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<title><![CDATA[Jackie Calmes - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14649.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jackie Calmes]]></description><category domain="14649">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Still Playing Reality-TV Role]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-trump-still-playing-reality-101600414.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For 14 seasons right up to his first run for president, Donald Trump was the star of his own reality shows, "The Apprentice" and then "The Celebrity Apprentice." The shows stopped, but Trump as president is still creating his own reality.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump is Undermining Elections in U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-trumps-undermining-u-elections-100000515.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's right there in his name: Sen. Mark Warner for months has been on a tear to warn Americans of President Trump's designs to disrupt the midterm elections.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Send Trump a Message That ICE Killings Have Consequences]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-send-trump-message-ice-100200961.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Let Trump Empower Blanche, His Modern-Day Roy Cohn]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-dont-let-trump-empower-101100947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Where's my Roy Cohn?" President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' famously asked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in his first term, angrily despairing at not having an attorney general who'd serve his interests, no holds barred, just as Trump's reptilian mentor and fixer Cohn had done for clients from the notorious red-baiting Sen. Joe...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is Stealing Americans' Faith in Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-trump-stealing-americans-faith-100800739.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It hasn't even been a year since President Trump, the temporary resident of the White House, unilaterally announced he was adding a $200 million ballroom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Enough Navel-Gazing, Dems. Focus on the Future]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/calmes-enough-navel-gazing-democrats-100200164.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Could there be a better metaphor for the plight of the out-of-power Democratic Party than the fact that it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s now a week into debating how the party screwed up an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'autopsy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' about how the party screwed up the 2024 presidential election?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Had Strong Deal w/Iran. Trump Struggles for Weak One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/calmes-obama-s-strong-terms-curbed-iran-trump-struggles-to-secure-even-a-weak-deal/ar-AA23J47y</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s well known, is into gold. Every day brings new evidence that he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s thoroughly enjoying the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'golden age'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' he pronounced in his inaugural address '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' as few other Americans are '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' with stock trades, crypto profiteering and much more, even a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Motto in 2025? 'Me, Myself and I']]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/calmes-trumps-motto-in-2025-me-myself-and-i/ar-AA1TowqS</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most potent'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' attack ad'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s comeback campaign seemingly ran on a loop during the final weeks before the 2024 election. Assailing rights for transgender people, its punch line indeed delivered a punch: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Kamala Harris is for they/them. President Trump is for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Be Thankful for Judges Upholding the Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/calmes-be-thankful-for-the-judges-upholding-the-law/ar-AA1RgqmV</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even as a kid, when my craving for gifts was at its peak, I still preferred Thanksgiving to Christmas. It was the relaxed, unornamented holiday, when the family'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s focus was simply on good food and each other (and football). As the name says, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s about giving thanks, not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Armed Troops at the Washington Monument? This Isn't Normal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calmes-armed-troops-at-the-washington-monument-this-is-not-normal/ar-AA1LRFru</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America, your front yard has been militarized. Yet residents and visitors there hardly pay the troops any mind.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court's Deference to Trump Is Astounding]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/calmes-the-supreme-courts-deference-to-trump-is-astounding/ar-AA1HsnB1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s federal judges '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' including appointees of presidents of both parties, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s among them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' have been the bulwark against Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reign of lawlessness on deportations, spending, federal appointments and more. Repeatedly, lower courts have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I Spent My Summer Vacation Watching US Lean Into Autocracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.aol.com/news/calmes-spent-summer-vacation-watching-100000881.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Forget 'city upon a hill.' When you travel outside our borders and look back, you see how tattered America's reputation has become.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' Is a Big, Ugly Mess]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/calmes-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-is-a-big-ugly-mess/ar-AA1FenL5</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen false advertising in naming laws before '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' 2022 Inflation Reduction Act jumps to mind. Yet no legislation has been as misbranded as the Republican tax and spending cuts that President Trump, the branding aficionado himself, is pushing along a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will the Qatar Gift to Trump Fly?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-qatar-gift-trump-fly-071900953.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Crypto is complex, and branding deals are almost subtle, but who can miss what's going on when a foreign government offers the president a $400-million jet for 'free'?