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<title><![CDATA[Harold Meyerson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14693.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Harold Meyerson]]></description><category domain="14693">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA['Golden Age'? Well, Yes--for Dollar Stores]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/01/trumps-golden-age-dollar-stores/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sales are up at the modern-day bargain basements, as more financially stressed Americans are compelled to shop there.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clone Natalie Harp]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/24/natalie-harp-trump-white-house-aid-jon-ossoff-air-force-one/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As it does with pretty much everything, the Trump White House is going about the Natalie Harp controversy all wrong. It responded to a glancing blow from Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff with the usual eruptions from Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ego and id. (As far as neurologists and particle physicists can...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' On-Again, Off-Again Class Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/democrats-on-again-off-again-class-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After World War II, Dems lost touch with their New Deal roots. Now they're coming back home.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[El-Sayed's Challenge: Overcoming 'Otherness']]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/06/el-sayeds-challenge-overcoming-otherness-michigan-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the economy is the issue, he can win Michigan in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani's New Kids on the Block]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/27/zohran-mamdani-black-latino-voters-carmine-desapio/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The politics of urban racial, class, and regime succession.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can American Economics Change?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/13/can-american-economics-change/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A business school professor and storied investor says it now has to prioritize the national interest. That's a start, but nowhere near enough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Commies EVERYWHERE!]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/07/commies-everywhere/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can you generate a red scare absent actual reds?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Benjamin Franklin, Champion of the Wealth Tax]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/03/benjamin-franklin-champion-of-the-wealth-tax/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the 'superfluous' property of the rich was strong and just.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Comes Generation of DSA Big-Bity Mayors]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/19/why-cities-go-socialist-zohran-mamdani-janeese-lewis-george-nithya-raman/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the course of my roughly three-quarters-of-a-century-long life, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve lived in just three cities: Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, D.C. By year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s end, there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a decent chance that all three of those cities will have a socialist mayor.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AWOL in the Class War]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/16/democrats-unions-awol-in-class-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans realize they've lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Sanders Agree? Let's Own AI!]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/15/trump-bernie-sanders-ai-spacex-big-tex-anthropic/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One's a narcissist, the other's a socialist, but there's room for all in this improbable coming together.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Finally Show Up to the Class War]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/08/jun-2026-encircling-royalists-democrats-economics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In its more than two centuries of existence, the Democratic Party has, from time to time, demonstrated that it knows how to do politics. This may be one of those moments.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/04/how-pro-worker-bill-may-advance-in-the-house/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seven Republicans have joined every House Democrat to bring pro-union legislation to the floor next week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How California Politics Became So Blah]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/02/how-california-politics-became-so-blah/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The only truly passionate players in today's election appear to be the corporate moguls funding the anti'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Tom Steyer campaigns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Republican Senate Seat in Play]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/28/now-there-are-five-republican-senate-midterms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ken Paxton's Texas primary victory puts another Republican Senate seat in play, alongside those of North Carolina, Maine, Ohio, and Alaska.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Steyer's Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/21/tom-steyers-problem-california-governor-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as Mark Zuckerberg is now funding a pro-Becerra PAC, Steyer lacks the only two endorsements that could actually help him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why People Hate Data Centers: Let's Count the Ways]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/16/why-americans-hate-data-centers-big-tech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They fear AI. They fear higher electric bills. More reasons below.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A House of Labor Divided]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/01/apr-2026-magazine-house-of-labor-divided-uaw-union-autoworkers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Internal rivalries among the leaders of the United Auto Workers are sapping the momentum from its historic victories.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Then They Came for the Immigrant Truckers]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/23/immigrant-truckers-commercial-drivers-licenses-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump strips commercial driver's licenses from 200,000 legal immigrants who bring your goods to market.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iraq, Iran, Irate]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/02/iraq-iran-trump-war/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Devoid of reasons, creatures of impulse, our presidents apparently can't help themselves from blowing up someplace in the Middle East, no matter how many times it ends in bloody disaster.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could California Elect a GOP Governor?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/02/09/california-nations-most-democratic-state-might-elect-trump-friendly-governor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California's nonpartisan primary pits eight Democrats against two Republicans; only the top two finishers advance. Do the math.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reining In Trump's Goons]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/01/12/reining-in-trumps-goons-immigration-ice-minneapolis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the apparent murder of Renee Good, our thugocracy has outed itself for all to see. We cannot let them escape the consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Enter, Stage Left, Mayor Mamdani]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/01/02/enter-stage-left-mayor-mamdani/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rather than tell his fellow New Yorkers to lower their expectations of what government could do, the city's new mayor vowed that the only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Imaginary 2025]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/18/trumps-imaginary-2025/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, his look back at his first year as our re-elected president bore no resemblance to anyone else's 2025.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Conundrum: Working-Class Base, Plutocratic Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/15/republican-conundrum-working-class-base-plutocratic-agenda/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, some swing-district Republicans inched away, selectively, from their party's economics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Working in America: The $79 Trillion Heist]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/03/79-trillion-heist-worker-pay/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're in an affordability crisis because workers aren't being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of the Pre-Trump 21st Century]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/11/06/end-of-pre-trump-21st-century/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week brought down the curtain on the initial, pre-Trump years of the 21st century, with the death of Dick Cheney and, today, Nancy Pelosi's announcement that this would be her final term in Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Fits Historic Pattern of New York Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-14-zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-socialist-laguardia-roosevelt-randolph/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York's politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Canceling Kimmel, Speech and Comedy]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-09-18-canceling-kimmel-speech-comedy-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today on TAP: Making jokes has never been this dangerous, except in authoritarian states.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Escalate War on America's Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-15-republicans-escalate-war-on-americas-cities/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Harold Meyerson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While some establishment Democrats attack their leftward drift]]></description>
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