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<title><![CDATA[Michael Schaffer - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15569.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Schaffer]]></description><category domain="15569">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Bougie Fallout of ICE's Crackdown in DC]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/09/20/ice-crackdown-dc-elite-00573586</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a longstanding MAGA critique of mass immigration: the idea that the status quo amounts to a lifestyle subsidy for the class of Americans who frequent upscale eateries, get their kitchens renovated and hire nannies, landscapers or cleaning ladies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resistance Is Not Coming To Save You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/15/trump-presidency-liberal-media-resistance-00189655</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On TV, after beating CNN on election night for the first time ever, MSNBC saw its audience plummet: In the six days after the election, Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' favorite network tumbled from its 2024 prime time average by 36 percent. CNN was off by 19 percent. During the same period, Fox exceeded...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Right's Economic Populism Is Breaking Progressive Brains]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/05/05/tucker-carlsons-anti-corporate-views-00095426</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When two American Prospect writers expressed tentative praise for the deposed Tucker Carlson, the response was instant and furious.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sorry, Jon Stewart--America Needs Crossfire Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/07/bring-back-crossfire-00090842</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The CNN debate show was indeed like pro wrestling. And our political landscape is worse without it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Is Sick of Presidents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/17/a-presidents-day-problem-america-is-sick-of-presidents-00083351</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The White House Historical Association was founded by Jacqueline Kennedy, and for the past four decades it has partially funded itself via the sales of annual Christmas ornaments depicting things like Warren Harding'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential railroad car or Benjamin Harrison'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's 'Cardboard Box' Presidency]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/08/joe-bidens-boring-presidency-00023923</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president promised to be boring. He's over-delivered.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain: The Whine-Track Candidate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=7c975910-3ce4-49fc-ad91-9db8ffeb0d34</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Schaffer</author>
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