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<title><![CDATA[Damon Linker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16287.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Damon Linker]]></description><category domain="16287">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[ICE Is Imposing Autocracy in Minnesota]]></title>
							<link>https://www.persuasion.community/p/ice-is-imposing-autocracy-in-minnesota</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The state has become Trump's most radical experiment with militarized government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Post-Liberal Catholics Find Their Man]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-post-liberal-catholics-find-their-man/ar-AA1os6Lr</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When journalists write'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about ties between Donald Trump and the religious right, they usually focus on evangelical Protestants. That emphasis makes sense, given that evangelicals make up a sizable portion of the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s electoral coalition, and their enduring devotion to the morally...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ginni Thomas Reveals the Right's Class Warrior Shtick]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/politics/1011855/ginni-thomas-reveals-the-rights-class-warrior-shtick</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Transport a conservative intellectual forward through time from 1982 to 2022 and one of the first things he'd notice is that his present-day counterparts talk an awful lot about class.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Protests Aren't Progressive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/when-protests-arent-progressive/ar-AATS21g?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After absorbing two weeks of criticism for doing too little in response to the "Freedom Convoy" that has blocked border crossings across Canada and paralyzed the capital city of Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a national emergency on Monday, giving the federal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Progressives Are Aggressors in the Culture War, Too]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/politics/1002300/progressives-are-aggressors-in-the-culture-war-too</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans have moved right. But Democrats have moved left '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' in some cases more sharply.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anti-Semitism &amp; the Limits of Political Correctness]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/politics/1000894/political-correctness-fails</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The spike in anti-Semitic violence shows the limits of combatting bigotry with shaming]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Radical Future of the Pro-Life Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/973509/radical-future-prolife-movement</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the past several decades, the progressive nightmare on abortion rights has involved a conservative majority on the Supreme Court overturning'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Roe v. Wade'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (1973) and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Planned Parenthood v. Casey'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' (1992). This would immediately return the issue to states, where many legislatures...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Do You Save a Democracy From Its Own Citizens?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/liberal-democracys-achilles-heel/ar-BB1dcG0A</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Critics of liberal democracy have long accused it of being weak, more like a debating society obsessed with the fairness of its own rules than a vital force that can defend itself and triumph over hostile forms of politics and ways of life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Alarming How Much Trump Has Transformed the Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-most-alarming-thing-about-the-trump-presidency/ar-BB1cSSYZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The presidency of Donald J. Trump is ending not with a whimper but with something like blissful silence.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Causing Long-Lasting Damage to Our Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/951069/damage-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The terrible consequences of the president's quest to overturn the election]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Will Trump Finally Give Up?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/949547/how-trump-give</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump eventually conceding would be unprecedented ... for Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Joe Biden Won the Final Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/945421/why-joe-biden-won-final-debate</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nothing happened Thursday night that would put his solid lead at risk]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Our Horrifying New Normal]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/938061/living-through-apocalypse</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They say people can get used to anything, and now I know it's true]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Still Drives Republicans Nuts]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/928989/why-obama-still-drives-republicans-nuts</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His eulogy for John Lewis was typically soaring. The reaction on the right was furious.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could America Split Up?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/928371/could-america-split</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All week I've been haunted by a brief few seconds of video posted on Twitter late Sunday night by a student journalist in Eugene, Oregon. Two men face off at a protest '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the one standing on the left is demonstrating for Black Lives Matter; the one on the right, sitting in a pickup...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beware the President's Portland Plot]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/926679/trump-declares-war-america</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is Trump a tyrant? Or does he just play one on Twitter?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Flight 93' Election Has Ended in Disaster]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/925378/flight-93-election-ended-disaster</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Easily the most influential pro-Trump essay of the 2016 election cycle was "The Flight 93 Election" by the pseudonymous author Publius Decius Mus (later revealed to be author Michael Anton, who went on to serve on Donald Trump's national security council '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and who, 16 years prior to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Can't Make His Anti-Protest Message Stick]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/923806/why-trump-cant-make-antiprotest-message-stick</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president wants to turn civic unrest into a campaign issue. So far, voters aren't buying it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Run Against Himself?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/922020/trump-run-against-himself</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is on track to badly lose re-election. Time for something bold.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[John Roberts Has Had Enough of Trump's Bad Faith]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/920795/john-roberts-enough-trumps-bad-faith</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The DACA decision is more evidence of the Chief Justice's institutionalist principles]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Win Election, Dems Need to Keep Biden Out of Sight]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/916377/why-biden-benefits-by-disappearing</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are worriers. So it was probably inevitable that presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden would face some buyers' remorse, despite his strong showing in the primaries and continuing lead over Donald Trump in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' head-to-head polls.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American Individualism Is a Suicide Pact]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/912853/american-individualism-suicide-pact</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States is about to undertake a remarkably risky epidemiological experiment on itself. With'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' at least'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 72,000 Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' dead of COVID-19'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' over the past seven weeks and no sign of overall decline in rates of infection, the White House and numerous state governments have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Tara Reade's Allegations Could Bring Down Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/911495/how-tara-reades-allegations-could-bring-down-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[All Trump has to do is accuse Democrats and the media of smarmy double standards]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Foolish to Believe Tara Reade Over Biden Camp Denials]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/908754/what-should-democrats-about-sexual-assault-allegation-against-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suddenly the party of #BelieveWomen isn't sure who to believe]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Should Relax--Biden's a Very Strong Candidate]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/905556/relax-about-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There's a lot to worry about right now, but Democrats don't need to fret about Biden's candidacy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Dems Should Not Oust Sanders in a Convention Coup]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/898601/democrats-ponder-coup-dbernie</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders winning the nomination could be bad. Ousting him would be so much worse.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Do All the Dem Candidates Seem So Unappealing?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/896976/moderates-2020-lament</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can this really be all there is? No, I'm not lamenting the pointlessness of existence. I'm expressing despair over the state of the race to decide on a Democrat to face President Trump in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Night's Big Winner? Donald J. Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/893559/trump-just-won-iowa-democratic-caucuses</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Whatever the eventual outcome of the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and whether or not anyone in our conspiracy-addled country believes in the veracity of the officially certified result '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' there is one clear winner of the vote, and that is President Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pro-Lifers Will Regret Their Alliance With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/891179/donald-trump-moral-decline-prolife-movement</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The anti-abortion cause will ultimately suffer for its alliance with the president]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Strongest Case for Joe Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/890117/strongest-case-joe-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Damon Linker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'm not thrilled with the prospect of Joe Biden winning the Democratic nomination and becoming president, and I know no one who is. That doesn't mean I hate him. It's just hard to get truly excited by a guy who's a milquetoast moderate, prone to embarrassing gaffes and verbal flubs, and...]]></description>
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