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            <title><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the Week]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the WeekSeptember 6 to September 12
 
RCI Podcasts &amp; Videos
On this week’s RCI Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney discussed...]]></description>
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                        <author>The Editors</author>

            <category>Newsletter</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Daily Life]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Houses along Suncrest St. and Daytona St. photographed on Monday, April 12, 2021, in Knoxville, a neighborhood in Pittsburgh. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Alleged Data Center Fraud]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission paid $10.7 million to store its electronic data at a Maryland facility that was allegedly certified by a company that does not exist.
AiNET Corp. and its former...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/11/waste_of_the_day_alleged_data_center_fraud_1204491.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 09.11.26]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: $297M Blimp Flew Once]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army spent $297 million in 2013, or $425 million in today’s money, developing a surveillance blimp as long as a football field that was supposed to hover over Afghanistan for three weeks...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/10/waste_of_the_day_297m_blimp_flew_once_1204490.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 09.10.26]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/10/waste_of_the_day_297m_blimp_flew_once_1204490.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Gitmo Parole Board Greenlights Release of 3 &#039;Forever Prisoners&#039;]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The last remaining 15 terrorist detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison are considered the “worst of the worst,” “high-value detainees,” and “forever prisoners,” but...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/10/exclusive_gitmo_parole_board_greenlights_release_of_3_forever_prisoners_1205264.html</link>

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                        <author>Paul Sperry</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Diplomacy]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/10/exclusive_gitmo_parole_board_greenlights_release_of_3_forever_prisoners_1205264.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - In this file photo made June 27, 2006, reviewed by a U.S. Department of Defense official, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta military-run prison, at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama&#039;s renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects has given a glimmer of hope to foreign governments that he will fulfill that promise and triggered diplomatic maneuvering from U.S. allies eager to bring home long-held detainees, some badly ailing from a hunger strike to protest their confinement. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: HUD Ignored Do Not Pay List]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Housing and Urban Development has not been checking the Treasury’s Do Not Pay List of groups that should not receive federal money. In the first six months of fiscal year 2026,...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/09/waste_of_the_day_hud_ignored_do_not_pay_list_1204489.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 09.09.26]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/09/waste_of_the_day_hud_ignored_do_not_pay_list_1204489.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Devolution Revolution: Americans Returning Power to the People]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Sometimes a boundary is just a line in the road. But sometimes it’s a gate from one world to another. 
Driving due south from downtown Los Angeles through what was once the thriving center of...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/08/devolution_revolution_americans_returning_power_to_the_people_1205014.html</link>

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                        <author>Joel Kotkin</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Daycare For Kids In The Womb]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Every parent wants a daycare that provides the highest level of supervision for their children, but looking after kids who haven’t even been born yet might be taking things a bit too far.
One...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/08/waste_of_the_day_daycare_for_kids_in_the_womb_1204488.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 09.08.26]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/08/waste_of_the_day_daycare_for_kids_in_the_womb_1204488.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Alma Mater Earmarks]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Congress members are set to make a $560 million donation to the universities they once attended as students, using taxpayer funds. 
Twenty-five senators and 37 House members requested earmarks for...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/07/waste_of_the_day_alma_mater_earmarks_1204487.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 09.07.26]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/07/waste_of_the_day_alma_mater_earmarks_1204487.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the Week]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the WeekAugust 30 to September 5
 
RCI Podcasts &amp; Videos
On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/05/realclearinvestigations_picks_of_the_week_1204320.html</link>

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                        <author>The Editors</author>

            <category>Newsletter</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Climate Change Extremes Impacts Solutions]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/05/realclearinvestigations_picks_of_the_week_1204320.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[FILE - Hydrogen storage tanks are visible at the Iberdrola green hydrogen plant in Puertollano, central Spain, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: $79M To Not Work]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Contractors working for the State of Illinois took a 470,000-hour paid lunch break on taxpayers’ dime.
A company hired during the Covid-19 pandemic to fill staffing shortages at hospitals and...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/04/waste_of_the_day_79m_to_not_work_1203967.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 9.4.2026]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bad Medicine: Medicare Wastes Billions on Unnecessary Treatments]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[In 1996, a task force of independent healthcare experts recommended that doctors stop giving urine tests to people who did not show symptoms of a urinary tract infection. The test has “no...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/03/bad_medicine_medicare_wastes_billions_on_unnecessary_treatments_1203985.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Medicare Health Insurance]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[A Medicare card is seen on Monday, June 10, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: The Federal &#039;Google&#039; Agency]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Commerce’s National Technical Information Service charged taxpayers and other federal agencies $50 million in 2013 for electronic copies of government-funded research and...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/03/waste_of_the_day_the_federal_google_agency_1203960.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 9.3.26]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Fake Roof Repairs In Tulsa]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Oklahoma’s largest school district allegedly paid $2.6 million to a company owned by one of its executives — for architectural work that was never performed, according to a state audit released...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/02/waste_of_the_day_fake_roof_repairs_in_tulsa_1203501.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 9.2.2026]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/02/waste_of_the_day_fake_roof_repairs_in_tulsa_1203501.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: HUD Funds Had Little Impact]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, but a new Open the Books review found the...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/01/waste_of_the_day_hud_funds_had_little_impact_1203470.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 9.1.2026]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/01/waste_of_the_day_hud_funds_had_little_impact_1203470.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hydrogen: Energy’s Version of Waiting for Godot]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Elon Musk may consider hydrogen “mind-bogglingly stupid” as a power source for cars, but the derision of the world’s most successful electric vehicle manufacturer has not stopped Washington...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/01/hydrogen_energys_version_of_waiting_for_godot_1203491.html</link>

