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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[UkrainianAna on Drone Warfare, Survival, and Life Facing Russia’s Invasion•The Drone Revolution (?)•Risks of LARPing as a Cuban Humanitarian•	Meet the Canvasser Flipping Maine One Door at a Time•A Long Time Ago, or the Final Frontier•Digital Ground Game June Midterm Report•]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/44</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/44"/>
        <updated>2026-06-01T22:24:43.130Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The ongoing defense of Ukraine, streamers in Cuba, IRL canvassing, the future of space, and the midterm report continues]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">The ongoing defense of Ukraine, streamers in Cuba, IRL canvassing, the future of space, and the midterm report continues</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Welcome and welcome back!</p><p><br /></p><p>In this edition of the Pragmatic Papers, we discuss drone warfare both from a birds eye view and on the ground. Want a representative to support Ukraine? Revisit our last release with <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/what-is-track-ukraine-and-why-it-matters">What is Track Ukraine and Why It Matters</a>. Our international work continues in a discussion on Cuba. This volume also features two articles on the future of space both from a philosophical and an engineering lens. Finally, we have two interesting works from Digital Ground Game: an interview with an on the ground canvasser in Maine and the June midterm report.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy reading!</p><p>Cara, Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/ukrainianana-on-drone-warfare-survival-and-life-facing-russias-invasion">UkrainianAna on Drone Warfare, Survival, and Life Facing Russia’s Invasion</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Interview with the volunteer keeping troops safe on the frontlines of Russia's war in Ukraine.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-drone-revolution-">The Drone Revolution (?)</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">An analysis of how drones are transforming modern warfare and whether UAS truly represent a military revolution.
</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/hasan-piker-subpoenaed-over-cuba-visit">Risks of LARPing as a Cuban Humanitarian</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Hasan Piker subpoenaed over Cuba trip. Did he actually violate U.S. sanctions?</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/meet-the-canvasser-flipping-maine-one-door-at-a-time--dgg-political-action-award">Meet the Canvasser Flipping Maine One Door at a Time</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Real life action impacting real life politics. Maine is a hot topic state for the midterms, and one volunteer is making the difference.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/a-long-time-ago-or-the-final-frontier">A Long Time Ago, or the Final Frontier</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">At the crossroads of AI, space, and geopolitics: are we building Star Trek or Star Wars?
</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/digital-ground-game-june-midterm-report">Digital Ground Game June Midterm Report</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Alaska primaries are coming up. Learn about the candidates on the ballot for Alaska's important races.  What is the state of Trump's influence?</p>
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        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Sixpaths</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Eric Muir</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Stone Steinert</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-06-01T22:24:43.130Z</published>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What is Track Ukraine and Why It Matters•Telehealth and Solving the Rural Opioid Crisis•Yes, Taylor Lorenz is right...•The Siege of Mali and the Unraveling of State Power•If Prime Minister Keir Starmer Falls, Who Will Replace Him?•We Were Promised Yachts]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/43</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/43"/>
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        <updated>2026-05-19T00:15:57.538Z</updated>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Things are heating up in the UK, Ukraine still needs our support, Mali in crisis, a solution to rural healthcare access, student loans</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Last Call for the <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/introducing-the-third-founding-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Third Founding!</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This volume we have three pieces from our international politics writers including an interview with Dylan Burns on the Track Ukraine project, a dive into the situation in Mali, and upheaval in the UK. Check out a research-based article on the Affordable Connectivity Program and how it can address a steadily rising problem.  A discussion on changes to student loans. Finally, is Taylor Lorenz... right? Find out more in this volume!</p><p>-Cara, Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/what-is-track-ukraine-and-why-it-matters">What is Track Ukraine and Why It Matters</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Track Ukraine holds U.S. politicians accountable on supporting Ukraine's efforts at independence. Is your representative on the list?</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/telehealth-and-solving-the-rural-opioid-crisis">Telehealth and Solving the Rural Opioid Crisis</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The Affordable Connectivity Program provided access to rural communities where the opioid crisis has hit hard. Bringing back this policy would benefit all of us. </p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/yes-taylor-lorenz-is-right">Yes, Taylor Lorenz is right...</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Section 230 matters and why Congress keeps getting internet safety laws wrong to the detriment of us all. </p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-siege-of-mali-and-the-unraveling-of-state-power">The Siege of Mali and the Unraveling of State Power</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Mali's April insurgent attacks reveal a state in collapse, not just a security crisis.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/we-were-promised-yachts">We Were Promised Yachts</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump's student loan overhaul explained — and why it might not be all bad.
