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<title><![CDATA[David Dayen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23070.xml</link><description><![CDATA[David Dayen]]></description><category domain="23070">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Democrats in Hysterics About AI?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/15/artificial-intelligence-open-ai-anthropic-congressional-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The statement from former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that AI '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'could kill us by the end of the decade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' has triggered the most hostile setting for sound public policy: mass panic.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left-Wing Populists Are New Majority Makers]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/14/oct-2026-the-new-majority-makers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A group of unapologetic economic populists are defying the conventional wisdom that only moderates can succeed in swing seats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cattle Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/09/trump-meat-cattle-ranchers-beef/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump's makeup plans to placate ranchers are lacking in substance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Opens Office of Worker Power]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/07/mamdani-opens-office-of-worker-power-new-york-city-labor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Jeffries-Blue Dog Spat Is Really About]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/04/jeffries-blue-dog-democrats-congress-spat-golden-gluesenkamp-perez/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two centrist Democrats defected on a key vote, giving Republicans a win. Progressives are concerned any punishment given to the centrists will rebound onto them in the future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Google Monopoly Allowed To Stand?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/03/another-monopoly-allowed-stand-google-adtech/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they're unwilling to break them up?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Credit Card Operative Helping Shape Dem Primaries]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/20/credit-card-operative-helping-shape-democratic-primaries-peter-kauffmann/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Peter Kauffmann, vice chair for VoteVets, which has raised $20 million to spend in primaries on mostly moderate candidates this year, is running a front group fighting to keep credit card fees high.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Last Big Primary Night of the Year]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/18/florida-primary-trump-biden-desantis-gerrymander/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's what's happening in Florida and across the country in key races.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate's Doomed Bid To Pass Something Before Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/11/senates-mad-dash-to-pass-something-before-midterms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a lot of sound and fury signifying next to nothing, as most of the bills the Senate passed and the ones it punted to September are doomed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Louis Brandeis: The Empiricist]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/30/aug-2026-louis-brandeis-the-empiricist/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Louis Brandeis believed that facts could change lives and break excessive power where it accumulated.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Paramount Should Be Worried]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/22/why-paramount-should-be-worried-warner-bros-merger-ellison/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A look inside the judge's ruling for a brief pause in Paramount's proposed deal with Warner Bros. reveals that the merger is in a shaky position.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maine's Hybrid Nomination Can Harness Energy]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/13/maines-hybrid-nomination-can-harness-grassroots-energy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The process to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is an organizing opportunity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War's Back On: What Are the Implications?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/10/aftermath-wars-on/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What are the implications for our new endless war in the Middle East?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Maine Needs Lighthouse Primary To Replace Platner]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/07/06/maine-needs-lighthouse-primary-graham-platner-senate-susan-collins/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best way to salvage the Senate race against Susan Collins is to give voters another chance to decide her opponent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The SAVE Act Comes for Everything]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/25/trump-save-act-housing-bill-congress-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First it was FISA, then a housing bill that overwhelmingly passed. Now it's going to end congressional lawmaking for the rest of the year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War Ends and the Aftermath Begins]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/16/aftermath-war-ends-iran-strait-energy-shipping/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How long will it take for global energy markets to return to normal? A long time, it turns out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/12/aftermath-economy-propped-up-by-government-spending/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In today's edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn't eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Threat of Big Insurance]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/06/11/threat-of-big-insurance-lobbying-congress-donations/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Xavier Becerra Know What a PBM Is?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/29/does-xavier-becerra-know-what-pbm-is-california-governor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question speaks to how in the Democratic Party, there is no price paid for the inability to govern.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Who Cried Iran Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/28/aftermath-trump-who-cried-iran-deal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People have tuned out Trump's promises of a deal. That is starting a cascade of consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Moral Majority]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/26/real-moral-majority-murphy-review/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sen. Chris Murphy has a sense of what ails America, and he wants to restore its spiritual core.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Is No End to the War With Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/08/aftermath-no-end-to-war-with-iran/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In today's edition, we discuss how the haphazard ending to the war won't divert from the terrible path Donald Trump has led the world down.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dan Osborn's Next Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/05/04/dan-osborn-nebraska-senate-working-class-billionaire/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The independent from Nebraska is taking a second run at the U.S. Senate, against an even more appropriate opponent for his working class-vs.-billionaires message.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressive Caucus Unveils Contract With America]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/29/congressional-democrats-progressive-caucus-unveils-affordability-contract-with-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reminiscent of the Gingrich Revolution, a multi-bill package would attack higher costs, raise wages, and get big money out of politics. Its architect sees it as a battle plan for the midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Getting New York City To Believe in Government]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/10/zohran-mamdani-getting-new-york-city-believe-in-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maintaining the momentum of Zohran Mamdani's historically successful election campaign has meant doing the little things right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tom Steyer Is Trying Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/24/tom-steyer-trying-politics-california-governor/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To revive a dead political culture that could lead to a Republican becoming governor in one of the nation's most Democratic states, the billionaire former investor is talking to voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here's the Proposed Deal To Fund Most of DHS]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/25/congress-proposed-deal-fund-department-homeland-security-ice-cbp-trump-save-act/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everything would be funded except ICE enforcement, and some reforms added, while Republicans would try a long-shot reconciliation bill for ICE money afterward.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Quietest Government Shutdown]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/19/government-shutdown-trump-dhs-ice-cbp-funding-congress/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's been almost imperceptible, but the Department of Homeland Security hasn't been funded since February. Avenues to resolve the standoff keep getting cut off.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran War Exposes America's Unfixed Supply Chains]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/12/iran-war-trump-military-america-israel-ukraine-bombs-supply-chains/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We have a trillion-dollar military without enough bombs to fight for more than a week, and none of the critical components needed to make more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress? Maybe Check Back in 2027]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/02/27/congress-republicans-trump-tariffs-voting-rights-state-of-the-union/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Dayen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The State of the Union address made sure that Republicans will preside over a year of inaction in our nation's legislature.]]></description>
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