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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Real Problem: Their Platform]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/22/the-dnc-autopsy-wont-address-democrats-platform-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Focused on messaging and ad spend, the autopsy ignores Democrats' real problem: their platform]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Primary Could Rewrite the Democrat Playbook]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/03/03/how-the-texas-primary-could-rewrite-the-democrats-campaign-playbook/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The closely watched Democratic primary for Senate in Texas, which has turned into a battle between Rep.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jasmine Crockett'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and state Rep.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' James Talarico, is not just testing what style of candidate Democrats prefer heading into 2026, but also two different theories of how to win...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minneapolis Showed How To Fight ICE and Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/02/13/minneapolis-showed-how-to-fight-ice-and-win/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tennessee's 7th District Race Bucks Conventional Wisdom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/12/01/aftyn-behns-rise-challenges-tennessees-gop-establishment/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Aftyn Behn, a Tennessee state representative, is bucking conventional wisdom by closing the distance between herself and her Republican opponent in a deep-red district as a strident progressive.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Play Redistricting 'Hardball']]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/08/20/newsom-promises-new-democratic-party-amid-gop-redistricting-push/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the face of ongoing dirty pool from the GOP,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democratic Party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' leaders say they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re ready to get ruthless.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Democrats Face a 'Complicated' Long Game]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/08/11/texas-democrats-face-a-complicated-long-game/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The odds are stacked against state lawmakers who broke quorum in an effort to stop a GOP gerrymander]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bad Headlines Piling Up, But Don't Count Democrats Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/08/05/are-democrats-blowing-it-a-blue-wave-is-no-sure-thing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are confronting the possibility that a backlash to Trump won't be enough for them to take back Congress]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[David Hogg Wants Democrats To Wake Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/04/22/david-hogg-puts-incumbent-democrats-on-notice-we-have-to-show-how-our-party-is-going-to-fight-back/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hogg, vice chair of the DNC, spoke to Salon about launching primary challenges against lackluster Democrats]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOJ Sets Out To 'Scare' Sanctuary Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/doj-is-trying-to-scare-local-democrats-into-carrying-out-mass-deportations/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said he would not be intimidated into carrying out a "fascist" agenda]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['All Eyes on This District' To Stop MAGA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/11/04/democrats-say-all-eyes-are-on-this-district-to-stop-and-mike-johnsons-little-secret/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Campaign between Josh Riley and Rep. Marc Molinaro in New York's 19th District is considered the closest House race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can New York Democrats Deliver in 2024?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/10/02/can-new-york-democrats-deliver-in-2024-inside-the-plan-to-reach-more-than-ever-before/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Russell Payne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a collapse in the mid-terms, New York Democrats are betting a revamped party can help win a House majority]]></description>
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