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<title><![CDATA[Maria Cardona - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30099.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Maria Cardona]]></description><category domain="30099">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Must Be Unified on a Message]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/02/democratic_strategist_maria_cardona_its_more_important_to_be_unified_on_a_message_than_a_candidate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tuesday on the RCP podcast, Carl Cannon spoke with Democratic strategist Maria Cardona about the special elections in Florida and Wisconsin and the future of the Democratic Party. Does the party need a single leader to craft an effective message?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President Biden Is Delivering What Republicans Won&rsquo;t]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/21/president_biden_is_delivering_what_republicans_wont_151138.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden this week announced an important and impactful executive order that protects the undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, some undocumented children as well as some '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Dreamers'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' those brought to this country as children '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' from deportation. It affects...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eight Reasons Biden Will Win Reelection in November]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/03/01/eight_reasons_biden_will_win_reelection_in_november_150587.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we gear up for a rough-and-tumble general election, once again the conventional wisdom taking hold is not so wise. Pundits are laser-focused on polls showing Donald Trump beating President Biden, progressive columnists calling on Biden to drop out because he is too old, and normally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Latino Voters Really Defecting to Republicans?]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-latino-voters-really-defecting-113043677.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden and the Democratic Party retain significant advantages among this fast-growing electorate. Its supposed exodus from the party is an exaggeration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Trump Tells You Who He Is &hellip; Believe Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/16/when_trump_tells_you_who_he_is__believe_him_150064.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many Americans have heard the well-known Maya Angelou quote, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'When someone tells you who they are, believe them.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' For the four years Donald Trump was in the White House, he was clear who he was on the issue of immigration and what he thought of immigrants. When he came down the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anxious Democrats Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4299839-anxious-democrats-can-breathe-a-sigh-of-relief/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats can finally exhale.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Gives Trump His Policy Blueprint for a White House Return]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/03/a_ron_desantis_presidency_maga_20_150001.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Ron DeSantis'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' campaign has not measured up to expectations ever since he announced he was running for the Republican presidential nomination. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard to tell whether Donald Trump sees him as a credible threat. On the one hand, Trump is dismissive, slinging his favorite...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Who Want Biden To Drop Out Should Shut Up]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4249496-hey-democrats-who-want-biden-to-drop-out-shut-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The chaos on Capitol Hill last week as Republicans in the House of Representatives ousted their Speaker for the first time in the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s history, coupled with the horrific Hamas terror attacks in Israel, have seemingly quieted down the calls for President Joe Biden to step aside...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Sexism and Racism Blinded Many Looking for Red Wave]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/26/how_sexism_and_racism_blinded_many_looking_for_red_wave_148521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 2022 midterms will be defined as the red wave that never was. Republicans should have run the table. History, the economy, conventional wisdom, and polls were in their favor. Instead, the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade created a cultural earthquake that many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Should Be Optimistic. Here&rsquo;s Why]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/11/07/democrats_should_be_optimistic_heres_why_148436.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is the day before the 2022 midterm elections, and it has been an emotional roller coaster for Democrats. If you believe the polls and most of the coverage in the media, Democrats should be bracing for a Republican red wave as they take control of the House and probably the Senate as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Momentum Shifts, Can Democrats Defy History?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3589838-as-momentum-shifts-can-democrats-defy-history/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Several things have happened in the last few weeks that suggest Democrats may be in a much better position than history would portend.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Prime-Time Hearing Paints Sobering Picture of Attempted Coup]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/06/10/prime-time_hearing_paints_sobering_picture_of_attempted_coup_147730.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Jan. 6 Committee hearing Thursday night broke new and terrifying ground that started to show with pictures, videos, testimony, and an indisputable narrative how close we were to an American coup d'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'etat. They began to demonstrate how the occupation of the U.S. Capitol was not a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Overcoming Our Political Divide in 2022]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/30/the_keys_to_overcoming_our_political_divide_in_2022_146967.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At this point last year, America was saying goodbye and good riddance to one of the most challenging years (four years I would argue) that we have experienced as a nation. We were hopeful and looking forward to a much less chaotic, frantic, and nerve-wracking year in 2021. We had a newly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abrams Battles GOP's Most Malignant Strains in Georgia]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/585153-georgias-2022-midterms-are-a-battle-against-the-gops-most-malignant-strains</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fight between Kemp and Perdue will be costly and ugly and will focus on the two darkest strains in the Republican party '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' one whose fealty is only to Donald Trump, ahead of democracy, civility, the Constitution and the rule of law '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and the other, whose efforts to make it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latinos Are New Swing Voters: What Are Dems Going to Do?