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<title><![CDATA[Alex Shephard - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32115.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alex Shephard]]></description><category domain="32115">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Forgot How To Do Politics--If He Ever Knew]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/215468/trump-ai-data-centers-position-bad-politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is defending AI and data centers to the hilt, while most of the country recoils.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Left's Big Moment? We'll Know in 2 Months]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/215013/left-big-moment-democrats-midterm-elections</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Progressives and socialists made historic gains in Democratic primaries. But what happens in November is what really matters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Trapped in His YOLO War in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/214159/trump-iran-negotiations-caught-trap</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It always works out, the president assures us. But Iran is playing hardball because it sees what every American does: The war is jacking up prices and dragging down the entire Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Red Scare Is Here--and It's Dumber Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-new-red-scare-is-here-and-it-s-dumber-than-ever/ar-AA28Y20H</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For more than a decade, the biggest story in America has been Donald Trump, and for good reason. A real estate conman and reality TV star somehow, despite being a racist, sexist, narcissistic, juvenile, and just plain stupid man, became president of the United States.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Establishment Running Scared in Michigan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-democratic-establishment-is-running-scared-in-michigan/ar-AA28LXoc</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No primary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'especially a Senate primary'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'should go on this long. But Michigan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic Senate primary, having dragged on for months, has turned into an'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' interminably vicious grudge fest'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'one that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not likely to subside until voters finally go to the polls on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Soccer Still Explain the World?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/does-soccer-still-explain-the-world/ar-AA287cW6</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Affordability Politics Are Here To Stay]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/affordability-politics-are-here-to-stay/ar-AA24g0yE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and gas prices fall, many Americans will still believe that the economy is terrible. Do the Democrats have a solution for this permacession?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Have a Biden Problem. Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-have-a-joe-biden-problem-again/ar-AA22Dn0e</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you thought about Joe Biden? If the answer is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'recently,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s probably a sign that you should consider taking up a hobby or joining a club'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'anything, really, that doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t involve politics.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Doesn't Care If He Wrecks Global Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-doesn-t-care-if-he-wrecks-the-global-economy/ar-AA22vd2b</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' gathered'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' more than 100 small-business leaders in the East Wing of the White House to take a victory lap. His return to the White House had resulted in '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'record business,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said. The tax and regulatory cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Will Decide When This War Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/international-relations/iran-not-trump-decides-when-this-war-is-over/ar-AA1YTV3V</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A week ago, President Trump effectively declared victory in the Iran war.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hilarious Decline of MAGA&rsquo;s Brief Cultural Relevance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hilarious-decline-maga-brief-cultural-110000326.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is trying not to make a big deal of the fact that he won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be attending Super Bowl LX when it kicks off on Sunday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He&rsquo;s the Warmonger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/marco-rubio-not-adult-room-110000143.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Early this year, having lost their majority in the November election, Senate Democrats put up a fight over a number of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Cabinet picks. But Marco Rubio wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t one of them. The Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' unanimously confirmed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' him as secretary of state in January'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for two...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer Needs To Go]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chuck-schumer-needs-210329168.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, that question would not have been difficult to answer. The government shutdown was about cuts to Obamacare subsidies that were poised to cause the cost of health care to skyrocket for millions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and that would likely destroy the Affordable Care Act itself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s the Matter With New Jersey Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/matter-jersey-democrats-110000048.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic nominee for governor in New Jersey has represented a suburban district in the U.S. House since 2019.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Platner Is a Disaster. Dems Need More Candidates Like Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/graham-platner-disaster-democrats-more-100000053.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic leaders rarely have moments of vindication these days. The party is completely out of power at the national level.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Best the Democrats Can Do?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/best-democrats-100000247.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was It a 'Cover-Up' If We  Knew the Truth About Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/was-it-really-a-cover-up-if-we-all-knew-the-truth-about-biden/ar-AA1Fc5pu</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As signs of Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mental and physical decline grew worse throughout his presidency, he nonetheless insisted everything was fine. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Look, I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I have that test. Everything I do,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he said last July, after ABC News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Isn't Going Anywhere]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/don-t-be-fooled-elon-musk-isn-t-going-anywhere/ar-AA1DBhK3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk is finally leaving Washington, or so we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re told. Speaking to panicked Tesla investors on Tuesday, the electric-car company'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s CEO said the magic words that they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and countless millions across the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'have been wanting to hear for months. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Starting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why 2nd Trump Presidency Is Worse for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-second-trump-presidency-much-110000382.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first time around, the party had a plausible endgame for Trump's reign. Today, that's entirely absent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[This Is So Much Worse Than Last Time]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/this-is-so-much-worse-than-last-time/ar-AA1yrYuO</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is practically no way to describe what is currently happening in the United States without sounding hysterical, or like some sort of crank'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or, maybe, insane. But here goes!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Other Big Victory]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-s-other-big-victory/ar-AA1uzJzK</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-s-other-big-victory/ar-AA1uzJzK]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t just win the election. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also become fully normalized in American culture.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Making Same Mistakes She Made in 2019]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/series/53/kamala-harris-making-mistakes-made-2019</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://newrepublic.com/series/53/kamala-harris-making-mistakes-made-2019]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A close look at her failed primary campaign suggests Harris has evolved less than previously assumed. There's still time for her to change, however'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but it's running out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs To Stop Whining About the Media]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/182478/joe-biden-needs-stop-whining-media</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The administration's constant complaining about press coverage is unhelpful and unbecoming.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Might Need To Replace Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-joe-biden-problem-202202644.html</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-joe-biden-problem-202202644.html]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A disastrous new poll shows the president trailing in swing states where Democratic candidates lead their Republican opponents. It might be time for a drastic change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Doing Biden a Massive Favor on the Border]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/178537/immigration-deal-trump-biden-massive-favor</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://newrepublic.com/article/178537/immigration-deal-trump-biden-massive-favor]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is backing a restrictionist immigration bill that would further divide Democrats. So why is Trump trying to kill it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House GOP Only Has One Way Out of Govt Funding Debacle]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/178055/house-republicans-one-way-government-funding-debacle</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://newrepublic.com/article/178055/house-republicans-one-way-government-funding-debacle]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If they want to keep the government open and benefit politically, they should make a Democrat speaker.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Elon Musk Already Ruined Twitter?]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/167048/elon-musk-ruin-twitter-lawsuit</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Tesla mogul proved his critics wrong'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'by coming up with a way to wreck the social media company that they never could have expected.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Challengers Making Same Mistakes All Over Again]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/173207/trumps-challengers-making-mistakes</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://newrepublic.com/article/173207/trumps-challengers-making-mistakes]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They only want to talk about policy. That's a huge error.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis &amp; Pence Are Running Scared]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/172767/desantis-pence-2024-trump-strategy</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's amateur hour as Trump's two big rivals follow the same bad strategy of the last batch of Republican presidential primary losers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the Disheartening 2022 World Cup]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/169003/qatar-fifa-2022-world-cup</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://newrepublic.com/article/169003/qatar-fifa-2022-world-cup]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alex Shephard</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The next few weeks will be a constant reminder that the biggest tournament in the sports world should never have been awarded to Qatar.]]></description>
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