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		<title>Campaign Announcement- Markus Batchelor Declines Nominations for Reelection as DC Youth Mayor; Runs for Youth City Council Chairman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, For the past year, it has been my pleasure to serve as your Youth Mayor. Over the past year, my administration and I have been working to make sure that the Mayor&#8217;s Youth Leadership Institute is at the forefront of leadership in the city and that the program is the most fulfilling to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=75&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great New Campaign Commercial- Weaver. Ward One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great New Campaign Commercial by the Weaver Ward One Campaign. Hilarious and informative! Great job! Best one of the season so far!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=70&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photos: Latino Caucus Endorsement- June 24, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello All! I know these are a few days late, but I wanted to post some photos from Wednesday&#8217;s DC Latino Caucus Endorsement Meeting for candidates running for Congress, At-Large Council Seat, Council Chairman, Ward 1, 3, 5, and Shadow Representative. Caucus endorsement for Mayor is next month, July 24. I will post the results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=60&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping it Alive: Keeping a 29 year old cause going, if even for a moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a well-known fact if you have been near the White House since 1981, that there is a dedicated crop of demonstrators posted in Lafayette Park, protesting many different issues from nuclear proliferation to United States policy in Israel. While wandering past the White House today, right before a lightning storm prepared to hit, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=54&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statehood = Giving Up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an editorial in the A-section of the Washington Post yesterday that said because of the setbacks Washingtonians have had in trying to gain voting rights in the House of Representatives in the past 7 years, we are giving up on this, with the excuse of waging a fight for full statehood for residents [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=51&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ward 8 Gets it Right: Clark Ray and Kwame Brown trump Mendelson and Orange at Ward 8 Straw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Candidate for At-Large City Councilman, Clark Ray and candidate for Council Chairman, Councilman Kwame Brown speak at today&#8217;s Ward 8 Straw poll at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Ward 8 Democrats came out in great numbers today to participate in a forum and straw poll vote for candidates for Council Chairman and At-Large Councilmember. As expected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=42&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kojo Speaks on the Tone of the DC Mayor&#039;s Race: The Politics Hour- June 18, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video above is Kojo Nnamdi talking about the  tone of the Mayor&#8217;s race and the obscene display of the electorate again Mayor Adrian Fenty. He makes some good points about how DC residents choose their battles, even when the battle they are waging is less smart than the one they need to wage. And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=36&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vince Gray Campaign: Fostering Hate and Childish Behavior; No Real Substance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us here in DC saw the hysteria and excitement that Vince Gray&#8217;s announcement of his candidacy for Mayor brought to the city in March 2010. Little did we know that his candidacy would also bring a mood of vengeance and hatred to the race for Mayor, especially towards incumbent Adrian Fenty. I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=22&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Leaders Testify on Shootings to Council- Markus on NPR!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a short NPR interview I did following Chairman Gray&#8217;s Youth Hearing back on April 10, 2010, following the shooting on South Capitol Street. Nothing too outspoken on my part, but just a short snippet of what I plan to do with youth in the city this summer in order to curb the strain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=21&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Markus&#039; West Wing Moment- June 8, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The West Wing, a NBC series which is sadly off the air after an eight year run, has some of the coolest moments in TV history. Whether challenging political issues or showing how politics is really played, the show does a really good job of opening your eyes to the many issues that face us. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=markusfordc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12690393&amp;post=20&amp;subd=markusfordc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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