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							<title><![CDATA[How To Drive Latin America Into the Arms of China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/01/30/how_to_drive_latin_america_into_the_arms_of_china_152272.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It has always surprised me,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' wrote the 20th-century Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'that in a world of relations as hard as that of the United States, cordiality constantly springs out like water from an unstanchable fountain.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Comes Next After Haley Exits?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/when-haley-inevitably-exits-what-comes-next-opinion-1874278</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How many primary defeats does it take for Nikki Haley to get the message that she will not be the 2024 Republican nominee?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Could Surge After Iowa. It Won't Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article284176898.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Finally, actual voters will answer questions hanging over the GOP presidential race for months. Opinion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Shouldn't Have Regrets. No One Could Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-should-have-no-regrets-no-one-could-beat-trump-his-indictments-opinion-1856251</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DeSanti's problem was not a campaign badly run, but a campaign unfortunately timed at a moment when Trump-loving GOP voters couldn't quit him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is a One-Term President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/biden-one-term-president-opinion-1844382</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are in a singularly unenviable position, eyeing a troubled nation led by a president in obvious decline, with no alternative nominee in sight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Speaker Chaos? GOP Won With Johnson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article281104743.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republican infighting didn't result in a moderate or establishment elected to lead the chamber. Opinion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Like It or Not, Dems Are Stuck With Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/like-it-not-dems-are-stuck-biden-opinion-1815231</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mounting an intra-party challenge to an incumbent president burns bridges with elected officials and donors.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Beto, Texas Dems Will Party Like it's 2018]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2021/11/17/with-beto-texas-democrats-will-party-like-its-2018/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not 2018, and the governor race is about whether voters want to fire Abbott]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Woke NFL Determined to Drive Away More Fans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/woke-nfl-determined-drive-away-more-fans-opinion-1626727</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The NFL should be primed to welcome back fans after COVID and social justice activism drove so many away.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Continue to Fight Because History Is Watching]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2020/12/16/why-we-fight-n2581627</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is now every indication that Joe Biden will be sworn in January 20th as the nation's 46th president. So is it time for every skeptical voice to hold silent?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transition Yes, Concession No]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2020/11/25/transition-yes-concession-no-n2580609</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The wheels of transition are beginning to turn as the machinery of President Trump's election challenges are grinding to an eventual halt. So is a concession speech in the cards?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Prayer for Rush Limbaugh]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2020/02/04/a-prayer-for-rush-limbaugh-n2560665</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I first met Rush Limbaugh 25 years ago at his New York radio headquarters. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' His national show was in its seventh year of blowing liberals'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' heads apart, and my local show aired immediately before it on the Dallas-Ft. Worth station. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' We took a planeload of listeners to visit a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeachment Gamble Already Backfiring on Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2019/09/26/impeachment-gamble-already-backfiring-on-democrats-n2553739</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This shiny new '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'impeachment inquiry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' package placed under an early Christmas tree by Speaker Nancy Pelosi will ultimately contain one of two things: objective evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors by President Trump, or something that will blow up in their faces as others...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dem Media Pretends Not to Understand Trump's Tweets]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2019/07/16/love-it-or-hate-it-theres-no-reason-not-to-understand-trumps-tweets-n2550104</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s begin with some items that are not exactly news bulletins: President Donald Trump does not communicate conservatism in the fashion of a William F. Buckley or a Charles Krauthammer.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Calculation or Cave? Time Will Tell]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2019/01/25/calculation-or-cave-time-will-tell-on-shut-down-agreement-n2540287</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s anything the Trump presidency should have taught people in the opinion business, it is to pause before overreacting in the short term.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kavanaugh Fight Now a Battle for Basic Human Decency]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-confirmation-is-now-a-battle-for-basic-human-decency-n2524656</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No one could have foreseen the despicable depths they have plumbed in their desperation to prevent Supreme Court rulings that actually respect the Constitution as written.