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            <title><![CDATA[The Blue Wave That Swept Through Red America: 10 Midterm Surprises]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/the-blue-wave-that-swept-through-red-america-10-midterm-surprises-8d5858a18fee?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*VxSSCboXwHlgXrd_.jpg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Something remarkable happened on November 3, 2026.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/the-blue-wave-that-swept-through-red-america-10-midterm-surprises-8d5858a18fee?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on Science and Critical Thinking »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 20:18:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week in MAGA #98: Money vs Votes … The Votes Won]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-98-money-vs-votes-the-votes-won-d8d721bb700e?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Z6OYZnRHF9515DW8.jpeg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The really good news is that the Iran War has resulted in REGIME CHANGE.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-98-money-vs-votes-the-votes-won-d8d721bb700e?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on The Cult of Fools »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Pastor With Two Wives: The Real Scandal Isn’t Polygamy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/the-pastor-with-two-wives-the-real-scandal-isnt-polygamy-0db89bdec5a5?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*YJbPDYwUryuvbBPd.png" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Recently Pastor Israel Ford of LifeWorks Church in Wickliffe, near Cleveland, Ohio introduced his second wife. As you can perhaps imagine&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/the-pastor-with-two-wives-the-real-scandal-isnt-polygamy-0db89bdec5a5?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on Science and Critical Thinking »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gamble]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week in MAGA #97: The Day of Judgement is here]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-97-the-day-of-judgement-is-here-e03421a14640?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/0*tpDylh9yIa-MZu-r.png" width="1000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">If you have not yet voted early then you get to be the judge when you cast your ballot this coming Tuesday.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-97-the-day-of-judgement-is-here-e03421a14640?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on The Cult of Fools »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-11-01T09:54:03.381Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who Really Values Empathy?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/who-really-values-empathy-b1f9bc54f106?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*ElfGLNceY00BkYar.jpg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The title has a question. There is an answer, an actual measurement that grants us a truly fascinating and to be frank totally unexpected&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/who-really-values-empathy-b1f9bc54f106?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on Science and Critical Thinking »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week in MAGA #96: The GOPs Pro Pedophile Campaign]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-96-the-gops-pro-pedophile-campaign-3e011d6296d1?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/0*CWL6eChFwiTEPCnc.png" width="1000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">A political attack advert targeting Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, has provoked outrage across both parties&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-96-the-gops-pro-pedophile-campaign-3e011d6296d1?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on The Cult of Fools »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Free Speech for Me. Silence for You.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/free-speech-for-me-silence-for-you-ffea6c288332?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*UeW8NVv8IeFAJKdE.jpg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">There is a peculiar kind of free-speech campaigner who becomes a censor the moment somebody else reaches for the microphone.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/free-speech-for-me-silence-for-you-ffea6c288332?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on Science and Critical Thinking »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:49:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week in MAGA #95: Trump’s “Supporters” Suddenly Vanished]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-95-trumps-supporters-suddenly-vanished-98ddb8439697?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/0*YPOdW8bQrDRj-W-l.png" width="1000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Suddenly, Twitter appears to have become a nicer place because many of the haters mysteriously vanished last Monday 12. Many of these&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-95-trumps-supporters-suddenly-vanished-98ddb8439697?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on The Cult of Fools »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jim Bakker: The Televangelist Who Turned Jesus into a Cash Machine]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/jim-bakker-the-televangelist-who-turned-jesus-into-a-cash-machine-a276059d8702?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*b-dR0xM_1JhYSLAd.jpg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">An obituary for the man who gave America a $158 million fraud, a Christian Disneyland, an air-conditioned doghouse, miracle silver and&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/jim-bakker-the-televangelist-who-turned-jesus-into-a-cash-machine-a276059d8702?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on Science and Critical Thinking »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:24:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This Week in MAGA #94: Streaming Executions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-94-streaming-executions-b2cacc7a911b?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/0*TykLmWf5LUtUfUpc.png" width="1000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The execution will be of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former U.S.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-cult-of-fools/this-week-in-maga-94-streaming-executions-b2cacc7a911b?source=rss-1ad5c19dd812------2">Continue reading on The Cult of Fools »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Gamble]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:32:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2026-10-11T08:32:06.711Z</atom:updated>
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