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<title><![CDATA[Jim Geraghty - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14601.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jim Geraghty]]></description><category domain="14601">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Dems Pick in 2028? The Scales Just Tilted]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/28/dnc-proposes-2028-primary-schedule-that-could-hurt-socialists/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The odds that the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee will be socialist-aligned, or affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, just declined. The Democratic National Committee announced on Friday its proposed schedule of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' earliest primaries'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and set up a challenge for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tim Walz Is Crumbling, Along With His 2028 Hopes]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No governor wants to go on NBC News'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Meet the Press'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and be asked, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Do you take responsibility for failing to stop this fraud in your state?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz found himself on Sunday, on the heels of a lengthy, devastating New York...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Have Good Reason To Worry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/republicans-have-good-reason-to-worry/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's an off-year election, and Republicans lived up to it by having an off year. A really off year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democratic Presidential Campaign Panic Attack]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-mid-october-democratic-presidential-campaign-panic-attack/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats' anxiety attacks about the presidential election are accelerating.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Did Biden Know, and How Long Did He Remember It?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/what-did-the-president-know-and-how-long-did-he-remember/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's never going to be as young and sharp-minded as he was yesterday.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago Doubles Down on Failing Left Wing Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/progressive-mayor-brandon-johnson-in-troubled-chicago/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Chicago mayoral results have the distinct feel of sailors on a sinking ship bailing water in, not out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Big Bank Bailout]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/bidens-big-bank-bailout/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suddenly, no one is all that certain about the financial health of regional banks in the United States.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who's Attacking Our Power Grid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/whos-attacking-our-power-grid/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Christmas, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re about to prepare a big meal for the whole family, and the power goes out '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' all the lights, the refrigerator, your computer and cellphone charger, the works. That happened this year for a lot of families in the Seattle area, but it wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t wind,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Glenn Youngkin's Big Plans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/glenn-youngkins-big-plans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here is a wide-ranging interview with Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin and a deep dive into his ambitious legislative agenda for the coming year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Sam Bankman-Fried Conquered Washington]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/how-sam-bankman-fried-conquered-washington/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two new articles lay out how Sam Bankman-Fried and his firms bought a lot of friends in Washington.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Abrams Dragging Down Warnock in Georgia?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/is-abrams-dragging-down-warnock-in-georgia/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats were warned about Stacey Abrams's flaws as a candidate; they just didn't want to listen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fetterman Charade Ends]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-fetterman-charade-ends/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last night, in the lone debate in the Pennsylvania Senate race, John Fetterman looked and sounded very, very far from fine.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Side Is Itching for a Civil War Again?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/which-side-is-itching-for-a-civil-war-again/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some odd and troubling comments from New York governor Kathy Hochul and aspiring Florida governor Charlie Crist hit the public last week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Taboo Lifts on Discussing Biden's Age]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-taboo-lifts-on-discussing-bidens-age/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today, the federal government observes Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Youngkin Triggers a Meltdown as Masks-in-School War Begins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/glenn-youngkin-triggers-a-mask-meltdown-in-virginia/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Virginia's new Republican governor issued an executive order declaring that parents will decide whether their children wear masks to school.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Biden Lying, or Just Can't Remember?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/say-how-is-joe-bidens-memory-these-days/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Joe Biden lying about the Pentagon's advice on Afghanistan? Or can he genuinely not remember?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Flailing President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-flailing-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At home and abroad, Joe Biden is finding he is nowhere near as persuasive as he thought he was.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minaj Causes Establishment to Go to DEFCON 1]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/nicki-minaj-causes-the-establishment-to-go-defcon-one/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is something spectacularly hilarious about this absurd turn in the national debate about COVID-19 vaccinations.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China Apologist Peter Daszak Has Some Explaining to Do]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/china-apologist-peter-daszak-has-some-explaining-to-do/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as he's recusing himself from a COVID-19 commission, turns out he also backed up Beijing's implausible theory that the virus was imported to Wuhan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yup, the Wuhan Lab Kept Live Bats Within Its Walls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/yup-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-kept-live-bats-within-its-walls/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If no live bats or other animals are collected and taken back to the lab, why would the laboratory need 126 cages?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Taboo on the COVID Lab-Leak Theory Lifts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-taboo-on-the-covid-lab-leak-theory-lifts/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's now seemingly hip and cool to point out the long-obvious fact that SARS-CoV-2 could well be the result of a lab accident in Wuhan.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is Getting It Wrong Across the Board]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/government-stats-dont-lie-biden-is-getting-it-wrong-across-the-board/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today is one hell of a hump day already: New government figures show that the Biden administration is getting it wrong on the border, getting it wrong on the economy and job creation, and getting it wrong on inflation.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Quick Rise and Quicker Fall of Michael Sam]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/quick-rise-and-quicker-fall-of-michael-sam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The media's quest for the perfect narrative, and Sam's ephemeral starring role in this one, speak to a toxic aspect of identity politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Multi-Trillion-Dollar Train Wreck]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/bidens-trillion-dollar-train-wreck/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This administration appears to be whistling past the graveyard on the threat of inflation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Border Surge Is Biden' First, and Worst, Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/really-bidens-border-czar-was-always-meant-to-serve-just-100-days/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The migrant surge is the Biden administration's first, and worst, crisis. And now the team implausibly claims Roberta Jacobson was meant to serve just 100 days.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi Always Finds Way to Make a Bad Situation Worse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nancy-pelosi-always-finding-ways-to-make-a-bad-situation-worse/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public-health officials have difficult enough jobs as is,but Pelosi will make sure the job is even tougher with vague accusations of disinformation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Comprehensive Timeline of China's COVID-19 Lies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/chinas-devastating-lies/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And the irreparable damage they have caused around the globe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Secrecy, Coverups Have Created a Global Catastrophe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/coronavirus-crisis-caused-by-decisions-chinese-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're going to face some extremely consequential decisions about how we choose to treat the Chinese government after their catastrophic secrecy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rachel Maddow's Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rachel-maddows-reckoning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maddow pumped air into false allegations from the Steele dossier.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Put Up or Shut Up on These Accusations, Hillary]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/hillary-clinton-accusations-tulsi-gabbard-put-up-or-shut-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jim Geraghty</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not every bad or controversial idea in public life is a sign of a sinister conspiracy.]]></description>
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