</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/if-prime-minister-keir-starmer-falls-who-will-replace-him">If Prime Minister Keir Starmer Falls, Who Will Replace Him?</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Starmer's leadership is in crisis. Here's who could replace him and who's favourite.</p>
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  </ul>
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        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Kevin Ji</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Nathaniel Aurey Wiroatmodjo</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>S. Thomas</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-05-19T00:15:57.538Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Digital Ground Game May Midterm Report•It's Not Sexism, It's Coalition Management•Policy Initiatives and Lessons From the Civilian Conservation Corps•Fact vs. Myth: Misconceptions of Foster Care•The Maduro Trial: Dictators, Cranks, and the Sixth Amendment•Venezuela After Maduro•Endurance Without Resolution: Russian Public Opinion and the Politics of War in Ukraine•]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/42</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/42"/>
        <updated>2026-05-04T22:40:51.538Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Maduro in the US and out of Venezuela, Ohio in the Midterms, Kash Patel, Foster Care, and souring of opinions in Russia]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Maduro in the US and out of Venezuela, Ohio in the Midterms, Kash Patel, Foster Care, and souring of opinions in Russia</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Welcome back!</p><p>We have the next edition of the Digital Ground Game Midterm Report, and an update on a previous fundraiser that broke the online glass ceiling. Take a look at original reporting on the Maduro trial in New York City and how Venezuela is faring following his capture. Discover a key to progress: past policy initiatives like the Conservation Corps. Answer why Kash Patel is still in office when others have been canned. Explore how foster care helps youth. Finally, check in on the war in Ukraine from across the border in Russia. </p><p>There&#39;s still plenty of time to submit your pitch for the Third Founding! Email us your policy ideas. </p><p>Thank you for reading,</p><p>Cara </p><p>Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/digital-ground-game-may-midterm-report">Digital Ground Game May Midterm Report</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Ohio primary elections are this Tuesday. Learn more about the candidates in this midterm elections report. </p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/its-not-sexism-its-coalition-management">It's Not Sexism, It's Coalition Management</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Why Trump fires women but keeps Kash Patel: It's coalition politics. Key players like Kash Patel have a follower base that keeps him valuable.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/policy-initiatives-and-lessons-from-the-civilian-conservation-corps">Policy Initiatives and Lessons From the Civilian Conservation Corps</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How the CCC delivered Depression-era job relief while quietly preparing America for WWII—and three lessons for designing successful policy today.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/fact-vs-myth-misconceptions-of-foster-care">Fact vs. Myth: Misconceptions of Foster Care</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Foster care is an essential social service for many youth.; however, there are a number of pervasive myths impacting the system.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-maduro-trial-dictators-cranks-and-the-sixth-amendment">The Maduro Trial: Dictators, Cranks, and the Sixth Amendment</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Nicholas Maduro and Cila Flores returned to court on April 26 for their first Pretrial Hearing to argue that the United States Government is violating their Sixth Amendment rights. The more boisterous members of the public who attended were on populist and conspiracy alignment.
</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/venezuela-after-maduro">Venezuela After Maduro</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Maduro's gone, but Venezuela hasn't changed. Here's what U.S. control actually looks like.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/endurance-without-resolution-russian-public-opinion-and-the-politics-of-war-in-ukraine">Endurance Without Resolution: Russian Public Opinion and the Politics of War in Ukraine</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Russian public opinion on the Ukraine war reveals adaptive support, fatigue, and shifting views on duration, costs, and acceptable outcomes</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/how-to-fundraise---with-digital-ground-game">How to Fundraise - with Digital Ground Game</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Digital Ground Game fundraiser was a hit. Canvassing houses are opening up in for the November election. </p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Stone Steinert</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Kyli Stuhaug </name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Sam Koved</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Bryce Peever</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-05-04T22:40:51.538Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Introducing the Third Found Project•The End of History in Hungary•Beyond the Battlefield: War Termination and the Absence of Political End States•“What’s So Bad About Trump?" A Demonstration of His Retractive Policies•Mutually Assured Democracy•Fascism with Chinese Characteristics]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/41</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/41"/>
        <updated>2026-04-20T22:08:43.340Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Call for writers, Hungarian elections, war in the Middle East, 21st century fascism in China, assuring democracy, summing up the Trump administration]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Call for writers, Hungarian elections, war in the Middle East, 21st century fascism in China, assuring democracy, summing up the Trump administration</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p style="text-align: left;">Welcome back to the Pragmatic Papers.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We are excited to announce a new writing project set to launch on July 4th. Check out &quot;Introducing the Third Founding&quot; for more information. Domestically, understand the Trump administration&#39;s attack on natural rights and a path forward towards a democracy that works. Abroad, we have three articles. The first covers the election in Hungary with considerations towards Francis Fukuyama&#39;s &quot;The End of History and the Last Man&quot;. In the Middle East, the quagmire grows. Finally, explore the current and future directions of the Xi&#39;s Han Dynasty.</p><p style="text-align: left;">-Cara</p><p style="text-align: left;">Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/introducing-the-third-founding-project">Introducing the Third Founding Project</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The Third Founding Project launches to find a consensus among liberal Democrats to preserve US liberalism.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-end-of-history-in-hungary">The End of History in Hungary</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Election wins in Hungary signal a turning tide seen through a discussion of Francis Fukuyama's End of History and The Last Man</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/beyond-the-battlefield-war-termination-and-the-absence-of-political-end-states">Beyond the Battlefield: War Termination and the Absence of Political End States</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Analysis of the US–Israel–Iran conflict shows military action outpacing strategy, with no clear path to war termination or stable order</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/mutually-assured-democracy">Mutually Assured Democracy</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A return to cooperative democracy requires an equal understanding of the risks to not respecting the social contract of the Constitution. </p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/whats-so-bad-about-trump-a-demonstration-of-his-retractive-policies">“What’s So Bad About Trump?" A Demonstration of His Retractive Policies</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">An overview of the sweeping changes the Trump administration has made involving the trampling of individual liberties.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/fascism-with-chinese-characteristics">Fascism With Chinese Characteristics</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">As Mussolini’s Italy served as the model for 20th century Fascism, Xi’s China has fashioned itself as the model of 21st century Fascism.</p>
