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<title><![CDATA[Matt Lewis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19201.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Matt Lewis]]></description><category domain="19201">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Do Republicans Have the Celebrity Candidates?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/contributor-why-do-the-republicans-have-the-celebrity-candidates/ar-AA24TPvu</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Until recently, American politics operated on a simple premise: Aspiring politicians must suck up to party bosses, run for local office, earn supporters, master policy details and only then earn a shot at higher office.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kennedy and Oz Get It Right on Diet and Alcohol]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5679484-kennedy-and-oz-got-it-right-about-diet-and-alcohol/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Finally, someone said it. And by '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'someone,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' I mean the guy with a brain worm who planted a dead bear in Central Park.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Can Afford Trump's Economy? Public Is Feeling Grinchy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/contributor-who-can-afford-trumps-economy-americans-are-feeling-grinchy/ar-AA1SFhGF</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The holidays have arrived once again. You know, that annual festival of goodwill, compulsory spending and the dawning realization that Santa and Satan are anagrams.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Already Blowing Up Their Chances in Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/contributor-the-democrats-are-already-blowing-up-their-chances-in-the-senate/ar-AA1SdPu7</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought Democrats might be on track to claw back the U.S. Senate next year, they decided it would be much more exciting to fling themselves head first into a cactus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looming Shutdown Shows Same Mistakes, and Nobody Wins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/contributor-looming-shutdown-shows-same-100100339.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like that one friend who repeatedly promises to quit drinking after just one last round, the American government is staggering toward another shutdown. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s starting to seem inevitable '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' because it looks as though neither side is going to swerve in this game of chicken.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom's Memes Show Plausible Strategy for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/contributor-newsoms-knives-out-memes-show-plausible-strategy-against-trump/ar-AA1L0ZCn</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought it was safe to go back on TikTok,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' viral Gavin Newsom memes'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' are taking over social media.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Please Stop Trying To Be Cool]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/contributor-democrats-please-stop-trying-100008784.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Under Trump, Democrats have been forced to become the adult in the room. Overcompensating is even worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blame Biden for Harris' Loss]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5045002-blame-joe-for-kamalas-loss/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Democrats debate their next steps and Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' contemplates her political future, a fundamental question arises: Did Harris ever truly have a chance to win?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Was Wrong About Tim Walz&mdash;He&rsquo;s a Great VP Pick]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4860452-i-was-wrong-about-tim-walz-hes-a-great-vp-pick/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we enter the post-Labor Day phase of the presidential campaign, self-reflection is in order. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to confess the one big swing and miss I made this summer: My contention that Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' selection of Tim Walz was a mistake.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Win the Biden-Trump Double-Haters?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/who-will-win-the-biden-trump-double-haters/ar-BB1k52lL?cvid=fb9cd69616894585e2fe8276fa0b3e77&amp;ei=10</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Finally Hits Trump Right in the Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/nikki-haley-finally-hits-trump-right-in-the-putin/ar-BB1ipyOy?cvid=9a907063f2af4542bcfdffb08211208b&amp;ei=14</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a voice in the Republican wilderness is demonstrating moral clarity; she is condemning both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump (for coddling said strongman). And her name is Nikki Haley.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Won the Chuck-n-Nancy Meeting Showdown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/everybodys-wrong-donald-trump-won-the-chuck-n-nancy-meeting-and-heres-why</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All that in-front-of-the-cameras civility is fake anyway. Trump dispensed with it. It was refreshing, and his people will love it, shutdown or no shutdown.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Be Honest: The Rage Is Partly the Media's Fault]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/lets-be-honest-the-rage-is-partly-the-medias-fault?source=twitter&amp;via=desktop</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Trump irresponsible? Of course he is. But he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not the only one. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not Trump who programs and hypes all these crazy media frenzies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elizabeth Warren &amp; Beto O'Rourke, Cultural Appropriators]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/elizabeth-warren-and-beto-orourke-cultural-appropriators</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As identity politics and victimhood become the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s defining signals of virtue, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only natural that some white people want part of a more in-demand cultural identity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kavanaugh Officially Killed the Never-Trump Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/kavanaugh-killed-the-never-trump-movement?source=twitter&amp;via=desktop</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some Never Trumpers are now on board for 2020. Others are leaving the Republican Party for good. One way or the other, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s all about you know who.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Pick Liberals Will Troll Hardest]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/amy-coney-barrett-the-trump-supreme-court-pick-wholl-troll-liberals-the-hardest?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amy Coney Barrett is under 50, devoutly Catholic, has seven kids, and she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll make the libs crazy. Good enough for me.