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<title><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14430.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky]]></description><category domain="14430">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Schmitt's Assault on Jack Smith Is Not a Joke]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/post/216176/eric-schmitt-jack-smith-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Missouri senator and other Republicans made fools of themselves Tuesday. But that won't stop them lying about'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and trying to destroy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Donald Trump's prosecutor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Recession Not Trump's Fault. Next One Will Be]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/215899/trump-recession-economy-tariffs-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is following one of the Republican Party's longstanding traditions: Burning the economy to the ground.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Has No Idea of the Tidal Wave That&rsquo;s Coming for Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/donald-trump-has-no-idea-of-the-tidal-wave-that-s-coming-for-him/ar-AA2bz86R</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On this cusp of Labor Day, when election campaigns kick into fourth gear, I don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t want to jinx anything, but I have to say it: The voters are going to barber-strap Donald Trump in the November midterms.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Dems Don&rsquo;t]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/what-jon-ossoff-gets-that-far-too-many-democrats-don-t/ar-AA2aOpjk</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a new Democratic presidential frontrunner, according to the Kalshi prediction markets at least. Over the weekend, Jon Ossoff claimed first place (whatever exactly that means on Kalshi), at 18 percent, followed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 17 percent and then Gavin Newsom...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Don't Lefties Do Better Among Working-Class?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/why-don-t-leftie-candidates-do-better-among-working-class-voters/ar-AA2a72U5</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question has popped up frequently in this election cycle. Even in the wins notched by left-leaning and socialist candidates, those candidates appear to have fared comparatively poorly among voters of the actual working class.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[He May Lose, But Dems Are Right To Back El-Sayed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/yes-el-sayed-may-lose-but-democrats-shouldn-t-try-to-make-it-happen/ar-AA29ArgW</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The reaction so far among establishment Democrats to Abdul El-Sayed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s narrow win in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary has been surprisingly encouraging.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Ken Martin the Worst Party Chair in US History?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/guy-worst-party-chair-history-121914856.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Self-help author Marianne Williamson didn't exactly impress a lot of people as having the sharpest political mind during her brief foray into electoral politics. But here's one thing she got a thousand percent right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'though maybe not the way she intended.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Collins in Worse Trouble After Platner Exit?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/susan-collins-may-be-chuckling-but-she-s-in-far-worse-trouble-now/ar-AA27E3IH</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conventional media wisdom is that Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins is sitting back and laughing this week, and well she might be. The collapse of Graham Platner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign is an implosion for the ages, and it puts the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democrats in a tricky situation they need to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Calling Dems Communist Is Stupid, Likely Ineffective]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-stupid-likely-ineffective-100000057.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has a new favoriteword. He's been callingDemocrats "Communists" ever since a few democratic socialists won some House primaries.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Yes, by Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/vandalism-reflecting-pool-yes-committed-100000591.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Add David Hearn to Donald Trump's ever-growing list of enemies of the state. The Bethesda man was out for a bike ride in Washington, D.C., last Friday and decided to spin over to the Reflecting Pool see how its new, Trump-ordained "American flag blue" color struck him. He noticed that a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2028 Litmus Test for Dems: Taking Money From Billionaires]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/W4MEd</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In short order, a fresh crop of candidate will be vying for our votes for the right to face the GOP presidential nominee. Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be asking in return.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Deeply Corrupt Reason Trump Is After E. Jean Carroll]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/real-deeply-corrupt-reason-trump-150418249.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Holy Damage Control, Batman: CNN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' originally reported'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' late in the day Wednesday that the Justice Department was opening a probe into whether E. Jean Carroll, the New York woman who successfully sued Donald Trump and won $88.3 million in damages for sexual abuse and defamation, lied...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stop the Presses--Trump Actually Did a Good Thing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/stop-presses-donald-trump-actually-100000651.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has made just about everything he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s touched worse. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going to spend this week bragging about his peace deal with Iran, but please remember that in 2018 he tore up the Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'negotiated deal that was working, which led Iran to start enriching far more...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/eQZ0H</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His recent tirades confirmed what more than half of America now believes: The president is mentally unfit. How will we survive two and a half more years of this? And what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s he got in store for us?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Seed Patents--Yes, Seed Patents--Key to Dem Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/why-seed-patents-yes-seed-patents-are-key-to-the-democrats-future/ar-AA22lMZB</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/why-seed-patents-yes-seed-patents-are-key-to-the-democrats-future/ar-AA22lMZB]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Progressive Caucus released its affordability agenda last week. Ever since Zohran Mamdani rode the multisyllabic a-word to his surprise victory in the New York mayoral race last year, Democrats of every ideological stripe have been nattering about affordability.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Roberts Is Either Dumb or Racially Obtuse. He&rsquo;s Not Dumb]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/john-roberts-either-dumb-racially-140827126.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Chief Justice John Roberts has uttered two quotable sentences in his career that will likely appear high up in his New York Times obituary, they are these. The first comes from his 2005 confirmation hearing: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'My job is to call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Did California Dems Let Swalwell Get This Far, Anyway?