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  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Eden F.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Cameron Tomaino</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Rebecca Rowan</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Niki H.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-04-20T22:08:43.340Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Short Victorious War•Cuba in the Crosshairs•Fascism with Chinese Characteristics Part 1•99 Problems and Missing the Point is One•Digital Ground Game April Midterm Report•The Looting of the Federal Department of Education•When the Left-Wing YouTube Playbook Stops Working]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/40</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/40"/>
        <updated>2026-04-06T20:29:33.201Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[War in Iran, escalation in Cuba, the Chinese government, 2026 midterms, left-wing discourse, and public education]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">War in Iran, escalation in Cuba, the Chinese government, 2026 midterms, left-wing discourse, and public education</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><h2>In this volume:</h2><p>Welcome back to the Pragmatic Papers. </p><p>Starting this volume are three international pieces focusing on the Trump administration&#39;s aggression in Iran and potential for escalation in Cuba. We are beginning a multi-part series on the Chinese government with Part 1 focusing on the connections of the current government to the fall of the Soviet Union and Italian fascism. Domestically, read about the many seats potentially up for grabs in the April midterm report, and turmoil with the Trump administration. Next, a case study on left-wing YouTube discourse. Finally, an update on the federal Department of Education and the Project 2025 vision for it. </p><p>-Cara</p><p>Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-short-victorious-war">The Seduction of the Short Victorious War</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">U.S. and Israel's Iran campaign risks becoming a strategic quagmire as war aims clash with military reality.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/cuba-in-the-crosshairs">Cuba in the Crosshairs</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">U.S.-Cuba tensions escalate in 2026 as Trump threatens regime change, oil blockades trigger blackouts, and war looms.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/fascism-with-chinese-characteristics">Fascism With Chinese Characteristics</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">As Mussolini’s Italy served as the model for 20th century Fascism, Xi’s China has fashioned itself as the model of 21st century Fascism.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/digital-ground-game-april-midterm-report">Digital Ground Game April Midterm Report</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">From Montana to Texas and west to east coast, competitive races are preparing for the November election. </p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/when-the-left-wing-youtube-playbook-stops-working">When the Left-Wing YouTube Playbook Stops Working</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Review of a video essay by creator Big Joel on Nick Fuentes and a critique on the old Left-Wing YouTube paradigm. </p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-looting-of-the-federal-department-of-education">The Looting of the Federal Department of Education</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The federal Department of Education is a vital institution that is being systematically destroyed based on Project 2025 plans.
</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/99-problems-and-missing-the-point-is-one">99 Problems and Missing the Point Is One</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Public outrage centers on personalities, while policy changes carry the real impact.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Stone Steinert</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Alan S. </name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Cara Dillon</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-04-06T20:29:33.201Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[March Midterms Report: Iowa•Dark Money or Just Rage Bait•Trump Can’t Stop the Global Minimum Tax•Artemis’s Hunt for Lunar Permanence•Policy Skeleton Key: Problem Solving with Electronic Federal ID]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/39</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/39"/>
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        <updated>2026-03-23T17:24:07.843Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dissatisfaction with the GOP, money in politics, taxes, going back to the moon, and options for the federal ID problem]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Dissatisfaction with the GOP opens opportunities in Iowa, money in politics, taxes, going back to the moon, and options for the federal ID problem.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><h2>In this volume:</h2><p>Welcome to the Pragmatic Papers update! Take a look around our website overhaul.</p><p>Starting this volume, we are following the midterm prospects of several states, the first being Iowa. Learn more about how money works in our pieces about global minimum tax and Dark Money. Dive into science and technology with our report on electronic federal ID and the Artemis space programs.</p><p>Coming up on March 28th are No Kings Protests all around the country. This movement has generated some of the largest protests in our history, and this one may well be added to the list. We will be watching these protests closely as citizens express their First Amendment rights.  </p><p>-Cara</p><p>Editor-in-chief</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/march-midterms-report-iowa">March Midterms Report: Iowa</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Rundown of Iowa midterm races including the background on the political climate of Iowa and potential candidates to flip the state</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/Dark-Money">Dark Money or Just Rage Bait</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Dark money explained: separating myth from reality, media bias, and its role in funding political influencers and U.S. elections.</p>
</li>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/trump-cant-stop-the-global-minimum-tax">Trump Can’t Stop the Global Minimum Tax</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Learn how the OECD global minimum tax, backed by Janet Yellen, aims to curb corporate tax avoidance worldwide.</p>
</li>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/artemiss-hunt-for-lunar-permanence">Artemis’s Hunt for Lunar Permanence</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The Artemis Program has had a long and troubled history. Recent events have dramatically reshaped it and is sending it in a new direction.