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's All Trump's Economy Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-trumps-economy-now-100000130.html?guccounter=1</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The chaos and uncertainty that companies and consumers are enduring are well identified with Trump. The damage should stick to him through the 2026 midterms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Under Trump, America No Longer Stands for Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/calmes-the-case-that-proves-the-u-s-under-trump-no-longer-stands-for-rule-of-law/ar-AA1D3E8f</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a normal nation governed by the rule of law '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' not Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s America, that is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mistaken deportation of a Maryland father to a Salvadoran gulag, in violation of a federal immigration judge'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 2019 order, might have been easily resolved.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The United States Careens Toward a Constitutional Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/calmes-the-united-states-careens-toward-a-constitutional-crisis/ar-AA1BiAlG</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congress is cowed; that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s one supposedly coequal branch of government down. But federal courts are proving more resistant to Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trampling of laws and the Constitution. Now, just two months in office, the president has all but crossed the red line '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' defying a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Way To Win a Nobel Peace Prize?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-way-win-nobel-peace-112923867.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump has been pining for the Nobel since his first presidency, if only, say his supporters, 'it were fairly awarded.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Retribution Distracts From Real Domestic Enemies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-trumps-focus-retribution-distracts-110747182.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new president's enemies aren't America's enemies. If the FBI turns to retribution, what will protect us from the real threats that endanger the nation?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics Past Will Haunt DC in 2025. It Won't Be Pretty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-politics-past-haunt-washington-110002233.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brace for a MAGA civil war, mayhem courtesy of Elon Musk and Democrats with more leverage than the Nov. 5 election might have led you to believe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wray Broke a Prime Rule of Dealing With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-christopher-wray-just-broke-001039582.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the good of the FBI and the nation, Christopher Wray should have forced Donald Trump to fire him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Predatory Cabinet Choices Prove #MeToo Is Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-trumps-predatory-cabinet-choices-110026177.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With some crucial Cabinet choices, President-elect Donald Trump's idea of making America great again seems to be dragging it back to the 'Mad Men' era.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Backlash on the Backlash Against Biden Pardon]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/calmes-the-backlash-on-the-backlash-against-the-hunter-biden-pardon/ar-AA1vo0Bf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Days later I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m still seething that President Biden gave a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'full and unconditional'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' pardon to his troublesome surviving son.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I'm Grateful for Sen. Mitch McConnell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-thanksgiving-im-grateful-sen-110049980.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell is giving up one leadership role in the Senate for another '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' head of the Republican resistance should President-elect Donald Trump overreach.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Budget Cutters Set Themselves Up To Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/calmes-trumps-budget-cutters-have-set-themselves-up-to-fail/ar-AA1uFKoX</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s designated debt-busters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, last week wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal providing the fullest accounting yet of their plans to cut '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'waste, fraud and abuse'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that most well-worn and oft-broken of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Appointees Could Make for a Cabinet of Avengers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-trumps-gate-appointees-could-110020912.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Donald Trump has flooded the zone with provocative Cabinet nominees. Will a new Republican-majority Senate advise and consent?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Do Women Want? Not Donald Trump]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Women of America, how do you feel about a man who says he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be your protector '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'like it or not'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'? Another question: Do you even believe you need a protector?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Reasons To Vote for Harris for President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/calmes-top-10-reasons-vote-100000038.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It doesn't hurt that she's not Donald Trump. But there are plenty of other reasons to be for a Harris presidency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Turns on Firehose of Lies as Election Nears. It Matters]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If his lips are moving, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s lying.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP House Won't Govern. Send It to the Backbenches]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/calmes-the-gop-house-wont-govern-send-it-to-the-backbenches-in-november/ar-AA1qCHqM</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jackie Calmes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race. Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s what they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re up to: busily exemplifying the definition of insanity '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' doing the same thing over and over again and...]]></description>
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