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        <title><![CDATA[Frank Barry - Bloomberg Opinion Editor]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Frank Barry is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and member of the editorial board covering national affairs. He is the author of the new book, "Back Roads and Better Angels: A Journey Into the Heart of American Democracy."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Vance Gets Wrong About Being an American]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-01-09/vance-ramaswamy-debate-about-american-identity-misses-the-point</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Not a historian.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is ChatGPT the End of Good Manners?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-04/will-ai-destroy-our-manners</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Don’t talk to me like you talk to ChatGPT</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mamdani Won’t Fix Democrats’ Working Class Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Instead, the party should heed these lessons from those who’ve actually won in purple states.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-05/zohran-mamdani-won-t-help-democrats-win-back-the-working-class</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>State Representative Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat from New York and New York City mayoral candidate, second left, on an uptown C subway train in New York, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. Mamdani has the second highest fundraising total, behind former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, reporting that he raised $849,026 in the most recent filing period and taking in more than $4.35 million since entering the race last year.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[To Save Catholicism, Let’s Talk Nuns, Not Popes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[All eyes are on Rome as Pope Leo XIV is announced. But to secure the future of the faith, Catholics should look closer to home. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-05-09/pope-leo-xiv-we-should-be-talking-about-nuns-not-popes</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 8: Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. White smoke was seen over the Vatican early this evening as the Conclave of Cardinals took just two days to elect Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo (Leone) XIV, as the 267th Supreme Pontiff after the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. (Photo by Marco Mantovani/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Most Americans Don’t Know It’s Patriots’ Day. That’s Fine.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US doesn’t celebrate our revolution by commemorating battles. We celebrate it by venerating our ideals.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-21/when-is-patriots-day-most-americans-don-t-know-the-holiday</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:29:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 19: Debra Wise, 72, holds a cut out reading &quot;Patriots Stand Up to Tyrants&quot; while watching a parade for the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 2025 in Concord, Massachusetts. Lexington and Concord the sites of the first battle of the Revolutionary War that was fought on April 19, 1775 are hosting reenactments, a parade and other events to mark the anniversary. (Photo by Sophie Park/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Call ‘Migrants’ By Their True Name: Immigrants]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The term severs today’s new arrivals from their connection to the Americans who built the nation.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-20/stop-using-migrant-to-describe-immigrants-to-the-us</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 01: A demonstrator helps carry an American flag as immigrants rights supporters march downtown during a &apos;March for Dignity&apos; on March 01, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The march was organized by faith groups along with immigrants rights organizations as a peaceful protest over the Trump administration&apos;s immigration policies. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[And the Oscar for Political Truth Goes To ...]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA["Conclave" and "A Complete Unknown" offer viewers a hit — and a miss.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-25/2025-oscars-conclave-and-a-complete-unknown-take-on-politics-one-succeeds</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>It’s a sin to leave all the good stuff on the cutting room floor. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats Must Step on Allies’ Toes to Rebuild Their Party]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Small tweaks aren’t enough to revive the party. Real change — some of which will upset the faithful — is needed. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-23/democrats-need-to-make-big-changes-and-step-on-toes-to-win</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 13:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, center, speaks as demonstrators hold signs during a protest against Elon Musk outside the US Treasury building in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. The US Treasury Department confirmed Tuesday that�Elon Musk�s government efficiency team has been given �read-only� access to �coded data� of the government�s payments system.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats Need a Bigger Tent on Abortion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The party has grown more intolerant of dissent. It hasn’t worked.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-24/democrats-need-to-make-peace-with-anti-abortion-voters</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People are marching for life in Washington, D.C., on January 19th, and they are met by one counter-protester at the Supreme Court. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Democrats Have Their Own ‘Weird’ Problem]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In 2024, the party tried to weaponize the word against its opponents. But to many, the left is the one out of step with American norms.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-07/midwest-voters-think-democrats-are-weird-not-republicans</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>MADISON, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 22: Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a get-out-the-vote rally on October 22, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin polls open today for in-person early voting. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The ‘War on Christmas’ Is the Wrong Fight for Christians]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In “Your Jesus Is Too American,” pastor Steve Bezner reminds believers that no political party or nationality has exclusive claim to the faith.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-21/the-war-on-christmas-isn-t-what-christians-should-worry-about</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>KENSINGTON, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 25: A vie of a Nativity scene as people enjoy the Washington DC Temple Festival Of Lights at the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints on December 25, 2022 in Kensington, Maryland. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP Must Make Amends With Those Who Disavowed the Big Lie]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two Republicans who stood up to Stop the Steal — and lost their careers as a result — are evidence of what happens when a party tears itself apart.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-15/gop-must-make-amends-with-those-who-stood-up-to-election-denialism</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>WASHINGTON DC - JUNE 16 A tweet from former president Donald Trump is seen on a video screen behind the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its third hearing on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee, headed by Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has shed light on the role former president Trump had in the attempted coup. It has also uncovered the massive payouts to his staff, relatives and friends from the funds used to perpetuate the lie that he won the election. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Both Parties Hate Open Primaries. You Should Love Them.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Party bosses don’t want to give up power, but changing the primary system would encourage candidates to move toward the center.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-16/open-primaries-reduce-polarization-and-encourage-centrism</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 13:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Voters mark their ballots during early voting at a polling location at the Ellen M. Bozeman Government Center in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. A federal judge in Virginia on Friday halted what she concluded was an unlawful, systematic purge of names from the state&apos;s voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, in a win for the Biden administration.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Election Day Reminder From Mark Twain and a Sack of Flour]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mark Twain knew a good story when he saw it: This one is about trust in democracy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-05/us-election-history-how-a-sack-of-flour-symbolizes-trust-in-elections</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 17: Voters wait in line and review sample ballots outside of an early voting site on October 17, 2024 in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Several counties effected by Hurricane Helene saw a large turnout of residents for the first day of early voting in Western North Carolina. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Springfield, Ohio's Dog-Eating Contest Was a Missed Opportunity]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A competitive hot-dog eating bout was the perfect opportunity for the city to laugh off Trump's absurdity. Instead, fear took over.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-11-03/springfield-ohio-s-treatment-of-the-haitian-community-reflects-a-divided-us</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viles Dorsainvil (left) and Miguelito Jerome (right) are Haitian immigrants making a difference in their home city of Springfield.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[To End Political Vitriol, ‘Attack the Idea, Not the Person’]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh, once united by the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue, is fracturing over the war in Gaza. Is there a way to repair those bonds?]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-24/to-end-political-violence-attack-the-idea-not-the-person</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>PITTSBURGH, PA - OCTOBER 27: Visitors look at items well-wishers have left behind along the fence at the Tree of Life Synagogue on the 1st Anniversary of the attack on October 27, 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One year ago, Robert Bowers killed 11 people and wounded severa others during an attack of the Tree of Life synagogue. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A One-Man Stand Against Philadelphia’s Opioid Crisis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[I visited Kensington and Allegheny, one of the epicenters of the drug epidemic, with a friend trying to help people trapped by addiction.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-10-18/inside-the-epicenter-of-philadelphia-s-opioid-crisis</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I'm Driving Cross-Country to See What’s Changed Since 2020.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Frank Barry is back in the RV, retracing the epic road trip he took during Covid.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Democrats Can Flip Red Districts Blue]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two House candidates looking to unseat freshman Republicans are employing strategies the whole party should support.   ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Barry]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Union members wave American flags during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. The DNC this week marks the ceremonial crowning of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the party&apos;s presidential nominees, capping off a whirlwind month for Democrats who quickly coalesced behind the new ticket after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July.</media:description>
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