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<title><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14579.xml</link><description><![CDATA[E.J. Dionne]]></description><category domain="14579">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump &amp; Musk Can't Take Away My Hope in Govt]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/5Fzz8</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But their last-minute attempts to thwart a bipartisan spending bill dampened my seasonal optimism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Must Defend Biden&rsquo;s Legacy To Protect Their Future]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Besides the president and his staff, who should care about how Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s policy legacy is judged? Everyone who believes that government should invest in the future and defend the interests of workers and those stuck at the bottom of the income heap '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s who.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Harris Can End the Trump-Vance Culture Wars]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/HX9Gl</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that she has routed Donald Trump on the debate stage, Vice President Kamala Harris needs to take the next step and reinforce her campaign'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most powerful theme: That it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to end the cultural and ideological warfare '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' much of it phony, some of it rooted in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris' DNC Was a Master Class in Coalition Building]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/12Vgo</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Is Beating Trump By Transcending Him]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/bme7M</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The vice president and her running mate are achieving a radical shift in messaging.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does GOP Care About Democracy as Much as Dems? No]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/21/republican-voter-suppression-democracy-2024/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEzNjcyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE1MDU0Mzk5LCJpYXQiO</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polls show both Democrats and Republicans are concerned about the state of democracy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but for very different reasons.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Troubling Poll Numbers? Biden Has a Plan for That]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's advisers are aware they need to shake things up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey, Manchin! There's No 'Middle' in a Right-Wing GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/12/joe-manchin-2024-west-virginia/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk5NzY1MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAxMTQ3NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTk3NjUyMD</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's one big problem with the West Virginia senator's potential plan to explore a presidential bid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Blowout Gives Biden a Chance To Regroup]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's rare for an off-off-year election to yield such an unambiguous outcome. This was a Democratic blowout in Virginia, Kentucky and beyond.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Beshear Show Dems How To Win Trump Country?]]></title>
							<link>https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/05/kentucky-governor-beshear-cameron-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The high-stakes Nov. 7 governor's race will either give Dems a new playbook or hand Republicans more power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is In Trouble. Tuesday's Elections Are Proof.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinions-trump-is-in-trouble-tuesday-e2-80-99s-elections-are-proof/ar-AAJXipW</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is in a whole lot of trouble. Andy Beshear, who has claimed victory in the Kentucky governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s race, showed that Democrats prosper when they focus on what he called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'kitchen-table issues.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' In Virginia, voters demonstrated that support for gun control is now...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Likes That America Is Polarized, Fragmented]]></title>
							<link>https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2019/10/31/e-j-dionne-jr-were-polarized-fragmented-at-the-same-time-trump-likes-that/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Why would President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hard-core defenders think that the best way to defend a floundering leader is to hurl repulsive dual loyalty charges at a decorated Army combat veteran who feels an obligation to tell the truth to Congress?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Fifth Avenue Theory Is Showing Some Cracks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinions-trumps-fifth-avenue-theory-is-showing-some-cracks/ar-AAJ4Hba</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Fifth Avenue Murder Theory now faces its toughest test.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Warren's Plan Worked. Now She Needs Another One]]></title>
							<link>https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/e-j-dionne-jr-warren-s-plan-worked-now-she/article_dadba44c-af31-59ce-968f-af02ec5ed864.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Going forward, she will need to confront challenges from both her left and her right. She needs a plan for that, too.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Impeaching Trump Finally Organize Democrats?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-dionne-democrats-organized-1003-20191003-choqwxudufcxjerhz5zzdgke5q-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you like your politics orderly and by the numbers, and if you can't stand having to come to terms with people of very different views and backgrounds, here's a piece of advice: Don't bother being a Democrat.