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<title><![CDATA[Ryan Cooper - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24624.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ryan Cooper]]></description><category domain="24624">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[More Evidence, Less Speculation on 'AI Safety']]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/09/23/ai-safety-needs-more-evidence-less-fruitcake-speculation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Strange nerds distributing imaginary stories on the internet is no basis for a system of government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Tech Crashes Headlong Into U.S. Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/08/31/data-centers-ai-republicans-big-tech-american-democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The AI oligarchs thought they could stuff data centers down the throats of the American people. They thought wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meta Is a Monopoly Even If TikTok Can Compete]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/23/meta-monopoly-tiktok-compete-social-media-antitrust/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is foolish to suggest that competition anywhere proves that a company isn't a monopoly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Hate, Hate, Hate Filing Taxes. There Is a Better Way]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/15/tax-day-could-be-a-breeze/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I hate, hate, hate filing taxes. There is a better way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/05/israel-america-alliance-iran-war-trump-rubio-netanyahu/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Alliances are built on shared interests. Those do not exist here.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems, Don't Provide a Single Dime to MAGA Storm Troopers]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/02/16/ice-cbp-defund-homeland-security-democrats-congress/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats, somewhat to my surprise, have held the line and refused to support funding the Department of Homeland Security in budget negotiations, and so funding ran out on Friday. As my colleague Robert Kuttner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' reports, Democrats offered Republicans a bargain of funding...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Persecution of Powell Crazier Than It Looks]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/01/14/trump-persecution-jerome-powell-federal-reserve-central-bank/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is carrying out a corrupt prosecution of the Federal Reserve chair. Messing with Fed independence might spark inflation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Australia Proves Gun Control Works]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/17/australia-proves-gun-control-works/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Bondi mass shooting would have been a lot worse if not for Aussie gun regulations'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which if anything aren't strict enough.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Obamacare Plan Is Still Not Great]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/11/25/trump-obamacare-plan-affordable-care-act/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republican plan to more than double premiums is gone, but the insurance will get worse, and the poor will pay more.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Donald Trump Is Making Crime Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/justice/2025-09-24-donald-trump-crown-prince-of-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While the president howls about crime in liberal cities, he is taking drastic action to make it worse everywhere.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Greenland Is Red]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/world/2025-09-23-this-greenland-is-red/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[JB Pritzker Shows How To Handle Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-05-jb-pritzker-shows-how-to-handle-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cower before a bully, and he'll only hit you harder. Stand up to him, however'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Moderate Senate Dems Enabled Trump's DC Takeover]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-22-how-moderate-senate-democrats-enabled-trumps-dc-takeover/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many have warned that allowing D.C. to remain a disenfranchised colony would lead to disaster. They were right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Just Gutted Our Best Defense Against Future Pandemics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/health/2025-08-20-robert-kennedy-has-gutted-best-defense-future-pandemics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[mRNA technology saved America's bacon in 2020. Now RFK Jr. is defunding it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Bleak Future of Trumponomics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/economy/2025-08-06-bleak-future-of-trumponomics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is destroying the world's faith in America and the dollar. We will pay dearly for that.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There's a Far Cheaper Way To Do Rooftop Solar]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-28-far-cheaper-way-to-do-rooftop-solar/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You don't have to pay for contractors or a grid hookup.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel's Endgame Is Obliterating Palestine]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/world/2025-07-25-israels-endgame-obliterating-palestine/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gaza is being deliberately starved. The West Bank is next.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Appeasing Trump Only Emboldened Him]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-trump-prosecution-law-felonies-fascism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Having evaded accountability when he was out of power, he's running amok today.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mad King Trump's Tariff Disaster]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/economy/2025-03-12-mad-king-trumps-tariff-disaster/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's trade war on Canada is heating up in the dumbest conceivable manner.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Millions May Die Thanks to Elon Musk]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/world/2025-03-03-musk-doge-pepfar-hiv-tuberculosis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The shadow president is gutting America's vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk &amp; Trump Causing Dumbest Imperial Collapse in History]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/world/2025-02-19-musk-trump-causing-dumbest-imperial-collapse-in-history/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Empires have fallen before. But it's never been this purely idiotic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Living in the Center of the 2024 Political Hurricane]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2024-09-18-center-2024-political-hurricane-wilkes-barre-harris/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Prospect reports on the Harris campaign in northeast Pennsylvania.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Defense of Bidenomics]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/economy/2024-08-19-in-defense-of-bidenomics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's economic record is good, actually.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for Pragmatic Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2024-08-05-case-for-pragmatic-socialism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The times are right for a socialist agenda that America can accept. We even have examples of it in practice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Pious One, Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2024-04-04-pious-one-donald-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The least likely embodiment of Christian virtues in American life is practically running as an evangelical minister.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Against Private Enterprise]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2023-07-24-republicans-against-private-enterprise/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In their view, business should be forced to be transphobic and ignore climate change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What We Can Learn From Falling Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-10-learn-from-falling-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pandemic caused a lot of crime. But police reform can play a part in reducing it as well.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Sell 'Bidenomics'?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2023-06-30-can-democrats-sell-bidenomics/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The substance is there. But the sales apparatus isn't yet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Corporate Support of LGBT Rights Is Teetering]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2023-06-19-corporate-support-lgbt-rights-teetering/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fascist right is finding it easy to bully Target and other companies with a campaign of homophobic terror.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Deserves To Be Indicted]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/power/2023-03-27-trump-deserves-to-be-indicted/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ryan Cooper</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But not just for the Stormy Daniels affair; the most corrupt president in American history has gotten away with far too much.]]></description>
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