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<title><![CDATA[Karen Tumulty - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15161.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Karen Tumulty]]></description><category domain="15161">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Can Sherrod Brown Win Back the Working Class?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/16/senate-control-could-hinge-this-ex-senators-ability-win-back-working-class-voters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sherrod Brown is seeking to return to the chamber two years after losing his seat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Socialists Surge, DSA Asks Itself: What&rsquo;s Next?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/03/amid-democratic-socialist-surge-dsa-asks-itself-whats-next/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f009</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Democratic Socialists of America leaders, the 2026 primaries have brought wins beyond what they dared to hope for. Now, they want to expand their reach.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Midterms May Boost Shapiro's Chances in 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/29/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiros-political-future-line-midterms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Democratic sweep of Pennsylvania'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s competitive U.S. House and state legislative races could boost the case for Shapiro in his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential primary.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maine Dems Rally Around Troy Jackson To Replace Platner]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/19/maine-democrats-rally-around-logger-troy-jackson-replace-graham-platner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Swing-State Lawmaker Wants a New Focus for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/16/michigan-could-define-democratic-party-what-should-it-stand/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A freshman lawmaker from Michigan says liberals cannot afford to argue over ideology and must reconnect]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Are Sending a Message to LA's Mayor Bass]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/03/democrat-karen-bass-cant-avoid-runoff-amid-an-angry-spasm-la/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No incumbent mayor of the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second-largest city has faced a runoff in more than two decades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walz Talks About the 'Generational Trauma' His State Has Faced]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/tim-walz-talks-about-the-generational-trauma-his-state-has-faced/ar-AA1XL12e</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who rose to national prominence as the 2024 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, the past year has been a cascade of nightmares.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Primary Season Is Here. Why These Races Matter in 2026]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/primary-season-has-arrived-why-these-races-matter-so-much-in-2026/ar-AA1WnHE9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[MN Child&rsquo;s Family Doesn&rsquo;t Want ICE To Deport Her Murderer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/why-a-minnesota-child-s-family-doesn-t-want-ice-to-deport-her-murderer/ar-AA1VqlhU</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On April 20, 1999, the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attention was fixed on a shooting massacre that occurred at Columbine High School near Littleton, Colorado, killing 12 students and one teacher. That same day, in the small southern Minnesota town of Waseca, another horror was unfolding: Jayme Larson,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Feel Heat From Constituents on Health Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/rank-and-file-republicans-feel-heat-from-constituents-on-health-care/ar-AA1SjIjm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The office of Rep. Mike Flood (R-Nebraska) gets as many as 300 telephone calls a day. Lately, their congressman has been calling some back.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Time of Crisis, Trump Falls Back on Rants Rather Than Unity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/in-a-time-of-crisis-trump-falls-back-on-rants-rather-than-unity/ar-AA1RqgkS</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kirk&rsquo;s Murder, Aftermath Symptoms of Fragile Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/charlie-kirk-s-murder-and-its-aftermath-are-symptoms-of-a-fragile-democracy/ar-AA1MvIt0</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At no time in living memory has this country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s democratic system appeared more fragile. A question now is whether the values upon which that system was built are capable of repairing it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Come Back to Life?]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/GW6LF</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By just about any measure you can name, the national Democratic Party is in its most ragged shape since the Reagan era.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Keeps Finding New Ways To Insult Women]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/ArP5C</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s becoming a trend, one that political scientists might want to dub the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'childless cat lady'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' effect: Republican candidates are finding new and creative ways to insult women.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Debate Shows Dems Made Right Move in Pushing Biden Out]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/fc8Bf</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate was the most resounding affirmation yet that Democrats did the right thing in pushing Joe Biden aside in favor of his vice president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[He Made 'Weird' Happen. Walz Offers Dems Much More]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/QwdcH</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Weird things can happen in politics. One of them was how Tim Walz popped onto the radar as a potential running mate for Vice President Harris.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is President of the GOP, Not the Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-the-president-of-the-republican-base--not-the-country/2019/01/11/3862aa9c-150f-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?utm_term=.7b6f077c2400</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Romney Family Feud Takes Center Stage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-romney-family-feud-is-a-reflection-of-our-dysfunctional-politics/2019/01/02/b64f640b-817b-4934-83d1-77e4c9629d3d_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Et tu, Ronna?