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Kavanaugh Claims Show How GOP Broke the Court]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinions-the-kavanaugh-revelations-why-the-supreme-court-is-broken/ar-AAHlcnY</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We focus, rightly, on the damage President Trump is doing to our institutions. But the wreckage goes beyond Trump and involves the other two branches of government as well. The right wing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s determination to control the Supreme Court is undermining its legitimacy as well as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Finally Realize Who Their Real Opponent Is]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/democrats-finally-realized-who-their-real-opponent-is/ar-AAHdrua</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After spending the first half-hour of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Thursday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s debate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' tearing each other apart over health care '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' which happens to be their party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s strongest issue '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Democratic presidential'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' candidates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' realized that their opponent is President Trump and acted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In North Carolina, a Portrait of a Deeply Torn Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/09/12/ej-dionne-north-carolina/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';' President Trump's tweeting of a Trump 2024 meme should concentrate the minds of his opponents. So should the results of North Carolina's special congressional elections on Tuesday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thursday's Democratic Debate Is About Electability]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/09/09/ej-dionne-sorry-thursdays/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';' It has become a habit to scold Democratic voters who say that electability is their standard in deciding whom to support for their party's presidential nomination. Forecasts made hours before Election Day three years ago went spectacularly awry, so who can know what...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Coming Implosion of Our Electoral System]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/08/29/ej-dionne-coming/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The assumptions underlying a controversy are often more important than the controversy itself. Take the case of our blithe acceptance of the electoral college. There is nothing normal or democratic about choosing our president through a system that makes it ever more likely that the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Real Change Depends on the Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/entertainmentlife/20190819/dionne-real-change-depends-on-senate</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two quite different paths toward change in the 2020 elections. One would involve getting rid of President Trump but leaving Washington]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hearings Prove That Trump and Republicans Are Lying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/newspolitics/opinions-muellers-hearing-proves-that-trump-and-his-apologists-are-lying/ar-AAEORO4?li=AAggNb9</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump and his Republican apologists '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including his defense lawyer who moonlights as the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attorney general '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' do not believe a single word they have said about former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s report.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Time for Choosing: Trump or John Paul Stevens]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/18/ej-dionne-time-choosing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';' It was by chance that former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens died on the same day that the House of Representatives voted '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' sadly, very nearly along party lines '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' to condemn President Trump for racism in a resolution laden with quotations from Ronald...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Issue in 2020 That Matters Is Democracy Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/07/01/ej-dionne-issue-that/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';' The future of American democracy will be on the ballot next year. No one should pretend otherwise.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Pivotal Week for Biden and Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.hutchnews.com/news/20190624/pivotal-week-for-biden-and-sanders</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- This week's two-day Democratic debate-fest is so sprawling that it looks more like a New England town meeting than a confrontation among]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Moderate Democrats Own Their Mistakes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-dionne-third-way-0620-20190620-4sdz2ghrfvb3vloc27a5po3cme-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a quiet revolution in the thinking of Democrats across the board since the 2008 economic downturn, and especially since Trump's election. It can fairly be described as a leftward movement in the entire party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Give Trump an Ultimatum on Stonewalling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/10/ej-dionne-give-trump-an/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';' If you want to understand how fundamentally President Trump and his Republican allies have damaged our capacity for self-government, look no further than the debate over whether he should be impeached.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dear Robert Mueller: Your Report Can't Speak for Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/03/ej-dionne-dear-robert/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mr. Mueller, your job is not done yet. In fact, it's a long way from done. It's honorable of you to act as if you are part of a process that's on the level. But there is nothing by-the-book in how President Trump and Attorney General William Barr have responded to your findings about...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Goes on Strike]]></title>
							<link>https://www.timesdaily.com/opinion/commentaries/e-j-dionne-trump-goes-on-strike/article_839dcc02-427d-575c-a7c4-f16de99e70ca.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' - It's often said that when our founders wrote the Constitution, they had a leader like Donald Trump in mind when they included various safeguards for our liberties and]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bringing Foreign Policy Home]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/06/bringing_foreign_policy_home_140242.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>E.J. Dionne</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Why aren't Democratic presidential candidates talking more about foreign policy?
Are they being shrewd in playing down a divisive concern that is not at the front of voters' minds, or are they missing an opportunity? The right answer is: Both.
A new study by the Center for...]]></description>
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