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/policy-skeleton-key-problem-solving-with-electronic-federal-id">Policy Skeleton Key: Problem Solving with Electronic Federal ID</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Technological integration has expanded throughout many facets of modern society, and some stubbornly remain analog, including physical ID.</p>
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  </ul>
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        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>S. Thomas</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Eden F.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Stone Steinert</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-03-23T17:24:07.843Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[From Gaugamela to the Gulf: The Reality of War in Iran•Guns For Me and Not for Thee•Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse•Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/38</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/38"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/bahrain.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2026-03-03T13:39:47.569Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Second Amendment hypocrisy, Iran in flames, accelerationism's dangers, and the legacy of Citizens United — four angles on power, rights, and democracy under pressure.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Second Amendment hypocrisy, Iran in flames, accelerationism's dangers, and the legacy of Citizens United — four angles on power, rights, and democracy under pressure.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>The status quo has changed in the Middle East. Words have escalated to actions, but how deep will those actions go? Back in the United States, we examine how selectively our rights are applied, why accelerationism isn&#39;t the answer, and take an objective look at the most consequential campaign finance case in modern history.</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/from-gaugamela-to-the-gulf-the-reality-of-war-in-iran">From Gaugamela to the Gulf: The Reality of War in Iran</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">U.S. and Israel launch a decapitation strike on Iran, killing Khamenei and sparking a regional war that trades deterrence for systemic collapse.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/guns-for-me-and-not-for-thee">Guns For Me and Not for Thee</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Second Amendment rights applied selectively? Explore how the Trump administration's gun stance echoes the 1967 Mulford Act's racial double standard.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/hasan-piker-and-the-dangerous-romance-of-collapse">Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Hasan Piker’s accelerationist gamble and why history shows collapse rarely delivers democratic socialism.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/what-is-citizens-united">What is Citizens United?</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Citizens United (2010) barred limits on independent corporate political spending, reshaping campaign finance and sparking lasting debate over money and democracy.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Alan S. </name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-03-03T13:39:47.569Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Echoes from the Past: Comparisons of ICE to Historical Fascist Paramilitaries•What Cannot Be Counted, Cannot Be Denied•The Leviathan: A Walkway to Liberty•Strong Candidates, Weak Incumbents, Unhappy Voters•Losing Trust•The 3rd Official DGG Political Action Award!]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/37</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/37"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/ICEAgent.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2026-02-04T14:06:09.683Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[xplore 2026 politics: ICE paramilitary trends, Iran protests, Hobbesian theory, US midterm shifts, Greenland's crisis, and DGG grassroots activism.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Explore 2026 politics: ICE paramilitary trends, Iran protests, Hobbesian theory, US midterm shifts, Greenland's crisis, and DGG grassroots activism.</div>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/what-cannot-be-counted-cannot-be-denied">What Cannot Be Counted, Cannot Be Denied</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A deep analysis of the Jan 2026 Iran protests. Explore how the state transitioned from persuasion to routine coercion and the death of political reform.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/echoes-from-the-past-comparisons-of-ice-to-historical-fascist-paramilitaries">Echoes from the Past: Comparisons of ICE to Historical Fascist Paramilitaries</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Is ICE becoming a paramilitary force? Explore how Robert Paxton’s theories on fascist processes reveal dangerous parallels in modern US enforcement.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-leviathan-a-walkway-to-liberty">The Leviathan: A Walkway to Liberty </a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Is the state a protector or a predator? Explore Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and the "Narrow Corridor" between state power and individual liberty.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/strong-candidates-weak-incumbents-unhappy-voters">Strong Candidates, Weak Incumbents, Unhappy Voters</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Why does the "out-party" dominate midterms? Analyze the 2014 GOP wave and see why 2026 looks like a perfect storm for a Democratic comeback.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/losing-trust">Losing Trust</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump’s Greenland annexation threats spark a NATO crisis. Explore the strategic, economic, and personal motives behind the 2026 Arctic power play.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-3rd-official-dgg-political-action-award-">The 3rd Official DGG Political Action Award! </a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Congratulations to our 3rd winner, Sam! </p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Bing</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-02-04T14:06:09.683Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Domestic Terrorists” • The Acceptable Dead • Lessons and Hope in Venezuela • The Cost of Ignorance: Why Anti-Vaxxers Belong in the High-Risk Pool • Assault on the Fed•Capturing Thermostatic Voters in 2028]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/36</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/36"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/pib.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2026-01-12T23:13:31.395Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Is America following Venezuela’s playbook into oblivion? This week we dissect the terrifying reality of state violence in Minneapolis and the right-wing media machine working overtime to justify it. We also expose the silent war being waged against the Federal Reserve and ask the controversial question of whether the unvaccinated should finally foot their own medical bills. The situation looks bleak, but we have the blueprint for a comeback. Read on to discover the 'thermostatic' strategy that could flip the map in 2028 and find out why your refusal to give in to nihilism is the one thing they fear the most.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Is America following Venezuela’s playbook into oblivion? This week we dissect the terrifying reality of state violence in Minneapolis and the right-wing media machine working overtime to justify it. We also expose the silent war being waged against the Federal Reserve and ask the controversial question of whether the unvaccinated should finally foot their own medical bills. The situation looks bleak, but we have the blueprint for a comeback. Read on to discover the 'thermostatic' strategy that could flip the map in 2028 and find out why your refusal to give in to nihilism is the one thing they fear the most.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>You ever try to put out a newsletter and shit just keeps happening? The death count for the Iranian protests keeps rising higher and higher. <a href="https://apnews.com/live/iran-protests-updates-1-13-2026"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Click here for live updates from AP</span></a>  and expect some more comprehensive coverage next week. Marlow, one of our editors, conducted an interview with one of Renee Good&#39;s neighbors, check out &quot;Domestic Terrorists&quot; or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elma9EE2UZs&amp;t=1s"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">click here for the full video!</span></a></p><p>Hope y&#39;all had a happy holidays! See you next week! </p><p><br /></p></div>
