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<title><![CDATA[Zaid Jilani - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24100.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Zaid Jilani]]></description><category domain="24100">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[2025 Election Lesson: Class War &gt;&gt; Culture War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-2025-election-proves-that-the</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In election after election, voters came out and proved that affordability is top of mind, not religious or cultural conflict.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Be a Friend to Workers?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/11/26/will-trump-be-a-friend-to-workers/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His union-friendly pick for labour secretary is another sign of the great realignment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Left Gets Vance Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.compactmag.com/article/why-the-left-gets-j-d-vance-wrong/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first time I read anything by J.D. Vance was when I came across a copy of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Hillbilly Elegy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at an airport bookstore one day.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Rogan and the Dishonest Language Police]]></title>
							<link>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/racist-joe-rogan</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In-mid January, the blue stack'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a powerful consortium of progressive activists, news outlets, major corporations, public health officials, and government apparatchiks who collaborate to marginalize ideological opponents'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'had its sights set on Joe Rogan, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Progressive Censorship Machine Points to an Ugly Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/blue-stack-strikes-back</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The welding of media, government bureaucracy, big corporations, and banking together into a partisan weapon to punish dissenters points the way toward an ugly future]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Powerless Are Hurt Most by Cancel Culture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-powerless-are-hurt-most-by-cancel</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rich and famous will usually be just fine. It's the less privileged who will face the worst consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Heart of Scold--Democrats' Wrong Turn on Censorship]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/neil-young-v-joe-rogan-and-free-speech</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Neil Young'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s censorious crusade against Joe Rogan exemplifies the Left'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s increasing hostility to free speech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Progressives Are Trying to Hide Public School Curricula]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/progressives-against-school-transparency</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ACLU joins Democratic politicians in opposition to making school curricula available to parents.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dr. King Opposed 'the Racial Point of View']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dr-king-sought-an-end-to-the-racial-point-of-view-stop-betraying-him-opinion/ar-AASTQPD</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week, it's hard not to analogize the role King plays in our discourse to religious debate. Just as the followers of the great religions of the world turn to their holy texts to debate differing interpretations to solve the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only Wealthy Democrats Can Afford to Defund the Police]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2022/01/violence-inequality-shames-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mahmood Ansari, a Pakistani immigrant who came to the United States four decades ago, used to own City Souvenirs along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. One night in April 2021, he was working late when a 12-year-old boy with a knife and 14-year-old girl decided to rob the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Trying to Suppress Democracy and Free Speech?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/coups-all-the-way-down</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nonstop dramatics about the GOP threat to democracy is part of an attempt to cement Democratic Party hegemony, not ensure election integrity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Race Isn't a Risk Factor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/race-isnt-a-risk-factor</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stop deciding which patients can get access to Covid medicine based on the color of their skin.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Progressives Need to Focus]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/progressives-need-to-focus</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, Sunrise DC, the Washington, D.C.-based affiliate of the youth-led environmentalist organization, found itself in the middle of a controversy few would have imagined just a few years prior.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More of the Same Won't Rescue Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/bidens-honeymoon-is-over?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjM3ODcxOCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDM3ODk3MDIsIl8iOiJseHV6LyIsImlhdCI6MTYzNjk5NDkxOSwiZXhwIjoxNjM2OTk4NTE5LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjE1NzkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.FdyhvqCadCxjoZ9w</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House needs to start acknowledging Americans' concerns rather than pretending they don't exist.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Demography Isn't Destiny]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/why-immigrants-may-not-vote-progressive</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last April, Fox News host Tucker Carlson stirred controversy when he claimed that Democrats wanted lax immigration policies in order to import a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'brand-new electorate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that would help them win elections. His critics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' accused'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' him of boosting an old white-nationalist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Education, Covid Overreach Swung Virginia to Youngkin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.city-journal.org/glenn-youngkin-formula-for-success</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virginia's Republican gubernatorial candidate focused on opposing Democratic radicalism on education and Covid-19.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the GOP Actually Do Anything About Woke Corporations?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.inquiremore.com/p/will-conservatives-actually-do-anything</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new bill provides an opportunity for Republicans to start debating a legislative response to increased social activism by corporations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Institutions Keep Undermining Themselves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/our-institutions-keep-undermining</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Abandoning old-fashioned ideals like objectivity and rigor is bound to backfire.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Teaching Race in Kindergarten]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/teaching-race-in-kindergarten?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjM3ODcxOCwicG9zdF9pZCI6Mzk1NTU3MDQsIl8iOiJseHV6LyIsImlhdCI6MTYyODI0NDU1MiwiZXhwIjoxNjI4MjQ4MTUyLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjE1NzkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.SKAwsrZnVvB</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Oregon's new standards for social science exchange colorblindness for racialism. This is not progress.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressive Racialism Isn't Just Repulsive. It's Dangerous]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/progressives-new-racialism-isnt-just-repulsive-its-dangerous-opinion/ar-AAMKMZG</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, a bipartisan group of Senators came to an agreement over a new infrastructure bill that totals $550 billion, offering some hope to Americans that excessive partisanship won't doom the legislation America needs to repair ailing roads, bridges, and other key infrastructure.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressive Denial Won't Stop Violent Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/progressive-denial-won-t-stop-violent-crime/ar-AAMBRHp</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's no reason to accept this level of violence and suffering.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of Cancel Culture?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-end-of-cancel-culture?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxNjM3ODcxOCwicG9zdF9pZCI6Mzg5NTA3MTcsIl8iOiJseHV6LyIsImlhdCI6MTYyNzAzNTA1NSwiZXhwIjoxNjI3MDM4NjU1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjE1NzkiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.eOxlSrIneXP1iKG</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Young Americans may return us to a culture of compassion and forgiveness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop Blaming Pandemic for America's Violent Crime Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://www.inquiremore.com/p/stop-blaming-the-pandemic-for-americas?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_source=twitter</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pandemic happened everywhere. The surge in violence appears to be uniquely American.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Media's Covid Failure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/the-medias-covid-failure</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In dismissing the possibility that the virus leaked from a lab, journalists betrayed their mission to seek the truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Race Got to Do With Covid Rescue Aid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/whats-race-got-to-do-with-it</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.persuasion.community/p/whats-race-got-to-do-with-it]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Biden administration is rolling out economic support for American restaurants, an initiative set into motion by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s good news: America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s restaurants have been battered by lockdowns and understandable hesitancy by many Americans to go...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Left's 'Anti-Racist' Messaging Is Failing With Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/anti-racist-messaging-is-failing-with-voters-so-why-cant-liberals-quit-it-opinion/ar-BB1gxbxn?li=BBnbfcL</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you've spent any time at all listening to progressive messaging lately, you've probably heard countless invocations of race and racism. Democratic elected officials have taken to framing virtually any policy goal they want through the lens of anti-racism.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Ignore Mayhem and Riots Everywhere But D.C.]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/05/democrats-go-ape-over-dc-violence-while-ignoring-riots-murder-and-mayhem-everywhere-else/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many politicians have adopted a mindset that says we should only care about victims of violence if we believe they are useful for our political narrative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Deadly Consequences of 'Defund the Police']]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/the-deadly-consequences-of-defund-the-police/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A study published in December offers some evidence that rapidly depleting the ranks of a city's police force can have deadly consequences.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Diversity' Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-diversity-trap-jilani</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressive ideas about diversity have taken over the corporate world but they offer a skin-deep version obsessed only with color and conformity]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are Becoming Economic Populists Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/08/republicans-economic-populist-josh-hawley</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zaid Jilani</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican senator Josh Hawley has accused his party of failing to protect Americans from capitalism. He's right]]></description>
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