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<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14422.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter]]></description><category domain="14422">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Can So Many People Celebrate a Massacre?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/07/october-7-how-can-so-many-people-celebrate-a-massacre/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Remember, pro-Palestinian protesters cheered cold-blooded mass murder on October 7 even before Israel retaliated.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tower Stones of 9/11]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/11/the-tower-stones-of-9-11/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York survived 9/11 and prospered; the skyline was eventually repaired. But my fears of too much change were hardly misplaced.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charting the Good Change Since the Bicentennial]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/06/america-at-250-an-idealist-without-illusions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fifty years after the Bicentennial, American democracy is imperiled'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but the country's progress since 1976 offers real reasons for hope.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Strait of Hormuz Is Iran's Nuclear Weapon]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/29/trump-iran-strait-of-hormuz/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Strait of Hormuz is Iran's nuclear weapon: Two Iran experts on how the U.S.plays checkers and Iran plays chess.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['60 Minutes' Must Still Be Saved]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/06/03/60-minutes-cbs-bari-weiss-scott-pelley/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bari Weiss may not understand what made 60 Minutes great. But CBS should not let bad management destroy a precious institution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Colbert's Success]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/05/21/stephen-colbert-late-show-staff-cbs-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert's cancellation was political. But the brilliance of his shows also belonged to the writers, producers, and staff.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Protests Are Proof That the Good Guys Are Going To Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/10/18/jonathan_alter_anti-trump_protests_are_proof_that_as_bad_as_things_are_the_good_guys_are_going_to_win.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MSNBC contributor Jonathan Alter said while many people are "traumatized" by President Donald Trump, Saturday's anti-Trump protests show the Republicans are "not on the winning side."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How National Service Can Help Bridge Divides]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/16/how-national-service-can-de-polarize-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A national service revival could unite Americans, expand job paths, and rebuild civic trust in an age of polarization and AI disruption.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Create 'Town Hall Night in America']]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/07/lets-create-town-hall-night-in-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy. Regular town halls would give the resistance tone and heft.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Surprising Greatness of Jimmy Carter]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/12/29/the-surprising-greatness-of-jimmy-carter/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A long conversation with the late President Jimmy Carter's biographers Jonathan Alter and Kai Bird.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Path to Victory Goes Through Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/23/kamalas-path-to-victory-goes-through-pennsylvania-pennsylvania-pennsylvania/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kamala's Path To Victory Goes Through Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Because it's a must-win for Harris, I used a couple of recent polls to take a closer look]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Temperament Is the Great Separator']]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/13/harris-reminds-us-that-temperament-is-the-great-separator/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Harris Reminds Us that Temperament Is the Great Separator.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris and the Black Swan Summer]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/08/19/kamala-harris-and-the-black-swan-summer/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Updates on two events that shook the world.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stormy Weather Ahead for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/03/20/stormy-weather-ahead-for-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rulings by the New York State judge in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial increase the odds of a Trump conviction.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[7 'Old Shoe' Steps To Surviving Biden's Brain Freezes]]></title>
							<link>https://oldgoats.substack.com/p/surviving-bidens-brain-freezes?r=3zhgt</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As regular readers know, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve spent the last two years arguing here and in The New York Times that President Biden should not run for reelection.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Netanyahu Survive the Fallout?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/10/11/will-netanyahu-survive-the-fallout/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel, the news from Israel will get worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Biden Decide Not To Run?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/10/03/could-biden-decide-not-to-run/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, George Mitchell, and others should say to him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Unity &amp; Sanctions Against Russia Last?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/03/16/can-the-unity-and-sanctions-against-russia-last/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world has banded together to defend Ukraine. But will we keep the pressure on Putin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and live with higher gas prices'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'once the shock of the invasion wanes?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Biden Be Our F.D.R.?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/opinion/biden-fdr-new-deal.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden wants to change the trajectory of the country. He's off to a good start.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why House Democrats Are Right to Impeach Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-democrats-should-impeach-trump-and-make-mitch-mcconnell-defend-his-acquittal?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate will acquit the president if the House impeaches him, true. But that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not a reason not to do it. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s exactly why they should do it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Democrats Stand a Chance in 2020?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-democrats-who-stand-a-chance-in-2020</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There could be as many as 30 candidates (!). Who can stand out in a crowd like that? Hint: He lost Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Dems Lose Again, Obama's Legacy Is Gone Forever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-dems-lose-again-obamas-legacy-is-gone-forever?ref=wrap</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as Barack Obama's stellar reputation as a president is secure, his tangible legacy is at grave risk in the coming election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Are Set to Win Big. Here's How They Could Blow It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-are-primed-to-win-big-reclaim-the-house-and-save-our-democracy-heres-how-they-could-blow-it?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This election will either legitimize Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rule or upend it. There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no time or money to waste on divisive primaries or contests far removed from competitive House seats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump-Russia Is About the Crime, Not the Cover-Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-russia-isnt-about-the-cover-up-its-about-the-crime?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recall the Watergate clich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';' that the cover-up is worse than the crime. That may have been true then. While it was never established that President Nixon knew in advance about the break-in at the Watergate complex, he was forced to resign after proof emerged that he used the CIA to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Censure Trump for 'Conduct Unbecoming a President']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-epitomizes-conduct-unbecoming-a-presidentwill-congress-step-up-and-say-so?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 28, Army Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah rushed twice into a burning building in the Bronx and rescued four people. On his third trip in, he died. Mensah was from Ghana, one of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'shithole countries.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Be Fooled: Dems Still Don't Have Winning Message]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-be-fooled-by-tuesday-the-democrats-still-dont-have-a-winning-message</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Amid the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' stunning coast-to-coast victory Tuesday night, a song kept running through my head: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Respect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' by Aretha Franklin.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Can Use Trump's NFL Fumble to Throw Bums Out]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-democrats-can-use-trumps-nfl-fumble-to-throw-the-bums-out</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump might be more properly called President Troll. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the kind of smirking adolescent whose inane but nasty comments persuade sites to close their comments sections. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for those of us who believe the safety of the world depends...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Resistance Isn't Futile: Six Ways Trump Can Be Contained]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/resistance-is-not-futile-five-ways-donald-trump-can-be-contained</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1946, George F. Kennan, a 42-year-old deputy chief of mission in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Moscow, sent Washington a classified cable that came to be known as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the Long Telegram.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' There and in a later article in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Foreign Affairs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' magazine under the pseudonym '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'X,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Kennan outlined a new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Before He's Gone, McCain Can Save Country From Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-john-mccain-i-know-will-make-the-most-of-this-moment</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John McCain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s diagnosis of incurable brain cancer rightly sends us back in time'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'back to stories of his heroism, character, and decency that contrast just a teeny bit with the behavior of a lying, draft-dodging president who once described sexually transmitted diseases as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cloud of Comey Will Hang Over Trump Forever]]></title>
							<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/the-comey-cloud-will-hang-over-trump-forever</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jonathan Alter</author>
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