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Tweets on Children Dying in U.S. Custody Are New Low]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/29/with-trump-there-is-no-bottom/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With President Trump, there is no bottom. Every time you think you have seen it, he manages to sink even lower.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Anyone Love Our Military Less Than Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/12/does-anyone-love-our-military-less-than-president-trump/?utm_term=.28b85e9e6786</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nearly every day lately, President Trump has found a new way to show us how little regard he has for the sacrifices of our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s military.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Slaughter in Pittsburgh Was Inevitable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/27/the-slaughter-in-pittsburgh-was-not-unimaginable-it-was-inevitable/?utm_term=.66949acd84d7</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was not inevitable just because anti-Semitic activity, including hate crimes in schools and bomb threats against Jewish institutions, has been soaring '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' up an unprecedented 57 percent last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Private Letter From Ronald Reagan Shows His Faith]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-lost-letter-from-ronald-reagan-to-his-dying-father-in-law-shows-the-presidents-faith/2018/09/14/5aaab8c0-b140-11e8-9a6a-565d92a3585d_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.cd191cc0c129</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something tugged at Ronald Reagan on that otherwise slow August weekend in 1982.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Not a Witch Hunt]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/manafort-lost-mueller-won/2018/08/21/fe5fe94c-a234-11e8-83d2-70203b8d7b44_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Manafort lost; Mueller won. This was a victory Mueller needed, and one that likely will strengthen his hand going forward in his investigation of how Russia tried to influence this country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2016 presidential election and whether President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign colluded with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Plenty Racist Without the N-Word]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-plenty-racist-without-the-n-word/2018/08/14/69d35c78-9fcd-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is often said of President Trump that he is careless in his use of language.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Trump Goes Low, Go Low]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/all-the-presidents-accusers/2018/03/23/9c2e99a4-2d3a-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.a785bb25998c</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warren Is Right to Stand Up to Republican Bullying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/12/elizabeth-warren-and-the-new-birtherism/?utm_term=.bfe3c339c195</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/03/12/elizabeth-warren-and-the-new-birtherism/?utm_term=.bfe3c339c195]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t let them push you around,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Sen. Warren. Please keep your spit to yourself.Apparently, DNA tests are the new birth certificates. Because President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' continues his immature taunting of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by referring to her as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Pocahontas,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Could Turn a Bit Bluer in 2018. Here's How.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/texas-could-turn-a-little-bit-bluer-in-2018-heres-how/2018/03/01/aa56ca72-1c02-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The field of GOP contenders vying to replace retiring Rep. Lamar Smith tug at every faction within the party: Sen. Ted Cruz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has endorsed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' his former chief of staff, Chip Roy, in the race, while former Bexar County GOP chairman Robert Stovall is getting help from Brad Parscale, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Phil Bredesen Has a Real Shot at Winning in TN]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-this-former-tennessee-governor-show-democrats-how-to-win-again/2018/02/23/b12a5d46-16f3-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html?utm_term=.232964c26d3b</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tennessee is so red that it has not voted for a Democrat statewide since 2006. As it happens, that Democrat was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Bredesen'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' himself, who picked up every single one of its 95 counties in his bid for reelection. While much of the rest of the country is gearing up for an epic midterm...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We've Just Hit a New Presidential Low]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has taken the presidency to yet another new low. In a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' remarkable set of tweets'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' over the weekend, the commander in chief sounded off on new revelations about the extent of Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign to undermine our electoral system. His response: to lash out at his political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi: The Stories Kept Coming]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nancy-pelosi-the-stories-kept-coming/2018/02/08/ceb4773a-0cd9-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html?utm_term=.269696f71735</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Karen Tumulty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No, Nancy Pelosi insisted. Her feet didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hurt a bit.The House minority leader was finally sitting down Wednesday night, on a plush goldenrod couch in her office, after standing and speaking'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for more than eight hours'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' straight on the House floor. It was the longest anyone has...]]></description>
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