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							<title><![CDATA[What Dem Rising Star Ocasio-Cortez Wants for Her Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion/aoc-bernie-sanders-democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lauren Boebert Is Feeling the Heat in Colorado]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Man, I hit a wall,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Lauren Boebert said, sounding ready to pack it in.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Biden Victory in November Turns On This State]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2024/04/18/a-biden-victory-in-november-turns-on-this-state/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let's talk about why President Biden is spending three days in Pennsylvania this week '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a lot of time by]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside the MAGAverse on the Eve of Trump's Trial]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rallying the faithful in the political battleground of eastern Pennsylvania, the former president made everyone else the bad guy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Control of the Senate Hinges on Don Jr.'s Hunting Buddy]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans may win back the chamber in November because they finally learned some lessons from election losses.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spare Us Lara Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is making the Republican Party a fief of MAGA. Is the West Wing next?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Toady Would Trump Pick as His No. 2?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The woman option is the one that most intrigues me.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Are Young Voters Looking For?]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/12/31/what-are-young-voters-looking-for/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Want to ruin a Democratic strategist'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s New Year? Bring up President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s popularity problem with younger voters.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley and DeSantis Confront a Ticking Clock]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/11/25/why-the-next-seven-weeks-are-so-critical-in-the-race-for-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is upon us. Which means that while Americans are recovering from an orgy of overeating and Black]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Could Wreck Things for the GOP in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/07/30/how-trump-could-wreck-things-for-republicans-in-2024/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Things just got a whole lot more interesting in New Hampshire politics. Just below the presidential churn, the governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s race in the politically quirky Granite State has some superjuicy drama percolating '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the kind that offers a vivid reminder of just how much trouble Donald...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Mainstream, Whether We Like It or Not]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/05/10/trump-is-mainstream-whether-we-like-it-or-not/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hunker down, America. Here we go again. The presidential election is still a year and a half away.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chaos Caucus Is Now in Charge]]></title>
							<link>https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/10/the-chaos-caucus-is-now-in-charge/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Things are looking up for Kevin McCarthy! Last week it took 15 agonizing roll call votes spread over five days]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Can Trade Stocks or Keep Public Trust. Not Both]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/opinion/congress-trade-stocks.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why on earth are representatives and senators allowed to trade stocks?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Virginia Election Is Freaking Dems Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/opinion/trump-biden-virginia-youngkin.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats don't seem very motivated to vote.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pramila Jayapal Won't Let the Biden Presidency Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/16/opinion/pramila-jayapal-infrastructure.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the infrastructure negotiations, the leader of the House progressive caucus has shown a willingness to play hardball.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Nation Needs a Reality-Based GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/08/opinion/republican-party-crisis.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Supporters of Trump's Big Lie are poised to take over the party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Underpromises, Overdelivers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/biden-100-days.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden has spent his first 100 days focused on the pandemic and the economy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and not much on Twitter.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Has Declared War on Coca-Cola and Baseball]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/opinion/republicans-georgia-voting-law.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell wants corporate America to stop being stupid about the ongoing battle over voting rights.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Tulsa Rally Endangers His Supporters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/ask-not-what-president-trump-can-do-for-you/ar-BB15yq1p</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Once again, President Donald Trump is taking heat for treating the presidency like a branding exercise.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Is Not Hiding. He's Lurking.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/opinion/joe-biden-campaign.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never get in the way of an incumbent who is digging his own grave.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Drop the Curtain on the Trump Follies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/trump-coronavirus-press-conference.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why does the nation need to be subjected to the president's daily carnival of misinformation, preening and political venom?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cheer Up, Dems: There Were Hopeful Moments in Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/cheer-up-democrats/ar-BB10qxzB</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dumpster fire, train wreck, meltdown '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' pick your unflattering metaphor and odds are that someone is using it right now to describe Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democratic presidential debate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Charleston, S.C.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vengeance Is Mine, Saith the President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/vengeance-is-mine-saith-the-president/ar-BBZU0u9</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John Bolton, Joe Manchin, Adam Schiff, Hunter Biden, Doug Jones, Gordon Sondland, Alexander Vindman, Yevgeny Vindman,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Chuck Schumer, Jerry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nadler, Debbie Dingell, New York air travelers, federal prosecutors,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the F.B.I.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a mere week since...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Backs Down, Again and Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-backs-down-again-and-again/ar-AAGZz0t</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Aug. 7, the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' quietly changed its immigration policy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to end medical deferred action, a program that allows a small number of gravely ill immigrants to remain in the United States to receive lifesaving treatment. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Exodus From Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-republican-exodus-from-congress/ar-AAF99u8</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday afternoon, Representative Mike Conaway, Republican of Texas, announced that he would not run for re-election next year. At a news conference in Midland, Mr. Conaway expressed distress at the partisan dysfunction in Congress, nodded to the term limits that his party places on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Take the Iowa Caucuses. Please.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/opinion/iowa-caucuses.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is no way to pick a presidential nominee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Nancy Pelosi Keep the Democrats in Line?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/12/opinion/nancy-pelosi-democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From Blue Dogs to Green New Dealers, they're not making it easy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stephen Miller Can't Act Alone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/opinion/stephen-miller-trump-immigration.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration's vicious immigration policies didn't implement themselves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where's Your Climate Plan, Mr. McConnell?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/opinion/mcconnell-green-new-deal.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate Republican leader staged a sham vote on a Democratic climate change resolution, embarrassing only himself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Outspoken Women of the House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/opinion/house-of-representatives-women.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michelle Cottle</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three freshman lawmakers shatter stereotypes as they make waves.]]></description>
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