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		<title>When Donald Trump Campaigned Against the Iraq War: A Deep Dive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>When Donald Trump campaigned against the Iraq War in South Carolina during the 2016 election, he not only won the hearts and minds of the Republican base, but also rattled the staunch supporters of the military-industrial complex. This audacious move would simultaneously propel him to presidential victory and mark him as a target for powerful [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Let’s Talk American Privilege, Not White Privilege</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 17:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s my view of how to respond to what the Democrats did in the last election. If the Democrats stole the election last November, they did it fair and square. Republicans should learn how the Democrats did it and then do it themselves. It’s hard for campaign strategists [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>The Top 15 Dumb Ideas Since We took 15 Days to stop the spread</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	It’s been quite a year since experts told us that they needed only 15 days to flatten the economy, er, I mean flatten the curve. Here are the top 15 dumbest and most bizarre recommendations made by government officials, health officials and the media over the last year. 15) No shopping on aisle 3: Remember [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>The Face of Left-Wing Authoritarianism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	Smile. Or don’t smile. &#160; If you are wearing a mask, it doesn’t matter which one you choose.  Because we can’t see your lips.  And because masks are the face of left-wing authoritarianism. &#160; I used to be afraid that the socialists were going to take over, because Bernie Sanders is a socialist and he [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>What Have We Learned Over the Last Year?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	Feehery: What have we learned over the past year since the world stopped because of COVID? BY JOHN FEEHERY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 03/09/21 07:50 AM EST  88 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL © Getty Images Here are 6 things: Lockdowns don’t work: Remember 15 days to slow [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Tear Down This Fence.  End the Lockdowns.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	© Getty Images So, I guess we aren’t all in this together. A nation that is all together doesn’t have its nation’s Capitol building surrounded by sharp barbed wire and a phalanx of idle National Guard troops who are wondering if they will get a chance to billet at the Trump Hotel. Springtime in DC [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Reconciliation Won’t Bring Reconciliation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	Using reconciliation won’t bring reconciliation to a divided nation, but it will bring clarity to the voters. Budget reconciliation as a parliamentary procedure was enacted by Congress in 1974 and has been used by both Republicans and Democrats to achieve their top legislative objectives. Republicans typically cut taxes and spending using reconciliation while Democrats typically [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>The Defensive Coordinator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	Mitch McConnell was just named the Defensive Coordinator for the U.S. Senate GOP Conference. &#160; He is also the head coach for the party.  He gave up the title of Offensive Coordinator. &#160; After the November election, McConnell quipped that he was waiting to find out which job he was going to get after the [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>2020, Clarified</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	&#160; It’s awfully hard to write a column when you are on vacation. &#160; And for the last two weeks, I have been on vacation. &#160; The family flew to Chicago to see Grandma and my brothers and their families. &#160; DCA was empty, but the American Airlines flight was crowded. &#160; There really is [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How Republicans Take Back the House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>	In two short years, the nation’s voters will give the Biden administration a midterm grade on its performance. The last two times that a Democratic president won the White House, the GOP was able to retake the House during the midterms. In 1994, Hillary health care, gun-control legislation and the Clinton administration’s “don’t ask, don’t [&#8230;]</p>
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