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<title><![CDATA[Heather Wilhelm - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14993.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Heather Wilhelm]]></description><category domain="14993">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Pumpkin Spice and the AI Apocalypse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/10/pumpkin_spice_and_the_ai_apocalypse_154488.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ah, autumn in America. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time for some of our favorite seasonal rituals: leaf-drenched pumpkin patches, foamy lattes, retro barn jackets, and yet another self-reported Anthropic AI researcher declaring to the world that the product he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been working on might just murder us...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Media Rooting Against Russia-Ukraine Peace?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/08/18/rcp_podcast_trump_ukraine_redistricting_doge_schools_cancel_culture.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show, Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and National Review writer Heather Wilhelm break down the latest on negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, more on how the Beltway commentariat is responding to President Trump federalizing the Washington, D.C....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[War Between Harvard &amp; Trump Escalates]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/24/rcp_podcast_harvard_warns_trump_newsmax_ceo_on_the_future_of_cable.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Thursday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and National Review columnist Heather Wilhelm start the show with the battle between Harvard...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DOGE Hits IRS]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/21/rcp_podcast_doge_hits_irs_universities_face_trump_disneys_latest_flop_advice_for_democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Heather Wilhelm, a columnist for National Review, discuss Laura Ingraham's interview last night with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Captain Marvel' and Today's Exhausting Feminism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-captain-marvel-feminism-women-superhero-wilhelm-0311-20190308-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Captain Marvel, or at least the reception to it, might be a subtle indicator of how suffocating modern feminism has become.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Farewell, Masculinity: We'll Miss You When You're Gone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/01/traditional-masculinity-harmful-american-psychological-association/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, the American Psychological Association delivered some sad news for fans of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'traditional masculinity.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Save the Democrats! Vote Republican]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/vote-for-republicans-to-save-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The arguments for doing the converse are getting a little silly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Extremely Odd Bargaining Tactics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-democrats-odd-trump-attack-0723-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats going after Trump and the Republican Party in an odd way following Trump's Helsinki debacle.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abortion Cheerleaders Realize Science Is Not on Their Side]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/abortion-cheerleaders-realize-science-is-not-on-their-side/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They panic because they realize that science is not on their side.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CNN's Astonishing Silliness Pervades U.S. Airports]]></title>
							<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-cnn-cable-news-tv-0604-20180601-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1gp2</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CNN was everywhere, and unless you had a giant pair of virtual reality goggles and noise-canceling headphones, there was no escape.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tough Times for the Dem Resistance]]></title>
							<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-wilhelm-tough-times-for-the-resistance-california-solar-panels-0514-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are doing a lot of arguing these days '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' most often, it seems, among themselves. Some people find this disheartening, but I actually think it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s OK. After all, how else does one develop good ideas? It might be far more depressing, at least I suspect, to be fully...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supposed 'Horror Show' of Motherhood]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/motherhood-portrayal-in-media-wrong-benefits-outweigh-cost/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what you may have heard, the benefits of being a mom greatly outweigh the costs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Praise of 'Slacker' Parenting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/04/parenting-advice-learning-from-failure-best-for-success/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is a wonder of human nature '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and a phenomenon observed throughout the ages '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' that even in the midst of relative peace and sometimes mind-boggling prosperity, people still find creative new ways to torture themselves. Witness exhibit one million, as explored in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Tribalism Really on the Rise? Meh.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/political-tribalism-democrats-republicans-many-americans-shrug/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By now we all understand that America is in the grip of political tribalism,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Yale professor Amy Chua wrote in the February 22'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York Times.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We lament and condemn this phenomenon even as we voraciously engage in it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Messing With Texas, Yet Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/beto-orourke-democrat-dream-turn-texas-blue-never-die/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats resurrect the dream that never dies: turning the Lone Star State blue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Politics, Twitterized]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/cnn-town-hall-gun-violence-twitter-debases-dialogue/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you watched CNN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s emotionally charged town-hall presentation on gun violence Wednesday night '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' entitled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m sorry.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hapless in Democratland]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455998/democratic-party-2018-midterm-congressional-elections-blue-wave-predictions-agenda-anti-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As America edges closer to the 2018 midterm elections, expect to hear a growing herd of weirdly confident political pundits talk about a coming and inevitable blue wave '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' you know, the overwhelming mass election of Democrats to Congress that's sure to come as a response to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Feminist War on Common Sense]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455524/feminists-battle-common-sense-embrace-hookup-culture</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the 2011 comedy Bridesmaids, Kristin Wiig stars as Annie, a down-on-her-luck single Milwaukee woman who regularly hooks up with Ted, a handsome Porsche-driving quasi-sociopathic cad delightfully played by Mad Men's Jon Hamm. After Annie sleeps over for the first time, a skittish Ted...