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/580453-latinos-are-the-new-swing-voters-what-are-democrats-going-to-do-about-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party is losing Latino voters and needs to speak directly to the issues they care about most.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lessons From Virginia's Election Aren't What You Think]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/04/the_lessons_from_virginias_election_arent_what_you_think_146683.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conventional wisdom from Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s elections is that the results were a wake-up call for Democrats. Many feel that it was more like a Molotov cocktail had been hurled onto the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bedside table. But how much of the losses were the political tectonic plates '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' which...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is the Democrats' Do-or-Die Moment]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/573494-democrats-do-or-die-moment</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fate of President Biden's agenda (and perhaps his presidency) as well as the economic wellbeing of millions of Americans is at stake.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Enshrine in Law Women's Right to Choose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/09/07/its_time_to_enshrine_in_law_womens_right_to_choose_146363.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas has passed the most draconian anti-women'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rights law in the country and the Supreme Court has chosen to let it go into effect by deciding not to stop it. In doing so, the court has vindicated the hair-on-fire concerns that many Americans had when ultra-conservatives Amy Comey...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Speeches Aren't Enough: Biden Must Endorse Ending Filibuster]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/563173-speeches-arent-enough-biden-must-ditch-bipartisanship-end-filibuster</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has become clear that getting rid of the filibuster to pass laws to protect our Constitution and our democracy is the only viable path forward for the good of the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Important Immigration Question GOP Must Answer]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/560385-the-important-immigration-question-republicans-must-answer</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Only Congress can affect lasting change by codifying our humanity in legislation that respects and values immigrants and the richness they bring to this country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Republican Party Is in Full Melt-Down Mode]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/555121-democrats-should-not-stand-by-as-republicans-self-destruct</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats should assist their Republican counterparts in getting their party back by continuing to seek and speak the truth.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Historic Moment for Latino-Black Solidarity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/04/27/a_historic_moment_for_latino-black_solidarity_145656.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial brought the world to a standstill. For the African American community and the Black Lives Matter movement, it was a moment of triumph. Justice, in this instance, had been served.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
But it was also a tremendous moment of relief and light for all the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Will Pay for Opposing Covid Relief Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/542765-republican-will-pay-in-2022-for-opposing-the-covid-19-relief-plan</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' signs into law'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the American Rescue Plan, he will have presided over the passing of the most transformative bill in decades, and will have done it in little more than 50 days.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Mum on Trump Tweets While Blasting Neera Tanden's]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/04/gop_mum_on_trump_tweets_while_blasting_neera_tandens.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Joe Biden this week announced his top aides to the White House and his economic team. They are all extremely talented, experienced and historically diverse. They also will inherit daunting challenges that they will face with grit, knowledge, intellect and integrity.
But...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Poised to Lose the Coronavirus Election]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/523672-the-coronavirus-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The final days of the 2020 election are finally upon us. President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and former Vice President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' are making their closing arguments in a historic election that will determine who will lead the country amid a global pandemic that has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' killed more than 227,000'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Americans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 2020 Choice: Biden's Competence vs. Trump's Chaos]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/521450-the-choice-its-competence-vs-chaos</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After four years of a presidency that collectively raised the blood pressure of Americans, the country is looking for a leader who is capable, smart, policy-minded and dedicated.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latino Support Lagging for Biden? We Don't Buy It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/25/latino_support_lagging_for_biden_we_dont_buy_it.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, as discussions on race and privilege ripen in the media and in our individual conversations, concepts surrounding the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Latino vote'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' have been widely discussed -- and broadly misconstrued. While offering the frequent caveat that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'there isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t a monolith Latino...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trump Victory Means 4 More Years of American Carnage]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/514302-a-trump-victory-promises-4-more-years-of-american-carnage</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump promised he would put an end to American carnage. But what we have gotten in the past four years is more of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Shows Way Back to the Light--Will Americans Take It?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/513139-biden-showed-the-way-back-to-the-light-will-americans-take-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After three years of going down the dark path, Democrats have shown us the way back to the light. I have faith that Americans will take it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Is Donald Trump's Worst Nightmare]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/511950-kamala-harris-is-donald-trumps-worst-nightmare</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Maria Cardona</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Harris is an accomplished, intelligent, able woman of color who used her prosecutorial chops to great effect during the Trump impeachment hearings.]]></description>
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