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<title><![CDATA[Branko Marcetic - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30313.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Branko Marcetic]]></description><category domain="30313">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[AfD Helped Politically by Russia-Ukraine War Backlash]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/world/afd-germany-ukraine-war-backlash/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No election result is monocausal, and there are clearly many factors that have converged to make the AfD Germany's most popular party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Official Exposes Russia-Ukraine War Lie]]></title>
							<link>https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-nato-sloat/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She isn't the first to admit after the fact that taking NATO off the table to avoid Russian invasion was considered, and dismissed]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reagan Was Criticized for Diplomacy, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theamericanconservative.com/reagan-was-criticized-for-diplomacy-too/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 40th president faced the same arguments, almost beat for beat, that Trump is hearing now for his efforts in Ukraine.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Ukraine Should Hold Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-elections/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kyiv's fiercest advocates would sacrifice democracy to defend the country. That doesn't quite make sense.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Bitter Vindication on Russia-Ukraine War]]></title>
							<link>https://compactmag.com/article/a-bitter-vindication-for-ukraine-doves</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After alternately ignoring and vilifying advocates for restraint in Ukraine, the foreign-policy establishment is coming around to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' restraint.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Twitter Files Are in Fact a Big Deal]]></title>
							<link>https://jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-content-moderation-intelligence-agencies-surveillance</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the Left, there's been a temptation to dismiss the revelations about Twitter's internal censorship system that have emerged from the so-called Twitter Files project. But that would be a mistake: the news is important and the details are alarming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left Has a Lot To Celebrate After Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://inthesetimes.com/article/midterm-election-bernie-sanders-squad-left-progressive-ballot-measures</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the midterm elections, more left-wing insurgents are going to the House, Bernie Sanders has two strong allies in the Senate and progressive ballot measures passed everywhere.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dems Aren't Powerless to Flip Joe Manchin]]></title>
							<link>https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/democratic-party-congress-biden-votes-manchin-sinema-politics-infrastructure-voting-rights-bills</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic leaders claim to be powerless against the handful of conservative Democrats blocking progressive reform. Yet when it comes to government surveillance or funding war, those Democrats always know how to force rank-and-file lawmakers to fall in line.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sinema Let Thirst For Power Debase Her Progressivism]]></title>
							<link>https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/kyrsten-sinema-transformation-democrat-arizona-minimum-wage</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The story of Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a former Green Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'aligned activist who recently rejected a minimum wage hike and is now one of the most right-wing Democrats in the Senate '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' is about how a desperate thirst for power can debase even the most idealistic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[More Proof of Corporate Media's Anti-Sanders Bias]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/22180/msnbc-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-democratic-debate-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[During the debate and in the spin room, Sanders was treated more like an outsider than a front runner. It's part of a broader anti-Bernie slant in the liberal network's coverage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MSNBC Is Ignoring the Bernie Sanders Campaign]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/22151/msnbc-bernie-sanders-warren-biden-media-bias-democratic-primary-nomination</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the network's primetime pundits do cover Sanders, they cover him more negatively than Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Score for Biden's Performance: 8 Million Pinocchios]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/22056/joe-biden-iraq-war-democratic-debate-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic debate featured another attempt by Joe Biden to rewrite his record on the Iraq War.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders, Warren Kill the Corporate Dem Consensus]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/21986/corporate-democrats-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-debate-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Tuesday's debate, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren obliterated the corporate Democratic Party consensus. It's about damn time.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Many Liberals Are Skeptical of the Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/article/21349/jonathan_chait_donald_trump_russiagate_putin</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chait says Russiagate skeptics are foolish. Here's why he's completely wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Secret History of Superdelegates]]></title>
							<link>http://inthesetimes.com/features/superdelegates_bernie_sanders_hillary_clinton.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Branko Marcetic</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SINCE ITS LAUNCH, A SPECTER HAS HAUNTED BERNIE SANDERS'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' RUN for the Democratic nomination. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not his age, though at 74 he would be the oldest president in American history. And it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s an avowed socialist, the label that a mere eight years ago was used...]]></description>
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