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		<title>Could Laura Loomer Face a Felony Over the Rashida Tlaib Rally? What Florida Prosecutors Would Need to Prove</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Laura Loomer’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is protected speech. But Florida law separately criminalizes certain threats used to compel someone to act against their will. After Loomer celebrated the cancellation of a Rashida Tlaib get-out-the-vote rally, the unanswered legal question is strikingly specific: what did she—or anyone acting with her—tell the venue before it canceled?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Did Poor Hygiene Make the Black Death Worse? The Strange Link Between Plague, Bathing, Body Lice, and Anti-Muslim Prejudice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Poor hygiene did not cause the Black Death—but it may have helped plague spread. New research on body lice, medieval bathing, and the documented suppression of Muslim bath culture reveals a far more complicated story than the familiar tale of rats and fleas.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Isn’t Congress Subject to FOIA? The Legal Reason Congress Is Excluded From the Freedom of Information Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congress is excluded from FOIA because the statute’s definition of a federal agency expressly leaves it out. This explainer shows how that legal choice affects access to congressional records.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Can the Government Take Your Cash or Property Without Charging You With a Crime?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Civil asset forfeiture can allow the government to seize and keep property without charging its owner with a crime. This explainer shows how the civil process works and why it remains controversial.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Happened to the FAA’s Minimum Airline Seat-Size Rule? There Still Isn’t a Federal Minimum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congress ordered the FAA to establish minimum airline seat dimensions, but the rule never took effect. This explainer traces the legal and regulatory path that left passengers without a federal seat-size minimum.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Gaza Natural Gas Reserves: Who Owns Gaza Marine, and Did Israel Sell the Rights?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gaza Marine contains roughly 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off the Gaza coast. Israel has not sold the field itself—but it has attempted to allocate exploration rights in other offshore areas that substantially overlap maritime territory claimed by Palestine. The distinction changes the story.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Did UNICEF Prove Gaza’s Famine Was Fake? No — Here’s What the 2026 Survey Actually Shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new UNICEF-coordinated survey found surprisingly low acute malnutrition among young children in Gaza in June 2026. The finding is real—but it does not prove that Gaza’s 2025 famine was fabricated. The missing piece is the timeline.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Does Big Money Change Election Results? The Electoral Information Gap Between Progressive Policies and Candidate Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Outside political spending does not simply buy elections—but it can buy a disproportionate share of voters’ attention. An analysis of Democratic primaries from 2020 through 2026 shows when Super PAC money appears most capable of influencing close races, why massive spending sometimes fails, and why voters can support progressive policies while rejecting progressive candidates.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>“Friends of Hamas” Was Invented as a Joke. Washington Turned It Into Evidence.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In February 2013, a Washington reporter invented “Friends of Hamas” as an intentionally ridiculous example while investigating rumors about Chuck Hagel. Within roughly 24 hours, the fictional name appeared in a nationally circulated political story attributed to Senate sources. What happened next was more than a media]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>David Rush, the CIA and $40 Million in Gold: The Red Flags That Should Have Been Caught</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherafgan Khan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former CIA official David Rush allegedly faked degrees, military credentials and leave records before 303 gold bars were found at his home. Here is what failed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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