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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Campaign Achilles' Heel Is Black Voters]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bankole Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reelection campaign is pivoting to the general election, nearly certain there will be a rematch between him and former President Donald Trump, who is on the cusp of being the Republican standard-bearer in the fall.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Insults Black Voters; VP Pick His Redemption?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/08/08/bankole-joe-biden-insults-black-voters-comments-vp-pick-shot-redemption-whitmer-election/3317854001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bankole Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Biden thinks he can engage in hurtful and anti-Black political discourse, then he is going to have a serious problem in November, Bankole writes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Voters Shouldn't Roll out Red Carpet for Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/03/04/bankole-black-voters-shouldnt-roll-out-red-carpet-biden/4951785002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bankole Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wielding entitlement politics and leveraging deep relationships with the old, black political establishment to mount his campaign against President Donald Trump, Joe Biden has pulled a page out of Hillary Clinton's playbook.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Black Women Will Be Key for Democrats in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2019/12/26/bankole-black-women-key-democrats-2020/2733950001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Bankole Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats would be foolish to render an all-white presidential ticket in 2020, Bankole writes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blacks Should Stop Apologizing for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/bankole-thompson/2019/07/01/bankole-blacks-should-stop-apologizing-dems/1595952001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Bankole Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the disappointing reasons why black communities like Detroit, Flint, Benton Harbor and other places often register significantly less gains under Democratic administrations in Michigan is that blacks don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t demand as much from liberals as from Republicans.]]></description>
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