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<title><![CDATA[Russell Berman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15258.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Russell Berman]]></description><category domain="15258">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA['California Is Allowed To Hit Back']]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I found Darshan Smaaladen earlier this month, she had joined several hundred of her neighbors at a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'No Kings'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' demonstration in Orange County, California. Not that she was there to protest. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Rallies are great,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Smaaladen told me, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'but they don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Problem With the Democrats' Ground Game]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They called it the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Big Send.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democrats gathered in living rooms, libraries, and coffee shops across the country to write letters to millions of potential voters in swing states and competitive congressional districts, urging them to vote in November. During the 2020...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Retirement Is the New Resistance]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, Gary Peters made a decision that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s utterly ordinary for most 66-year-olds: He was going to retire. Except Peters happens to be a United States senator, so his announcement that he would not seek a third term next year came as a shock. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Oh, but you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re so...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Win&mdash;and a Warning&mdash;for Trump&rsquo;s Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mike-johnson-made-the-easy-part-look-hard/ar-AA1CHhKg?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Speaker Mike Johnson flashed a grin as he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' chided'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reporters in the Capitol this morning: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I told you not to doubt us.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Moments earlier, the House had approved a budget proposal that could allow Republicans to pass the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'one big beautiful...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['There Is No 28th Amendment']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/no-biden-can-t-change-the-constitution/ar-AA1xovTT</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Trump Is Pushing Aside]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/grover-cleveland-did-it-first/ar-AA1wNLmG?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Only one historic site bears the name of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 22nd and 24th president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no Monticello.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Race for Wisconsin Come Down to Dane County?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-lot-of-people-live-here-and-everybody-votes/ar-AA1t0xR8?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama was barely three minutes into his speech inside a Madison, Wisconsin, arena on Tuesday when he delivered his call to action'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I am asking you to vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a plea so eagerly anticipated by the thousands in attendance that they erupted in cheers before he could...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dem Who Says America Will Be Fine if Trump Wins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-democrat-who-says-america-will-be-just-fine-if-trump-wins/ar-AA1pZXv1</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve gone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to a Democratic campaign rally recently, chances are you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve heard a version of the following sentence:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' This is the most important election of our lifetime.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Jamaal Bowman Lost]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-jamaal-bowman-lost/ar-BB1oTvND</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The easiest explanation for why Representative Jamaal Bowman lost his Democratic primary in New York today is that he alienated the Jewish voters in his district with his denunciations of Israel. That explanation is reasonable, as far as it goes. Indeed, the race was the most expensive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['The Party of the Ultra-Rich and the Ultra-Poor']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/opinion/the-party-of-the-ultrarich-and-the-ultra-poor/ar-BB1oDCYn</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s plan to cancel student debt, his administration hurried to find a work-around. Less than a year later, Biden has now forgiven more than $160 billion in college loans for nearly 5 million borrowers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'totals that, as he often...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Overlooked (But Real) Possibility of a Dem Sweep]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-overlooked-but-real-possibility-of-a-big-democratic-win/ar-BB1ojtjp?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=750c43e41d0445528c52dcbe58e3fd8b&amp;ei=28</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have spent the past year talking much more about the prospect of a Donald Trump victory than about their own. The relentless focus on Trump is understandable, but it has obscured a central reality of the 2024 election: Democrats have a real chance to sweep the presidency,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Democrat's Case for Saving Speaker Johnson]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/a-democrat-s-case-for-saving-mike-johnson/ar-AA1nzM7c</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Speaker Mike Johnson keeps his job, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be Democrats who save him. Like his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, the Louisiana conservative is facing an attempted ouster after he defied Republican hard-liners by relying on Democratic support to pass a funding bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'$61 billion for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Unproven Plan to Close Biden's Enthusiasm Gap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-unproven-plan-to-close-biden-s-enthusiasm-gap/ar-AA1nj9nd</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Indivisible'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s website, the first words you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll find'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'in large font and all caps'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Defeat MAGA. Save democracy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' The progressive organizing group, formed shortly after Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2016 win, sees the stakes of this fall'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential election...