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<title><![CDATA[David Sirota - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14681.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Sirota]]></description><category domain="14681">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Real Lesson From Mamdani's Ascent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-real-lesson-from-zohran-mamdani-s-ascent/ar-AA1OSvHT</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The decisive factor isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t his ads or charisma. It is the public financing of election campaigns, and it should be replicated across the United States.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's True Cost of Schumer &amp; Manchin's Pipeline Deal?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/21/true-climate-cost-schumer-manchin-pipeline-side-deal</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats hailed the Inflation Reduction Act as a climate crisis victory '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' so why the secrecy over an oil and gas pipelines bill?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time for Democrats To Fear Their Own Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/04/democrats-fear-own-voters</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican politicians fear their base, while Democratic politicians don't. That's why we are in this mess]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Prepare for Crackdowns on Pro-Choice Protesters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/abortion-pro-choice-joseph-mccarthy-red-scare</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/abortion-pro-choice-joseph-mccarthy-red-scare]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives and corporate media pundits want to use a Red Scare statute to arrest people demonstrating against the looming anti-abortion victory'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Americans Believe Nothing Is Getting Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/29/americans-believe-nothing-is-getting-better-biden-feeds-that-disillusionment</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As his poll numbers crater, Biden appears to be offering no course correction. He still hasn't signed a stack of potentially wildly popular executive orders on matters ranging from debt cancellation to drug pricing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Story of 'Don't Look Up']]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/22922423/vox-conversations-dont-look-up-oscars-david-sirota</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Co-writer (and Academy Award nominee) David Sirota on what the movie is really about.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Will Punish Dems For Pushing Tax Cuts for Rich]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/22/democrats-are-pushing-tax-breaks-for-the-rich-theyll-cry-when-voters-punish-them</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No wonder a new survey shows that nearly two thirds of Americans see the party as 'out of touch']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barrett Says Court Justices Aren't 'Partisan Hacks.' Really?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/15/amy-barrett-supreme-court-partisan-hacks</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never mind the court's wildly rightwing bent and secretive 'shadow docket' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' or Barrett's refusal to recuse herself from a case with a clear conflict of interest]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo Is Gone. But His Lawless Legacy Will Live On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/11/andrew-cuomo-is-gone-but-his-lawless-legacy-will-live-on</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Had Cuomo not been a sex pest, he would have gotten away with hiding thousands of deaths in nursing homes to protect his donors]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Winning at Normalizing Voter Suppression]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/19/republicans-are-winning-at-normalizing-voter-suppression</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voter ID laws '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' which are sculpted to make it harder to vote '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' are wildly popular with voters, according to surveys]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Just How Severe Will America's Minority Rule Become?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/26/just-how-severe-will-americas-minority-rule-become</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Outdated filibuster rules allow a small minority of the US population to hold the rest of the country hostage]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo-Gate: A Nixonian Scandal Is Engulfing New York]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/feb/18/cuomo-gate-nixonian-scandal-nursing-homes</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's Really No Need to Compromise, Joe]]></title>
							<link>https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/joe-biden-stimulus-checks-georgia</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After whittling down the originally promised $2,000 checks to $1,400, Joe Biden is now saying he's open to negotiating on the $1,400. Democrats need to stop preemptively compromising and use their electoral mandate to deliver immediate material benefits to workers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Biden Choose Appeasement, Like Obama, or Progress?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/can-joe-biden-succeed-where-barack-obama-failed-1562265</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If he wants to claim his FDR moment, the new president has a stark choice: make friends or make progress. There are tough lessons for the Left, as well.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Wipe Out Trump, and the Neoliberal Democrats, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/10/trump-neoliberal-democratic-party-america</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new wave of left-leaning Democrats are waging a war on the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s corporate wing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Weighing the Chances of a Bernie Sanders Upset in Indiana]]></title>
							<link>http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/bernie-sanders-comeback-indiana-possible-upset-predicted-economic-woes-those</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/bernie-sanders-comeback-indiana-possible-upset-predicted-economic-woes-those]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From here on out, pretty much every state presidential primary election in the Democratic race will be a matter of life and death for Bernie Sanders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' campaign. The left-wing upstart has been hanging on ever since he got clobbered by front-runner Hillary Clinton in the Northeast last...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Edward Snowden's Tortured Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2015/06/13/america_hates_its_whistleblowers_the_tortured_legacy_of_edward_snowden_partner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two years ago this month, a 29-year-old government contractor named Edward Snowden became the Daniel Ellsberg of his generation, delivering to journalists a tranche of secret documents shedding light on the government'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s national security apparatus. But whereas Ellsberg released the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Cash Clinton Simply Has No Answer For]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2015/05/31/the_cash_donations_hillary_simply_has_no_answer_for_partner/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2015/05/31/the_cash_donations_hillary_simply_has_no_answer_for_partner/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among all the rivers of money that have flowed to the Clinton family, one seems to raise the biggest national security questions of all: the stream of cash that came from 20 foreign governments who relied on weapons export approvals from Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s State Department.