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<title><![CDATA[Margaret Carlson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14685.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Margaret Carlson]]></description><category domain="14685">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[For Marco Rubio, Bad Timing Was Great Timing]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/22/for-marco-rubio-bad-timing-was-great-timing/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rubio lost to Trump in 2016 but he's living his best life as Secretary of State, approved unanimously by his Senate colleagues.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bowed But Not Broken]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/05/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-bowed-but-not-broken/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Her latest attempt to knock off a House Speaker ran into the calm determination of Mike Johnson. How long can she stay muzzled?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fani Willis' Only Crime Is Being Human]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/02/23/sex-love-and-trump-prosecutor-fani-willis/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The District Attorney may have made a mistake, but the divorced mom's only crime was being human'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which is more than the former president can say.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley's Comet]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/12/04/haleys-comet/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina governor is having a moment, but as her abortion hustle shows, there is no there there.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ridiculous 'Weaponization' Investigations]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/05/25/jim-jordan-john-durham-and-their-ridiculous-investigations/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Chairman and the hapless special counsel keep insisting they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve found frightful evidence of the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'weaponization'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of the government and especially the FBI and its poor target, Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Winning]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/03/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-winning/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She's got an enormous megaphone, essential committees, and Kevin McCarthy in her debt. What more could she want?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hey, Democrats. Don't Give Up on Ohio]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/11/17/hey-democrats-dont-give-up-on-ohio/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The conventional wisdom says the Buckeye State is gone forever, but Tim Ryan's strong showing and Sherrod Brown's three Senate elections say otherwise.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Merrick Garland Fire John Durham?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/04/will-merrick-garland-fire-john-durham/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The special counsel was hired to show that poor Trump was a victim of foul play, but he's come up with nothing and the attorney general has every reason to boot him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This The Mike Pence Moment? (Really.)]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/05/26/is-this-the-mike-pence-moment-really/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pious vice president backed the winner in Georgia, has MAGA cred from sucking up to Trump and helped save the Republic on January 6. Some Republicans might like it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chris Matthews Show]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/06/02/the-chris-matthews-show/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his new book, the journalist, speechwriter, broadcaster, and force of nature recalls an astounding career.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Sick of It, But the Trump Show Staggers On]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/america-is-sick-of-it-but-the-trump-show-staggers-on?ref=wrap</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So he managed not to be crazy for half an hour. That was nice. But the real snapshot of his mind was that Wallace interview.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Dems Send Iowa's Ernst Back to Castrating Pigs?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/theresa-greenfield-may-send-joni-ernst-back-to-castrating-pigs-sooner-than-shed-planned?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The plain-spoken Democratic Senate nominee tells Iowans how Social Security helped save her after personal tragedy. No wonder it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a close race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pence Was Always Irrelevant--Now He's Corrupt, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-always-knew-mike-pence-was-irrelevant-and-now-we-know-hes-corrupt-too?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For two-plus years, the fawning vice president merely made a fool of himself. But after he stayed at Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Ireland hotel, he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s much worse than that.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump's Trade War Drag Down Ernst in Iowa?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/joni-ernst-is-a-harley-riding-gun-shooting-pig-castrating-republican-donald-trump-is-dragging-her-down?ref=scroll</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Farmers are used to battling acts of God, but not coping with a capricious act of man that has cut soybeans prices by 50% since 2014, costing Iowans more than $2 billion.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Gives Biden a Room, Rent-Free, in His Head]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-gives-joe-biden-a-room-rent-free-in-his-head</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most politicians campaign to win the privilege of governing. Trump simply campaigns to campaign.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beto Blew It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/beto-orourke-blew-it?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reacting to losing to Ted Cruz by running for president is like failing to land a role in a community theater production and deciding to take your talents to Broadway.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump and Kellyanne Prove George Conway Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-crashes-george-and-kellyanne-conways-dispute-about-him?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t a bid for a reality show. This is reality, where this president attacks his adviser'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s husband and she stands with the president.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Knows Art of the Deal, Trump Just Talks About It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/pelosi-knows-the-art-of-the-deal-trump-just-talks-about-it?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t expect to hear any more careless cracks about his manhood.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Will Run Rings Around Trump for Next 2 Years]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-is-going-to-spend-two-years-running-rings-around-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What happened on Tuesday is just the beginning. The lifelong pol Pelosi has been preparing for this moment her entire career.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So Just What Was That Melania Power Play About?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/so-just-what-was-that-melania-power-play-about?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does she sense the meltdown happening and knew now was the time to go in for the kill? The weirdness just got much, much weirder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Year of the Woman Crashes Into President 'Horseface']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-horseface-crack-shows-why-year-of-the-woman-may-pass-by-republican-candidates?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A strange race in Tennessee may show the impact the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s comments are having on voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to the White Male Grievance Backlash Parade]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-you-dare-accuse-a-good-man-republicans-will-put-you-on-trial?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump and Lindsey Graham are the drum-majors of the male grievance backlash parade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the polls are following them. Women, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going to take a village.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Us Kids Knew Some Priests Were Monsters. So Did Bishops.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/growing-up-in-harrisburg-us-kids-knew-some-priests-were-monsters-so-did-the-bishops-who-are-still-pretending-otherwise</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A grand jury exposed the grave sins the Catholic Church preferred to handle in-house and behind closed doors to get matters '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'sufficiently repaired.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right Way to Shun Trumpsters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-right-way-to-shun-the-trumpsters?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a middle ground between Pelosi-esque capitulation and Waters-style confrontation that will just let them play victim. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also the higher moral ground.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Trump's U.S., We're Upside Down, at War With Ourselves]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-through-trumps-looking-glass-20180615-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Trump land, Scott Pruitt, the grifter at EPA ruining the planet, is in. Rep. Mark Sanford, a conservative with a near 100% Republican voting record, is out...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The First Lady Who Ran the Family That Ran the Country]]></title>
							<link>http://time.com/5244196/former-first-lady-barbara-bush-dies-92/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A tribute to the no-nonsense First Lady who ran the family that ran the country]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Problem Isn't Who's Leaving. It's Who's Staying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-problem-isnt-whos-leavingits-whos-staying?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gary Cohn resigning as national economic adviser is bad for the adult quotient in the West Wing, as well as for the Dow Jones.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Law That Could Take Down Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-law-that-could-take-down-trump?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s all well and good for Paul Manafort to spend 15 years in prison for money laundering, and Rick Gates to plead guilty to cut a deal, and Alex Van Der Zwaan to miss the birth of his first child because he lied to the FBI.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looks Like Trump Reined in Kelly, Not the Other Way Around]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/looks-like-trumps-reined-in-kelly-not-the-other-way-around?ref=home#431</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Open Meeting Just Proves How Right Wolff Is]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-open-meeting-just-proves-how-right-michael-wolff-is?ref=home</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Margaret Carlson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The biggest, the best, the longest White House reality episode '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' took place on Tuesday to dismal ratings. Rather than be the sure-fire, live-cast way to change the subject from Michael Wolff's book in which his staff and others declared his dangerous incompetence and show Trump at his...]]></description>
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