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<title><![CDATA[Emma Janssen - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/52141.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Emma Janssen]]></description><category domain="52141">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Oddest Democrat in Congress?]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/post/216334/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-red-delicious-apple</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has a habit of championing niche issues. Now she's facing a strong challenge from a Republican with a similar instinct for local politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hobbs Holds the Line in AZ. Now, She's Under Attack]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/post/215988/hobbs-arizona-investigation-governor</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Arizona governor's race isn't the highest-profile contest this year. But it isn't one that Dems want to lose, either.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should Dems Worry About Huge Cash Disadvantage?]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/post/216169/worried-dems-gop-huge-cash-advantage</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The November midterms will test how much money matters when it comes to angry voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Looking Good in North Carolina--or Are They?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/dems-are-looking-good-in-north-carolina-or-are-they/ar-AA2auPfh</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Democrats want to take back the Senate, they need North Carolina'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'their best chance to pick up a previously Republican-held seat, according to the Cook Political Report. So you think they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be delighted: For months, polls have consistently put former Democratic Governor Roy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Senate Race Could Ruin Democrats' Plans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-surprising-senate-race-could-ruin-democrats-plans/ar-AA2a2beE</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Democrats want any shot at taking back the Senate, they need to win the seat in Minnesota being vacated by retiring Democrat Tina Smith. Normally, this wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be a tough task: The party hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t had to worry about a Minnesota Senate seat in nearly 20 years. But a unique set...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Brown Has To Do To Beat Husted in Ohio]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sherrod-brown-beat-jon-husted-141511175.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite the favorable environment, Brown still faces a tight race. Ohio has become redder over the past decade.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Keys to a Democratic Victory in Maine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/three-keys-democratic-victory-maine-141315669.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today we're focused a bit north of Washington, D.C., where Maine Democrats are rallying around a new presumptive nominee for U.S. Senate to replace disgraced Democrat Graham Platner: logger and former State Senator Troy Jackson.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Campaign Finance Ruling Means for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-scotus-s-campaign-finance-ruling-means-for-democrats/ar-AA26Z69z</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'This is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Citizens United'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 2.0,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Representative Greg Casar said Tuesday about the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ruling allowing political party campaign committees to coordinate directly with campaigns without a cap on spending. Republicans praised the decision, while Democrats issued...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do You Beat a Central Valley Republican?]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/04/28/how-do-you-beat-central-valley-republican-california-congress-valadao-bains-villegas/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two Democrats in California's 22nd District have very different ideas.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When ICE Blows Through Rural America -]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2026/03/30/apr-2026-magazine-when-ice-blows-through-rural-america-minnesota/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the surge in Minneapolis winds down, small communities in Minnesota (like Willmar) fend off more arrests and lasting impacts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago Story: Corruption, Family Legacy on Ballot]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/11/chicago-story-corruption-family-legacy-on-ballot-jesse-jackson-jr/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson Jr.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'convicted, unpardoned, and unrepentant'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'is running for Congress again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/12/01/premiumization-plutonomy-middle-class-spending-gilded-age/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How plutonomy, premiumization, and social media squeeze the middle class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SNAP's Struggles Aren't Over Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/11/14/shutdown-is-over-snaps-struggles-arent/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Turning off the logistically complicated SNAP system'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which relies on the federal government, states, and private companies to function in concert'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and then trying to turn it back on quickly is no easy task.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Months of ICE Terror in Chicago]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/10/22/two-months-of-ice-terror-in-chicago/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago is a notoriously segregated city, which means that some neighborhoods have been completely transformed by ICE's presence, while in non-Latino neighborhoods, it's mostly been business as usual. But the response to the federal incursion knows no boundaries.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lost Dream of Obam-a-Lago]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/2025/10/21/lost-dream-obam-a-lago-chicago-south-shore-ice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Long before the September 30 ICE raid, Chicago's South Shore neighborhood had been ravaged by a series of sprawling apartment building pump-and-dump schemes, aided and abetted by industrial-scale mortgage fraud, old-fashioned government inaction, and a smattering of Venezuelan gangsters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DSA Convenes, Argues and Celebrates]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/politics/2025-08-14-dsa-convenes-argues-and-celebrates/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Energized by Zohran Mamdani's primary triumph, 1,200 DSA members came to Chicago to chart the group's future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cane Sugar in Coke Will Not Save Us]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-24-cane-sugar-in-coke-will-not-save-us/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Big food and drink companies know exactly how to play Trump and RFK Jr.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago's Public Transit Is in Limbo]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2025-06-10-chicagos-public-transit-in-limbo/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As COVID transit money finally runs out, the city looks for new lifelines.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sunburnt]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/environment/2025-05-29-sunburnt-solar-salespeople-scam-homeowners/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How door-to-door solar salespeople can scam homeowners, and what the government could do to stop it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Preparing for the Worst]]></title>
							<link>https://prospect.org/justice/2025-01-27-preparing-for-the-worst-immigration-deportation/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Emma Janssen</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the church to the schoolyard to the legislature, Americans are making plans to protect themselves and their loved ones from deportation.]]></description>
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