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rep. Khanna Wants To Be the Future of Democratic Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ro-khanna-wants-to-be-the-future-of-the-democratic-party/ar-BB1kSoYN</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In January,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' as the 2024 primary season got under way, Representative Ro Khanna stood in the middle of a spacious New Hampshire living room and marveled at the dozens of Democrats who had crammed in. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'What enthusiasm for President Biden!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Khanna said as the crowd cheered. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the National Guard Won't Make the Subways Safer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/why-the-national-guard-won-t-make-the-subways-safer/ar-BB1jBlr3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The millions of people who crowd into New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s busiest subway stations every day have recently encountered a sight reminiscent of a frightening, bygone era: National Guard troops with long guns patrolling platforms and checking bags]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Accountability Isn&rsquo;t Dead Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/political-accountability-isn-t-dead-yet/ar-AA1m5WKR</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On September 22, when federal prosecutors accused Senator Robert Menendez of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, Representative Andy Kim, a fellow New Jersey Democrat, asked one of his neighbors what he thought of the charges. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Jersey,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the man...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Plot To Dismantle the Federal Government]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/inside-the-fight-to-save-the-federal-government/ar-AA1hbfmq</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of the many targets Donald Trump has attacked over the years, few engender less public sympathy than the career workforce of the federal government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the faceless mass of civil servants that the former president and his allies deride as the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'deep state.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman Weighs the Trump Risk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-lieberman-weighs-the-trump-risk/ar-AA1dY8IN</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman wants to make one thing clear. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The last thing I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d ever want to be part of,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the former Connecticut senator and onetime vice-presidential nominee told me by phone last week, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'is bringing Donald Trump back to the Oval Office.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Supreme Court Ruling That Could Tip the House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-supreme-court-ruling-that-could-tip-the-house/ar-AA1cjfAj</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Court delivered a rare victory for voting rights'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and may have given Democrats a handful of new seats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Campaigns May Never Be the Same]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/political-campaigns-may-never-be-the-same/ar-AA1bLzWQ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Depending on whom you ask in politics, the sudden advances in artificial intelligence will either transform American democracy for the better or bring about its ruin. At the moment, the doomsayers are louder. Voice-impersonation technology and deep-fake videos are scaring campaign...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New GOP House Majority Can&rsquo;t Decide on a Leader]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-humiliation-of-kevin-mccarthy/ar-AA15XKsa</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shortly before 4 p.m.yesterday, Kevin McCarthy, the man who desperately wanted to be House speaker, had just suffered two brutally public rejections in a row. For some reason, he was unbowed. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re staying until we win,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' McCarthy assured a crush of reporters waiting for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the New Republican Majority Means]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-new-majority/ar-AA14dVtZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are coming to Washington not to legislate or to govern, but to fight.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Next Presidential Election Happening Now in the States]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/republican-midterm-state-elections-2022-michigan/671633/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[State legislature elections could decide the fate of democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Trumpism Run Out of Steam?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/09/paul-lepage-janet-mills-2022-maine-election-trump/671466/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul LePage, who pioneered the tactics that propelled Trump into office, is running again for governor of Maine. Only this time, he's quietly backing away from the former president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Preventing Stolen Elections Is Harder Than It Looks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-do-you-actually-stop-the-steal/ar-AA10l0M1</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new bipartisan bill would revise how the presidential vote is certified. But it could come with risky loopholes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Kansas Abortion Shocker]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-kansas-abortion-shocker/ar-AA10ff93</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The defeat of an anti-abortion ballot measure could buoy Democratic hopes for an outraged electorate this fall.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kansas Is the First Battle in the Post-Roe Abortion War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/07/kansas-abortion-amendment-vote/670998/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday's statewide referendum will give Democrats an early hint of just how much the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision will motivate their base this fall.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Try To Build Back (a Bit) Better]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-try-to-build-back-a-bit-better/ar-AAZm36V</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An agreement on drug pricing, climate spending, and tax increases would make the president's legislative record look a lot more robust.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Power a Carpetbagger to Victory?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/can-trump-power-a-carpetbagger-to-victory/ar-AAWYMTw</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest names in West Virginia are backing a local favorite seeking reelection to Congress. But the former president's wrath could sink him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Shadow Congress]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/02/shadow-congress-bipartisan-deals/622871/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Berman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers have been striking important deals lately. The lack of fanfare is intentional.]]></description>
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