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yesterday's Hearing Was the Dems' Worst Nightmare]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2018/09/28/untitled-n2523392</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In almost forty years of broadcasting and writing, Ive spent a lot of time tracking the fates of the Republican and Democrat parties.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Return May Energize Republicans More Than Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2018/09/10/obamas-return-may-energize-republicans-more-than-democrats-n2517385</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Barack Obama lit into President Trump and his voters Friday in a speech at the University of Illinois, much was made of how unprecedented it was for a predecessor to level such public criticisms of an immediate successor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisdom of John Bolton Choice Made Clear in Who's Panicking]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2018/03/23/john-bolton-n2463876</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With one presidential decision, America gained one of its boldest National Security Advisers, and lost one of its best cable news guests.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Must Produce Evidence of Trump's Wrongdoing or Drop It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/03/20/time-mueller-produce-evidence-wrongdoing-trump-drop</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's stipulate that yes, it would be a bad idea for President Donald Trump to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But it's not because such a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Not Conservative Enough to Deliver What Voters Want]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/07/18/voters-want-obamacare-repeal-gop-may-conservative-enough-make-happen</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a couple of hours today, there was hope. With repeal and replace dead, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did the right thing. After...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's Stages of Grief Over Hillary's Loss]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2016/12/14/stages-grief-left-processing-hillary-clintons-loss</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The visible effects of a thorough election drubbing multiply by the day. Like the famous stages of grief, there are apparently stages of processing...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dear GOPers: It's Not Complicated. Hillary Must Be Stopped]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20160622-mark-davis-questions-about-trump-shouldn-t-drive-conservatives-into-clinton-s-arms.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something truly remarkable is happening when staunch liberals join some of my fellow conservatives in asking me the very same question: "How can you possibly support Donald Trump?"So for their benefit, and to aid anyone peppered with the same question, here is my thoroughly uncomplicated...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Time for Choosing]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/06/17/a_time_for_choosing_130919.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Thursday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' night, I stood on the stage at Gilley'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Southside Ballroom in Dallas, pleased to address a crowd gathered for a Donald Trump rally.
Just over three months ago, I stood on the same stage, pleased to address a crowd gathered for a Ted Cruz rally.
Such has been the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Are 6 Valid Arguments For &amp; Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20160307-mark-davis-here-are-6-arguments-for-and-against-trump.-all-are-valid..ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Consider the following three pro-Donald Trump statements:1. The secret of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s appeal lies beyond normal politics; he has managed to attract a broad coalition that believes he can actually achieve what generations of do-nothing politicians have not;2. The panic from his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McKinney Pool Party Incident Isn't About Racism]]></title>
							<link>http://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2015/06/10/mckinney-overreactions-hinder-quest-to-fight-real-racism-n2010468</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most unfortunate by-products of the McKinney, Texas, pool party aftermath is the lost opportunity for a constructive evaluation of police performance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' War on Franchises]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/mark-davis/2015/03/25/obama-nlrb-franchise-decision-would-be-blow-to-small-business-success-story</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Little noticed by most of the press and public, the Obama administration is poised to undertake another breathtakingly bold power grab that will dramatically expand the scope of the federal government, hurt the aspiring middle class in the name of equality and further polarize the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Movie Is Evidence of Our Damaged Society]]></title>
							<link>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150210-mark-davis-fifty-shades-of-grey-is-evidence-of-a-damaged-society.ece</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The electricity fairly crackles.Millions of women are poised to breeze into movie theaters this weekend to immerse themselves in the filth that is Fifty Shades of Grey.If there is anything more depressing than that, it is the playful clucking of media anticipation, taking the tone that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When History Is Not Helpful]]></title>
							<link>http://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2013/07/26/when-history-is-not-helpful-n1649122/page/full</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a nation, we are growing historically illiterate. It'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s easy to blame schools, but we are also running out of parents who care that their sons and daughters know what the thirteen original colonies were or where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. History is precious. It is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Next for Ben Carson?]]></title>
							<link>http://townhall.com/columnists/markdavis/2013/03/01/whats-next-for-ben-carson-n1523287/page/full/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mark Davis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a man unknown to most of America a month ago, Dr. Ben Carson is suddenly everywhere.The Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon is now a viral phenomenon, with a half-hour National Prayer Breakfast speech that has found its way to millions of inboxes.That address, covering topics from...]]></description>
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