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<title><![CDATA[Froma Harrop - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14953.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Froma Harrop]]></description><category domain="14953">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Platners Are in Therapy. They Really Need It]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democrats' apparent choice to replace Maine Republican Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate has built a rap sheet of dazzling disqualifiers. 
It wasn't enough that Graham Platner's impersonation of a blue-collar oysterman has been exposed. Turns out he attended the Hotchkiss School, an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Children Are Now Running Our Big Cities]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/21/children_are_now_running_our_big_cities_154146.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani earned national attention in a not-good way when he recorded himself in front of Ken Griffin's Manhattan home revealing the billionaire's address. He tapped the lens in a threatening manner and said guys like Griffin are going to pay more taxes.
Griffin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Midterms Are Democrats' to Lose]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are buzzing over the surprise victory of Taylor Rehmet in a Texas state senate race. Rehmet won by 14 points in a Fort Worth-area district Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024.
That outcome inspired a piece by Republican strategist Karl Rove titled "Midterms Are Dems' to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Right: Tech Visas Are Raw Deal for U.S. Workers]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/30/trump_is_right_tech_visas_are_raw_deal_for_us_workers_153342.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The time has come to praise Donald Trump. Let's savor the moment.
The president is right to challenge the tech worker visa known as H-1B. This is a temporary visa that lets American companies hire skilled foreign workers in "specialty occupations."
The visa's fans offer a mirror image,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Won't Be Nannies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/31/there_wont_be_nannies_153121.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[When Elon Musk and his first wife talked about how many children they would have, Justine reportedly said she wanted one or two. "But if I could afford nannies, I'd like to have four."
Musk reportedly replied: "That's the difference between you and me. I just assume that there will be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[News for the 'Downwardly Mobile Elite': You're Still Elite]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/29/news_for_the_downwardly_mobile_elite_youre_still_elite_153108.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A dear millennial friend and I once had a fraught conversation. It came back to me upon reading that the demographic most receptive to socialist candidates and their far-left agenda was the urban "downwardly mobile elite."
My friend, the son of hard-working immigrants, possessed an Ivy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mamdani Probably Won't Be Mayor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/01/mamdani_probably_wont_be_mayor_152980.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdani seemed to hit the political jackpot in besting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Hyper commentary now portrays this once obscure state assemblyman from Queens as a political meteor.
The thing about meteors is that they burn...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Political Message from Omaha Should Be Obvious]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/15/the_political_message_from_omaha_should_be_obvious__152795.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I flew into Omaha for the first time, the only thing visible from my descending plane was cornfields. You could even see the tassels. I was wondering, where is the city?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
There certainly was a city, with a world-class medical center, famous zoo and great nightlife. Old school...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without a SALT Fix, the Republican Majority May Be Doomed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/13/without_a_salt_fix_the_republican_majority_may_be_doomed_152780.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[At least six congressional Republicans are demanding a radical fix in the 2017 tax law targeting residents of high-income states. If they don't get it, they may sink Donald Trump's tax-and-spending package, his "one big beautiful bill."
And who can blame these reps from New York, New...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Politics and the Age of Politicians]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/08/politics_and_the_age_of_politicians_152763.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are deep in debate over the age of their older leaders. Some need replacement, according to younger Democrats who want to replace them. And in some cases, they are right.
But these arguments turn toxic when they equate age with capability. Ageism is bad politics, especially...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tariff Target on Roses Makes Zero Sense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/06/the_tariff_target_on_roses_makes_zero_sense_152751.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[May is usually the best month for florists, Mother's Day being a big reason. But Donald Trump's tariff war is raining pain on their bestselling season.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Pierson's Flower Shop and Greenhouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, expects customers to dial back on purchases because of higher prices...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Canada Starts the Real Resistance to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/05/01/canada_starts_the_real_resistance_to_trump_152732.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most remarkable about the recent Canadian election is that patriotism rather than raw economic interest propelled voters to resist Donald Trump. Canadians rejected the MAGA-fied Conservative Party, despite an economy suffering from anemic growth and high housing costs, all pinned on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ChatGPT Is Actually Not Your Friend]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/29/chatgpt_is_actually_not_your_friend_152717.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[I have been deep in conversation with ChatGPT, asking all kinds of questions. Are there direct flights between the U.S. and Queretaro, Mexico? Will Apple give me credit for a 2014 iMac? What color goes with teal? What was France's GDP in 1998?
My fascination with ChatGPT has become a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk Was Smart but Clueless]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/24/musk_was_smart_but_clueless_152694.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[It feels strange talking about the world's richest man, only 53 years old, in the past tense. But that somehow seems appropriate for Elon Musk, who weeks ago was considered Donald Trump's co-president. Now he's clearly falling off that high perch, just as Tesla, his star asset, reports...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's the Economy. It's the Economy.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/22/its_the_economy_its_the_economy_152688.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Many in the Democratic base are frustrated that their party isn't pounding away at Donald Trump over his attacks on the rule of law, academic independence and decency. That's not quite the case. Democrats and others opposed to the president's toxic agenda are seeing some success in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's War Against the Ivy League Is All Smokescreen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/17/trumps_war_against_the_ivy_league_is_all_smokescreen_152663.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Let's cut to the chase. Most of Donald Trump's threats against Ivy League colleges are an attempt to divert attention away from an economy heading into crisis.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
The trade war is producing economic and foreign policy nightmares. Despite the DOGE show, budget deficits are projected to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From the People's Business to Family Business]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/15/from_the_peoples_business_to_family_business_152651.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[From the People's Business to Family Business
Donald Trump's defenders have taken great offense to suspicions by Democrats and others that the Trump family and its close circle are doing insider trading to profit from market convulsions. There's no "proof," they say.
