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		<title>Charities and Governments Waste Billions of Dollars While Paying Criminals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the past few decades many uber wealthy Americans have started making donations to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that are attempting to help solve some of the crime issues among minority communities in the United States. Some American states and cities have attempted to piggyback off of these same NGOs as they attempt to tamp down...</p>
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		<title>Democrat States Chase Away Wealthy Tax Payers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Can any rational person explain the taxing policies of Democrat controlled states? California, New York, Illinois and Minnesota are examples of Democrat controlled states that are doubling down on their high tax policies and in the process are hurting their economies.&#160; The latest IRS data shows that four states listed above have some of the...</p>
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		<title>There Are No Moderate Leaders In Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Why do some scholars and news media members continue to describe members of the Iranian leadership as moderate? From time to time over the last half century, the mainstream media has described the Iranian mullahs as having a moderate wing. History has shown these statements to be ludicrous and having just as much credibility as...</p>
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		<title>CNN Needs Reforming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>For weeks, Washington and NYC insiders have been breathlessly reporting about the fears of CNN employees who are concerned that their leftist kingdom will be radically changed after the purchase of Time Warner (the parent company of CNN) by Paramount Studios. These media insiders have deluded themselves into believing that CNN is the only backstop...</p>
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		<title>The US Military Cannot Work With Anthropic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Pentagon’s recent dispute with Anthropic has exposed the wide chasm that exists between a Department of War under a Democrat administration and the Department of War under the Trump administration. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has discussed the frustrations that he experienced as a soldier fighting in prior conflicts. In recent years, lawyers at...</p>
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		<title>China Made A Bad Bet In Supporting The Ayatollah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The decisive action by the United States and Israel against Iran has check-mated China’s strategy of supporting the Ayatollah Khomeini in order to create headaches for the United States. A reasonable person would question why China, a world power, would align itself with the Ayatollah Khomeini and his mullahs since they are hated throughout Iran...</p>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Ignore The Mass Killings By Gender Transitioners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 02:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In today’s political climate there is an inability to recognize problems and find a solution if the proposed solution upsets a subset of one party’s political coalition. This has played out in the reaction to the&#160; increase in killings initiated by people who are transitioning their sexual identity.&#160; Recently, we have seen an increase in...</p>
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		<title>American Ingenuity Is Crucial For A Strong Military</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>US taxpayers have long been frustrated with the high costs and long development times for the production of weapons and ammunition for the US military. For decades, weapon and ammunition manufacturing has been controlled by a few mega-corporations. As a result, the cost of the weapons systems and the ammunition has been enormous.  The economic...</p>
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		<title>AOC Embarrases Herself On The International Stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Democrat genius, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), recently embarrassed herself on the international stage when she was asked for her thoughts (no pun intended) on whether the United States should protect Taiwan if it was attacked by China. AOC was in attendance at the Munich Security Conference where representatives from many nations were discussing the new relationship...</p>
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