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<title><![CDATA[Markos Moulitsas - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14614.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Markos Moulitsas]]></description><category domain="14614">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Manosphere Sours on Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/10/800082327/culture/the-manosphere-sours-on-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest reasons President Donald Trump won back the White House in 2024 is starting to fracture.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Battle of Unpopular Nominees, Biden Beating Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/5/7/1943341/-In-a-battle-of-unpopular-nominees-and-both-of-them-are-Joe-Biden-is-still-beating-Trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So yes, the impeached president currently presiding over a mass death event in our country has a 10-point net favorability advantage. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bullshit, right?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Yet in the same poll, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has a 3-point 47-44 lead in the general election. And in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[All-Out War on Women]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/275288-moulitsas-all-out-war-on-women</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are poised to send a large number of new women to the Senate in 2016. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Among the 12 most competitive Republican-held seats, Democrats have strong female challengers in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s retiring Sen....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans, Listen to Beyonce]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/268829-markos-moulitsas-gop-listen-to-beyonce</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Bruno Mars gave her a run for her money, it was Beyonc'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s riveting performance of her anti-brutality song '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Formation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' during Sunday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Super Bowl halftime performance that stole the show.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Needless to say, apologists for police brutality were incensed.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Bad Week for the Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/246586-markos-moulitsas-a-bad-week-for-the-gop</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re one of the nearly 20 Republicans running for president next year, you need to find a way to differentiate yourself from the herd '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' so you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re probably grateful to the conservative-led Supreme Court for chumming the waters last week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter Fraud Is a Lie]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/244478-markos-moulitsas-voter-fraud-is-a-lie</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans So Wrong It's Funny]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/241847-markos-moulitsas-so-wrong-its-funny</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In troubled times, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s good to take a moment to laugh at the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hilariously wrong predictions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s start with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who predicted in 2011, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'[ObamaCare] will bankrupt our nation, and it will ruin our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time for Marriage Equality]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/239635-markos-moulitsas-time-for-marriage-equality</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2015, and the American public has decisively accepted marriage equality.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The recent polling is unequivocal. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll pegged support for same-sex marriage at 59 percent, versus just 33 percent for those opposing equality. In the latest CBS News poll,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Republicans Are Failing]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/235281-markos-moulitsas-why-the-gop-is-failing</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re only a few months into this congressional session, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s clear Republicans can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t govern. And it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not Democrats or liberals making that observation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republicans. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We really don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have 218 votes to determine a bathroom break over here...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Koch Owned and Operated]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/210433-markos-moulitsas-koch-owned-and-operated</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you want to know who each of our two major parties represent, simply look at their donors. According to data compiled by OpenSecrets.org, Democratic Party committees, on both the federal and state levels, have dramatically outraised their Republican counterparts this cycle, bringing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Turning Georgia Blue]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/markos-moulitsas/198650-markos-moulitsas-a-blue-georgia</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Demographic changes are inevitably driving Texas and Arizona into purple '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and eventually blue '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' territory. The growth of the Latino population is poised to overwhelm predominantly conservative white voters in both states, absent a genuine and successful rebranding by the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hostage Holdup Is a Disaster for Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/markos-moulitas/327335-gop-hostage-holdup</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a bunch who like to drone on and on about the Constitution, it looks like Tea Party Republicans really need to reread their pocket edition.Laws are passed (and repealed) through a very specific process: a bill passes the House. That bill passes the Senate. The president signs that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Finished Without Immigration Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/markos-moulitas/306395-demographic-shift-hits-gop-</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Comprehensive immigration reform has Republicans in an unenviable bind: damned if they don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t, and probably damned if they do.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'[I]f we don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t pass immigration reform, if we don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t matter who you run in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Dems, Recalls Are a Real Victory]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/10/1005250/-Wisconsin-wrap-up,-a-real-victory,-and-we-fight-on?via=blog_1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I've got to say, I expected to be torn up if we didn't get to three seats. I expected to suffer through yet another bout of electoral depression, bummed at coming up short yet again. And we did come up short!Short of what? Short of taking the Wisconsin Senate? Sure. That would've been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Cast of Clowns]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/markos-moulitas/163049-the-gops-cast-of-clowns</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday night, Tim Pawlenty released another of his oddball videos, reminding people yet again that he was running for president.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Such periodic reminders aren't a bad idea, since it only takes 10 minutes for the average person to forget he exists. But at least give him props -- he's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH Move Was Nothing Short of Brilliant]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/27/970597/-Releasing-birth-certificate-is-agoodmove</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sure, it might seem like "giving in" to the enemy -- responding to  right-wing hysteria and releasing the long-form birth certificate. But  here's why the move is a canny one:1. It keeps the issue in the news. Even more so, it gives it that much  more visibility. And let's face it, this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's War on Labor Unions Will Backfire]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/markos-moulitas/145581-war-on-labor-will-backfire</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It took fewer than 50 days for the rash of newly inaugurated Republican governors to turn their sights on their biggest boogeyman - labor unions. By targeting the unions, Republicans are doing the single most effective thing they can to ensure their reelection efforts and the future of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Boehner Will Fail &amp; Dems Will Pounce]]></title>
							<link>http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1108/Boehner-will-fail-and-Democrats-will-pounce-in-2012</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2010 elections have come and gone, and Democrats found out what happens when they neglect their base and fail to deliver jobs for the American people.First things first, the exit polls tell us what this election was not.  It was not an embrace of the Republican Party. As...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Radical Jihadists &amp; the Radical Right]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the past nine years, I've been told that I want the terrorists to win.That's funny. Why would I want the radical jihadists to win? Indeed, on issue after issue, there is no daylight between the views of radical jihadists and the American radical right. Fact is, I loathe jihadists for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Night's Big Lesson for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/11/4/800316/-Tonights-big-lesson</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There will be much number-crunching tomorrow, but preliminary numbers (at least in Virginia) show that GOP turnout remained the same as last year, but Democratic turnout collapsed. This is a base problem, and this is what Democrats better take from tonight:Tonight proved conclusively...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flimsy Reid Has Votes, Doesn't Have Excuses]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/markos-moulitsas/flimsy-reid-2009-08-04.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Irrelevant]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/markos-moulitsas/republicans-ignored-2009-02-10.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Dean's Scream to 50-State Dream]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/28/11502/081/1009/643763</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Big Will the Democrats' Win Be?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/165673</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Filled a Gap, Rather Than Reinforced]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/23/12309/4167/31/573575</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Friction Among Dems is a Good Thing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/130606</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The NRCC's Bleak November Picture]]></title>
							<link>http://thehill.com/markos-moulitsas/the-nrccs-bleak-november-picture-2008-03-18.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Clinton Civil War]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/17/12417/1285/527/478498</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Markos Moulitsas</author>
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