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<title><![CDATA[Dean Obeidallah - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24666.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dean Obeidallah]]></description><category domain="24666">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Chris Hayes on How Democrats Must Shift Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/chris-hayes-salon-talks/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chris Hayes knows a thing or two about getting'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attention, given that he has hosted his Emmy Award-winning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' MSNBC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' talk show "All In with Chris Hayes" for more than a decade. That helps explain why his new book, "The Sirens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' Call," which focuses on exactly that topic, debuted at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris and Beyonce Is a Bigger Deal Than Trump, Rogan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-beyonce-donald-trump-joe-rogan-rcna176699</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On every level, from energy to policy to message discipline, the contrast between the Trump interview and the Harris rally was stark.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Libertarians Gave Trump the Reception He Truly Deserves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/27/opinions/trump-booed-libertarian-convention-2024-election-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is accustomed to adoring fans packing his rallies. These MAGA faithful '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including some supporters who travel hundreds of miles to attend repeated rallies '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are only too eager to laugh at his jokes and applaud his bombastic rhetoric. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s why Trump being...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Katie Britt&rsquo;s Outrageous Statements About Migrants]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/opinions/katie-britt-border-biden-speech-sotu-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shane Gillis' Turn Hosting SNL Shows That Bigotry Sells]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/opinions/shane-gillis-snl-bigotry-racism-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Comedian Shane Gillis hosted '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Saturday Night Live'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' this weekend, leading some to criticize the famed TV sketch show for giving a platform to the controversial comedian, who has a well-documented history of making racist comments.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jon Stewart Is Back To Save Us From Trump in 2024]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/opinions/jon-stewart-daily-show-return-trump-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It only took eight years, but apparently Jon Stewart has finally decided to answer the plea from my May 2016 CNN article titled, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We need Jon Stewart back now!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Shouldn't Despair Over New Polls About Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/05/opinions/biden-bad-poll-numbers-democrats-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no other way to put this: New poll results from The New York Times and Siena College that show President Joe Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in most of six battleground states tested are bad.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems&rsquo; Response to Menendez Indictment Contrasts w/GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/opinions/bob-menendez-indictment-democratic-response-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic US Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faces corruption-related charges for the second time in a decade. Friday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s three-count federal indictment accuses Menendez, who was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, of accepting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'hundreds of thousands of dollars...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Actually, Biden Is Good at Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/13/joe-biden-is-good-at-franklin-foer/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Author Franklin Foer talks about his full-spectrum portrait of the man who wins because everyone underestimates him]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr. Is Running in the Wrong Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/opinions/robert-kennedy-jr-presidential-run-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a politician running for president who plans to address the conservative Moms For Liberty group this week. He has also trafficked in baseless conspiracy theories on everything from gun violence to vaccines and has been publicly praised by some of the right wing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jim Jordan Turns Blind Eye To Clarence Thomas Scandal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/opinions/jim-jordan-clarence-thomas-judiciary-committee-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' chaired by Donald Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is set to hold a field hearing in New York City called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' A statement bills the hearing as an examination of how, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Indictments On the Way for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/04/06/will-be-hit-with-more-indictments-in-pretty-rapid-succession-msnbcs-glenn-kirschner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former federal prosecutor turned MSNBC analyst sees Donald Trump's legal future: Plenty of trouble in many places]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shame on 60 Minutes for Interviewing MTG]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/03/opinions/60-minutes-marjorie-taylor-greene-interview-obeidallah</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last year, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia spoke at a white nationalist event organized by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes that caused Republican leaders to denounce her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[George Santos' Win Shows Sad State of Local News]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/george-santos-win-highlights-sad-state-local-news-rcna62849</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How did the representative-elect go from having nothing to millionaire status in two short years?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Just Gave Dems The Perfect Closing Message]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/opinions/obama-closing-message-midterms-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Barack Obama took to the road this weekend to help Democratic candidates in the key battleground states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Obama served up the perfect closing question for voters: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Who will fight for your freedom?