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<title><![CDATA[Paul Waldman - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14793.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman]]></description><category domain="14793">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Unmanly Truth About Trump's Jobs Record]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-jobs-men-health-care-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a yawning gap between what the president promised and what he has delivered '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' especially for young men who hoped he would improve their lives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Gimmicks Aren't Working With Voters Anymore]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-midterms-diesel-ban-5000-checks</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A diesel export ban and $5,000 checks aren't changing the midterm prospects of the president or the Republican Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Face Challenges in Nov. Turnout Isn't One of Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/democratic-primary-voter-turnout-midterms</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Primary turnout isn't the only way to measure the enthusiasm that will translate into votes in the fall. But it's a particularly good one.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paxton Is Suddenly Campaigning Like a Democrat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/ken-paxton-texas-republicans-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The longtime culture warrior is now talking about affordability and complaining about the economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Economic 'Golden Age' Collides With Reality]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-economy-inflation-gdp-bessent</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not a recession, at least for now. But the president has delivered the Meh Economy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance's Stunning Watergate Revisionism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/jd-vance-watergate-nixon-defense-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's a reason Donald Trump's allies take issue with the exposing of rot in a presidential administration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance's Slick Answers Can't Hide His Biggest 2028 Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/jd-vance-the-view-interview-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Succeeding a president from your own party is hard enough, and being Trump's vice president makes it harder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ken Paxton's Win Hands Democrats Their Issue for 2026]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/ken-paxton-senate-primary-talarico-corruption</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Texas attorney general's record will mean more attention on the issue of corruption, which Democrats can run on across the country.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vance Wants You To Think Fraud Is Only Blue State Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/jd-vance-fraud-medicaid-medicare-investigation</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration's slapdash approach and its eagerness to attack first and ask questions later should make us all skeptical.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Revenge in Indiana Could Come With a Cost]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/indiana-primary-results-trump-republicans-cost</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By ousting state senators who voted against his redistricting push, Trump achieves nothing but soothing his wounded pride.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hardest Part Still To Come for Democrats After Virginia Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/virginia-redistricting-democrats-referendum-house-congress</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have promised the changes will be temporary. But if Republicans simply refuse to stop gerrymandering, what then?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Clarence Thomas Misunderstands Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/clarence-thomas-rights-democracy-constitution</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman: The Supreme Court justice's insistence that rights come from God, not government, couldn't be more wrong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[President's Low-Energy Address Failed at Main Objective]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-iran-speech-reaction-nuclear-deal</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman: Trump tried to slap some gold paint on this catastrophe, but he still hasn't made a case for why his Iran war is anything but a terrible idea.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Maher for the Mark Twain Prize? Really?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/bill-maher-mark-twain-prize-kennedy-center-choice</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman: Bill Maher really is an odd choice for the Mark Twain Prize]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the GOP's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Is Unraveling]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/news/trump-redistricting-texas-primary-turnout</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have long been the ones more likely to engage in procedural hardball while Democrats worried about norms and propriety. Then Trump pushed for gerrymandering.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Absurd $10 Billion Suit Against His Own Govt]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-10-billion-irs-lawsuit-taxes-corrupt</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump wants every American taxpayer to give him a payoff]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The President Is at War With His Own Country]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-ice-minnesota-renee-good-noem-civil-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman: If you support Trump, he likes you. If you don't, you're his enemy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hakeem Jeffries' Ineffective New Slogan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/hakeem-jeffries-slogan-democratic-party</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paul Waldman says that in addition to being inscrutable, the new slogan doesn't even describe what Democrats ought to want.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Big Problem With the White House's Economic Spin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jobs-report-trump-lutnick-economy-august-rcna229347</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's no doubt that spin can work in politics, but economic reality is especially difficult to twist.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Case Study: Can U.S. Again Be the Power Tool King?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/a-trump-tariff-case-study-can-the-u-s-again-be-the-power-tool-king/ar-AA1G8y43</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[My DeWalt 20-volt cordless drill/driver combo set is a beaut'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'powerful, smooth, comfortable in the hand, and not too expensive; I got it on sale for about a hundred bucks.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk's Retreat Should Relieve No One]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-trump-administration-tesla-earnings-rcna202574</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a disastrous first quarter for Tesla, Musk says he is winding down his time as a special government employee. But the damage has been done.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Understanding Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democrats-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-musk-rural-voters-rcna199268</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The results show that Democrats can pick up ground in rural areas '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and they don't have to grovel to do it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Silver Lining in Democrats' Low Approval Rating]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democrats-approval-rating-polls-schumer-book-tour-rcna196698</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recent history tells us that that anger may be crucial if the Democrats are to back from their current lowly position.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Collins Was Worried About Gabbard. Just Not Enough]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/-trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-senate-confirmation-vote-republicans-rcna191023</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate Republicans most eager to trumpet their independence have abandoned their constitutional responsibility to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'advise and consent,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walz Makes a Plea for a Different Kind of Patriotism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tim-walzs-dnc-speech-was-powerfully-patriotic-sincere-rcna167373</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's a welcome antithesis to the Republican ticket, whose understanding of patriotism doesn't have much to do with neighborliness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants Just One Thing From His VP--and It's Terrible]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-vice-president-loyalty-scott-noem-rcna151510</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Loyalty, not qualifications, is Trump's top priority.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Should Make Election About the System, Not Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-rcna139798</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A broader system, not just one man, will be on the ballot in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Haley Is Going To Lay Into Trump, and It Will Be Great To Watch]]></title>
							<link>https://newrepublic.com/article/178362/nikki-haley-attacks-trump-great-watch</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Biden attacks Trump, it's dog bites man. But when Haley hits him, it's news. And she can remind voters of all the bad things about Trump they've forgotten.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Immigration, Republicans Deal in Bad Faith and Silliness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-johnson-republicans-texas-mexico-border-rcna132085</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans treat these jaunts to the border as accomplishments in themselves, far more meaningful than any legislative response.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dear Republicans: Please Impeach Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-impeachment-republican-congress-2024-election-rcna130924</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Paul Waldman</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The House GOP's vote to authorize the inquiry offers a preview of what might happen next.]]></description>
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