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/did-california-democrats-let-eric-100000761.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I started hearing the swirling Eric Swalwell rumors a couple of weeks ago. There were stories coming, and they were going to be bad. Well they came, all right'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and they were very bad indeed. The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' excellent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' San Francisco Chronicle'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' article'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' detailing Swalwell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s alleged...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Real State of the Union: Millions Are Just Disgusted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/real-state-union-millions-americans-110000271.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This Tuesday night, America will bear witness to Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first State of the Union address of his second term. I know'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the mere thought of it rots a little piece of our souls that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re never getting back. At least you can skip it; I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' have'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to watch it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Voter ID Threat His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/2T1AO</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president says he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll do it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'whether approved by Congress or not!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' He can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t legally do that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but that hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t stopped him before.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MAGA Crack-Up Has Begun]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/there-s-no-doubt-about-it-the-great-maga-crack-up-has-begun/ar-AA1Rknzd</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Will It Mean If Dems Win in NJ, VA, NYC? Not Much]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-spanberger-sherrill-win-mean-100000036.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Next Tuesday is Election Day, and in all three marquee races, the Democratic candidate appears to be at least fairly well positioned.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wrecks America &amp; His Fans Cheer. Is There a Bottom?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-wrecks-america-patriotic-fans-144004204.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was going to write one more liberal column expressing outrage about what Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has done to the White House this week, but then I thought: Why? What would be the point? The people who would agree with me would agree with me, and the people who wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP&rsquo;s Immoral Priorities Behind Looming Govt Shutdown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/really-behind-shutdown-gop-immoral-100000450.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ins and outs of government shutdown politics have come to bore and even offend me, as if all that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s at stake when the government shuts down is which party manages to escape blame. That type of coverage of shutdowns'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'especially these days, with one of our two parties having...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Get Ready for a Fight Over Chicago]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-next-hellhole-chicago-democrats-get-ready-for-a-fight/ar-AA1La3Mk</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Okay, J.B. Pritzker, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re up. Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is coming after Chicago next, now that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'solved crime'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in Washington, D.C., And since the mayor of Chicago is kind of a joke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d be Brandon Johnson, whose approval rating is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 26 percent, which (on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media's Urge To Be 'Fair' to Trump Is Killing the Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/the-media-s-urge-to-be-fair-to-trump-is-killing-the-republic/ar-AA1JRJza</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New York Times'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' remains, by any measure, our greatest newspaper. As much as liberals complain about the way it covers Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' I did pretty aggressively'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' during last year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'it still behooves us to remember that a lot of what we know about the bad...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Can't Really Be Indicted, Can He?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/on-planet-earth-obama-can-t-be-indicted-but-we-live-on-planet-trump/ar-AA1JqCEN</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was with some trepidation that I visited the website of futures betting firm Polymarket on Sunday afternoon, to see what bettors thought the odds were of a coming indictment of Barack Obama. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m pleased to report that I was reassured. Wagerers foresaw'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' just a 7 percent chance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Willing To Say That Obama Did Something Illegal?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/07/29/tomasky_its_not_impossible_that_trump_will_have_obama_indicted_just_for_spite.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Michael Tomasky, Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," discusses his new piece in The New Republic: "On Planet Earth, Obama Can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Third-Party Efforts Are Jokes. Musk's Might Not Be]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-third-party-efforts-are-jokes-musk-s-might-not-be-here-s-why/ar-AA1Icj7l</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I saw a lot of chortling after Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announcement last week'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he intends to start a third party, the America Party. Chortle away if you like. But this effort, at least according to what Musk said his goals are, is completely different from other third-party bids in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Centrist Dems Need To Learn From Mamdani]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/centrist-democrats-learn-zohran-mamdani-100000755.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I covered New York City politics for quite a few years in my younger days, but instead of instilling in me a continuing passion about the city, it generally left me feeling as if I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d paid that check, as it were. New York politics hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t interested me deeply for many years. This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Can Dems Be Losing to These Cruel, Stupid People?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-losing-cruel-stupid-inept-143106516.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Tomasky</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have no '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'big, beautiful'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' bill. It isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t close to finalized. The Senate parliamentarian, combing through the details and determining which provisions will need a supermajority to pass, is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' hammering them. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re locked in ferocious internal debate...]]></description>
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