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Goodbye, Boring Candidates -- Hello, Boring Hysteria]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455329/barack-obama-donald-trump-oprah-winfrey-celebrity-candidates-political-hysteria-michael-wolff</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455329/barack-obama-donald-trump-oprah-winfrey-celebrity-candidates-political-hysteria-michael-wolff]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA['It was a ceremony fit for the gods. That was the Washington Post's Dana Milbank, way back in August of 2008, describing Barack Obama's history-making acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination. It seems so long ago, doesn't it? Though somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the description...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Sexes After Weinstein]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454976/harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-metoo-movement-gender-relations-female-empowerment</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: The following article appears in the December 31, 2017, issue of National Review. Think back: Do you remember your first boy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'girl party? Perhaps we all have the same memory, New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen wrote in 1988. The boys stood on one side of the room...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Evil' Tax Cuts? Nope, It's Blue-State Panic]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454461/gop-tax-cuts-evil-hardly</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ah, the holiday season. It's a magical time, bursting with joy and merriment, the laughter of children, jolly parties, twinkling lights, mildly terrifying mall-dwelling Santas'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' .'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' .'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' .'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the faint sounds of caterwauling blue-state politicians shrieking that the GOP tax bill...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Christians, Moral Hazards, and Roy Moore]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454244/roy-moore-controversy-christian-leaders-should-steer-clear-alabama-senate-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, while campaigning in an Alabama church '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' as a Bible-believing Christian, I'll note that this story is already off to a questionable start '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Judge Roy Moore, the state's embattled Republican Senate candidate, faced down a rather spirited heckler. The entire time, all...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gun Control and Magical Liberal Thinking]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453513/gun-control-liberals-magical-thinking</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Sunday's horrific Texas church shooting, America's chattering classes promptly responded with silent, respectful, and somber reflection, holding off on divisive and caustic political debates for the day. Unfortunately for all of us, that was over on Earth 2. Back here on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Run, Wonder Woman! The Feminists Are After You!]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/448352/wonder-woman-modern-feminism-enjoyable-movie-lousy-philosophy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Wonder Woman, the new smash-hit superhero movie, audiences see Diana, our valiant heroine, transported from the idyllic and isolated all-female island of Themyscira to the gritty, violent, and often confusing world of man. Born with mysterious powers, Diana may be tough, but she's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future Isn't Female--It Will Leave Identity Politics Behind]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444699/future-is-female-problematic-feminist-slogan</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, after a month of quasi-hibernation, Hillary Clinton emerged from the political wilderness to give her first video address since the inauguration of her always-colorful nemesis, Donald Trump. It was a golden opportunity to show grace, introspection, and clarity. But since...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Lost Because She's Hillary Clinton]]></title>
							<link>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-clinton-delusional-glass-ceiling-perspec-1111-md-20161110-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[That didn't take long. Just hours after Hillary Clinton lost the presidency to Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? and hours after she left her disconsolate supporters at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and hightailed it to the confines of Manhattan's Peninsula Hotel '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? cries of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Let Trump Be Trump'? Who Else Could He Be?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/18/let_trump_be_trump_who_else_could_he_be_131541.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Of all the political pundit-grown gobbledygook flying around this election year, wishful musings about an upcoming Donald Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'pivot'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' were perhaps the most persistent. Ah, the mythical pivot'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'you know, that magical moment, always just around the corner, where Trump stops...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Life Lessons From the Kindergarten Election]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/11/life_lessons_from_the_kindergarten_election_131478.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Are you depressed about the presidential election? Do Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton astound you with their weapons-grade yet quasi-comical awfulness? When you read the news of the day, do you fight an insistent urge to throw your computer out the window, chop off your hair, don some...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sorry, GOP: There Is No Trump 'Reset' Button]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back in mid-March'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'when Americans could still operate in healthy denial regarding the political tragicomedy to come'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Dr. Ben Carson, fresh off of endorsing Donald Trump for president, delivered a somnolent yet strangely chipper performance on MSNBC'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'S '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Morning Joe.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sorry, Trump GOP, the Choice Is Not &quot;Chicken or Fish&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/07/21/sorry_trump_gop_the_choice_is_not_chicken_or_fish_131254.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Wilhelm</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After delivering a stemwinder of a speech at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie settled in with the MSNBC '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Morning Joe'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' crew for a chummy Wednesday morning recap. There, he delivered what has quickly become the mantra of...]]></description>
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