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  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/domestic-terrorists">“Domestic Terrorists”</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trapped on a cliff face, I realized how to fight political dread. Why the Minneapolis anti-ICE protests show that local action beats nihilism.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-acceptable-dead">The Acceptable Dead</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">They killed a poet mom and laughed. The chilling logic behind the GOP's "Acceptable Dead."</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/lessons-and-hope-in-venezuela">Lessons and Hope in Venezuela</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">From liberty to hell: Is the US following Venezuela's path? How Jan 6, populism, and judicial capture link Hugo Chávez to Donald Trump.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-cost-of-ignorance-why-anti-vaxxers-belong-in-the-high-risk-pool">The Cost of Ignorance: Why Anti-Vaxxers Belong in the High-Risk Pool</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Smokers and drunk drivers pay more. Why are anti-vaxxers getting a free ride on your insurance premiums?</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/assault-on-the-fed">Assault on the Fed</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Powell served with subpoenas. Why Trump’s war on Fed independence is the "irrevocable step" we feared.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/capturing-thermostatic-voters-in-2028">Capturing Thermostatic Voters in 2028</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Democrats can win 2028: A pragmatic policy agenda for tax reform, border security, and NATO to win back the center.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Eden F.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Eden F.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Stone Steinert</name>
        </author>
        <published>2026-01-12T23:13:31.395Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Getting Away With It•2016 Russian Interference Timeline•America’s White Power Movement, 1975–1995•The Venezuelan Response•Executive Order Monthly Report - November•DGG Political Action Award - November winner]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/35</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/35"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/muel.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-12-19T13:14:01.437Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Collusion, Terror, & War: The Mueller Report, the history of white power, and Trump’s 2025 executive aggression.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Collusion, Terror, & War: The Mueller Report, the history of white power, and Trump’s 2025 executive aggression.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Case put in a lot of work this volume, so give him some love! </p><p><br /></p><p>Also unsure if we&#39;ll be releasing a volume next week, I&#39;ll make a Christmas post regardless. See you soon!</p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/getting-away-with-it">Getting Away With It</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">"I’m f*cked." Inside Mueller Vol. 2: The damning timeline of obstruction, from firing Comey to pressuring Sessions, and why Trump was not exonerated.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/2016-russian-interference-timeline">2016 Russian Interference Timeline</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">From St. Petersburg to Trump Tower: The Complete Timeline of Russian Interference, Hacking, and the Mueller Investigation.</p>
</li>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/americas-white-power-movement-19751995">America’s White Power Movement, 1975–1995</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Blood, hate, and terror. How the white power movement weaponized Vietnam trauma to declare war on the US, culminating in the slaughter at OKC.</p>
</li>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-venezuelan-response">The Venezuelan Response</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Hegseth’s boat strikes signal war with Venezuela. Miami exiles cheer the escalation, but the move exposes deep fractures in Trump’s MAGA base.</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/executive-order-monthly-report---november">Executive Order Monthly Report - November</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Tariffs dominate the Executive Orders this month, with just enough space to corrupt the Foster System</p>
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<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/dgg-political-action-award---november-winner">DGG Political Action Award - November winner</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Congratulations to Sterling Raiklen on the DGG Political Action Award!</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>KafkaEsquire</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-12-19T13:14:01.437Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Illegal Orders and Reasoning Agents•Tit for Tat, Authoritarianism, and the Moveable Middle•Turning Grief Into Community Action•The Proven, Pending, and Ambiguous Cases of Russian and Chinese Influence in European Politics]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/34</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/34"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/vietnam.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-12-07T15:01:26.939Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Inside: EU spy scandals, the duty to disobey illegal orders, decoding MAGA psychology, and a personal story on how local charity sparks change.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Inside: EU spy scandals, the duty to disobey illegal orders, decoding MAGA psychology, and a personal story on how local charity sparks change.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Unfuck America, Destiny, and Adam Mockler are doing a fundraising livestream today! Swing on by and show your support! </p><figure><img src="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/dtweet.webp" alt="" width="1203" height="1216" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;" /></figure></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/illegal-orders-and-reasoning-agents">Illegal Orders and Reasoning Agents</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Can soldiers refuse illegal orders? Analyzing US v. Keenan and the Law of War in the wake of Trump’s 2025 "Southern Spear" boat strikes.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/tit-for-tat-authoritarianism-and-the-moveable-middle">Tit for Tat, Authoritarianism, and the Moveable Middle</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">An analysis of MAGA authoritarian psychology and whether Tit-for-Tat strategies, satire, and institutional action can counter the movement’s influence.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/turning-grief-into-community-action">Turning Grief Into Community Action</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">From grief to impact: How ethical clothing donations and local volunteering turn personal loss into meaningful community activism.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-proven-pending-and-ambiguous-cases-of-russian-and-chinese-influence-in-european-politics">The Proven, Pending, and Ambiguous Cases of Russian and Chinese Influence in European Politics</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">New 2025 convictions expose Russian and Chinese infiltration of Europe’s far-right, ranging from British bribery to espionage within the German AfD.</p>
