant Nakamura breaking his previous record of having handed out 22,000 parking tickets in 2025.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/democrats_next_challenge_fix_california_702.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/golden-state-democrats-next-challenge-fix-california/ar-AA25aZB5]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702039</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jonathan van Harmelen, The New Republic]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/718478_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Meet the 'Dishonest' Press</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:36:12 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Trump has long viewed legacy media as adversarial, and his 'Meet the Press' interview helps illustrate why, whether one agrees with him or not.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/meet_the_dishonest_press_702038.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/09/trump-meet-the-press-interview-walkout-media-bias/90458503007/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702038</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Nicole Russell, USA Today]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/66/669322_1_.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>What Andy Rooney Might Say About 60 Minutes' Downfall</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:38:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The turmoil engulfing CBS News and &quot;60 Minutes&quot; has left me wondering what my grandfather Andy Rooney would make of it all. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/what_andy_rooney_might_say_about_60_minutes_downfall_701973.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/contributor-what-andy-rooney-might-say-about-the-downfall-of-60-minutes/ar-AA24Z8os]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701973</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Ben Fishel, LA Times]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719197_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Vance and GOP's Golden Issue: Federal Fraud</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:13:43 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Border Czar&quot; was among Vice President Kamala Harris' greatest liabilities; &quot;Fraud Czar&quot; could be VP JD Vance's biggest asset. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/vance_and_gops_golden_political_issue_federal_fraud.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/09/vance_and_gops_golden_political_issue_federal_fraud.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701993</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[J.T. Young, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719172_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Don't Give Up on Global Order</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:14:39 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ America depends on global order-and can restore it.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/dont_give_up_on_global_order_702036.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/dont-give-global-order]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702036</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Philip Gordon, Foreign Affairs]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719191_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Trump Asserting Blunt Power Over Israel</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:16:40 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The Israeli leader has long exploited divisions in Washington. But Trump's dominance over his party gives him unusual leverage over Israel's next moves.  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/trump_asserting_blunt_power_over_israel_702040.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/08/trumps-grip-gop-leaves-netanyahu-with-few-places-turn/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702040</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Birnbaum &amp; Shih, Washington Post]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/711147_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>RealClear Goes to London</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:19:54 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ RealClear is vacationing in London this June, and we invite you to join us.When? June 23-25. Why? London is being overtaken by over four thousand civilized souls, from over one hundred western countries. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/06/08/realclear_goes_to_london_1187337.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/06/08/realclear_goes_to_london_1187337.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701958</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[David DesRosiers, RealClearWorld]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719186_1_.jpg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Some of the Kids Are All Right</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:20:44 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ You might expect that new high school graduates would be depressed and dejected. They are inheriting a shaky economy, a world at risk of becoming uninhabitable, and a country whose president makes a mockery of what they learned in social studies about American democracy. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/some_of_the_kids_are_all_right_701992.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/06/08/some-of-the-kids-are-all-right/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701992</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Robert Kuttner, American Prospect]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/57/579403_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Once on the Brink, U.S. Steel's Oldest Plant Gets a Big Renovation</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:25:25 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Two years ago, U.S. Steel said it couldn't afford to keep operating its oldest mill near Pittsburgh. Now, new owner Nippon Steel 5401 0.37% ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/once_on_the_brink_us_steels_oldest_plant_gets_a_big_renovation_701968.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/business/once-on-the-brink-u-s-steels-oldest-plant-is-getting-a-big-renovation-3caf2a76?st=LfEiRc]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701968</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bob Tita, WSJ]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719192_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>How Bill Gates' Billions Shape U.S. Medical Research</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Bill Gates has long been one of the most admired people in the world, especially since he stepped down from his role running Microsoft to devote himself and much of his fortune to philanthropy. That r]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/09/viral_influencer_how_bill_gates_billions_shape_us_medical_research_1187524.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/09/viral_influencer_how_bill_gates_billions_shape_us_medical_research_1187524.