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<title><![CDATA[Joe Conason - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14691.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joe Conason]]></description><category domain="14691">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Donald Trump's Self Dealing]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first term was historically corrupt. But this time Trump has grabbed billions already'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and by the time he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s done, he may make off with tens of billions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Won't Bring Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/05/why_trump_wont_bring_jobs_132501.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Within a day after Donald Trump's triumphal visit to Indiana, where he claimed credit for "saving" 800 jobs at a Carrier factory, the Department of Labor released its first monthly unemployment report since his election victory -- and one of the last that will come out during the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Real Email Scandal -- and Trump's Hypocrisy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/29/a_real_email_scandal_--_and_trumps_hypocrisy_132454.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For well over a year, Donald Trump ranted constantly about the woman he smeared as "Crooked Hillary," insisting that her alleged disclosures of classified information -- although unintentional, harmless and ultimately deemed innocent by the FBI director -- were serious felonies for which...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As Neo-Nazis Hail Him, Trump Shrugs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/23/as_neo-nazis_hail_him_trump_shrugs_132419.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In recent days, events have reignited the most disturbing speculation about the nature of the incoming Trump regime, its ideological orientation, and the political character of the president-elect himself.
Over the weekend, an organization that calls itself the National Policy Institute...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Former Whitewater Counsel Faces the Truth]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/10/former_whitewater_counsel_faces_the_truth_132020.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most Americans may no longer remember Michael Chertoff, the New Jersey Republican who once headed the Department of Homeland Security -- and who earned that position in part to reward his work on the Senate Whitewater Committee, where he served under New York's Alfonse D'Amato as chief...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why is Assange Pushing Trump's Conspiracies?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/15/why_is_assange_pushing_trumps_conspiracies_131514.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Among the most distasteful features of this election cycle is the adoption of right-wing propaganda themes -- including moldy material from decades ago -- by ostensibly progressive activists and publications. In their zeal to bring down Hillary Clinton, elements of the left have mimicked...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Country First: Why John McCain Must Dump Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/08/country_first_why_john_mccain_must_dump_trump_131458.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Country first."
That was the patriotic slogan of John McCain's presidential campaign eight years ago, uttered by the Arizona Republican to express a higher purpose than partisan, ideological or career motivations. Behind that brief phrase was the primacy of the nation -- not necessarily...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[French Paradox: Terror Attacks Continue as ISIS Loses Ground]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/15/french_paradox_terror_attacks_continue_as_isis_loses_ground_131212.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the hours after the horrendous attack on French revelers and tourists in Nice -- celebrating Bastille Day in homage to liberty, equality and fraternity -- supporters of the so-called Islamic State declared revenge for the reported killing of an ISIS commander known as "Omar the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Republican Assault on James Comey Reveals About Today's GOP]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/09/what_the_republican_assault_on_james_comey_reveals_about_todays_gop_131147.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The confrontation between FBI Director James Comey and his would-be tormentors on the House Government Oversight Committee revealed something far more fundamental about politics in America today than the reasons why Hillary Clinton will not be prosecuted over her "damned emails."
The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Truth About the Old Mud Trump Flings at the Clintons]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/joe-conason-truth-donald-trump-old-mud-article-1.2652509</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whenever Donald Trump lies, which he does almost every day, the American media listen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Crying 'Rape,' Trump? Unseal Your Divorce Records]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/27/crying_rape_trump_unseal_your_divorce_records_130704.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Evidently Donald Trump believes his campaign can accomplish with an Internet video what Kenneth Starr failed to do with $50 million and a platoon of private detectives and FBI agents: Bring down Bill and Hillary Clinton by dredging them through moldy muck. Somehow he doesn't seem to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is There Only One True Progressive?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/30/is_there_only_one_true_progressive_129503.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In our polarized politics, the Democratic Party is trending leftward -- not as sharply or as rapidly as the Republican Party has turned toward the far right, but still the party is moving further left than a generation or even an election or two ago. The stunning rise of Bernie Sanders,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hard Questions for Debating Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/11/13/hard_questions_for_debating_democrats_128731.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine for a moment that the purpose of a presidential debate is to elucidate policy differences on matters of concern to American voters -- instead of engaging the leading Democrats in still more boring babble about Hillary Clinton's email habits or Bernie Sanders' socialist...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Liars Debate, the Truth Always Loses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/18/when_liars_debate_the_truth_always_loses_128129.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Watching the second Republican presidential debate on CNN and its aftermath, millions of Americans learned again what we already know about these candidates:
These people embellish, prettify and fabricate their own biographies without hesitation, from Donald Trump's much-parodied...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Debate: Clinton Steps Up to Oppose the Demagogues]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/11/iran_debate_clinton_steps_up_to_oppose_the_demagogues_128060.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Sarah Palin joins Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and a motley crew of crazies in Washington this week to rally against the Iran nuclear deal, the speeches are likely to reflect the incoherence of the opposition. None of these right-wing celebrities appears to comprehend its terms, how it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump Really a 'Fascist'?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/08/28/is_donald_trump_really_a_fascist_127931.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although he is still a clown, nobody laughs at Donald Trump anymore -- which may be the real purpose of his candidacy, at least as far as he is concerned. The casino mogul is pleased to instill fear among Republican elites, as he dominates their presidential nominating contest -- and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Israel's Security Experts Support the Iran Deal -- And Iran's Hardliners Don't]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/08/07/why_israels_security_experts_support_the_iran_deal_--_and_irans_hardliners_dont_127704.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Congressional Republicans seek to undermine the nuclear agreement between Iran and the international powers, they assert that hardline Islamists in the Islamic Republic are delighted with the deal while Israelis concerned over their country's security are appalled. The same theme is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which 'Senior Official' Smeared Hillary Clinton?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/31/which_senior_official_smeared_hillary_clinton_127621.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of that famously discredited New York Times story about a "criminal referral" regarding Hillary Clinton's emails, a few important questions stand out, among many that remain unanswered.
