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<title><![CDATA[Ross Barkan - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30990.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ross Barkan]]></description><category domain="30990">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Will Mamdani's Left YIMBYism Work?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The struggle over how to make housing more affordable has riven the American left for several years now. The fight roughly divides into two camps. One, known as the YIMBYs (yes in my backyard) or Abundance movement (taken from the best-selling Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson book), argues...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Comes the Inevitable Backlash to DSA&rsquo;s Rise]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/here-comes-the-inevitable-backlash-to-dsa-s-rise/ar-AA28APO9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic elites are wary of the insurgency. The Democratic Socialists of America have never been more relevant. And with this rise comes an inevitable backlash'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'not so much from the voters themselves as the Democratic elites wary of the insurgency and the media organs that,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Sends Message: Revolution Is Here To Stay]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Loses a Fight He Shouldn't Have Joined]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mamdani-loses-a-fight-he-shouldn-t-have-joined/ar-AA220OPd</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a strange Tuesday for Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Before nightfall, he could claim at least one notable victory: an agreement with the City Council speaker, Julie Menin, to extend a crucial deadline to present his executive budget.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AOC's Munich Stumble a Warning to the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/aoc-s-munich-stumble-is-a-warning-to-the-left/ar-AA1Wx5mG</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a triumphant foreign visit for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is, on the national level, the best current hope for the American left.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Results of Mamdani's First Test Have Been Mixed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-cold-has-been-mamdani-s-first-serious-test-the-results-have-been-mixed/ar-AA1Wlu96</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Newsom Really the Dem Front-Runner for 2028?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/is-gavin-newsom-peaking-too-soon/ar-AA1VDV8m</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are few politicians in America on a better recent run than Gavin Newsom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Mamdani Should Handle Cea Weaver Media Storm]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-mayor-mamdani-should-handle-the-cea-weaver-media-storm/ar-AA1TSmIz</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One week into the mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani, there is already a political crisis. Yesterday, Cea Weaver, his pick to lead the revived Office to Protect Tenants, was on the front page of the New York Post and making international headlines; the Daily Mail, along with the Post, has been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Very Interesting Primary Is Brewing in NYC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-very-interesting-primary-is-brewing-in-lower-manhattan-and-brooklyn/ar-AA1SdegU?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=b6359b3cc6c44eb6f2f5b897d8af0be0&amp;ei=5</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a wave of upcoming primaries, none will be like Brad Lander versus Dan Goldman.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Schumer Isn't Going Anywhere, Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-solution-to-chuck-schumer/ar-AA1Qrb5w?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=9d355f2a2f034b1ef345e67c37a5074d&amp;ei=9</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Chuck Schumer'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s growing list of haters, there are two realities that are going to both excite and frustrate: He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not going anywhere as Senate Democratic Leader,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s increasingly unlikely he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be reelected in 2028.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do Democrats Know What They're For?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/do-democrats-know-what-they-re-for/ar-AA1QeKT6</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is understandable that many Democrats are furious with the senators who voted'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to end'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the government shutdown. There is a feeling that, finally, Democrats had leverage over Donald Trump as SNAP benefits were cut and Americans largely blamed Republicans, not the Democratic Party,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Mayor for a New Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-mayor-for-a-new-age/ar-AA1POROm</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no equivalent in American history to Zohran Kwame Mamdani becoming, at age 34, the next mayor of New York City. An avowed socialist has never led a city so large, nor has a Muslim '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' nor, in almost any instance, has someone so young and so unlikely to win as the state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo Has 18 Days Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/andrew-cuomo-has-18-days-left/ar-AA1OGAM8?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=de540285b5c149edcb233f78450de37e&amp;ei=4</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo tried very hard on Thursday night to derail Zohran Mamdani, blasting away at the 33-year-old democratic socialist for lacking the experience to govern.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Has Nowhere To Go]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-emptiness-of-kamala-harris/ar-AA1OgViw</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is hard to see what kind of political career'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will ever have again. This makes her unique among recently vanquished major-party nominees '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' barring a remarkable shift in circumstances, there really is nowhere else for her to go.