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200701991</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Paul Thacker, RCInvestigations]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/67/678341_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The 'Battle Hymn' Can't Be Ignored</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:28:06 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ We tend to think we have one national anthem, but to me, we have always seemed to have two. The first is the official one, &quot;The Star-Spangled Banner.&quot; The second is &quot;Battle Hymn of the Republic.&quot; The two are different on every level. Only one of them provokes us to ponder our identity as a nation.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/the_battle_hymn_cant_be_ignored_701990.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/4nEdU]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701990</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719193_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Can America Escape Race? The Paradox of Colorblindness</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:43:16 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Ever since he attained the age of majority some four decades ago, Terence Hamilton, now 57, has voted in Mississippi's Second Congressional District, covering 30 counties across the western part of the state. First drawn in 1986 to comply with the Voting Rights Act, the district's scope has shifted somewhat over the years. But the bottom line has been a majority-black district in a state where African Americans comprise 38% of the population. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/can_america_escape_race_the_paradox_of_colorblindness_702034.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/2qhln]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100702034</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Glenn Loury, UnHerd]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719142_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Jefferson's Greatest Sentence</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:32:35 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The first thing to note about Walter Isaacson's new book is its remarkable title: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. If you've forgotten that we're approaching the 250th anniversary of America's founding, you might assume that this is a book by a tweedy English professor-a dreary, pedantic treatise on &quot;the sentence&quot; as a literary artifact, complete with footnotes lamenting grammar's role in oppression and colonialism. ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/jeffersons_greatest_sentence_701969.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.city-journal.org/article/walter-isaacson-the-greatest-sentence-ever-written-thomas-jefferson?skip=1]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701969</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Michael Gibson, City Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719194_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Why It's Futile To Debate Israel's Enemies</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:31:04 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of its people is threatened by avowedly genocidal enemies, writes Sam Harris.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/why_its_futile_to_debate_israels_enemies_701986.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thefp.com/p/sam-harris-why-its-futile-to-debate-israel-enemies?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701986</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Sam Harris, The Free Press]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/715386_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>California Still Counting</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:32:42 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Monday, June 8th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Prineha Narang, Professor of Physical Sciences &amp; Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/08/rcp_podcast_california_still_counting_will_platner_define_democrats_ai_arms_race_with_china.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/08/rcp_podcast_california_still_counting_will_platner_define_democrats_ai_arms_race_with_china.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">700701987</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bevan,&nbsp;Cannon &amp; Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719103_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Orwell the Fortune Teller</title><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:33:45 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>06/09/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The invasion of literature by politics was bound to happen,&quot; wrote George Orwell in his 1948 essay, &quot;Writers and Leviathan,&quot; because &quot;we have developed . . . an awareness of the enormous injustice and misery of the world, and a guilt-stricken feeling that one ought to be doing something about it, which makes a purely aesthetic attitude toward life impossible.&quot;  ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/orwell_the_fortune_teller_701966.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/orwell-the-fortune-teller-a2c1f1c5?st=dMHwSa]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100701966</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/71/719195_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Hegseth Confronts Europe With Reality</title><description></description>
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					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/8/editorial-hegseth-confronts-europeans-reality/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100702048</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:50:32 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Times]]></author></item>
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					<title>Why Poverty Really Plummeted in America</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/why_poverty_really_plummeted_in_america_702049.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/08/declaring-war-poverty-isnt-what-made-it-decline/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100702049</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:50:35 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>Cost of Living Leads Americans' Concerns by a Wide Margin</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/cost_of_living_leads_americans_concerns_by_a_wide_margin_702050.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://tippinsights.com/the-nations-pulse-americans-top-priorities-and-the-direction-of-the-country-7/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100702050</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:50:37 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[TIPP Insights]]></author></item>
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					<title>Putting Iranian Assets to Good Use</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/09/putting_iranian_assets_to_good_use_702051.html</link>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:52:55 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]></author></item></channel></rss>