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Give Trump Credit on Russia]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-yes-its-time-to-give-trump-some-credit-on-russia</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time we give Donald Trump some credit on Russia.Yes, we are 15 months in to his presidency. And yes, his record is still overshadowed by his obsequiousness to Vladimir Putin. But after Syria'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chemical weapons attack on civilians,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump blamed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Russian leader'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has a Point About Amazon]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-a-point-about-amazon-that-resonates-with-his-base</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-a-point-about-amazon-that-resonates-with-his-base]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has an ulterior motive for his attacks on Amazon.com, whose owner also owns'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' The Washington Post. But does he also have a point?Yes and no, it seems.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Jordan Peterson Really Is That Smart]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-jordan-peterson-really-is-that-smart?ref=author</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the last year, or so, Jordan Peterson, the University of Toronto clinical psychologist turned internet sensation, has emerged as arguably the most important intellectual figure on the right today.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Speech Should Unite Republicans on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-state-of-the-union-speech-should-unite-republicans-on-immigration-deal?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During Tuesday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s State of the Union'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' address, Donald Trump expressly spelled out his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bipartisan approach for immigration reform.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump framework for an immigration deal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t make everyone happy, but it should at least keep Republicans happy. The fact...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Should Jump at a DACA-Wall Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-democrats-should-jump-at-a-daca-wall-deal?ref=home</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-democrats-should-jump-at-a-daca-wall-deal?ref=home]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As has often been the case, Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'once thought to be a consummate deal-maker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'is sending mixed signals. One day he sounds like a compassionate conservative, the next day he sounds like an angry racist. How do you negotiate with someone like that? By the same token, Democrats,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paris Can Wait--It Was a Bad Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/paris-can-waitit-was-a-bad-deal</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/paris-can-waitit-was-a-bad-deal]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During a Rose Garden speech on Thursday, President Trump announced that the United States would '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'withdraw from the Paris climate accord, but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or an entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Tomi Lahren Keep Failing Up?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/19/can-tomi-lahren-keep-failing-up.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/19/can-tomi-lahren-keep-failing-up.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Tomi Lahren story isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t going away any time soon. At least, not if the blonde wunderkind can help it. On the heels of filing a wrongful termination lawsuit against her former employer TheBlaze, the right-wing provocateur alleged that her boss, Glenn Beck, was guilty of some sort...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Quietly Racking Up Big Wins]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/07/trump-screws-up-glitz-racks-up-wins.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hold Rose Garden signing ceremonies when a governmental regulation is repealed. But if they did, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s still-nascent presidency would be getting a lot more respect.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Hated Other Matt Lewises -- Until I Met One]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/25/i-hated-other-matt-lewises-until-i-met-one.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve long suspected a love-hate relationship exists between people who share the same name. This is especially true for those of us in an industry where we are, to one degree or another, a brand. This means we compete over Google rankings, Twitter handles, website URLs, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Pat Toomey's Smart Medicaid Idea]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/20/sen-pat-toomey-s-serious-medicaid-idea.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/20/sen-pat-toomey-s-serious-medicaid-idea.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the most controversial aspects of Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has been Medicaid. The program, which was originally meant to help poor Americans obtain health insurance, was expanded under Obamacare, and it will be dramatically overhauled if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Post-Presidency Isn't Normal, or Good]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/06/barack-obama-s-politically-active-post-presidency-isn-t-normal-or-good.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/06/barack-obama-s-politically-active-post-presidency-isn-t-normal-or-good.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know the scope of involvement he has planned. The New York Times, though, reported that Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s team rushed to preserve intelligence regarding possible contacts between Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential campaign and Russia. That since leaving office, Obama tapped Holder to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Outsources Our Stories to China]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/26/with-an-eye-on-china-america-outsources-our-stories-to-china.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Spells the End of the Administrative State. Good.]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/31/trump-spells-the-end-of-the-administrative-state-good.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During his last State of the Union Address in 2016, President Barack Obama conceded: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I think there are outdated regulations that need to be changed, and there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s red tape that needs to be cut.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Donald Trump is about to take a machete to that red tape. On Monday,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pushing His Adversaries to the Brink of Insanity]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/23/great-march-you-had-there-liberals-you-alienated-millions-of-regular-americans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Matt Lewis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the celebration of the peaceful transfer of power this weekend, we were treated to some crude and irresponsible comments from liberal celebrities: Madonna told Trump voters, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'F'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'k you. F'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'k you,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and added that she had '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'thought a lot about blowing up the...]]></description>
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