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                        <author>James Varney</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/09</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Ricardo investit dans un centre d’essai et de développement dédié à l’hydrogène, ouvrant ainsi la voie aux transports durables du futur]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/09/01/hydrogen_energys_version_of_waiting_for_godot_1203491.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Hydrogen-fuel cell (Photo: Business Wire)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Chips Are Down In Ohio]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Federal money meant to help Ohio manufacturers was spent on ghostwritten articles, golf outings, poker chips, T-shirts and a celebrity who was paid almost $16,000 to attend a virtual event without...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/31/waste_of_the_day_chips_are_down_in_ohio_1203264.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day 8.31.2026]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the Week]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations&#039; Picks of the WeekAugust 23 to August 29
 
RCI Podcasts &amp; Videos
On this week’s RCI Podcast, Zane &amp; Varney speak with Atlantic writer Tyler Austin Harper about his widely...]]></description>
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                        <author>The Editors</author>

            <category>Newsletter</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Campaign 2016 Clinton Khizr Khan]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/29/realclearinvestigations_picks_of_the_week_1203119.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[Imam Vernon M Fareed leads prayers as Khizr Khan, a Virginia Gold Star father, top right, whose son Army Captain Humayun Khan was killed in Iraq saving his fellow soldiers, prays at a Mosque in Norfolk, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Khan’s Norfolk visit falls in the wake of a new Clinton campaign television ad that features him tearfully discussing the death of his Muslim-American son in Iraq. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Audits Flag UConn Payments]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that either went against state policy or were...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/28/waste_of_the_day_audits_flag_uconn_payments_1201987.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremey Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Tax Breaks for Brothels]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Prostitution is not a legitimate business under most U.S. laws — except the federal tax code.
The Internal Revenue Service allows legalized brothels in Nevada to qualify for the same standard...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/27/waste_of_the_day_tax_breaks_for_brothels_1201986.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/27/waste_of_the_day_tax_breaks_for_brothels_1201986.html</link>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Potential Fraud in Memphis]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[An independent audit of the Memphis, Tennessee school district uncovered $54.2 million in spending that showed evidence of potential fraud, and issued an astonishing 133 recommendations for the...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/waste_of_the_day_potential_fraud_in_memphis_1201984.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[RCI Series: Islam&#039;s Rise Across America]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[RealClearInvestigations’ seven-part series, Islam’s Rise Across America, reports on the growing power and influence of Muslim-Americans across the country.

GOP Battles Sharia: Is Islamic Law a...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/rci_series_islams_rise_across_america_1202611.html</link>

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                        <author>Paul Sperry, Ben Weingarten, Andrew Bostom</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Housing Saga Michigan]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/rci_series_islams_rise_across_america_1202611.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[A mural is shown Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Hamtramck, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[RCI Series: The Housing Affordability Crisis]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[ 
In a series of articles for RealClearInvestigations, Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox report on the  roots of the housing affordability crisis and how Americans are responding to it.

Locked Out of...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/rci_series_the_housing_affordability_crisis_1202613.html</link>

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                        <author>Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

            
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            <title><![CDATA[RCI Series: The Normalization of Scientific Fraud]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[This RCI series reports on how misguided professional incentives have spurred a rise in research fraud and on the scientists pushing reforms to curb it.
Fraud Hunters: Sniffing Out Bogus Science...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/rci_series_the_normalization_of_scientific_fraud_1202636.html</link>

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                        <author>Vince Bielski</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

            
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            <title><![CDATA[American Medinas: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[Founded by Alexander Hamilton as the first industrial city in America, Paterson, N.J.,  is now home to America’s largest Palestinian community and largest proportion of Muslim residents. Today,...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/american_medinas_turning_us_cities_into_beachheads_for_islam_1202481.html</link>

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                        <author>Paul Sperry</author>

            <category>Long Form</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Housing Saga Michigan]]></title>
                    <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/26/american_medinas_turning_us_cities_into_beachheads_for_islam_1202481.html</link>
                    <description><![CDATA[A mural is shown Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Hamtramck, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day: Deficit Could Surpass $2 Trillion]]></title>

            
                        <description><![CDATA[The federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion when fiscal year 2026 ends on Sept. 30, the Congressional Budget Office projected in its monthly budget review.
The deficit — the gap between what the...]]></description>
                        <link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/08/25/waste_of_the_day_deficit_could_surpass_2_trillion_1201983.html</link>

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                        <author>Jeremy Portnoy</author>

            <category>Standard</category>
            <pubdate>2026/08</pubdate>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
            <fullpubdate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026</fullpubdate>

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                    <title><![CDATA[Waste of the Day]]></title>
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