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							<title><![CDATA[As Bill Clinton Turns 80, a Searching Look Back at His Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/08/19/bill-clinton-80-birthday-life-01030323</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A full three decades ago, as Bill Clinton turned 50 in the midst of his successful 1996 reelection campaign, he was sounding even then in an autumnal mood.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Bombs Fall in Iran, Trump Bombs in Washington]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/07/27/at-the-whcd-trump-showed-that-winging-it-has-its-limits-01012490</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a familiar explanation for the rise of Donald Trump that dispenses with ideology or sociology in favor of something more relatable in human terms: Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s face it, the guy can be very funny.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kier Starmer Was a Blank Slate That Inspired Antipathy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/22/keir-starmer-prime-minister-resignation-labour-andy-burnham</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His government was directionless and confused, and from that murk emerged the Peter Mandelson scandal]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Forced Elite Institutions To Bend To His Will]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-institutions-grovel-law-media-business-028840</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One after another, a parade of the wealthiest and most elite institutions in American life since last November have found themselves confronted by unprecedented demands from President Donald Trump and his team of retribution-seekers.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Second Trump Term Is Everything His Adversaries Feared]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/01/26/politicos_john_harris_second_term_trump_is_everything_his_supporters_hoped_for_and_everything_his_adversaries_feared.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politico's global editor-in-chief John Harris discusses his new article, "Time to admit it. Trump is a great president. He's still trying to be a good one," Sunday on ABC's "This Week" roundtable:]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Trump's Win, a Message: Many People Despise the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/donald-trump-the-left-social-media-rightwing-propaganda-progressives-woke</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The tumult of social media and rightwing propaganda has successfully cast progressives as one judgmental, 'woke' mass, says Guardian columnist John Harris]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Clear Cut Win, Trump Has Humiliated His Foes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/06/donald-trump-election-humiliated-his-foes-00187812</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is not Harris alone who must reckon with the reality that Trump responded to the national mood more credibly for a larger share of Americans than she did. (For now, he is on track to win the popular vote as well as a solid Electoral College victory.)]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump&rsquo;s Felony Convictions Are a Big Political Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/31/trump-felony-convictions-political-problem-2024-elections-00160943</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s obviously true that a 34-count felony conviction would be enough to demolish the career of any normal politician. Yes, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s obviously true that former president Donald Trump is not a normal politician. His most devoted partisans will only become more so following...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Davos Smart Set Sounds Dumb]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/17/why-the-davos-smart-set-sounds-dumb-00136249</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a complex world, having original insights is harder than ever.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS May Become the Decisive Player in 2024 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/21/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court-election-00132975</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court may become the decisive player in the 2024 election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The House GOP Is a Failed State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/03/house-gop-failed-state-00119842</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back in January, when Kevin McCarthy started moving his stuff into the House speaker'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s office before colleagues had actually voted him into the job, Matt Gaetz accused him of being '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'a squatter.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why a Youngkin 2024 Run Makes Sense for the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/29/glenn-youngkin-presidential-candidacy-republican-party-00089346</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Virginia governor offers two things Republicans need: A non-hostile alternative to Trump and a compelling centrist challenge to Biden.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Turn Themselves Into Props for Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/08/republicans-props-biden-state-of-the-union-00081774</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a polarized era, the president retains far more power to frame the debate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Has the Courage to Take on Trump and Biden?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/08/courage-take-on-trump-and-biden-00072900</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A big prize awaits candidates who are willing to defy conventional wisdom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Debate Themselves: Why Do We Suck?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/27/democrats-debate-why-do-we-suck-00063718</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the party loses the midterms there will be no shortage of I-told-you-so explanations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Ginsburg Will Have the Last Laugh on Alito]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/04/ginsburg-last-laugh-alito-00049773</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Dobbs decision is clearing the political ground for a resolution in favor of abortion rights.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wait, Is the Biden Admin Better Than People Thought?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/29/is-biden-better-president-than-people-thought-00048654</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden is making a comeback with his breakthrough on climate legislation '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but limitations to his leadership still shadow his presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The New Battles Roiling the Left]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/23/the-new-battles-roiling-the-left-00041627</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A fierce conflict is brewing among progressives over how best to effect change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[50 Years After Watergate, a Generation of Frightened Editors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/17/fifty-years-watergate-editors-00040436</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post's strange journey from ousting Richard Nixon to ousting Felicia Sonmez.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton and Blair Have a Warning for the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/02/bill-clinton-tony-blair-warning-for-progressives-00036616</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Long tarnished by their own actions, two heroes of the '90s seek to reclaim their voices.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Joe Kahn Choice Says About the New York Times]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/20/joe-kahn-new-york-times-00026519</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Kahn, who was just named the next executive editor of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York Times, has the kind of background and temperament that was once a classic type for news organizations choosing newsroom leaders '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a half-century ago.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Cancel Culture' Becomes Entertaining at the New York Times]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/03/17/cancel-culture-new-york-times-00018041</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A reporter said something stupid. It's not such a big deal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Relax, Democrats, Biden's Presidency Isn't Screwed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/relax-democrats-bidens-presidency-isnt-screwed-00012205</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Obama and Clinton showed that the White House offers nearly endless possibilities for political revival.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time to Cancel Presidents Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/21/its-time-to-cancel-presidents-day-00010410</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By elevating myth over reality, the holiday does a disservice to history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Eff-ing Right: How S--- Talk Can Help Save the Biden Admin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/27/joe-biden-peter-doocy-incident-00000019</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As a political communicator, President Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most effective moments often come spontaneously, when he is overcome with feeling, or by accident, when words that are intended to be private instead become public.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Are In a New Civil War...About What Exactly?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/06/new-civil-war-about-what-exactly-526603</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Grievous conflicts have been about big things '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' war, slavery, Depression '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but this time we just don't like each other.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Whole World Is Watching]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/biden-taliban-afghanistan-democracy-505216</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The fall of Afghanistan has painful implications for President Joe Biden.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let's Briefly Praise Rush Limbaugh--Then Bury Him Forever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/17/rush-limbaugh-death-469726</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The radio host represented the aggrieved soul of the right for a generation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Turns the Page on Trump in Effective Inaugural Address]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/20/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-effective-460931</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He preaches respect to a country that's become addicted to contempt.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Can Unite the Country by Being Boring]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/19/joe-biden-can-unite-the-country-by-being-boring-460258</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>John Harris</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his Inaugural Address Wednesday, Joe Biden will surely issue an appeal for unity'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a plea that all Americans raise our sights and lower our voices, that we work together to restore faith in government, and in each other. And so on.]]></description>
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