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<title><![CDATA[Eric Levitz - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/32904.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Eric Levitz]]></description><category domain="32904">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Flock Cameras Are Creepy. They Might Still Be Worth It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/flock-cameras-creepy-might-still-113000756.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To no small extent, Americans have grown accustomed to being watched.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI and the Bioweapon Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/general/the-scariest-ai-doom-scenario-you-haven-t-thought-about/ar-AA2cyCCI</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AI will be the death of me. And you. And everyone we know.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI Buildout Is Bruised But Far From Broken]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/what-would-it-take-to-actually-stop-the-data-centers/ar-AA2bk7fv</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the United States, building a data center'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' now polls'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' roughly as well as'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' abolishing the police. If current trends continue, server warehouses may soon be less popular with Americans than pizza topped with pineapple and shattered glass.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Strange Politics Behind the AI Backlash]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-strange-politics-of-the-ai-backlash/ar-AA2arYMK</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The general election for Wisconsin governor is now a week old. But the past seven days of debate between the race'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Republican and Democratic candidates can be paraphrased in just two lines:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Would Happen If U.S. Cut Off Aid to Israel?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-would-actually-happen-if-the-us-cut-off-aid-to-israel/ar-AA29LadC</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In recent months, two ideas that were once on the fringes of Democratic policy thinking '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' cutting off financial support and stopping arms transfers to Israel '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' have gone mainstream.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Cost of Mamdani's Plan for Groceries]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-hidden-cost-of-mamdani-s-plan-for-cheap-groceries/ar-AA29iGhH</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New Yorkers will soon enjoy a 30 percent discount on their meat, seafood, milk, and bread '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' so long as they shop at a city-owned store.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI Could End Up Too Cheap To Control]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/ai-could-end-up-too-cheap-to-control/ar-AA293yPA</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The AI industry'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s investors and critics don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t agree on much. But many in each camp share at least one basic conviction: America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top labs are about to make a killing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Medicare-for-All Has a Doctor Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/general/medicare-for-all-has-a-doctor-problem/ar-AA28AFqB?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6a638d612d3d437a8a3d14f9c6ae9df6&amp;cvpid=7c456aa75225450ad300d5408ca47109&amp;ei=3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Abdul El-Sayed is among America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most prominent proponents of Medicare-for-all.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Counts As &ldquo;Working Class&rdquo;?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/who-counts-as-working-class/ar-AA28hJKW?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=6a5ec57714394cd5886d98d922192b70&amp;cvpid=e97a8046a2f64ad0a5f87b4a5625e2da&amp;ei=8</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democratic Socialists of America say'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' they are fighting for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a government by, for, and of the working class.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Rent Control Really Backfire?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/voters-love-rent-freezes-economists-hate-them-except-for-this-one/ar-AA27nEKS</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s housing crisis deepens, policymakers are increasingly turning to an old idea for improving affordability: making large rent increases illegal.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Left's New Vision Is Running Into an Old Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/there-s-one-big-reason-socialist-voters-may-not-get-what-they-want/ar-AA273kJz</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In just the past two weeks,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' four insurgent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' left-wing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' candidates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including three socialists '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' have won Democratic congressional primaries. The latest victor, 29-year-old Melat Kiros, defeated 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette Tuesday night.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Strange Flirtation With AI Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-strange-flirtation-ai-socialism-103000038.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new, bipartisan idea is taking Washington by storm: collective ownership of the means of production.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Economy Could Have Been Great--If Not for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-2026-economy-could-have-been-great-if-not-for-trump/ar-AA24aI6X</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump has put the US economy through the wringer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Data Centers Could Be Good for Your Hometown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/data-centers-could-actually-be-good-for-your-hometown/ar-AA23sXGd</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The only good data center is a canceled data center.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Hasan Piker--Spoiler: It's Not About Israel]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/real-problem-hasan-piker-103000549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hasan Piker is exceptionally good at ranting about politics while playing video games. In the late 20th century, this would have made him a fun (if exhausting) hang. In today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s era, it has rendered him one of the most'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' influential'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' left-wing commentators in America, an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War Is on Hold, Economy Is Still in Danger]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/war-and-conflicts/war-events/the-war-is-on-hold-but-the-economy-is-still-in-danger/ar-AA20sjvE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For months, America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war with Iran has been'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' slowly suffocating'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the global economy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of the Downwardly Mobile College Graduate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-myth-of-the-downwardly-mobile-college-graduate/ar-AA20uXp3</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose their value. Many have been forced into menial jobs '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' while others cling to their prestigious positions only by accepting ever more exploitative terms...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[4 Reasons Why AI (Probably) Won't Take Your Job]]></title>