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  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Arthur Asriyants</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-12-07T15:01:26.939Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[ICE Detainers Are Illegal. Why don’t Democrats Say That?•Democratic Norms: How Republicans Failed Our Democracy – and What Comes Next•Game Theory and Political Narratives: Using Quiet Non-cooperation to Combat Popularism•The Venezuelan Question•In the Shadow of Gaza: Palestinian Identity and Belonging in a Nation at War•Executive Order Monthly Report - October, 2025]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/33</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/33"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/Immigration_Rally_You_are_Welcome_Here_(32625520231).webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-11-20T16:37:06.031Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This volume examines ICE and Trump-era executive orders, the internal split over Venezuela policy between Grenell and Rubio, game-theoretic strategies for quiet non-cooperation in politics, and the challenges faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel under wartime security measures and institutional exclusion.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">This volume examines ICE and Trump-era executive orders, the internal split over Venezuela policy between Grenell and Rubio, game-theoretic strategies for quiet non-cooperation in politics, and the challenges faced by Palestinian citizens of Israel under wartime security measures and institutional exclusion.</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>It won&#39;t happen, but fair warning; if there&#39;s a picture of Donald Trump blowing a horse in the Epstein files it&#39;s gonna be the cover of an issue. And my lock screen. </p></div>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/ice-detainers-are-illegal-why-dont-democrats-say-that">ICE Detainers Are Illegal. Why don’t Democrats Say That?</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A deep dive into sanctuary cities, ICE detainers, legal battles, and how political messaging keeps distorting the real issues behind immigration policy.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/democratic-norms-how-republicans-failed-our-democracy--and-what-comes-next">Democratic Norms: How Republicans Failed Our Democracy – and What Comes Next</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Republicans failed to uphold democratic norms, and what citizens must demand from future leaders to prevent another slide toward authoritarianism.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/game-theory-and-political-narratives-using-quiet-non-cooperation-to-combat-popularism">Game Theory and Political Narratives: Using Quiet Non-cooperation to Combat Popularism</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How game theory and political communication explain why quiet, firm non-cooperation is the most effective strategy for countering populist parties.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-venezuelan-question">The Venezuelan Question</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A divided Trump administration weighs covert ops, military escalation, and fragile diplomacy as rival factions push competing strategies for Venezuela’s future.</p>
</li>

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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/in-the-shadow-of-gaza-palestinian-identity-and-belonging-in-a-nation-at-war">In the Shadow of Gaza: Palestinian Identity and Belonging in a Nation at War</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How war, security policies, and public suspicion are reshaping the lives, rights, and political future of Palestinian citizens inside Israel.</p>
</li>
<li style="margin: 1em 0"><a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/executive-order-monthly-report---october-2025">Executive Order Monthly Report - October, 2025</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>KafkaEsquire</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-11-20T16:37:06.031Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[From Setback to Sweep: Democrats’ Big Night in Virginia, New Jersey, NYC, and Beyond•The Current State of the Chinese Space Sector•A Pleasant Surprise•Populist Geert Wilders Loses Power, What can be Learned from his Defeat?•Temporary Pause, Persistent Peril: Why the Gaza Truce Is Likely to Fail•Recognizing Real Action - the DGG Political Action Award]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/32</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/32"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/newsomegood.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-11-06T16:48:13.571Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[This month, we spotlight the people and processes that shape politics. From volunteers like Austin and Pendulum driving local change, to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, real impact comes from showing up, sustaining effort, and balancing principle with compromise. Politics is built by those willing to engage, whether in a city council chamber or a contested territory.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">This month, we spotlight the people and processes that shape politics. From volunteers like Austin and Pendulum driving local change, to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, real impact comes from showing up, sustaining effort, and balancing principle with compromise. Politics is built by those willing to engage, whether in a city council chamber or a contested territory.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p style="text-align: center;">Yes Donald, we see the fit</p><figure><img src="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/trumphaha.webp" alt="" width="1471" height="973" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;" /></figure></div>
</div>

<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/from-setback-to-sweep-democrats-big-night-in-virginia-new-jersey-nyc-and-beyond">From Setback to Sweep: Democrats’ Big Night in Virginia, New Jersey, NYC, and Beyond</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Democrats rebound in 2025, flipping key state and local races, defying polls, and signaling momentum against Trump’s agenda.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-current-state-of-the-chinese-space-sector">The Current State of the Chinese Space Sector</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">China’s space sector rapidly advances, driven by ideology, investment, and strategy, challenging U.S. dominance and reshaping global space leadership.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/a-pleasant-surprise">A Pleasant Surprise</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Erik Prince, George Nader, and Kirill Dmitriev’s secret Seychelles meeting blurred the line between diplomacy, influence, and deception.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/populist-geert-wilders-loses-power-what-can-be-learned-from-his-defeat">Populist Geert Wilders Loses Power, What can be Learned from his Defeat?</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Geert Wilders’ rise and fall show how competence, not confrontation, best disarms populists—offering key lessons for U.S. Democrats.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/temporary-pause-persistent-peril-why-the-gaza-truce-is-likely-to-fail">Temporary Pause, Persistent Peril: Why the Gaza Truce Is Likely to Fail</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A century after Versailles, Gaza’s ceasefire echoes its mistake: a peace without legitimacy, pausing war rather than ending it.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/dgg-political-action-award">Recognizing Real Action - the DGG Political Action Award</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Celebrating grassroots heroes: the DGG Political Action Awards honor volunteers like Austin and Pendulum for their inspiring, hands-on work in local politics.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>u/GreatWhiteTerr</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Jacob Mills</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>u/GreatWhiteTerr</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-11-06T16:48:13.571Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stephen Miller: The Bureaucrat of Cruelty•Putin’s Links to European Far-Right Networks•Trading Law for Loyalty: The Quiet Death of the Neutral State•Ceasefire and Contiguity: How the Gaza Truce Could Reshape the West Bank•]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/31</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/31"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/Millerclose.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-10-29T12:58:00.214Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Examining Putin’s far-right ties, Kremlin influence, Trump’s 2025 indictments, and the erosion of trust in democracies worldwide.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em"> Examining Putin’s far-right ties, Kremlin influence, Trump’s 2025 indictments, and the erosion of trust in democracies worldwide.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Need something to watch while Destiny is on hiatus? </p><p>Thomas Ullmann/Reasonriffs had a chat with Kafka about religion, give it a watch! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/6aBrolDiCoc?si=GNSXy7a2eLklkKW4">https://www.youtube.com/live/6aBrolDiCoc?si=GNSXy7a2eLklkKW4</a></p><p>It gets a little weird when Kafka starts talking in a jamaican accent, but stick it out. </p></div>
</div>