Exactly who told Times reporters Michael S. Schmidt and Matt Apuzzo that the referral...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Never Patriotic: The Real Meaning of the Confederate Flag]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/26/never_patriotic_the_real_meaning_of_the_confederate_flag_127138.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the intensifying debate over the Confederate flag, important clues about the true meaning of this seditious symbol are staring us in the face. Dozens of those clues were posted by an angry, glaring Dylann Storm Roof on the "Last Rhodesian," website, where the confessed Charleston...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dennis Hastert, Nancy Pelosi, and America's 'Family Values']]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/05/dennis_hastert_nancy_pelosi_and_americas_family_values_126877.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans on Capitol Hill keep telling everyone how terribly shocked they are by the tawdry tale of Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House indicted last week for violations of federal money-laundering statutes in an effort to cover up alleged sexual abuse of a male high-school...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fake Clinton Scandals Are Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/sidney-blumenthal-fake-clinton-scandals-118389.html?ml=m_t3_2h#.VWg2hc9VhBc</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Has Washington learned nothing from Whitewater? The Clintons have spent their entire political lives in the capital dogged by one fake scandal after another. And, as we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been reminded this week, the fake villain in many of their fake scandals always seems to be the same: Sidney...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When They Scream 'Clinton Scandal,' Wait For The Facts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/05/10/when_they_scream_clinton_scandal_wait_for_the_facts_126538.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A very strange thing has happened to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Suddenly, journalists who never paid the least attention to the foundation's work over the past decade or so -- and seemed content to let the Clintons and their associates try to do some good in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran Deal: Do the Critics Want War?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/04/05/iran_deal_do_the_critics_want_war_126153.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before too much credibility is lavished upon Republican critics of the Iran nuclear agreement draft, including all of the assorted would-be presidential candidates, someone ought to urge them to explain what they would do instead. And when those critics start blathering, someone should...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media's Email Hysteria: Why Are Republicans Exempt?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/03/14/medias_email_hysteria_why_are_republicans_exempt_125929.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is almost eerie how closely Hillary Clinton's current email scandal parallels the beginnings of the Whitewater fiasco that ensnared her and her husband almost 20 years ago. Both began with tendentious, inaccurate stories published by The New York Times; both relied upon highly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This a Scandal -- Or a 'Scandal'?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/03/05/is_this_a_scandal_--_or_a_scandal________125830.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To someone who has watched many "scandals" surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton evaporate into the Washington mist -- even when Pulitzer Prize-winning pundits predicted that she would end up in prison! -- the current furor over her emails hardly seems earthshaking.
It isn't unreasonable to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Smart Brother? Why Jeb Bush Can't Escape Dubya's Dubious Legacy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/22/the_smart_brother_why_jeb_bush_cant_escape_dubyas_dubious_legacy_125694.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Being singled out as "the smart brother" in an American political and financial dynasty like the Bush family must be a heavy load. But Jeb Bush went far to dispel that burdensome description with his debut address on foreign policy. With its melange of mispronunciations, mistakes and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Lies, Little Lies and the Punishment of Brian Williams]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/13/big_lies_little_lies_and_the_punishment_of_brian_williams_125586.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The harshest penalties usually tend to be brutal, vengeful and excessive -- even when the offender is a celebrity journalist like Brian Williams. Suspended without pay from his post as the "NBC Nightly News" anchor for six months, Williams may be facing the end of his career in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Violent Extremists Welcome Attacks on Islam]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/16/why_the_violent_extremists_welcome_attacks_on_islam_125269.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whenever an act of horrific terror enrages the West, a predictable second act ensues. Furious commentators and activists on the right erupt with blanket denunciations of Islam, Muslims and their supposed plots to enslave us all under Shariah, urging that we ban the religion, stigmatize...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 'Je Suis Charlie' Should Mean to Us]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/09/what_je_suis_charlie_should_mean_to_us_125199.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not long after 9/11, the leading figures in France's Champagne industry decided that they would hold their 2002 annual awards gala in New York rather than Paris. At no small expense, they displayed solidarity with New Yorkers -- and America -- at a time of sorrow and fury, like so many...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP, Stop Making Excuses for Scalise]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/02/gop_stop_making_excuses_for_scalise_125112.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Conason</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The unsavory story of Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican and House majority whip, should serve as a clear warning to the leaders of the Republican Party. They need to ask why their message attracts some of the most despicable elements in American society -- and why they can't...]]></description>
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