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		<lastmod>2017-04-28T00:11:03+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/suit-seeks-info-bullying-federal-workers-climate-change/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-05-03T00:12:56+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-06-06T23:07:09+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-02T00:49:24+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T16:38:35+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-voter-fraud-commission-halts-data-collection-amid-torrent-lawsuits-complaints/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T16:36:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-campaign-sued-leaked-emails-linked-russians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T01:32:08+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/dnc-hack-victims-sue-trump-campaign-roger-stone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T01:34:20+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-14T01:36:53+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-14T07:17:04+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-14T16:37:32+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/new-front-opens-laffaire-russe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-18T01:39:20+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-23T01:38:11+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/liberal-groups-delay-fbi-director-vote-until-trump-promises-to-keep-special-counsel/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-25T23:16:33+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/theres-problem-scaramucci-calling-fbi-buddies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-28T01:52:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/white-house-leaks-anthony-scaramucci-break-rules-spoke-fbi-sessions-investigations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-29T01:49:54+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/aping-boss-scaramucci-tries-use-doj-like-personal-enforcement-arm/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-29T01:51:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-08-13T00:08:25+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-08-23T00:09:43+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-08-23T00:11:36+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-08-23T00:17:45+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/legal-challenge-arpaio-pardon-begins/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-30T18:04:10+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/668/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-08-31T19:28:30+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/keeping-the-oath/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-06T16:45:22+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/hollowing-federal-workforce/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-08T00:02:13+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/legal-groups-move-challenge-trumps-arpaio-pardon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-11T17:01:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/group-founded-obama-administration-alumni-says-joe-arpaio-pardon-unconstitutional/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-11T17:02:01+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/justice-department-ex-obama-lawyers-duel-arpaio-pardon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-11T17:06:43+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/appoint-special-prosecutor-not-amicus-challenge-arpaios-pardon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-12T17:30:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/prosecutors-abandon-joe-arpaio-case-lawyers-across-u-s-still-fighting-pardon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-12T17:45:25+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-09-12T18:12:00+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-administration-ordered-disclose-legal-basis-syria-strikes-handed-squat/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-13T20:28:59+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-09-16T02:22:15+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/bully-podium-first-amendment-defenseless/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-19T17:24:44+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/defamation-lawsuit-donald-trump-gains-support-law-professors/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-19T18:06:08+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/bill-clinton-impeachment-case-may-help-former-apprentice-participant-sue-trump-sex-harassment/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-19T18:15:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/constitutional-scholars-back-zervos-suit-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-19T18:23:34+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-09-20T18:14:48+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/theres-new-lawsuit-trumps-election-commission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-09-30T01:40:02+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/obama-linked-group-asks-temporary-injunction-trump-voter-commission/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-11T18:25:32+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-upheld-joe-arpaios-pardon-legal-challenge-isnt-yet/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-12T21:50:58+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/will-congress-ever-limit-forever-expanding-911-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-28T17:10:05+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/congress-can-stop-trump-starting-world-war-iii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-29T17:07:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/dont-wait-trump-fire-mueller/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-10-29T19:21:30+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/watchdog-lawsuit-seeks-determine-white-house-influenced-time-warner-att-merger/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-10T08:40:38+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/dont-underestimate-donald-trumps-threat-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-11-22T23:33:28+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-prosecutors-let-arpaio-go/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-14T08:06:00+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/unwritten-story-alabama-almost-didnt-hold-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-14T23:49:06+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/former-high-level-officials-submit-unusual-russia-brief-lawsuit-trump-roger-stone/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-12-15T01:32:30+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-had-power-to-attack-syria-without-congress-justice-dept-memo-says/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-06T20:07:00+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/bipartisan-agreement-trump-bad-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-18T22:27:23+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/ucs-sues-to-stop-epa-from-kicking-independent-experts-off-advisory-boards/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-24T01:50:57+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/scientists-sue-epa-advisory-board-cuts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-24T22:47:44+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/scientists-sue-epa-attempt-delegitimize-science/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-25T08:28:53+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trying-fire-mueller-trump-digs-legal-grave/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-26T21:30:09+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/epa-tried-delegitimize-science-scientists-sued-government/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-01-30T22:52:28+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/house-not-done/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-02T22:51:37+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/hope-instance-fake-news-fbi-messages-show-bureaus-real-reaction-trump-firing-james-comey/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-05T21:36:17+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/friends-court-suggestion-fisa-court-nunes-memo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-07T21:41:05+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/release-memo-really-matters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-08T01:01:42+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/sen-tim-kaine-demands-release-secret-trump-war-powers-memo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-09T19:19:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T19:47:53+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-02-09T19:52:24+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/want-national-security-oversight-dont-leave-republicans/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-09T22:56:57+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/memo-lawmakers-want-public-see-trump-doesnt/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-09T23:05:28+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/tim-kaine-calls-release-secret-memo-detailing-trumps-interpretation-war-powers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-09T23:13:44+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/documents-foia-suit-legal-basis-syrian-airstrikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-10T02:42:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/pick-help-run-2020-census-no-longer-consideration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-12T22:14:06+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-controversial-pick-run-2020-census-withdraws/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-12T22:15:43+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-pick-run-2020-census-withdraws-consideration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-12T23:41:32+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/controversial-pick-top-census-post-no-longer-consideration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-12T23:43:31+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/defenseless-russian-sabotage-midterm-elections-trumps-not-helping/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-13T22:02:58+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-pick-help-run-2020-census-no-longer-consideration/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-13T23:47:18+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/summary-lawsuit-release-legal-justification-syria-airstrikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-15T03:09:34+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/whats-inside-trumps-secret-war-powers-memo/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-20T19:50:11+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/att-denied-white-house-logs-judge-time-warner-antitrust-suit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-02-21T22:05:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-skeptics-gather-ask-whether-democracy-can-survive-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-01T01:39:53+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-war-courts-war-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-01T20:25:20+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/lawsuit-seeks-white-house-justice-dept-records-fox-disney-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-05T20:03:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/watchdog-sues-doj-wh-memos-fox-disney-deal/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-06T20:03:02+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/former-doj-officials-raise-trump-att-interference-concerns/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-09T17:16:46+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/constitutional-limits-white-house-interference-specific-enforcement-matters/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-09T18:56:32+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-politicization-law-enforcement-authoritarian-nature/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-09T19:08:50+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/att-judge-consider-trump-bias-former-justice-officials-say-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-09T20:23:49+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/former-doj-officials-ask-inquiry-trump-interference-att-time-warner-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-03-09T20:24:41+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-03-10T04:38:14+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-04-13T03:27:27+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-sued-for-retaliating-against-media-companies/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-22T18:03:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-president-is-not-above-the-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-22T18:09:31+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/three-big-ideas-to-bolster-democracy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-22T18:10:05+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/journalists-americans-should-recoil-from-trumps-celebration-of-reporter-assault/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-10-26T17:50:26+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-10-26T17:59:05+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:10:33+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-02T18:12:49+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-watergate-roadmap-is-a-reminder-honorable-people-in-government-can-make-all-the-difference/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-06T22:15:03+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/georgia-voters-file-emergency-lawsuit-seeking-to-have-secretary-of-state-kemp-barred-from-presiding-over-his-own-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-06T22:19:02+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T05:13:12+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T07:49:39+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T20:33:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:13:10+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:16:00+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:17:14+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/brian-kemp-declares-victory-in-georgia-governor-race-as-stacey-abrams-waits-for-results/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:17:59+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-07T22:21:35+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-08T22:40:40+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/group-asks-court-to-block-brian-kemp-from-overseeing-georgia-governor-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:06:27+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/lawsuit-announced-to-stop-kemp-from-overseeing-vote-count-in-own-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:07:08+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/georgia-voters-file-for-emergency-restraining-order-against-brian-kemp/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:08:53+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/georgia-voters-are-suing-to-stop-gubernatorial-candidate-brian-kemp-from-overseeing-the-election/</loc>
		<lastmod>2018-11-09T20:09:20+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/republican-declares-georgia-governor-win-democrat-does-not-concede/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/georgia-voters-file-last-minute-lawsuit-to-stop-republican-brian-kemp-from-counting-ballots-in-his-own-race/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/even-before-polls-close-brian-kemp-faces-lawsuit-over-georgia-election-process/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/brian-kemp-has-resigned-as-georgias-secretary-of-state/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T22:38:40+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T22:39:12+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-09T22:40:15+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-10T00:59:11+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-13T00:13:17+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T00:58:34+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T01:19:11+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T01:22:42+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T01:33:34+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T01:40:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T07:24:19+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T07:25:07+