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<title><![CDATA[Douglas MacKinnon - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15750.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Douglas MacKinnon]]></description><category domain="15750">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Power-Hungry Josh Shapiro Owes RFK Jr. an Apology]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6072037-shapiro-measles-deaths-controversy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has been said that when politicians look in the mirror, they see a future president staring back at them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' To be sure, many believe that is precisely what Pennsylvania Gov.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Josh Shapiro'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' imagines he sees when he gazes at the man looking back at him.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But did he intentionally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Reads the Room With Well-Timed Burrito Joke]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/08/13/vance-burrito-marc-thiessen-iran/91254277007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A vice president's viral jab at a critic wasn't just an insult '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' it was a calculated shot at two of the GOP's biggest vulnerabilities.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Blind to Canaries in Florida and Texas Coal Mines?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6012387-texas-florida-republican-warnings/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Right About 'Normal' Versus 'Fringe' Ideas]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6002825-musk-economist-interview-fringe/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a recent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' interview'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Economist,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' asked what is possibly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the most important question of our time. Interviewer,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Zanny Minton Beddoes,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' hit Musk with'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' this loaded statement: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You support, not just the populist right, but the far right...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance's Old School Politics Might Just Save the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5989222-gen-z-conservative-shift/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In so many ways, what was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' considered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' normal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' when it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' came to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' basic politics has been turned upside-down during the turbulent and ever more anarchistic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Age of Trump. For more than a decade now, campaigning,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' communicating'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and vetting, has been plunged into a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' seemingly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Many in Media, Trump's Guilty Until Proven Innocent]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5974835-media-bias-trump-gop/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will AOC Suffer Same Fate as Bernie &amp; RFK Jr. in 2028?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5932038-aoc-socialist-political-rise/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If I were running for president in 2028, I would take'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Rep.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (D-N.Y.) very, very seriously. A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' recent poll'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' shows'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' her leading the field'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on the left'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for the nomination. But her supporters shouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t make their reservations for the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' inaugural'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will America&rsquo;s 250th Mark the End of Our Nation&rsquo;s Noble Dream?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5920681-united-states-divided-future/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hegseth's West Point Speech Is a Template]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pete-hegseths-anti-dei-speech-west-point-template-save-american-lives</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pete Hegseth's West Point speech condemned DEI and woke leaders for weakening military standards, with implications for police, healthcare and more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Climate Change Fearmongerers Owe Gen Z an Apology]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5891607-gen-z-climate-change-impact/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, it was widely reported that the United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made some'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' very newsworthy adjustments to its modeling.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Its'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' doomsday model had breathlessly foretold of 4 to 5 degree warming by the year 2100, causing massive crop failures,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without Working Class, Dems Will Tank 2026 - and 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5880268-democrats-midterms-working-class/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we get closer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' midterms'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in November and the presidential election in 2028,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' one has to wonder if any of the Democrats in leadership positions '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' be they in Congress, in the Democratic National Committee'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or the billionaires bankrolling various initiatives in favor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Shouldn't Dismiss a Harris Comeback in 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5836932-harris-leads-democrats-2028/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' political poll of interest was recently released by YouGov'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' showed former Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' not only leading the field of prospective Democratic nominees for 2028 but actually'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' crushing California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in a primary by 12'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' points. No doubt...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&lsquo;Baghdad Bob&rsquo; Had Nothing on CNN]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5781443-propaganda-media-outlets/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alas, time marches on.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I am old enough to remember the laugh-out-loud fairy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' tales spun by '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Baghdad Bob'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How To Use Fraud Money Recovered From Blue States]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/most-unique-thing-trump-could-do-stolen-money-recovered-from-blue-states</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump administration claws back billions from Minnesota, California and should consider a lottery system to give back that money to disadvantaged Americans.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Admit it: Republicans Have a Perception Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5703714-gop-struggles-perception-problems/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Deal with the issue before the media can twist'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it, and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' flip it back onto'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Democrats.