<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/stephen-miller-the-bureaucrat-of-cruelty">Stephen Miller: The Bureaucrat of Cruelty</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A portrait of Stephen Miller—the bureaucrat who turned Trump’s instincts into policy and made cruelty the organizing principle of American immigration.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/putins-links-to-european-far-right-networks">Putin’s Links to European Far-Right Networks</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Putin’s KGB past forged a strategy to weaponize Europe’s far-right — a blueprint still destabilizing Western democracies today.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/trading-law-for-loyalty-the-quiet-death-of-the-neutral-state">Trading Law for Loyalty: The Quiet Death of the Neutral State</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The rule of law is dead; loyalty rules now. Trump’s America shows how democracies don’t collapse—they suffocate while everyone watches.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/ceasefire-and-contiguity-how-the-gaza-truce-could-reshape-the-west-bank">Ceasefire and Contiguity: How the Gaza Truce Could Reshape the West Bank</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas masks a deeper shift: quiet in Gaza, expansion in the West Bank, and a crisis of Palestinian legitimacy.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-10-29T12:58:00.214Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Momentary Reprieve Before the Next War•Black Caviar•Russia’s War on Western Europe: Warehouses, Drones, and Narratives•Fostering Independence•Executive Order Monthly Report - September]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/30</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/30"/>
        <updated>2025-10-16T18:36:12.159Z</updated>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Israel-Hamas truce, Trump's Russia ties, European sabotage, foster care reform, and Trump's executive orders—analyzing conflicts and policy shifts.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p style="text-align: center;">Higher than normal electrical usage in the downtown LA area caused blackouts that fried my internet router, apologies for the late edition!</p></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/a-momentary-reprieve-before-the-next-war">A Momentary Reprieve Before the Next War</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Israel-Hamas ceasefire analyzed: a fragile pause driven by exhaustion, not resolution—exploring the political calculus, verification gaps, and regional stakes.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/black-caviar">Black Caviar</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Trump's team sold out democracy: Manafort's caviar deals, Cohen's Moscow tower, and the Russian connections that fueled the 2016 campaign.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/russias-war-on-western-europe-warehouses-drones-and-narratives">Russia’s War on Western Europe: Warehouses, Drones, and Narratives</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Russian sabotage in Europe: drone incursions, warehouse fires, and proxy recruitment expose a coordinated campaign to undermine Ukraine's allies.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/fostering-independence">Fostering Independence</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A DGG Political Action policy proposal to double Chafee Program funding, expand eligibility, universalize 2-year support, and create federal app to track ex-foster outcomes.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/executive-order-monthly-report---september">Executive Order Monthly Report - September</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Tariffs, TikTok, and Labor Rights remain in the sights of the Trump Administration.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Eden F.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>KafkaEsquire</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-10-16T18:36:12.159Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rattling Sabers: Trump’s Expanding War on Democracy•I will not be Rolf•Trump's Plan for Peace: Security, Governance, and the Politics of Transition in the Palestinian Territories•The Russian Centralisation of the State: How It Occurred and Why It Matters]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/29</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/29"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/rip.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-10-07T19:51:03.990Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[War, politics, and extremism: Gaza reconstruction, Trump’s troop deployments, and the fight to defend democracy in a turbulent week.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">War, politics, and extremism: Gaza reconstruction, Trump’s troop deployments, and the fight to defend democracy in a turbulent week.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>It&#39;ll be so great when Democrats win the midterms and everything just snaps back to normal, right guys?</p></div>
</div>

<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/rattling-sabers-trumps-expanding-war-on-democracy">Rattling Sabers: Trump’s Expanding War on Democracy</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump’s second term escalates as federal troop deployments in Oregon and Illinois test the limits of presidential power and America’s democratic restraint.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/i-will-not-be-rolf">I will not be Rolf</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A sailor’s vow against America’s creeping extremism—why I refuse to become Rolf, the boy who traded love and country for blind devotion.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/trumps-plan-for-peace-security-governance-and-the-politics-of-transition-in-the-palestinian-territories">Trump's Plan for Peace: Security, Governance, and the Politics of Transition in the Palestinian Territories</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump’s Gaza peace plan promises stability—but beneath the headlines lies a blueprint for deeper chaos, foreign control, and a peace built on illusion.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-russian-centralisation-of-the-state-how-it-occurred-and-why-it-matters">The Russian Centralisation of the State: How It Occurred and Why It Matters</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Russia’s fractured 1990s evolved into Putin’s centralized “power vertical,” and why the trade of freedom for order remains a warning to democracies.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Bryce Peever</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Andrei</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-10-07T19:51:03.990Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Old Playbook with a New Strongman•The Recognition of Palestine•Recognition and Repercussions: The UK Backs Palestinian Statehood •The Feedback Loop That’s Breaking America]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/28</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/28"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/trump.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-09-29T15:04:52.238Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[War, statehood, and political extremism collide: international and domestic crises expose the stakes of rhetoric, power, and ideology.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">War, statehood, and political extremism collide: international and domestic crises expose the stakes of rhetoric, power, and ideology.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>This edition was supposed to come out yesterday, but my immune system had other plans. Sunday is the regular schedule moving forward. Thanks for reading!</p></div>
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  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-old-playbook-with-a-new-strongman">The Old Playbook with a New Strongman</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump’s actions echo classic fascist patterns—media suppression, corruption, xenophobic rhetoric, and criminalizing dissent—posing a grave threat to U.S. democracy.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-recognition-of-palestine">The Recognition of Palestine</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">European recognitions of Palestinian statehood signal a diplomatic shift, strengthening legal standing and international pressure, though immediate relief in Gaza is limited.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/recognition-and-repercussions-the-uk-backs-palestinian-statehood-">Recognition and Repercussions: The UK Backs Palestinian Statehood </a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The UK has recognised Palestine along 1967 borders, offering a boon to legal pressure on Israel but what effects will it have on the ground?</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-feedback-loop-thats-breaking-america">The Feedback Loop That’s Breaking America</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah event, sparking political blame, media bias debates, and Trump’s directive targeting “anti-fascist” groups.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-09-29T15:04:52.238Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk's death and the downfall of Democracy•The Genocide (?)•Escaping Certainty: How Minds Leave Extremism•Policing for the Cameras•Migration to the UK: Perception versus Reality•A Fair Deal for the Working Poor•To Take a City: The Battle for Gaza•Monthly EO Report - August 2025]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/999</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/999"/>