							<link>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-reasons-why-ai-probably-110000663.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What the AI jobs panic is missing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI Industry's Civil War: What Anthropic and OpenAI Really Believe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-industry-civil-war-120000256.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Silicon Valley, opinion about how artificial intelligence should be developed and used '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and regulated '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' runs the gamut between two poles. At one end lie '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'accelerationists,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' who believe that humanity should expand AI'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s capabilities as quickly as possible,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court's Tariff Decision Could Save You $1,000]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-supreme-court-s-tariff-decision-could-save-you-1-000/ar-AA1WKXjy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 6-3 decision, the Court ruled on Friday that the bulk of Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tariffs were unconstitutionally enacted.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deportation Forces Finally Went Too Far]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-s-deportation-forces-finally-went-too-far/ar-AA1V4Fhg</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A federal agent shoves a woman to the ground. A young man walks over to help her up. Then the agent pepper-sprays them both.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wall Street Buying Up Houses Is Good, Actually]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/trump-s-war-on-wall-street-landlords-could-raise-your-rent/ar-AA1UOkvJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wall Street is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'gobbling up'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s homes. Firms with names like'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' BlackRock'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (or'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Blackstone'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or SablePebble) are shouldering their way into every suburban open house and offering 50 percent above asking price '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in a bid to consolidate control of local markets...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Uncomfortable Truth About 'the Left' and 'the Right']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-fiction-at-the-heart-of-america-s-political-divide/ar-AA1U2XqO</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most impassioned Democrats and Republicans don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t agree on much.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Backlash to AI Is Overstated]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-political-backlash-to-ai-is-overstated/ar-AA1TiqiT</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A widely despised industry is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' slurping up Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' water'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' driving up their electricity bills'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' as part of a nefarious plot to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' take their jobs. Voters are begging for their political leaders to take a stand against these accursed corporations. Yet the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Money Buy Americans Happiness?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/politics/472466/america-money-inflation-happiness-vibecession-degrowth</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Price Controls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/should-the-government-just-ban-high-prices/ar-AA1R2ld2</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To most economists, the best way to make things more affordable is to make them more plentiful: When the supply of a good rises, its price tends to fall. Thus, to push down the costs of expensive commodities, the government should make them easier to produce.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2025 Elections Illuminate a Nightmare Scenario for the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-is-how-the-trump-coalition-unravels/ar-AA1PSogs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s off-year elections, the GOP lost every major race by a mile. Democratic candidates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' won the Virginia governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s race'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by around 15 points, the New Jersey gubernatorial election by 13, and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Georgia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s statewide public commissioner elections'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' by more than 25...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Would Mamdani's Plans Work in New York?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/how-would-zohran-mamdani-s-dream-economy-actually-work/ar-AA1PQUaE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Socialists just seized the commanding heights of New York City.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Most Likely AI Apocalypse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-most-likely-ai-apocalypse/ar-AA1PMhx5?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=8f9c83fc88ec4ab3815e7084016d793e&amp;ei=8</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve had many disquieting realizations '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that the American voter is more forgiving of insurrections than inflation, that being 37 means having one bad knee (and another not particularly good one), and that the New York Mets made a pact with Satan in the fall...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are Democrats So Unpopular?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-real-reason-why-democrats-are-so-unpopular/ar-AA1PpGRw</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eric Levitz</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party has spent most of the past decade deciding to lose.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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