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' JD Vance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' just showed them the way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Dangerous To Say Trump Is a Threat To Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5691762-chris-matthews-trump-democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having grown up poor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a blue-collar Irish-Catholic neighborhood in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the heart of Boston,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I have long been a fan of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Chris Matthews. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left's Demonization of ICE Agents Led To This Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5681602-ice-shooting-minneapolis-tragedy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even a cursory examination by those with an open mind to this week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis; the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' assassination of Charlie Kirk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Utah; the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attack on an ICE facility in Dallas; and the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attempted assassination of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Butler, Pa., will reveal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dilemma for Dems in 2026 Is...the Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5663802-democratic-leadership-fraud-scandal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most know the expression: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We have met the enemy, and he is us.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  As much as the Democratic leadership wants to attack President Trump in the coming new year, they first must deal with a much larger problem: the mirror.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Liberal Activist Judges Are Waging War Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5617407-trump-policies-challenged-activist-judges/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never in our republic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s history have we witnessed biased, activist judges so deliberately circumvent the will of the American people to systematically delay '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or outright destroy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the policies of a democratically elected president.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spanberger, Sherrill Would Be Strong Faces for 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5591147-spanberger-sherrill-2028-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After watching the victory speeches of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' governors-elect Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Abigail Spanberger in Virginia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, I came to an immediate conclusion: If I were'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Republican nominee for president in 2028, I would not want to run against either woman.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Think Dems Are in Trouble in 2026? Think Again]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5583259-democrats-midterm-election-predictions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It seems like every time I look at the news these last couple of weeks, there is another piece predicting doom and gloom for the Democratic Party. The latest came from Harry Enten at CNN, who said the data shows the shutdown standoff in Washington is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' backfiring for the left.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Failing Chicago Gets a Warning on High Crime, Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5558690-citadel-ceo-ken-griffin-chicago-crime-taxes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while, a voice of reason cuts through the nonsense. Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, is one of those voices.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will MAGA Purists Turn Out in 2028?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5536927-trump-voters-passion-hate-politics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It can certainly be argued that hate and passion played an oversized role in motivating Americans to vote in the last three presidential elections. Out of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' approximately 77 million votes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' got in November of 2024, tens of millions were pure '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'MAGA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' voters....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Crime Problem Is a Disgrace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/chicagos-crime-crisis-national-disgrace-trump-must-step-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago violence reaches war zone levels with 40,000 killed over six decades as Trump considers federal intervention despite Governor Pritzker's resistance to help.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the 2028 Dem Nominee Be 'None of the Above'?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5409032-will-the-2028-democratic-nominee-be-none-of-the-above/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Did you hear the one where former Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Kamala Harris,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' former Secretary of Transportation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Pete Buttigieg'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and California Gov. Gavin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Newsom were the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scott Jennings Is Correct About Wes Moore]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5337403-scott-jennings-is-correct-about-wes-moore-and-the-state-of-the-democratic-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever CNN is paying'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Scott Jennings,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not enough. His pragmatic, common-sense commentary offering realistic solutions to problems plaguing everyday Americans has become the glue holding the network'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s evening programming in place.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Will We Admit Trump Has Been Right on Ukraine?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-many-more-useless-deaths-160000500.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two serious and literally life or death questions: Since when did trying to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including countless children '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' become something to be criticized? Conversely, when did sending hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers into the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Brings Revolutionary Change to American Health]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5268202-rfk-jr-is-bringing-revolutionary-change-to-american-health/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shook the pillars of the food world. This tremor is likely to morph into an earthquake of continual change for the better, especially regarding the health of children in the U.S. and around the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left Fears Tulsi Gabbard, Even as She Protects America]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5232797-why-the-left-fears-tulsi-gabbard/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I have written before with regard to President Trump, very few people in life possess that all elusive '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' factor. You either have it or you don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t. Trump has it in spades.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Trump Caused the Democratic Party To Implode?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5207965-has-trump-caused-the-democratic-party-to-implode/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Douglas MacKinnon</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is the Democratic Party as we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve known it for decades officially over?]]></description>
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