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Mamdani Be Worried?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/without-adams-should-mamdani-be-worried/ar-AA1NtnKi</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eric Adams, as was becoming apparent for many months, will be a one-term mayor.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Have Entered, Indisputably, a New Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-new-era-of-political-violence/ar-AA1MnahE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The assassination of Charlie Kirk was, at once, horrifically modern and yoked to tradition.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Adams Hates Cuomo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-eric-adams-hates-andrew-cuomo/ar-AA1MbdjT</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eric Adams, buried in the polls and destined for an infamous single term as mayor of New York, let it be known last week he wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t going anywhere. Rejecting numerous reports that had him taking federal jobs or even an ambassadorship in the Trump administration, Adams said he was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meme Wars Aren't Sufficient for Newsom and Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-is-the-summer-of-gavin-newsom/ar-AA1Lexvk?cvid=d1633c631be34586e7249ae2faf4cc45&amp;ei=8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Locked out of power and three years away from knowing, with full certainty, who their nominee for president will be, Democrats remain adrift. They are hungry for leaders, for heroes, for national politicians who might, like a young Barack Obama, inspire them anew.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Anti-Mamdani Movement Is Fizzling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-anti-mamdani-movement-is-fizzling/ar-AA1KVXDl</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Zohran Mamdani was battling Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary, it was an open question whether the young socialist, if he managed to win, could survive a general election.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Dispatch the National Guard to New York City?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/why-trump-will-probably-dispatch-the-national-guard-to-new-york-city/ar-AA1KFAbb</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump, as a native, is naturally obsessed with the local political class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In 6 Months, Trump's Squandered His Political Capital]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-came-in-with-a-lot-of-political-capital-in-6-months-he-s-squandered-it/ar-AA1JkFp3?cvid=e0947b586f27490cc24dad4c1f3f574e&amp;ei=6</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a brief, shimmering moment in the aftermath of the 2024 election, almost everything seemed possible for Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Cuomo Forging On in New York?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/why-does-andrew-cuomo-want-a-rematch-with-zohran-mamdani/ar-AA1J0fA3</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo, as a mayoral candidate in the general election, was always inevitable. What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been shocking, in light of the Democratic primary last month, is the circumstances under which Cuomo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has decided to forge on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo Isn't Strong; His Opponents Are Weak]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/andrew-cuomo-isn-t-strong-his-opponents-are-weak/ar-AA1FWRA7</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo is the heavy favorite to be elected New York City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s next mayor. But the primary, with less than one month to go, is not quite over yet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Glass Century]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearbooks.com/articles/2025/05/23/glass_century_1111914.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the BQE she caught the holy hell of it, the way smoke was streaming from burning steel. It was cinema, bad fiction, a plot point dreamed up as too ridiculous for art and discarded somewhere else. She drove on thinking that soon this would all dissolve and she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be back home, in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case Against Leaving Trump&rsquo;s America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-case-against-leaving-trump-s-america/ar-AA1FbEeC</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These are dark times for Americans who care about civil liberties '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but heady ones, once more, for those who want to performatively resist the MAGA stranglehold on the federal government.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is a Crook, But He&rsquo;s Their Crook]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-is-a-crook-but-he-s-their-crook/ar-AA1EXSn5</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If much of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second term seems unprecedented, there are still ways in which he is merely parroting the destructive actions of his predecessors.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WH Briefing Now a Playground for MAGA Influencers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-white-house-briefing-room-has-become-a-playground-for-maga-influencers/ar-AA1EBRAt?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration does not want to answer difficult questions. This was true the first time around, in the chaos and haze of the 2010s, and it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s true once more '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' except their contempt for the mainstream media appears to be reaching fresh, disorienting heights. Earlier...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Generations Will Decide New York's Mayoral Race?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/which-generations-will-decide-new-york-s-mayoral-race/ar-AA1EbtNI?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ross Barkan</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Never before, in modern times at least, has a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York City mayoral race'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' known such a generation gap.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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