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<title><![CDATA[Michael Cohen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14875.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Cohen]]></description><category domain="14875">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Platner's Supporters Ignored Glaring Warning Signs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/graham-platner-progressives-assault-tattoo</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are painful but necessary lessons to be learned from the Maine Democratic Senate candidate's rise and fall.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Most Telling Sign That Iran Deal Is a Dud]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/us-iran-deal-trump-vance-spin</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House released a set of talking points on Tuesday that only highlighted the deal's failings.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Can Do Better, Platner Needs To Drop Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/graham-platner-democrats-drop-out-maine-senate</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party risks betraying its own values if it won't denounce the embattled Maine Senate candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Will Regret Buddying Up to Hasan Piker]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/hasan-piker-youtube-twitch-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael A. Cohen: The hugely popular gaming livestreamer and far-left political commentator has a voluminous history of making antisemitic, misogynistic and downright offensive statements.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mark Carney's Davos Speech Resonated for a Reason]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/mark-carney-davos-trump-greenland-nato-europe</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Perhaps this time is different. But what Trump has seemingly broken can still be put back together again.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schumer Shows He's a Better Leader Than Dems Think]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/chuck-schumer-mary-peltola-alaska-senate</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael A. Cohen: By recruiting former Rep. Mary Peltola to run for Senate in Alaska, like a good baseball manager, Schumer has put his team in the best possible position to pick up seats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Sign of Rising Political Fortunes for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/tennessee-special-election-matt-van-epps-aftyn-behn</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In November 2024, Donald Trump won Tennessee'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 7th congressional district by 22 percentage points, as Republicans romped to victory in what has become one of the reddest states in the country.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Gearing Up To Lose a Shutdown Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-republicans-rcna232248</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While there are reasonable arguments for a shutdown, it's a fight Democrats would most likely lose.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Mistaken Obsession With Manufacturing Jobs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-jobs-economic-growth-rcna200701</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's actual engine of economic growth isn't manufacturing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it's services.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Trump and Musk Are Really Doing by Gutting USAID]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-musk-usaid-doge-foreign-aid-rcna190671</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The purge at the U.S. Agency for International Development is a blow to American interests and a boon to our adversaries.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Outperformed Harris in Key Senate Races]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republicans-win-democrats-loss-2024-election-rcna182448</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats outperformed the presidential ticket in several key Senate races.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Year, I'm Actually Grateful To Be a Detroit Lions Fan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/detroit-lions-fan-thanksgiving-game-chicago-bears-rcna181937</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Thanksgiving Day, we'll be watching a Super Bowl contender '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' not the]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Greatest Gift to Harris Is a United Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/dnc-biden-harris-speakers-sanders-aoc-clinton-rcna167360</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's a striking sense of unity at the party's convention that goes well beyond antipathy toward Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Of Course Harris Can Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-kamala-harris-beat-trump-democrats-rcna162955</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Other presidents, including Biden himself, have succeeded after earlier failed campaigns.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Comparisons Between 1968 and 2024 Are Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/campus-protests-vietnam-1968-rcna150587</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vietnam was one of the pre-eminent issues on the minds of American voters. The war in Gaza doesn't even crack the top 10.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is the Least Risky Choice for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-age-democratic-nominee-election-rcna138614</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic voters haven't shown any interest in forcing Biden out. That hasn't stopped the pie-in-the-sky wishcasting in the media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taylor Swift Could Save Biden in 2024. Seriously]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/taylor-swift-save-joe-biden-rcna130344</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The musical megastar may be the rare celebrity with the cultural influence to shift the political tides.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Biden Polling So Badly?]]></title>
							<link>https://truthandcons.substack.com/p/why-is-biden-polling-so-badly</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I take a stab at explaining why Joe Biden is so unpopular.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the U.S.-China Summit Could Help Biden in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/us-china-summit-victory-biden-xi-rcna125728</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last thing the president needs is a crisis in Asia.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Peace Is Possible in Israel Only When Hamas Is Defeated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-cease-fire-rcna124632</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Israel cannot accept a Hamas government on its border that is capable of such barbarism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How So-Called Progressives Let Down American Jews]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/american-antisemitism-jewish-left-rcna121397</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jews are finding their voice and demanding that the left take its own antisemitism more seriously.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New House Speaker Can't Solve the GOP's Electoral Math]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-speaker-republican-candidates-2024-jordan-scalise-rcna119019</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thirteen months out from the 2024 elections, House Republicans are in perilous waters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Key 2024 Indicator Looks Fantastic for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/special-election-2024-democrats-biden-rcna117916</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are underperforming in the same kinds of elections that predicted their disappointing midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Nonsensical Campaign To Replace Biden-Harris in '24]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/joe-biden-kamala-harris-trump-election-2024-rcna105027</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No candidate is perfect, but dumping an incumbent is generally a terrible idea.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meme Holds True About Trump's Maddening Lasting Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-biden-2024-presidential-election-nothing-matters-rcna101711</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The number of truly persuadable voters in 2024 will likely be quite small.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tell-Tale Sign Biden Is Likely To Secure a Second Term]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-election-2024-odds-republicans-rcna95415</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reporters keep writing about "silly season," but the GOP is having a bad year where it counts.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Conservatives Doing What They Claim To Detest]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-conservatives-student-loans-roberts-rcna92129</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One would be hard-pressed to find two phrases that more aptly describe the court's actions, than judicial activism and legislating from the bench.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Treat RFK Jr.'s Campaign as the Dangerous Joke It Is]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/treat-robert-f-kennedy-jr-010042090.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to debating conspiracy theorists, there is a simple but enduring rule'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'don't. The entire exercise is pointless because no matter how many facts you bring to the table'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or no matter how much debunking you're able to do'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'there are always new tangents and new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Indictment Is a Great Day for America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-indictment-smith-mccarthy-desantis-law-rcna88638</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the GOP had its way, the work of ordinary citizens doing their civic duty would be thrown in the trash.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants Us To Forget About Mueller's Findings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/durham-report-mueller-trump-collusion-rcna84772</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Cohen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The real bombshell of John Durham's report isn't that Trump was investigated over Russian collusion. It's that so few seem to care about Mueller's findings]]></description>
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