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T07:31:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T07:32:21+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-11-20T07:34:56+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-10T20:06:08+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2018-12-18T01:16:42+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2019-01-17T22:26:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-right-that-women-children-are-being-harmed-at-the-border-by-his-policies/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-01-17T22:26:45+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-lawfare-podcast-ian-bassin-on-protecting-democracy/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-declares-national-emergency-and-signs-spending-bill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-02-15T01:21:58+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-to-declare-a-national-emergency-for-border-wall/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/theres-an-emergency-and-its-trumps-power-grab/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/yes-we-can-stop-trumps-fake-national-emergency/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/lower-federal-courts-side-against-trump-on-border-fence-funding-public-charge-rule/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T04:36:53+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-says-trumps-use-of-emergency-funds-to-build-border-wall-is-unlawful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T04:38:15+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-declares-trump-border-proclamation-unlawful/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T04:39:20+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-plan-to-divert-military-budget-to-border-wall-is-rejected/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T06:00:04+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-rules-trump-violated-the-law-on-wall-funding-with-national-emergency/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T06:00:15+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-court-rules-trump-cannot-use-emergency-declaration-to-divert-funds-to-build-his-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T06:00:15+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/el-paso-federal-judge-rules-trump-border-emergency-declaration-violates-federal-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T06:00:22+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/another-judge-rules-against-trump-on-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-12T06:00:43+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/politics-in-america-has-changed-and-we-need-a-new-way-to-talk-about-it/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-14T17:00:02+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/hopefully-justice-will-prevail-in-inglis-complaint-about-loss-of-the-sc-gop-primary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-15T18:12:51+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/south-carolina-gop-sued-for-primary-cancellation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-16T20:33:11+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-will-decide-on-south-carolina-republican-party-primary-challenge-later-this-month/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T18:06:16+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/republican-party-wants-to-skip-presidential-primary-in-south-carolina/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T18:07:51+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/not-fair-vs-no-harm-judge-hears-arguments-over-sc-gop-decision-to-nix-2020-primary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T18:08:34+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/gop-lawyers-sc-residents-dont-have-absolute-right-to-vote-in-presidential-primary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T18:11:02+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/will-sc-hold-a-republican-presidential-primary-heres-what-voters-need-to-know/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T18:12:06+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-listens-to-arguments-over-scgop-primary-lawsuit-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-18T20:29:36+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/bribery-is-right-there-in-the-constitution-trump-could-be-impeached-for-that/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-21T00:08:43+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-administration-makes-it-harder-for-immigrants-to-claim-fee-waivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:16:58+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/fee-waivers-for-citizenship-applications-harder-to-get-under-new-rule/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-25T20:18:07+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-attorneys-assert-immunity-from-broad-sweep-of-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T00:34:10+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/seattle-joins-in-suing-trump-administration-over-new-rules-for-citizenship-application-fees/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T20:14:09+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/uscis-changes-policy-on-fee-waivers-potentially-deterring-thousands-of-citizenship-application/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-30T22:27:40+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/uscis-sued-over-new-limits-on-immigration-fee-waivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-10-31T20:13:18+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/every-trump-story-is-about-the-same-thing-his-ruthless-limitless-power-grab/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-08T02:26:08+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/new-rule-limiting-u-s-citizenship-application-fee-waivers-challenged-in-federal-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-08T22:12:16+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-founders-would-have-called-out-trump-for-bribery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-09T05:26:48+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/why-bribery-is-the-democrats-new-impeachment-focus/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-15T02:12:14+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/watergate-led-to-sweeping-reforms-heres-what-well-need-after-trump-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-15T21:02:16+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/did-trump-commit-bribery-pelosis-impeachment-accusation-explained/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-15T22:54:35+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/attempted-bribery-is-bribery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-16T05:20:58+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/watergate-led-to-sweeping-reforms-heres-what-well-need-after-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-17T23:14:51+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-bad-arguments-that-trump-didnt-commit-bribery/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-19T03:15:22+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-denies-trumps-request-to-dismiss-summer-zervos-defamation-case/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-20T05:59:46+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/if-we-adjust-to-trumpism-the-republic-is-lost/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-20T19:21:54+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/who-runs-the-department-of-homeland-security-thanks-to-the-trump-administration-its-unclear/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-21T02:27:15+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/could-north-carolinas-gerrymandering-rulings-also-help-felons-vote-advocates-say-yes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-21T06:39:17+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/democracies-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-25T22:41:29+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/whos-in-charge-at-uscis/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-11-27T05:18:57+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/islamophobic-conspiracy-theorist-helped-produce-infamous-trump-report-linking-immigration-to-terror/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-06