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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives Don't Have To Swear Allegiance to DSA's Crazy Ideas]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/VanJones68/status/2078517905554288900</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas.I'm a strong Democrat, with a winning bipartisan track record. I'm rooted in progressive ideals and policies: criminal justice reform, Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free education,]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Will Be Paying for Biden's Legacy for a Long Time]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/18/van_jones_dems_will_be_paying_for_biden_health_coverup_for_a_long_time_a_crime_against_this_republic.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones said the "coverup" of President Biden's deteriorating mental condition was a "crime against this republic" that the Democratic Party will "pay for, for a long time."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer Radically Misread the Room]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/15/van_jones_on_schumer_ive_never_seen_this_level_of_volcanic_anger_at_a_democrat_ever.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN political commentator Van Jones told CNN host Erin Burnett there is a "volanic" level of anger at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Put Trump in His Place]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/09/10/van_jones_kamala_harris_put_trump_in_his_place_she_baited_him_and_then_she_spanked_him.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN contributor Van Jones reacts to the ABC News presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can Vote Against Each Other. Don't Have To Hate Each Other]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/07/13/van_jones_i_am_so_glad_president_trump_is_alive_tonight.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Are Running Kamala Harris, One Way or the Other]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/07/07/van_jones_democrats_are_running_kamala_harris_for_president_one_way_or_another_lets_do_it_right.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Obama advisor Van Jones suggests that Democrats are "running Kamala Harris for president, one way or the other."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Police Were Black--They Might Still Have Been Driven by Racism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/opinions/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-department-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three decades ago, when four White Los Angeles police officers were videotaped beating Rodney King, the public outcry was heard around the world. In fact, I got arrested for the first time in my life during protests that followed. And I subsequently dedicated my career as a lawyer to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Latest Act of Political Theater Staged by Gov. DeSantis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/opinions/florida-desantis-voter-fraud-jones-marton</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The arresting police officers sounded almost apologetic as they detained the suspect in front of his home in Tampa, Florida.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California's Recall Election Is a Backdoor Power Grab]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/opinions/california-recall-election-backdoor-power-grab-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A lot has been thrown at Gavin Newsom -- including unprecedented wildfires and a once-in-a-century pandemic, writes Van Jones. And, through it all, Newsom has brought heart, smarts, resilience and determination.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jury Is Out--No Matter the Verdict, Congress Must Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/opinions/chauvin-verdict-congress-act-van-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones writes that regardless of the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, the federal government can and must act to reduce this kind of flagrant abuse of police authority. Otherwise Americans will be right back here next year -- and in the years and decades to come.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Chauvin Isn't Convicted It'll Be 'Open Season' For Cops]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/03/30/van_jones_if_derek_chauvin_is_not_convicted_it_will_be_open_season_for_cops_to_get_away_with_murder_in_broad_daylight.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former Obama White House advisor and CNN contributor Van Jones warned Monday evening that if Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd last summer, is acquitted,]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Triumph of Stacey Abrams Over Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/opinions/warnock-senate-win-opinion-van-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones writes that with one Senate seat secured for Democrats in Georgia and the Senate other race yet to be called, it is already clear that there is a lesson to be learned from the runoff.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Pennsylvania Should Take Its Time Counting Votes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/04/opinions/pennsylvania-take-time-counting-votes-opinion-jones-lessig/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones and Lawrence Lessig write that the key for Pennsylvania to have an orderly and complete vote count is for the state to take its time. And the key precedent that should show Pennsylvania that it may take its time is not Florida in 2000, but Hawaii in 1960.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Remarkable Master Class]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/opinions/michelle-obama-democratic-national-convention-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones writes that Michelle Obama's Monday evening speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention offered a master class on how to effectively communicate a message. In a few short minutes, she made the case for Joe Biden, reached out to disaffected voters, and was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Must Choose a Black Woman for Vice President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/opinions/black-women-biden-vice-president-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones writes that Black women have been betting on the Democatic Party for generations, and it's time for the party to bet on them. Biden must choose a Black woman as his running mate, and he has several strong options.