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Amtrak's Spectrum Gap]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/22/amtraks_spectrum_gap_126704.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the public eye, the disaster on the rails last week in Philadelphia was not only tragic but also shocking. As a crowded Amtrak train approached a bend in the track, it was barreling along at more than 100 miles an hour -- twice the mandated speed for that section. The resulting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Government's Creeping War on Journalists]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/the_u_s_governments_creeping_war_on_journalists_partner/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2014/08/21/the_u_s_governments_creeping_war_on_journalists_partner/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As states move to hide details of government deals with Wall Street, and as politicians come up with new arguments to defend secrecy, a study released earlier this month revealed that many government information officers block specific journalists they don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t like from accessing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Quietly Enable Corporate Welfare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2014/07/10/corporate_welfares_quiet_enablers_how_democrats_pander_to_big_business_partner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In politics, as the old saying goes, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' there are only permanent interests. Few policy debates prove that truism as well as the one now brewing over the Export-Import Bank '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' a government agency providing taxpayer subsidized...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Journalism Without Guts]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/16710/journalism_without_guts</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I went into journalism, one of the first things I was told as a freshman is that journalism is different from stenography. It is supposed to be'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or at least has been'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'about using rights granted under the First Amendment to be a check on government and corporate power. Yet,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Really to Blame for Detroit's Woes?]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/15986/a_letter_to_detroit</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Though they are important, let's be honest: Municipal budget figures can be mind-numbingly boring. Even in high-profile, high-stakes dramas like Detroit's bankruptcy, the sheer flood of numbers can encourage people to simply tune it all out for fear of being further confused.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Medicare-for-All Does What Obamacare Can't]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/10/31/single_payer_health_care_vs_obamacare/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2013/10/31/single_payer_health_care_vs_obamacare/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whenever scandal arises in Washington, D.C., the fight between the two parties typically ends up being a competition to identify a concise message in the chaos '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or, as scientists might say, a signal in all the noise. This week confirms that truism, as glitches plagued the new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deluded Secessionists Have Already Won]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/right_wing_coup_deluded_secessionists_have_already_won/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/right_wing_coup_deluded_secessionists_have_already_won/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a confluence of three events, the S-word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' secession '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is once again in the air. In Washington, new questions are emerging about whether the United States can function as a unified nation after a partial government shutdown was engineered by a largely regional party...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What If the President Lied to Us?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/08/16/what_if_the_president_lied_to_us/singleton/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2013/08/16/what_if_the_president_lied_to_us/singleton/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the latest major revelation about National Security Agency surveillance, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a huge taboo question that needs to be put out on the table: Has President Obama been deliberately lying about the NSA, or have his statements just been repeatedly '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wrong'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'?After Barton...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Hope the Bomber Is a White American]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2013/04/16/lets_hope_the_boston_marathon_bomber_is_a_white_american/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the period that will determine the long-term legislative fallout of the atrocity '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the dynamics of privilege will undoubtedly influence the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s collective reaction to the attacks....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan's Heartless Budget]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/03/22/paul_ryan_declares_war_on_the_poor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s budget proposal that passed the U.S. House this week, I agree with those who find it strange that anyone sees the initiative as a serious attempt to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'grow the economy,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) claims. I also agree that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Colorado: How to Turn a State Liberal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2013/03/20/how_to_turn_your_state_liberal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Colorado goes, so goes the nation. With the culture and demographics of the Intermountain West so rapidly changing, this motto about my home state has become conventional wisdom in national electoral politics, and for good reason. After all, the square state is the capital of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Oil Industry &amp; the Fracking Trade-Offs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2012/03/16/the_fracking_trade_offs/singleton</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.salon.com/2012/03/16/the_fracking_trade_offs/singleton]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Sirota</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of all the political tactics used to protect business interests, none is as powerful as the layer ploy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the one in which an ugly corporate giveaway is hidden one layer beneath something popular. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the oldest trick in the book: Offer up Mom and apple pie, and few are likely...]]></description>
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