        <link rel="enclosure" href="https://dxfukifdbrftdnpgzzvx.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/pragmatic-papers-bucket/charliekirkdonaldtrump.webp" type="image/webp"/>
        <updated>2025-09-18T18:02:32.486Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Gaza’s devastation to rising far-right politics and radicalization, these pieces probe law, power, and belonging in today’s battles over truth and justice.]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">From Gaza’s devastation to rising far-right politics and radicalization, these pieces probe law, power, and belonging in today’s battles over truth and justice.</div>

<div style="margin: 1.5em 0">
  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Apologies for the delay! I said the next edition would be out on Tuesday in the special edition post, but that was before I knew the timing of the Tyler Robinson&#39;s charging documents being released. </p><p>Luckily nothing else happened since that point, right?</p></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/charlie-kirks-death-and-the-downfall-of-democracy">Charlie Kirk's death and the downfall of Democracy</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">The editor's take on Kirk , GOP hypocrisy, and the urgent need for the left to respond strategically.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/the-genocide-">The Genocide (?)</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A brutal Gaza war sparks a global clash over law and morality, as accusations of genocide test the limits of international justice and political will.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/escaping-certainty-how-minds-leave-extremism">Escaping Certainty: How Minds Leave Extremism</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Charlie Veitch’s escape from 9/11 conspiracies shows how belonging drives radicalization—and how empathy and new communities can unlock deradicalization.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/policing-for-the-cameras">Policing for the Cameras</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Trump’s DC troop surge masks low crime with fear, offering a short-term drop while eroding trust and blurring the civilian–military line.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/migration-to-the-uk-perception-versus-reality">Migration to the UK: Perception versus Reality</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">UK migration fears outpace facts: far-right narratives drive hardline policies, but data show asylum seekers are few and migrants boost the economy.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/a-fair-deal-for-the-working-poor">A Fair Deal for the Working Poor</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Advocating for the working poor means framing policy as a fight for fairness—boosting wages, banking access, and mobility to end systemic economic injustices.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/to-take-a-city-the-battle-for-gaza">To Take a City: The Battle for Gaza</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Israel’s Gaza City offensive marks a shift from deterrence to occupation, risking legal, humanitarian, and political fallout despite military gains.</p>
</li>

<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/monthly-eo-report---august-2025">Monthly EO Report - August 2025</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Tariffs, National Guard, and Cashless Bail. The Administration revels in its lack of accountability.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>u/GreatWhiteTerr</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>A. Mercer</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>Marcus C.</name>
        </author>
        <author>
            <name>KafkaEsquire</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-09-18T18:02:32.486Z</published>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pragmatic Papers Special Edition - Information Warfare]]></title>
        <id>https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/27</id>
        <link href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/volumes/27"/>
        <updated>2025-09-13T14:54:18.255Z</updated>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">Russia’s IRA used fake accounts, stolen data, and GRU hackers to spread propaganda, sow division, and disrupt democracies worldwide.</div>

<div style="margin-top: 1.5em">
  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
  <ul style="padding-left: 1.5em">
    
<li style="margin: 1em 0">
  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/information-warfare">Information Warfare</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Russia’s IRA used fake accounts, stolen data, and GRU hackers to spread propaganda, sow division, and disrupt democracies worldwide.</p>
</li>
  </ul>
</div>]]></content>
        <author>
            <name>Case Newmark</name>
        </author>
        <published>2025-09-13T14:54:18.255Z</published>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sam Francis: The Strategist of Resentment Politics•A Wild Week in UK Politics•Spend the Money to Find the Deep State•1992: Russia’s Rare Admission of Intent to Destabilise the West•Abundance's Big Misdiagnosis]]></title>
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        <updated>2025-09-07T13:38:21.002Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[From Soviet disinfo to U.S. populism, broken liberal theories, and UK political chaos, this week shows how power, ideology, and resentment rule]]></summary>
        <content type="html"><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom: 1.5em">From US populism's beginnings to soviet disinfo, broken liberal theories, and UK political chaos, this week shows how power, ideology, and resentment rule</div>

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  <div class="payload-richtext"><p>Keep your eyes peeled for a special mid-week edition of the Pragmatic Papers! And thank you all for reading! See you soon!</p></div>
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  <h3>Articles in this Volume</h3>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/sam-francis-the-strategist-of-resentment-politics">Sam Francis: The Strategist of Resentment Politics</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">John Ganz’s When the Clock Broke uncovers how Sam Francis’s radical vision of resentment reshaped U.S. politics, foreshadowing Trump-era populism.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/a-wild-week-in-uk-politics-an-election-a-scandal-and-a-downfall">A Wild Week in UK Politics; an election, a scandal, and a downfall</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A week of wreckage: Greens split left, Farage plays statesman, Rayner quits, Starmer reshuffles, far-right marches on.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/spend-the-money-to-find-the-deep-state">Spend the Money to Find the Deep State</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">A policy proposal, by DGG Political Action</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/1992-russias-rare-admission-of-intent-to-destabilise-the-west-">1992: Russia’s Rare Admission of Intent to Destabilise the West </a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">How Soviet disinformation campaigns like Operation Infektion set the stage for Russia’s modern digital propaganda—and how the West can respond.</p>
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  <a href="https://pragmaticpapers.com/articles/abundances-big-misdiagnosis">Abundance's Big Misdiagnosis</a>
  <p style="margin: 0.5em 0 0 0; color: #666">Abundance misreads 2024: Democrats didn’t lose for bad policy, but for ignoring identity, values, and messaging that shape real politics.</p>
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        <author>
            <name>Blakely B.</name>
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        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
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        <author>
            <name>Thomas R Ullmann</name>
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        <author>
            <name>JChaoLive</name>
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        <published>2025-09-07T13:38:21.002Z</published>
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