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<title><![CDATA[Jill Lawrence - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19025.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Jill Lawrence]]></description><category domain="19025">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dolly Parton Thought Big. And Thought of Others]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dolly-parton-1946-2026-rip</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Behind the rhinestones and under the towering wigs was a singular artist and businesswoman who owned her talent, her music, and her place in American life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Which Dem Can Repair the Damage Trump Has Done?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/contributor-which-democrat-could-repair-the-damage-trump-did/ar-AA22Bh8G</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have a huge opportunity to make a huge difference. But whether they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll grab it is a huge question.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kennedy Center: Renaming, Rebuilding, Revolting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-kennedy-center-renaming-rebuilding-revolting</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[IMAGINE A RENAMING SPREE in your town or state. The Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Radio City Music Hall. The Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Hollywood Bowl. The Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Las Vegas Sphere. The Donald Trump Ryman Auditorium. Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Red Rocks. Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Madison Square Garden.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Attacks on 'No Kings' Protests Reek of Desperation]]></title>
							<link>http://msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/no-kings-protests-johnson-trump-rcna238038</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans' fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Don't All Have To Sound Alike]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/shocking-idea-all-democrats-dont-have-to-sound-alike-mamdani-spanberger-platner-drey</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four candidates in wildly different races show the value of being yourself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Transgender Issue Not a Distraction for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/transgender-issue-is-not-a-distraction-for-democrats-facts-golden-rule</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's an opportunity to speak clearly about human rights and morality. Follow the facts and the Golden Rule.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[VA Candidates Show You Can Try To Kill DEI, But You'll Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/virginia-candidates-dei-diversity-maga-racism</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Talk about a Lost Cause.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Shameful 'No' to the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/america-shameful-no-to-the-world-immigration-deportation-imprisonment-musk-melania</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The risk of random, unaccountable detention and imprisonment is growing. Even Musk and Melania could have been detained under Trump's rules.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time for Dems To Pitch Their Own 'Contract with America']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/time-democrats-pitch-their-contract-with-america-agenda-policy-2026-campaign-economy-rights-family</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Resistance is necessary, not futile. But we need more than that, starting now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/time-for-it-to-die-the-chaotic-killing-off-of-government-musk-trump-doge</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't count on the courts to stop it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Wait, Dems: Start the 2026 Campaigns Right Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/start-the-2026-campaigns-right-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans don't care. America should vote them out. What are Democrats waiting for?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems &amp; Media Must Raise Hell for as Long as It Takes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/son-of-a-bitch-is-back-trump-mcconnell-2028-democrats-what-comes-next</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden promised and delivered a return to norms. Now it's time to raise hell. For as long as it takes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris' Full-Court Press]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harriss-full-court-press</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding the opinions of her critics, the vice president could not be doing more to make her case to the American people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris vs. Trump: The Race America Needs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harris-vs-trump-the-race-america-needs</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden still has time to guarantee a win for his party and his place in history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Handing Biden All the Arguments Needed To Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/if-trump-loses-thank-supreme-court</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They keep handing Biden all the arguments he needs to win.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden Won't Give Up on Hunter or America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/hunter-biden-conviction-and-joe-biden-toughness</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who is the real tough guy in this race? It's not Donald Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can't Let Trump Run America Like His Business]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-run-america-like-business-autocracy-family</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It would be an autocracy like we've never seen.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Trump Did This': How To Beat MAGA on Border Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-did-this-border-security</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Force them to own their immigration fails, starting right now.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So You Want To Hire a Conservative Commentator...]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/hire-conservative-commentator-ronna-mcdaniel-nbc</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Ronna McDaniel fiasco at NBC, how can news orgs find principled conservatives worth publishing and airing?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Race, Religion and Progress in America]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/race-religion-diversity-churches-martin-luther-king-black-lives-unitarian-universalist-florida</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MLK's integration dream is still a challenge, even for churches that prize diversity Opinion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To GOP, Impeachment Just Another Word for Getting Even]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/impeachment-just-another-word-for-getting-even</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Accountability is on life support and even Jack Smith may not save it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jim Jordan an Absurd, Dangerous Choice for House Speaker]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/jim-jordan-absurd-dangerous-choice-for-speaker</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are nine of the countless reasons he can't be trusted with U.S. democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Time To Get Nervous About Hunter Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-handling-hunter-biden-story-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From the president on down, the approach has got to change.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rough Days for Biden, Rougher Days for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/rough-days-for-biden-rougher-days-for-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One man wants to govern. The other wants to dodge prosecution.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right Is Racing To Shrink Our Freedoms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/freedom-under-attack-fourth-july-rcna92412</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court, conservative governors and gerrymandered state legislatures are racing to shrink our fundamental rights and freedoms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DeSantis Happy To Copy Trump's Abuses of Power]]></title>
							<link>https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/desantis-wont-deliver-gop-from-trumpian-abuses</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Florida governor is all too happy to follow the Trump model of busting norms and cutting ethical corners.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Wants You To Know He's Not Soft on Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/joe-biden-wants-you-to-know-hes-not-soft-on-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But the politics surrounding his willingness to see D.C.'s new criminal code overruled are messy and complicated for Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Smart Way To Win Over Working-Class Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/opinion-one-smart-way-win-111026162.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI2zDYLKe8KifhWECyr6WXFKML_8MwKjHaqBqC-awRNotzntuoQ2rHTHxj5gsJjJdjaSgwRxbBt9M9UaGs7fUKLK04hFCq0tuoYDiPkz4</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has held his job for less than a month, so it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s probably too early for him to think about running for president. But it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not too soon for other governors considering a White House run to do what he did with a splash on his first full day:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' open...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the 'Weaponization' Committee Is Really After]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thebulwark.com/what-the-weaponization-committee-is-really-after/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The defeat of election deniers running for important statewide offices last fall suggested a nation edging away from seven years of Trumpism. But that trend will be tested in the next two years, with supercharged Republicans newly empowered to spout conspiracies, grievances,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCarthy Spectacle Shows How GOP Will Damage America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2023/01/05/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-republican-failure/10991787002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Jill Lawrence</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dear Republicans, breaking rules and imploding expectations is not governing. Dear USA, it's going to be a long two years.]]></description>
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