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<title><![CDATA[Will Marshall - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16788.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Will Marshall]]></description><category domain="16788">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[As Politics Fragments, Can the Worldwide Center-Left Rally?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5888865-uk-politics-fragmenting-parties/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the digital age, all politics is national. Just ask United Kingdom Prime Minister'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Keir Starmer,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' who may lose his job following the Labour Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s sweeping losses in his country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s May 7 local elections.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America at 250: Battling Over National Identity]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5867848-generation-gap-national-pride/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump promises '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'monumental'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'spectacular'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' celebrations this year to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. For example, on June 14 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' his 80th birthday '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the White House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' host an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ultimate Fighting Championship match.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cut Better Deals, But Don't Shutter Data Centers]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5845295-data-centers-local-backlash/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is inflicting tariffs on America in a vain attempt to revive traditional manufacturing. Private investment is gushing instead into data centers, where the AI economy is being hatched.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reality Check for Progressives on Green New Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5633174-green-new-deal-reality-check/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Less than a decade ago, young U.S. progressives started agitating for a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Green New Deal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to combat climate change and usher in a planned economy more planet-friendly than capitalism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Get Their Economic Mojo Back]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5510210-democrats-need-economic-revamp/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political rise has been a stress test of American democracy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' maybe the most serious we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve faced since the Civil War. To prevent irreparable damage to our economy, our social cohesion, and the rule of law, our country needs a bigger, stronger Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Equity Is a False Idol for Progressives]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5440666-equity-social-justice-ethos/?tbref=hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Antipathy toward progressive moralizing played a significant role in sinking Kamala Harris and the Democrats last year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flailing Democrats Need To Start Building Coalitions]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5265362-democrats-renewal-trump-era/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s left turn in reaction to Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rise since 2016 has been a fiasco.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump 2.0 Is a Runaway Dump Truck Only Voters Can Stop]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5253684-trump-trade-economic-policy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Reinvent Themselves]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5155065-to-stop-trump-democrats-must-reinvent-themselves/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Congressional Republicans use their slim majorities to try to foist a radical regime change on America, Democrats need to reckon with why they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re watching helplessly from the sidelines.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need To Embrace Energy Realism]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5116119-climate-change-reality-check/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential election was a demolition derby for a host of progressive causes and illusions. Democrats are the biggest casualties of this collision with political reality, but Green New Dealers aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t far behind.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With or Without DOGE, Dems Need a Plan To Fix Government]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5089490-democrats-revamping-government-efficiency/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not hard to lampoon DOGE, the misnamed '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Department of Government Efficiency'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' sprung from the fevered brains of President-elect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' favorite tech oligarchs,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Vivek Ramaswamy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Make Working Americans a Better Offer]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/5057264-democratic-party-trump-victory/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans voted for radical change in November, and judging by the chaos he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s already generated before taking office, Donald Trump might give them more than they bargained for. Can Democrats offer a saner alternative?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Normalizing Hamas Terrorism]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4876152-hamas-terrorism-charges-media/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Justice Department disclosed last week that it had charged six Hamas leaders with terrorism in February for organizing the Oct. 7 massacre of approximately 1,200 people in Israel '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' more than 40 U.S. citizens.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Has United Her Party, Now She Must Transcend It]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4849556-trump-polarization-republican-democratic-conventions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This summer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican and Democratic nominating conventions were anything but conventional. Absent from both were the personal rivalries and factional infighting that usually flare up when these coalition parties gather to anoint their standard bearer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Needs To Move to the Center If She Wants To Win]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4818505-democratic-convention-harris-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Paris Olympics wind down, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to say which has been the more riveting spectacle, the games or the 2024 presidential race. The upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago will cap a summer of high political drama with dizzying plot twists.