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<title><![CDATA[Kirsten Powers - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14467.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Kirsten Powers]]></description><category domain="14467">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Must Ignore Lawmakers Beating Drum of War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/opinions/biden-should-ignore-lawmakers-beating-drum-of-war-powers/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's imperative that Biden acts cautiously to avoid escalating the conflict -- even if that means facing criticism here at home, writes Kirsten Powers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Not Failing or Flailing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/opinions/joe-biden-first-year-is-not-a-failure-powers/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden's first year in office had its shortcomings, but CNN's senior political analyst Kirsten Powers writes that Biden's presidency is not failing or flailing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Play Victims on the Court. Don't Listen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/22/ruth-bader-ginsburg-court-seat-victim-republican-warfare-column/5853211002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the Supreme Court vacancy or anything else, only the Republicans think rules, honesty and comity are for suckers. Stop engaging in both-sidesism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Removing Racist Statues Will Help America Begin Anew]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/12/america-must-face-its-history-and-rename-buildings-new-beginning-column/5344010002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a healthy democracy, people should value the truth and not try to suppress it because it challenges their preferred narrative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Overdue Reckoning With White Supremacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/06/04/george-floyd-white-supremacy-reparations-column/3135256001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[White people have to finally face up to our failure to eradicate the white supremacy that infects our society.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need Williamson's Spiritual Politics in a Dark Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/31/trump-era-calls-for-marianne-williamson-spiritual-politics-column/1878296001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Williamson is not a dingbat interloper in the 2020 Democratic debates. It's been frustrating to see my brilliant friend caricatured based on ignorance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Buttigieg's Approach to Christianity Is What U.S. Needs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/03/mayor-pete-buttigieg-christian-right-2020-democratic-primary-trump-column/3342767002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a pugilistic take-no-prisoners era, Mayor Pete preaches grace toward political foes while doubting Trump's Christianity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm Not Proud of Role I've Played in Toxic Public Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/19/kirsten-powers-covington-apology-twitter-franken-social-media-toxic-column/2915856002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whether it is the Covington controversy or the abortion debate, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critical to remember that people are not the sum of their worst moments in life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Men Should Shut Up About Gillette Ad &amp; Adapt to #MeToo Era]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/17/gillette-commercial-child-labor-sales-drop-masculinity-offensive-male-column/2602316002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gillette is taking on toxic masculinity. Based on the furious reaction to this effort, the message is more needed than perhaps we even realized.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Ford's Story Resonated With Me]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/10/02/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-reckoning-column/1485754002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was sexually assaulted and thought it was my fault. It's past time for a 1980s reckoning.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We're Depressed &amp; Suicidal Because Our Culture Is Broken]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/09/kate-spade-suicide-anthony-bourdain-depression-culture-success-column/687388002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't pathologize the despair that is a rational response to a culture that values people based on ever escalating financial and personal achievements.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kevin Williamson Was Fired for Wanting Women to Suffer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/06/kevin-williamson-atlantic-fired-hanging-women-who-have-abortion-column/491590002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is it out of bounds to argue that women should be hanged for having an abortion?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Franken Exit, Democrats Seize the High Ground]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/12/07/al-franken-resigns-and-democrats-seize-high-ground-over-you-gop/930224001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Sen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Al Franken has told the nation in an extraordinary address that he will resign from the Senate in coming weeks. The dramatic announcement Thursday came after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct ranging from'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' groping in photo lines to forcible kisses, and amid...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Thoughts and Prayers' Is Starting to Sound Profane]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/10/03/why-thoughts-and-prayers-is-starting-to-sound-so-profane/?utm_term=.7f7ccd8fd2aa</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s become a sort of twisted American ritual: A lone white male shooter opens fire on a crowd of people. Americans cry out for someone to do something and are met with shoulder shrugs, mumblings about '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the price of freedom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and assurances that the people elected to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CNN Should Have No Pity For Racist Internet Trolls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/07/07/cnn-holesolo-blackmail-journalism-kirsten-powers-column/459898001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Tone Deaf on Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/12/05/carrier-trump-deal-jobs-manufacturing-kirsten-powers/94999516/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If this is corporate welfare, then it's the kind of corporate welfare Democrats should support.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumping the Liberal Elite]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/11/10/cracker-barrel-americans-elect-trump-cultural-worldview-kirsten-powers/93593088/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA['Cracker Barrel' Americans find their cultural champion in a Manhattan billionaire.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton Must Stay on the High Road]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/09/26/trump-clinton-debate-sexism-high-road-low-road-kirsten-powers/91082044/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She'll be debating not just Trump but the sexist doubts he's casting on her ability to lead.