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Anti-Black Racism Is a Real and Present Danger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/opinions/great-awakening-empathy-solidarity-george-floyd-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of George Floyd's killing, the Movement for Black Lives -- already a massive global force -- has succeeded in birthing a phenomenon infinitely larger than itself. It can only be called a "Great Awakening" of empathy and solidarity, one without historical precedent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wake Up, Dems. Trump Is Helping African Americans in Real Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/02/04/van_jones_weve_got_to_wake_up_trump_sent_a_warning_shot_hes_going_after_black_votes.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Van Jones weighs in on President Trump's State of the Union speech and the ramifications it has for the 2020 presidential election. Jones said Trump is creating a trade-off between Latinos and African-Americans by speaking up on immigration enforcement and promising opportunity to black...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seven Reasons for Hope From Dems' Climate Town Hall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/opinions/cnn-climate-crisis-town-hall-optimism-van-jones-michelle-romero/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michelle Romero and Van Jones say we witnessed the rebirth of a creative, energized environmentalism in the Democratic Party at CNN's Climate Town Hall on Wednesday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We're Celebrating the First Step Act After 3 Months]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/opinions/first-step-act-so-far-opinion-jones-jackson/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the three months since the First Step Act was signed into law, the legislation has mandated fairer sentences and galvanizing further support for criminal justice reform. But we know there is much more to be done, write Van Jones and Jessica Jackson]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Cotton on the Wrong Side of Facts - and History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/opinions/tom-cottom-first-step-act-opinion-van-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senator Tom Cotton is on a crusade to increase crime and make America less safe. He does not appear to care whether he tramples on the facts in the process.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reasons to be Excited About the Midterm Rainbow Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/opinions/reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-the-rainbow-wave-opinion-intl/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In this election, we witnessed the end of two years of one-party rule and the beginning of a new Democratic Party: younger, browner, cooler; with more women, more veterans and the ability to contest and win races from the deep South to the Midwest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Children's Crusade Jesus Would Be Proud Of]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/opinions/a-childrens-crusade-jesus-would-be-proud-of-van-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[(CNN)Gun violence is rocking our world again -- and our politics. But even as political rancor runs high, Americans' views are dramatically shifting.A poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shows that 66%, or two-thirds of Americans, now want stricter gun control laws -- the highest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Much Ado About Nothing (Burger)]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/29/opinions/much-ado-about-nothing-burger-van-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those of us who oppose Trump do not have that luxury. So here's my loud and clear message to anyone who will listen -- the Russia investigation should be mainly left to the experts like Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The rest of us can best undercut Trump by focusing on real issues that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump May Have Signed Earth's Death Warrant]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/opinions/trump-signs-earth-death-warrant-jones/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As usual, Donald Trump is completely upside down on the facts. In 2015, President Barack Obama created the Clean Power Plan to slow climate disruption. It was the first action ever taken by the US government to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Trump Addiction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2017/02/28/its_time_to_trump_addiction_110469.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some people may find it surprising that the three of us are working together in this political environment. However, when it comes to the opioid epidemic, we are willing to put aside party politics...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Disrupting Bernie Sanders &amp; the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/12/opinions/van-jones-bernie-sanders-disrupted/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many observers are perplexed by the decision of some Black Lives Matter activists to twice disrupt attempted addresses by presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders.Well, I am not perplexed. The new generation of civil rights activists never accepted "trickle-down economics" from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Busted: 3 Myths About Obama's Climate Change Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/opinions/jones-obama-climate-plan/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Sunday morning, President Obama released a video "memo to America." It pointed to droughts, super-storms and increases in asthma as evidence that climate change is not just a problem for future generations, but our own.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blaming Black Protesters for &quot;Crime Wave&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/15/opinions/jones-police-brutality/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In their rush to punish African-Americans for exercising their First Amendment rights and pushing an end to oppressive law enforcement tactics, defenders of police brutality have lost all touch with common sense.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Starbucks Critics Making a Big Mistake]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/20/opinions/jones-starbucks/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Hunger Games,&quot; a Mirror of America's Inequality]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/opinion/jones-hunger-games/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Van Jones</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The latest installment of the epic "Hunger Games" series hit theaters this Friday, and it promises to be the year's biggest blockbuster yet.You can chalk up a lot of these films' popularity to the star power of leading actress Jennifer Lawrence. Certainly, the great action scenes and...]]></description>
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