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<title><![CDATA[Ed Kilgore - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15160.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ed Kilgore]]></description><category domain="15160">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Is Everything Suddenly Possible for Democrats?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suppose for a moment that the Democratic trend we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been seeing in the early autumn not only continues but intensifies. What are the maximum gains Democrats might envision if they get all the breaks?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Saving the Unpopular Stuff for After the Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/gop-saving-the-unpopular-stuff-for-after-the-election/ar-AA2drN91?cvid=6ac0c6f0da0c41e8906fdb1ccb1f2f6f&amp;ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvpid=67d8d9ec5ba9470b980329b54ca506bb&amp;ei=4</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many eyebrows were raised by reports of a quiet word from the White House to the Justice Department concerning the pace of litigation aimed at restricting or even outlawing distribution of abortion pills. The word was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wait:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Midterm Convention Blew Up in Ken Paxton&rsquo;s Face]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-midterms-convention-blew-up-in-poor-ken-paxton-s-face/ar-AA2dhNn7</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best-case scenario for Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two-day Midterm Republican Convention in Dallas earlier this month would have been for it to only be a waste of time and money and a lost opportunity for the GOP as it struggles avoid a shellacking in November. The worse outcome was that it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance's Senate Takeover Plan Has a Big Flaw]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/vance-s-wild-senate-takeover-plan-has-a-big-flaw/ar-AA2dhVEq</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For much of 2026, Donald Trump has intermittently demanded that the Senate enact the SAVE America Act despite being told repeatedly by Majority Leader John Thune that he cannot muster the votes to do as the president wishes. This dead end so vexed Trump and the White House that they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hasan Piker May Not Matter Much in Michigan Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/hasan-piker-may-not-matter-as-much-as-republicans-want/ar-AA2cV191</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To hear a lot of the chatter about the pivotal U.S. Senate race in Michigan this year, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d think the election was more or less a referendum on Twitch streamer Hasan Piker.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What We Learned From the 2026 Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/what-we-learned-from-the-2026-primaries/ar-AA2crtez</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Primary season came to an end this week when voters in Delaware headed to the polls on September 15. That same day, early in-person general-election voting started in four states. So it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a good time to take a step back and look at what the primaries told us about where the American...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Previews Republicans' Nasty Midterm Smears]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/jd-vance-previews-republicans-nasty-midterm-smears/ar-AA2c2Luf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you want a good idea of the Republican Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s closing pitch to voters heading toward a 2026 election that doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t look good for them, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two speeches to the GOP Midterm Convention in Dallas weren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t all that illuminating.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not Just the Left That Wants New Democrat Leaders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/it-s-not-just-the-left-that-wants-new-democratic-leadership/ar-AA2bSR5u</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Beltway media loves to frame differences on the left as a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NH Could Be the GOP's Sleeper Senate Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/new-hampshire-could-be-the-gop-s-sleeper-senate-win/ar-AA2bTr7Y</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New Hampshire, much like Ohio, Iowa, and Florida, is a onetime red-hot battleground state that has recently become a bit more predictable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton's Party Needs a 'Different Kind of Democrat' Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-clinton-s-party-needs-a-different-kind-of-democrat-again/ar-AA2aKKQu?ocid=BingNewsVerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 42nd president of the United States just turned 80 this past week, and you have to be pretty long in the tooth yourself to remember how very young Bill Clinton seemed when he first ran for the White House in 1992. He was objectively pretty young, actually; 46 when he took his first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Midterm-Convention Backfire on GOP?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/midterm-convention-trump-fest-may-backfire-on-gop/ar-AA2aAo8S</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' best hope for the midterms is that voters only have one thing when they head to the polls in November: their opinion of Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Primary Whiffs, Poll Haters Are Still Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/despite-primary-whiffs-poll-haters-are-still-wrong/ar-AA2aHAnu</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the things about politics that people love to hate is polling. To a certain extent, this antipathy is entirely understandable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was Graham's Dumb Debate Answer Just an Act?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/was-darline-graham-s-dumb-debate-answer-just-an-act/ar-AA2auuBz</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Throughout her brief career as a senator and as a candidate to remain one,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Darline Graham'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has gone to some lengths to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' distance herself from the legacy of her late brother'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' while snuggling up to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' as closely as possible. That reflects a political shrewdness that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MN Primaries: Good for Left, Tough for My Pillow Guy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/minnesota-primaries-good-for-left-tough-for-my-pillow-guy/ar-AA29XcwY</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While it was nearly overshadowed by wild and unpredictable brawls in next-door Michigan and Wisconsin, progressives notched another major primary win in Minnesota on Tuesday. Lieutenant Governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Peggy Flanagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' soundly defeated moderate congresswoman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Angie Craig'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for the Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Blows Off Trump's Demands, Then Skips Town]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-blows-off-trump-s-demands-then-skips-town/ar-AA29MUBE</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president had a long list of items that needed Senate attention before the preelection recess. John Thune ignored most of them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Birthright-Citizenship Obsession Lives On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-birthright-citizenship-obsession-lives-on/ar-AA29CMtW</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Darline Graham Runs From Lindsey's Foreign Policy Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/darline-graham-is-running-away-from-lindsey-s-legacy/ar-AA29oO1Q</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All things being equal, Darline Graham Nordone should have the opportunity to develop her own record and persona, both in her service as interim U.S. senator for the rest of 2026 and as a candidate for a full six-year term beginning next year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Big Red Scare Is Really Stupid]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-gop-s-big-red-scare-is-really-stupid/ar-AA29ePeV</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a strategic truism in politics that if you can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seize the political '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'center,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' where a lot of unaffiliated voters live, you try to push the opposition out of the center by labeling them as extremist. This has been a constant preoccupation of Republicans in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Reaping Whirlwind From His Senate Purges]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-reaping-whirlwind-from-his-senate-purges/ar-AA299WeF</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ninety-five days from the midterm elections, Donald Trump is struggling with Congress over his agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need a Better Answer on Voter ID. Here's One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/democrats-need-a-better-answer-on-voter-id-here-s-one/ar-AA2901m4</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s incessant crusade for the immediate enactment of the SAVE America Act is very likely to fail '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' thanks to a Senate Democratic filibuster that a crucial number of Senate Republicans refuse to kill.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need To Postpone Their Civil War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/democrats-need-to-postpone-their-civil-war/ar-AA28I0qS</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no story line in American politics more beloved than Democrats in Disarray.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NJ Shows Democrats Need a Better Voter-Fraud Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/new-jersey-shows-democrats-need-a-better-voter-fraud-strategy/ar-AA28BKgt?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6a638d612d3d437a8a3d14f9c6ae9df6&amp;cvpid=46a6fd76fdfa49dee2e6e122067ff464&amp;ei=3</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Up until now, disagreement between Democrats and Republicans on the need for safeguards against noncitizen voting was based on wildly disparate understandings of the basic facts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's 2026 Message: Democrats are Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/gop-s-midterm-message-democrats-stink-more-than-we-do/ar-AA28kxTu?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6a5fa4461e964ac8b991f4aa808ebfdc&amp;cvpid=f0b8af7fe47745a7981e4119506524bb&amp;ei=4</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Midterm elections are almost always a referendum on the job performance of the party controlling the White House, with a thumb on the scales for the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'out'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Drags America Deep Down the Rabbit Hole]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-drags-america-deep-down-the-rabbit-hole/ar-AA285P3y</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Maine Goes, So Goes the Senate? Not Necessarily]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-maine-goes-so-goes-the-senate-not-necessarily/ar-AA27Xf9I</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that Graham Platner has withdrawn his Senate candidacy, his supporters in Maine seem equally furious at their former nominee and at national Democratic operatives both left and center.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Congressional Mess Just Got Even Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-republicans-congressional-mess-just-got-even-worse/ar-AA27PAC4</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican Congress is facing an uphill struggle to meet its obligations prior to the midterm elections. As chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s closest ally in an effort to massively increase defense spending, the late Lindsey Graham was poised to be a key...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Democrats Really Moving Left?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The big debate raging among Democrats this year is whether the renewed energy being exhibited by the progressive wing of the party reflects an ideological development or something else. Unsurprisingly, there are many voices suggesting a long-awaited '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pivot to the left'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Platner on the Ledge, July 13 Deadline To Drop Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/platner-on-the-ledge-after-sexual-assault-allegation/ar-AA27lFRV</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He cannot be forced off the ticket. But if he withdraws, the state Democratic Party has an additional two weeks (until July 13), to name a replacement candidate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives Get Very Different Primary Results Outside NY]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/outside-new-york-progressives-saw-much-different-primary-results/ar-AA26sczE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The big story of the June 23 primary elections is progressive Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' insurgent triumphs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in New York, which burnished'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zohran Mamdani'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reputation and struck fear in the heart of would-be national power broker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Hakeem Jeffries'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and his Democratic Establishment...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Long, Hot Summer of Election Denial]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ed Kilgore</author>
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