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Carly Fiorina Doth Protest Too Much]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/04/29/carly-fiorina-ted-cruz-running-mate-pick-donald-trump-tuesday-victories-column/83668886/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ted Cruz played the woman card.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump's 'Kinder, Gentler' Version]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/04/11/donald-trump-interview-elections-2016-ayn-rand-vp-pick-politics-column/82899566/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump about to make a pivot toward presidential?In an hour-long interview Thursday in his New York office, Trump promised, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The time is going to be soon.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'Trump assured me that he is ready to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'start building coalitions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' at the right moment. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Blame Game]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/03/29/donald-trump-voters-gop-establishment-blame-game-white-working-class-column/82342704/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who is to blame for the unraveling of the Republican Party?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' If you listen to establishment gurus, you'd'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' be led to believe that the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republican primary voter revolt was birthed by the governance of President Obama, creating fertile ground for the emergence of oneDonald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pie-in-the-Sky Sanders More Realistic Than Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/16/kirsten-powers-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-primary-2016-column/80407150/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How do you solve a problem like Bernie?Belatedly appreciating the Sanders threat, Hillary Clinton is trying everything to stop the septuagenarian socialist democrat from Vermont.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' She has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attacked his position on guns, his support for a single-payer health care system and his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Clinton Take &quot;13 Hours&quot; of Truth?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/01/19/kirsten-powers-13-hours-movie-benghazi-hillary-clinton-campaign-column/78997280/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic partisans have seized on the new movie13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, which portrays the fateful night that left four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador, dead.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve gone on the attack against what directorMichael Bay describes in the opening scene as a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Bills: Cosby, Clinton and Predatory Men]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/01/05/sexual-assault-bill-clinton-donald-trump-elections-2016-column/78270504/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much has changed since Bill and Hillary Clinton were swept into the White House amidst sordid tales about the Arkansas governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s extra-marital sex life.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Back then, a senior campaign aide (Betsey Wright) on a Democratic campaign could utter the phrase '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bimbo eruptions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Kerry Should Recognize Christian Genocide]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/12/07/isil-murder-christians-middle-east-recognition-genocide-column/76932274/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In October,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Islamic State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' militants in Syria demanded'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that two Christian women and six men convert to Islam.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' When they refused, the women were publicly raped and then beheaded along with the men.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On the same day, militants cut off the fingertips of a 12-year-old boy in an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Demented Ladies of &quot;The View&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/11/10/hosts-view-carly-fiorina-joke-media-bias-column/75463660/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you heard the joke about Carly Fiorina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s demented face? It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a real knee slapper.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' At least that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what the ladies of ABC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s The View'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' seem to believe.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' In a discussion following the second GOP presidential debate, co-host Michelle Collins told her fellow...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Derangement Syndrome Derailed Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/10/26/kirsten-powers-hillary-derangement-syndrome-derailed-republicans-benghazi-column/74631054/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Derangement Syndrome has struck. So deep in its grip are many conservatives that the only explanation they can imagine for Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rave reviews following her marathon testimony before the Select Committee on Benghazi last week is a liberal media conspiracy.Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DNC Shields Clinton From Debate Stage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/18/dnc-shields-clinton-debate-column/31863521/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Following the first GOP debate, Democratic National Committee Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz disingenuously quipped to a reporter, "I sort of feel for my counterpart Reince Priebus because it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pretty clear why they did everything they could to shrink the number of debates and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I've Got News for Democrats. It's a Baby!]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/05/planned-parenthood-democrats-baby-column/31101983/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats like to talk about the importance of being on the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'right side of history.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' This phrase was invoked frequently during the same-sex marriage debate. Yet when faced with a series of videos detailing grotesque human rights abuses against unborn children by Planned...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crush Planned Parenthood]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/21/planned-parenthood-abortion-fetus-parts-kirsten-powers/30426475/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Kirsten Powers</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards apologized last week for the uncompassionate tone her senior director of medical research, Deborah Nucatola, used to explain the process by which she harvests aborted body parts to be provided for medical research.]]></description>
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