T21:12:00+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/more-than-500-professors-say-trump-engaged-in-impeachable-conduct/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T05:14:45+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/hundreds-of-law-profs-declare-trumps-conduct-clearly-impeachable/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T05:15:47+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/more-than-500-law-professors-say-trump-committed-impeachable-conduct/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-07T05:17:16+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/another-trump-policy-aimed-at-poor-migrants-blocked-by-judge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-09T22:08:48+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-blocks-trumps-new-limits-on-immigration-fee-waivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-09T22:09:47+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-blocks-trump-rule-on-citizenship-fee-waivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-09T22:10:31+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/more-than-five-hundred-law-professors-write-a-letter-favoring-impeachment-what-effects-will-it-have/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T05:11:13+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/over-500-law-professors-say-trump-engaged-in-impeachable-conduct-in-his-dealings-with-ukraine/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T05:13:30+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-court-halts-trump-administration-changes-to-fee-waiver-for-citizenship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-10T20:36:42+00:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-push-to-overturn-felony-disenfranchisement-in-southern-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T05:08:39+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-issue-nationwide-injunction-blocking-border-wall-funding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T06:28:18+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-billions-in-pentagon-funding-from-paying-for-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T06:30:52+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-in-texas-blocks-trump-from-using-military-funds-for-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T06:32:12+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-use-of-billions-of-dollars-in-pentagon-funds-to-build-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T06:33:38+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-push-to-overturn-felony-disenfranchisement-in-southern-states-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T06:38:35+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/no-defense-department-money-for-border-wall-court-orders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T08:00:38+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plan-to-spend-3-6-billion-in-military-funds-on-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-11T09:59:00+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-using-pentagon-funds-for-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T06:20:07+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-trump-plan-to-spend-millions-in-military-funds-on-border-wall-construction/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T06:21:55+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/federal-judge-blocks-diversion-of-military-construction-money-for-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T06:24:07+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/judge-in-sf-blocks-trump-rule-ending-fee-exemptions-for-poor-seeking-citizenship/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-12T22:02:26+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/ken-cuccinelli-said-goodbye-to-uscis-taking-on-a-bigger-homeland-security-role-but-hes-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-13T19:26:12+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/republicans-democrats-transcended-politics-to-fight-border-wall-funding-defend-democracy-congress-should-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-13T20:11:56+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/republicans-democrats-transcended-politics-to-fight-border-wall-funding-defend-democracy-congress-should-too-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-14T02:29:11+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trumps-subpoena-defying-claims-legally-flawed-ex-gop-lawmakers-argue/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-16T20:13:22+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/more-than-700-scholars-pen-letter-urging-house-to-impeach-trump/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-16T20:31:47+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/election-commissioners-working-together-to-protect-iowans-votes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-20T21:24:51+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/suit-on-ex-offender-voting-filed-in-close-divided-n-carolina/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-28T06:37:47+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/biden-says-he-would-defy-impeachment-subpoena-then-tries-to-clarify/</loc>
		<lastmod>2019-12-28T21:57:41+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/appeals-court-lifts-block-on-3-6-billion-for-trump-border-wall-plan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-08T19:32:59+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/appeals-court-gives-trump-green-light-to-use-military-funds-to-build-border-wall-despite-judge-branding-bid-unlawful/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/appeals-court-allows-trump-to-divert-3-6-billion-in-military-funds-for-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-09T19:39:05+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-freed-by-court-to-use-military-money-to-build-border-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-09T19:40:21+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/new-documents-show-government-targeted-nyc-pastor-for-officiating-immigrant-weddings/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-09T22:37:30+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/hillary-clinton-is-the-most-exonerated-politician-ever/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-12T19:16:31+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/iowas-first-in-the-nation-partnership-with-voteshield-helps-protect-election-integrity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-15T21:15:39+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/internet-voting-is-happening-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-16T04:15:34+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/reviving-qui-tam-monitoring-of-executive-branch-officials/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-01-23T04:14:37+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/the-justice-department-becomes-a-political-hit-squad-for-an-unleashed-president/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-11T19:41:14+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/microsoft-blasts-amazons-sensationalist-and-politicized-rhetoric-in-pentagon-cloud-lawsuit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-11T19:45:34+00:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2020-02-12T19:41:10+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/trump-withdraws-former-dc-us-attorneys-nomination-for-treasury-dept-post/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-13T03:46:38+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/livid-and-frightened-inside-the-doj-office-at-the-center-of-the-roger-stone-scandal/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/former-justice-dept-lawyers-press-for-barr-to-step-down-2/</loc>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/more-than-1100-ex-justice-department-officials-call-for-barrs-resignation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-16T19:55:55+00:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/over-1100-former-justice-department-officials-call-for-attorney-general-barrs-resignation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2020-02-16T19:56:55+00:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://protectdemocracy.org/press/over-1100-former-doj-officials-call-for-barrs-resignation/</loc>
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