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							<title><![CDATA[Beleaguered in DC, Platner Enters His Comfort Zone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.semafor.com/article/06/08/2026/beleaguered-in-dc-platner-enters-his-comfort-zone</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Platner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s supporters entered the Friday rally through a phalanx of cameramen asking what they thought of their candidate now. They were a little tense when the candidate started talking about his scandals. But many later insisted that all of it was a test from DC.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2024 Election Buried Barack Obama's Coalition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.semafor.com/article/11/06/2024/donald-trump-on-track-to-win-2024-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans are poised to win the popular vote for the first time in 20 years.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Won Over a Key Muslim Mayor in Michigan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.semafor.com/article/09/24/2024/a-f-you-endorsement-how-trump-won-over-a-key-muslim-mayor-in-michigan</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former president personally courted the mayor of Hamtramck, with help from Tiffany Trump's father-in-law.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Backers See Success - Frustrated w/Critics Who Don't]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-supporters-see-a-successful-president--and-are-frustrated-with-critics-who-dont/2017/02/19/496cb4b4-f6ca-11e6-9845-576c69081518_story.html?utm_term=.d581c5f490e8</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE, Fla. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Many of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most dedicated supporters '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the sort who waited for hours in the Florida sun this weekend for his first post-inauguration campaign rally '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' say their lives changed on election night. Suddenly they felt like their views were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Aggressive Base a Gift - and a Challenge - for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/a-gift-and-a-challenge-for-democrats-a-restive-active-and-aggressive-base/2017/02/11/e265dd44-efef-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.f7f972514b9f</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Trump-Era House Map Starts in Diverse South]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-trump-era-house-map-starts-in-diverse-south/2017/01/28/ff26302c-e4dd-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.5e71b94c235e</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Anti-Trade Rhetoric Rattles Clinton &amp; Unions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-anti-trade-rhetoric-rattles-the-campaign-message-of-clinton-and-unions/2016/07/04/45916d5c-3f92-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three dozen union workers gathered outside city hall here on Thursday to rally against the global free-trade deals they believe have harmed Americans like them. Their candidate was Katie McGinty, the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania. But their spiritual leader was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton, Sanders: Talk After Former Wins D.C. Primary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanders-prepared-to-meet-with-clinton-as-district-holds-final-democratic-primary/2016/06/14/0f43d200-3239-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders: West Virginia, Once Clinton Country, Feels the Bern]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/10/west-virginia-once-clinton-country-leans-to-sanders/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seeing a Decisive Win at Hand, Trump Gears Up for Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-sees-a-decisive-indiana-victory-at-hand-gears-up-to-take-on-clinton/2016/05/02/eaa392da-1070-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This was supposed to be the pragmatic Midwestern state that would deny Donald Trump the delegates he needs to secure the Republican presidential nomination. Yet on the eve of Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s critical primary, Indiana appeared poised to help the front-runner get closer to locking it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kasich: Says 'My Republican Party Doesn't Like Ideas']]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kasich-my-republican-party-doesnt-like-ideas/2016/04/20/b02c6f4c-0741-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kasich Loses New York, But Wins Some Delegates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/20/kasich-loses-new-york-but-wins-delegates-and-an-argument/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: After Grumbling, Says He Will Participate in CNN Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-grumbling-trump-says-he-will-participate-in-cnn-debate/2015/12/03/ce95e706-99eb-11e5-b499-76cbec161973_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders the Socialist Embraces His Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-is-a-democratic-socialist-bernie-sanders-tries-to-redefine-the-name/2015/10/17/d722ba80-7370-11e5-9cbb-790369643cf9_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Sen. Bernie Sanders came to speak in Iowa a few months ago, Drake University student Ian Miller snagged a seat on the stage. It was a close-up look at a historic campaign: After decades where socialists were the enemy, a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'democratic socialist'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' had come to town as a serious...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Struggle to Grasp Black Lives Matter]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-hillary-clinton-and-her-rivals-are-struggling-to-grasp-black-lives-matter/2015/07/22/8b5870e8-2f34-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[New 'Pro-Rand Paul' Super-PAC Is Making Paul's Official Super-PAC Nervous]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-19/a-new-pro-rand-paul-super-pac-is-making-paul-s-official-super-pac-nervous</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What It Feels Like in Those Huge Crowds for Bernie Sanders]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-08/what-it-feels-like-in-those-huge-crowds-for-bernie-sanders</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left Winning War Over Transgender Rights]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-05/conservatives-ask-how-they-lost-the-culture-war-over-transgender-rights</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On May 28, Sean Fieler'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' wrote a warning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about the transgender rights movement, directed to fellow social conservatives. The chairman of the American Principles Project worried that the movement had blown it on Bruce Jenner's story of gender transition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Kasich Running for President?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-02-21/john-kasich-profile-ohio-governor-john-kasich</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Disruption Broke The New Republic]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-05/how-disruption-broke-the-new-republic</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The knives were out for Chris Hughes from his first weeks as owner of The New Republic. It's hard to remember'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and for people who do not live in Washington or work in the media, it's downright obscure'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but the co-founder of Facebook was once seen as a savior of a magazine that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rand Paul Minds His Business in the Carolinas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2014-10-11/a-man-coming-over-the-hill-singing</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Hyping Hillary's Unlikely 2016 Rivals]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/11/elizabeth_warren_hillary_clinton_and_2016_speculation_media_is_applying.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These are dark times for America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most beloved industry, the political media. In three years, the country will elect a new president. As they have since 2009, reporters and readers assume that the Democratic candidate, and likeliest winner, will be Hillary Clinton. Forget about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Might Save Obama Tonight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/10/joe_biden_may_save_barack_obama_when_he_confronts_paul_ryan_at_the_vice.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Campaign Stumbles Over Tax]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2012/07/02/romney_campaign_the_mandate_was_not_a_tax_.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dave Weigel</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Get our FREE Newsletters delivered straight to your inbox.By Ed KilgoreThe Romney campaign finally had to deal with the idiocy of short-term conservative talking points about the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s ACA decision today.  And it probably wasn'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t an easy choice.As you may recall, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Larry Johnson's Strange Trip]]></title>
							<link>http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=larry_johnsons_strange_trip</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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