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      <description>Online videos apparently posted by the shooter who killed two children and injured 17 other people at a Catholic church in Minneapolis on Wednesday, describe an obsession with school shootings and show a rambling written statement and numerous guns painted with slurs, mass killers’ names and political messages. So why was this threat not identified? Perhaps the FBI's attention has be shifted elsewhere...</description>
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      <title>No, the POTUS cannot unilaterally change how we vote...</title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Ed warns us NOT to be distracted by yet another outrageous suggestion by this administration.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>What do the US/Ukraine/Russia and a ménage à trois have in common? Ed explains.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>From Kennedy’s ongoing makeover of the CDC’s Advisory Committee, to removal of the recommendation that healthy pregnant women and children receive the Covid vaccine, the impacts could affect public health negatively for generations to come.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Oscar Wilde's FULL quote is "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." That last part matters...</description>
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      <description>It is, in fact, difficult for a single president to drastically improve the economy in a clear and obvious way, but Trump is proving that a politician can absolutely harm the economy when they lack any regard for the consequences, borne largely by the people who elected them.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Damage caused by the Trump administration could set the United States back for decades.</description>
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      <title>Poll Numbers Reality</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>The director’s departure comes as the National Science Foundation is grappling with demands from the new Trump administration and DOGE, and Trump’s job approval rating is lower than any president in at least seven decades, despite his claims of the exact opposite.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Hungary has passed a constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events recognizing two sexes, male and female...sound familiar? The USA is no longer considered a democracy and lies at the cusp of autocracy; we can simply look to Hungary and Russia to see our future.</description>
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      <title>Yawning dangerous?</title>
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      <description>A new position paper by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows how signs of sleepiness may be a red flag of a serious sleep deficit that could put you in physical danger and harm your long-term health.</description>
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      <description>In an executive order signed Thursday night, Trump put Vice President JD Vance in charge of stopping government spending on “exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy."</description>
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