It's true that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Toxic Reach Stops Cold at the Canadian Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/10/trumps_toxic_reach_stops_cold_at_the_canadian_border_152629.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This trade war with Canada is not the first. Forty-five years ago, Maine potato farmers piled rotten potatoes at their state's borders with New Brunswick. Blocking nine crossings, the Mainers accused Canada of unfairly subsidizing its potato growers, thus driving down the prices they...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Economic Crash Started on Jan. 6]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/08/the_economic_crash_started_on_jan_6_152619.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump sent his thugs to the U.S. Capitol where they proceeded to smash up "the people's house." Trump refused to admit that he had lost the 2020 election. He called the assorted vandals "patriots" and surrounded himself with men and women of low character. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blue States Need Washington Less]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/03/blue_states_need_washington_less_152592.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA["Move it back to the states," Donald Trump says about education, about FEMA and, as will probably happen, about Medicaid. What that would mean to Americans depends on what state they live in. As the federal government moves forward on this, it's a good bet that high-income states can...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, We're Going To Keep Talking About that Group Chat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/01/_no_were_going_to_keep_talking_about_that_group_chat__152579.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's much spinning over the grave lapse in national security captured in that group chat outlining a planned bombing raid on the Houthi militia. It goes that it was not that big a deal because the mission was a success. It was not OK. It was lucky.
The late-night comedians and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MAGA Slumlords Try Friction Theory on Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/27/maga_slumlords_try_friction_theory_on_americans_152559.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson referred to the U.S. government as a "common house" that provided the people protection and stability. Donald Trump is trying to evict Americans from that comfy home by making it hard to get benefits that should be thought of as a right.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
Witness the slashing of basic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders: Good Show, Dicey Politics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/25/bernie_sanders_good_show_dicey_politics_152549.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders can draw a crowd. No doubt about it. And as Democrats continue to feel their way out of the Trumpian swamps, you can't blame them for wanting to vent in large groups. Sanders has amassed them in Nebraska, Iowa and Arizona and has said things ripe for the political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Canada Proves It Is Not Boring]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/18/canada_proves_it_is_not_boring_152521.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Years ago, a contest was run for the most boring newspaper headline. The winner was "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative," which appeared in the April 10, 1986, edition of The New York Times. "Worthwhile initiative" is a snooze-worthy phrase. Adding a reference to the quiet and restrained...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Our Beautiful Economy Was a Terrible Thing to Waste]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/03/13/our_beautiful_economy_was_a_terrible_thing_to_waste_152497.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Boy, do I miss Joe Biden. I especially miss the former president when Donald Trump and his bobbleheads unfairly blame him for everything that's gone wrong since Inauguration Day. Trump has since proven beyond doubt that he can wreck the economy all by his lonesome. And that's not all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[He Needed Me, but I Let Him Down]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/27/he_needed_me_but_i_let_him_down_152431.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The "he" in this case was Rusty, an ornery old mutt who didn't do the cute doggy things that get clicks on social media videos. He wouldn't "sit." He'd rarely lick my face. And if a baby was gurgling nearby, he'd go the other way.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
But Rusty had two things going for him. He was part...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NIMBY Needs a Lot of Defending]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/25/nimby_needs_a_lot_of_defending_152415.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NIMBY stands for Not In My Backyard. It's often employed as a shaming tool to portray those unwilling to turn their neighborhoods over to developers as selfish or even racist. It's a weapon in efforts to plow through zoning laws put in place to preserve a sense of community and the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Trump Sabotaging the U.S. Auto Industry?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/20/why_is_trump_sabotaging_the_us_auto_industry_152388.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Chinese leader Xi Jinping wanted to take down the U.S. auto industry -- and he probably does -- he couldn't have a better helper than Donald Trump. The American president's tireless efforts to slow America's shift to electricity-run transportation is a dream come true for China as it...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Can't Rely on Others To Solve Our Drug Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/13/america_cant_rely_on_others_to_solve_our_drug_crisis_152356.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fentanyl presents America with a terrible dilemma. More than 74,000 Americans died in 2023 after taking fentanyl or other drugs with fentanyl mixed in. There is no proven blueprint for stopping the scourge. We've spent over half a century trying to address the problem. The war on drugs...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three Ways for Democrats To Respond]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/02/11/three_ways_for_democrats_to_respond_152342.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Froma Harrop</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Elon Musk takes a jackhammer to American institutions, Democrats seem frozen in confusion. That's in part because Donald Trump serves as wingman, diverting attention from the sabotage of government services through a carpet-bombing of bizarre plans, most recently, having the U.S....]]></description>
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