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Win Back Working Class, Dems Must Adjust Their Aim]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4369521-to-win-back-the-working-class-democrats-must-adjust-their-aim/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a dreary political winter for President Joe Biden. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s buried under an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' avalanche'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of adverse polls showing perilously low public approval ratings as well as scant enthusiasm even among loyal Democratic voters.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Big Test on Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/3902463-democrats-big-test-on-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's a growing rift between local elected Democrats and progressive ideologues who pose a false choice between fighting crime and combatting police abuses and racism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Break America's Political Stalemate?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3765932-can-democrats-break-americas-political-stalemate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When neither party can win a popular mandate for change, it's hard for our country to make sustained progress in any direction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does a Midterm Split Decision Mean for Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3728541-what-does-a-midterm-split-decision-mean-for-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. voters Tuesday were reluctant to entrust a Trump-dominated Republican Party with complete control of Congress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Puzzle Democrats Must Solve]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3643709-the-puzzle-democrats-must-solve/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If they want to be the party of the people again, Democrats should reorient their economic policies around the hopes and needs of America's non-college majority.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Crime, Democrats Should Follow Eric Adams]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/593814-on-crime-democrats-should-follow-eric-adams</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Following the lead of Adams and other Black mayors, Democrats should champion a different kind of freedom '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' freedom from fear.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Can Get His Presidency Back on Course]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/591650-how-biden-can-get-his-presidency-back-on-course</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/591650-how-biden-can-get-his-presidency-back-on-course]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Working Americans aren't pining for democratic socialism and hand-outs; they want new opportunities for getting ahead in a thriving private economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Biden Wins Tonight's Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-how-biden-wins-tonights-debate-20200929-a37wdlwoubfsnoijje5zgpjfom-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's job in tonight's debate is actually very simple. It is to constantly remind viewers that Donald Trump isn't what he claims to be, a radical outsider challenging a corrupt status quo. Trump is the swampy status quo in Washington. He's an incumbent with a record to defend...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Britain's Warning to American Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-britains-warning-to-american-democrats-20191217-zsokz3yi2rg2ndtlemzgy2f4xu-story.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-britains-warning-to-american-democrats-20191217-zsokz3yi2rg2ndtlemzgy2f4xu-story.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's thumping victory last week confirms that 2016 was a political watershed. It marked the beginning of a new political alignment that is rewriting the rules of party competition here and abroad.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Love-Hate Relationship With 'Big Tech']]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/447673-our-love-hate-relationship-with-big-tech</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If political, media and academic elites increasingly take a sinister view of big tech companies, popular attitudes seem more favorable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Petulant Iran Pullout, Trump Has No Clue What's Next]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-petulant-iran-deal-pullout-article-1.3980224</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump seems determined to keep his dumbest 2016 campaign promises.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need to Put Forward a Tax Plan Too]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bledsoe-marshall-democrats-on-tax-reform-20170928-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic tax policy can be summed up this way: Raise taxes on the rich. That's not good enough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Should Work With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/opinion/why-democrats-should-work-with-trump.html?ref=opinion</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has discovered that trying to work with Republicans, like trying to work on health care policy, is complicated. So with all his big campaign pledges in limbo following last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Obamacare fiasco, he reportedly is contemplating overtures to a party that actually...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Dems Can Learn From Hillary Clinton's Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/07/what-democrats-can-learn-from-hillary-clinton-s-tragedy.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Democrats debate why they lost the 2016 elections, Hillary Clinton must feel like the star-crossed heroine in a Greek tragedy. She beat Donald Trumphandily, by a margin of at least 2.6 million votes. Yet even in winning, the fates (and the Electoral College) have cruelly decreed that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Detoxifying the Trade Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2016/10/18/detoxifying_the_trade_debate_1739.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Will Marshall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2016 election seems destined to go down as the least edifying presidential contest in U.S. history. Facts, evidence, and rational argument have been routed by the visceral power of populist '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'narratives'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' drenched in cultural resentment, economic demagoguery, and tinfoil-hat...]]></description>
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