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who To Blame for the Supreme Court Losing 'Legitimacy']]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/11/opinions/supreme-court-legitimacy-john-roberts-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chief Justice John Roberts must pin the blame for the loss of confidence in the Supreme Court on himself and his five fellow conservative justices, writes Dean Obeidallah.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Incendiary Rally Proved Biden Was Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/opinions/trump-weekend-rally-biden-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former President Donald Trump gave his first public speech since President Joe Biden's warning about extremism and the threat to democracy. And how did Trump respond? By proving Biden 100% correct, writes Dean Obeidallah.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell Just Made Midterms About Trump's Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/21/opinions/trump-mcconnell-senate-election-2022-obeidallah</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's brutal assessment last week was that Republicans may not win back the Senate in 2022 because of a lack of "candidate quality."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of the Trump-Musk Bromance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/opinions/trump-musk-desantis-election-2024-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk is a "bulls'&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';'t artist," Donald Trump bellowed to applause at a rally in Alaska this weekend. The former President made the remark in response to Musk's recent comment that he had never voted for a Republican before a June special election in Texas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Doing More Than Just Crushing DeSantis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/opinions/newsom-desantis-2024-campaign-ad-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom marked the July 4th holiday by unveiling a campaign ad set to air on Fox News in which he speaks about freedom, amid images of skyrocketing fireworks and the Statue of Liberty. But this 2022 re-election commercial is about just one thing:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Efforts to 'Counterprogram' Jan 6 Hearings Will Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/opinions/trump-january-6-committee-hearings-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol kick off Thursday in prime time. Per the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' committee's tweet'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' last week, the proceedings aim to "provide the American people with a summary of our findings about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Need a New Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/new-gun-restrictions-would-likely-be-undone-supreme-court-n1295799</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[James Madison's notes from the 1789 Constitutional Convention make no mention of a right to own a gun for self defense or recreation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MI Voter Fraud Scandal Could Doom Trump Loyalists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-s-michigan-election-fraud-claims-actually-proved-true-sort-n1295741</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Say what you will about Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and believe me, I have '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but he was right to be on the lookout for election fraud in Michigan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans' War on Comedians Is No Laughing Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/republican-attacks-comedy-mirror-their-attacks-democracy-n1295395</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sean Hannity'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the panel on his Fox News show were triggered into a right-wing hissy fit Monday night after a comedian joked about a political issue in a way that offended them. Before you laugh that off as just another example of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' right ratcheting up the outrage machine, keep...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems: Go Woke and Make 2022 About GOP Extremism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/24/opinions/democrats-gop-2022-election-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some in the GOP are waging a coordinated effort to impose their radical, right-wing beliefs upon Americans, Dean Obeidallah writes. The Democrats should make the 2022 election a referendum on the GOP's extremism, he says.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Double Standard w/Biden Laptop Worse Than You Think]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-the-double-standard-with-hunter-bidens-laptop-is-worse-than-you-think/ar-AAVGbG3?li=BBnbfcL</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The double standard witnessed in the handling of the January 6 attempted coup spurred by former President Donald Trump and Hunter Biden's laptop reveals a fatal flaw that may prove detrimental to the future of democracy, writes Dean Obeidallah.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not a Gaffe--Biden Admin Is Right About Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/opinions/biden-putin-democracy-power-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden concluded his powerful speech this weekend in Poland about Vladimir Putin's barbaric attack on Ukraine with this line about the Russian leader: "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whose Side Is Tucker Carlson On?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/15/opinions/tucker-carlson-putin-russia-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dean Obeidallah writes that Tucker Carlson's pro-Russian and pro-Putin comments on Fox News in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine makes some wonder who's side he's on. Carlson's comments are so extreme, a recently leaked memo from the Kremlin even asks state media to highlight his show.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Blue State Dems Can Save Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/texas-could-be-unlikely-model-democrats-voting-rights-n1288389</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blue state Democrats need to use every weapon to save voting rights nationally.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Rally in Texas Shows Why He's So Dangerous]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/opinions/trump-rally-dangerous-obeidallah/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dean Obeidallah</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are times when we should ignore the rhetoric of twice-impeached former President Donald Trump -- and then there are times we must not, because his statements are potentially dangerous to our nation. Trump's comments at his Texas rally on Saturday fall into the latter category.]]></description>
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