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<title><![CDATA[Ruy Teixeira - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17777.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ruy Teixeira]]></description><category domain="17777">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[On Dogmas, Heterodoxy and Supermajorities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.welcomestack.org/p/on-dogmas-heterodoxy-and-supermajorities</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A review of Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Needs More Conservative Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.welcomestack.org/p/what-this-country-needs-is-more-conservative</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s easy to underestimate how much the Democratic Party has changed in this century. In particular, you can miss how liberals have gone from being a voice in the choir to the choir director. Cast your mind back to the beginning of the century. At that point, a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' mere 28 percent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Democrats' Image Problem Getting Worse?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/12/democrats-dsa-midterm-elections-socialism-capitalism/91676903007/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A better way to think about DSA isn't as a hostile takeover, but as the vanguard of a radicalized professional class. It's a continuation of a trend already reshaping the Democratic Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Left Went Wrong--&amp; Why It's Hard To Reconnect]]></title>
							<link>https://www.commonplace.org/p/ruy-teixeira-the-long-slow-death</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reconnecting with voters is going to be extremely difficult for the Brahmin Left.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Span&shy;ber&shy;ger Ran as a Moderate, Governs as a Hack]]></title>
							<link>https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-post-597/20260417/281913074690612</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Abi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'gail Span'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ber'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ger'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shtick has long been mod'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'er'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'tion. When she ran for gov'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ernor of Vir'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ginia last year, she emphas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ized her law enforce'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ment back'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ground, her com'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'mit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ment to work'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ing across the aisle ('&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'prag'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'mat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('­').';'ism over...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Learning Please, We're Democrats!]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/no-learning-please-were-democrats</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last July, I wrote a piece asking, in the wake of Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' catastrophic defeat in the 2024 election and the obvious need for serious party-wide change, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Is Our Democrats Learning?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' At the time, I saw little evidence that Democratic learning was, in fact, taking place.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Don't Have a Growth Program]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-dont-have-a-growth-program</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats once understood the importance of economic growth. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s because growth, particularly productivity growth, is what drives rising living standards over time. Democrats sought to harness the benefits of growth for the working class, not to interfere with the economic engine...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Resist the Siren Song of the Left?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/whither-the-democratic-primary-electorate</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats are set for a good'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'perhaps very good'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'2026 election. They seem almost certain to take back the House and the Senate, while still improbable, is within reach. But once they stop congratulating themselves for taking advantage of thermostatic reaction against a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Populism Without Cultural Populism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/no-populism-without-cultural-populism</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can Democrats be effective populists? They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d certainly like to believe so. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d particularly like to believe that if they turn up the volume high enough on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' economic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' populism, they can neutralize Trumpian populism and direct anger at the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' true'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' elites who preside over a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats Have a Fraud Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-fraud-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The specter of welfare fraud haunts the Democrats once again. Concerns about abuse of generous government programs helped power the rise of Reagan-era conservatism in the 1970s and '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'80s. Could the criminal abuse of hundreds of millions of dollars in welfare costs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in Minnesota,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Is Not the Answer for Democrats. Not Even Close]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/gavin-newsom-youre-no-bill-clinton</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/gavin-newsom-youre-no-bill-clinton]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gavin Newsom has had quite a year. While other Democratic politicians have struggled to adapt their pitches to the chaos of the second Trump term, Newsom has responded with a blizzard of activity that has dramatically raised his national profile.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Gave Dems a Win--Which They May Fumble Away]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/how-trump-botched-immigration-and</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Which Democrats may immediately fumble away.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seven Principles for a 21st Century Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/seven-principles-for-a-21st-century</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/seven-principles-for-a-21st-century]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Their mission, should they choose to accept it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats and the Siren Call of Culture Denialism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-and-the-siren-call-of-culture</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-and-the-siren-call-of-culture]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just about a year ago, right before the beginning of Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second term, I published a piece on '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Culture Denialism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' At that point, I observed that Democrats were resisting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'strenuously'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' resisting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'coming to terms with the role of cultural...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need a Serious, Grown-Up Approach to the Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-bankruptcy-of-the-democrats-elvis</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-bankruptcy-of-the-democrats-elvis]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't Be Cruel makes for a great song but terrible policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of the Left in the 21st Century (Part Three)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/merit-biology-and-patriotic-realism</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/merit-biology-and-patriotic-realism]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Merit, biology, and patriotic realism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of the Left in the 21st Century (Part Two)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-future-of-the-left-in-the-21st-ef0</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-future-of-the-left-in-the-21st-ef0]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Governance and immigration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of the Left in the 21st Century]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-future-of-the-left-in-the-21st</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-future-of-the-left-in-the-21st]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently I wrote a widely circulated piece arguing that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Left'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 21st Century Project Has Failed.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' By that I didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t mean that parties of the left cannot win elections. They have, and they will! Already, Democrats look'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' well-positioned'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to take back the House in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time To Face Facts on the Left's 21st Century Project]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-lefts-21st-century-project-has</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-lefts-21st-century-project-has]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 20th'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' century encompassed the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' era of social democracy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' followed by an attempt to resurrect the left through the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Third Way'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' after that era'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ignominious end. In the 21st'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' century, the left embarked on a new project they hoped would remedy 20th'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' century weaknesses and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Big Tent Depends on Who's Running the Tent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-big-tent-is-overrated</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-big-tent-is-overrated]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It depends on who's running the tent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Comes Next After Big Night for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/a-big-night-for-democrats</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/a-big-night-for-democrats]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[TLP's reflections on the 2025 elections and what comes next for the party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Forecast for Democrat Renewal: Cloudy With Chance of Rain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/forecast-for-democratic-party-renewal</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/forecast-for-democratic-party-renewal]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There seems to be general agreement that Democrats need to radically transform their party image. The second election of Donald Trump and the subsequent failure of the party to gain favor in voters'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' eyes even as many of Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s actions are notably unpopular suggests that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Could Learn a Lot From the Progress Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-could-learn-a-lot-from</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-could-learn-a-lot-from]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But will they?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats and 'the Vision Thing']]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-and-the-vision-thing</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/democrats-and-the-vision-thing]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cast your mind back to the halcyon days when American politics revolved around George H.W. Bush and his delightful locutions. A quintessential Bushism was when he referred to his (hard-to-define) overarching goal as the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the vision thing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t sure what it was and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Climate Movement Is Circling the Drain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-climate-movement-is-circling</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-climate-movement-is-circling]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These are dark days for the climate movement. Indeed, the whole movement is failing apart in front of our eyes.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Class Gap Problem Is Not Going Away]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-class-gap-problem</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-class-gap-problem]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not exactly news that Democrats have a yawning working-class hole in their coalition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Big Problems With the Politics of Abundance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/three-big-problems-with-the-politics</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/three-big-problems-with-the-politics]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was at the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Abundance 2025'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' conference last week and overall I think it was a big success. There was a wide range of interesting speakers and panels and a pleasing sense of intellectual ferment. It seems likely that the discourse around abundance will continue to evolve in the future...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Redistricting Isn't the Democrats' Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/redistricting-isnt-the-democrats</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/redistricting-isnt-the-democrats]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are the Democrats' problem.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need Two, Three, Many Sister Souljah Moments]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/two-three-many-sister-souljah-moments</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That's what the Democrats need.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Social Order Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-social-order-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ruy Teixeira</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the social order problem is as serious as these quotes and survey findings suggest'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and I think it is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it raises troubling questions about the current state of the Democratic Party.]]></description>
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