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<title><![CDATA[Ben Domenech - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23452.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ben Domenech]]></description><category domain="23452">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Stay the Course, Not Take an Easy Out]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/12/domenech_trump_should_stay_the_course_with_iran_and_not_take_an_easy_out.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FOX News contributor and "Daily Wire" opinion editor Ben Domenech on "Special Report" tonight: "I just think that the real risk here is that China is going to try to emerge as an interlocutor who could be trusted to deal with the Iranians to try to resolve this and the president might...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Donroe Doctrine Make Rubio President-in-Waiting?]]></title>
							<link>https://spectator.com/article/marco-rules-rubio-president-waiting-donroe-doctrine/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Marco Rubio is now the best version of himself; the laid-back Gen Xer of the cabinet, cool and composed under pressure]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Last Night Dems Emphatically Embraced Radicalism]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/opinion/dem-voters-embrace-fringe-from-socialists-to-pro-assassination-nuts/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The voters spoke Tuesday night, and rather than reject Democrat extremism, they embraced it emphatically.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In VA Gov Race, Spanberger Exposes Dems' Woke Weakness]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/10/05/opinion/in-virginia-gov-race-spanberger-exposes-dems-woke-weaknesses/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The battle between Abigial Spanberger and Winsome Earl-Sears in the Old Dominion is proving that Democrats learned no lessons from their massive culture-war losses of 2024.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Law-and-Order Win in DC Paints Democrats in a Corner]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2025/09/17/opinion/trumps-law-and-order-win-in-dc-paints-democrats-in-a-corner/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's police takeover in DC was a lesson in how law enforcement can clean up a crime-ridden city fast '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and even his haters in Congress are learning from it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Deranged Democrats Can't Stop Trashing America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/18/ben_domenech_deranged_democrats_cant_stop_trashing_america.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brian Kilmeade and Ben Domenech on Tuesday night on FNC's "Ingraham Angle."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Interview With President Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/spectator-interview-president-donald-trump-full-transcript/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The full transcript of President Donald Trump's interview at the White House with The Spectator's US editor-at-large Ben Domenech]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fight To Curtail TikTok's U.S. Influence]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/fight-curtail-tiktok-us-influence-mike-gallagher-china/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One hundred and twenty minutes. That's how much time more than 40 percent of American children spent on TikTok every day last year]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the GOP Donor Class Blew Another Election]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/politics/fall-nikki-haley-comet-trump-2024/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's simplistic to read 2024 as a sequel to 2016, with Haley as Rubio and DeSantis as Cruz, but not entirely wrong]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beware the DOJ's Hunter Biden Distraction]]></title>
							<link>https://thespectator.com/topic/beware-the-dojs-hunter-biden-distraction/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The indictment of Hunter Biden on gun charges is an obvious smokescreen for the White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell Should Not Escape Blame for Midterm Results]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/blame-mitch-mcconnell-senate-republicans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell is not a deserved leader in any sense of the word. He caves to the Democrats on every major vote]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mainstream Left Embraces Violence as a Viable Option]]></title>
							<link>https://thetransom.substack.com/p/the-mainstream-left-has-embraced</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At some point, we need to reckon with a new reality: that the level to which the left has'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' embraced justifications of violence and whitewashed threats of violence since the Summer of Floyd is incredible, unlike anything we've seen since The Weatherman.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' From January 1969-October 1970,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Stand for Free Speech?]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/stands-free-speech-cem-joad/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One disturbing aspect of these developments is that one-time proponents of free speech are jumping ship at exactly the moment when bipartisan]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Title IX Reminds Us Why the Cultural Left Is in Trouble]]></title>
							<link>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/title-ix-reminds-us-that-the-cultural-left-will-lose/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week marked the anniversary of Title IX, the Nixon-era policy designed toward more equal treatment of the sexes in higher education]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine, the New Right and Defending the West]]></title>
							<link>https://thetransom.substack.com/p/ukraine-the-new-right-and-defending?s=r</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Russian invasion of Ukraine has proven thus far to be a difficult puzzle for the American right. The reaction of conservatives to the foreign policy of the Barack Obama years was to slam his decisions as unserious, naive, or weak, inviting America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s enemies to exploit us. This...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Predictable Attempt to Cancel Joe Rogan]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/07/when-it-comes-to-joe-rogan-the-real-n-word-that-matters-is-no/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The playbook they're running against Joe Rogan is obvious, recognizable, and requires new defensive weapons.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Are Fed Up With Democrats' Covid Panic]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/02/01/elite-panic-in-the-cathedral/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iwrote yesterday about the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Joe Rogan problem'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' our elite faces today, where even such'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' leading intellectual lights as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' must take up the solemn duty of condemning their Spotify colleague who actually does the work his contract demands.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats' Capitol Riot Commission Is a Fraud]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/06/jan-6-and-the-curse-of-whataboutism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The importance of learning nothing and forgetting nothing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gruden Canceled for His Private Thoughts. Are You Next?]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/13/jon-gruden-got-canceled-for-his-private-thoughts-and-you-could-be-next/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gruden's forced resignation is a new level of cancel culture mission creep, and you should care about it, because it's probably going to happen to you.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ESPN Has Become a Constant Force of Division]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/08/ben_domenech_espn_has_become_a_constant_force_of_division_in_america.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA["The Federalist" publisher Ben Domenech weighed in on the changing role of sports in American society Tuesday on FOX News.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Funniest Man in the World Has Died]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/15/there-will-never-be-another-norm-macdonald/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no line he would not cross, there was nowhere he would not go for a joke he believed in.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Failed Victory Lap Over Afghanistan Exit]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/01/time-to-demand-accountability-after-bidens-failed-victory-lap/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first third of Joe Biden's speech defending the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal was full of lies, and done in completely bad faith.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Presidency Has Gone Off the Rails]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/30/joe-bidens-presidency-has-gone-off-the-rails-and-the-democratic-party-will-pay-for-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This moment demands basic core competence on how to govern and lead across multiple areas, and this administration apparently lacks nearly all of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghan Debacle Has Exposed Biden as a Failed President]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/afghan-debacle-has-exposed-joe-biden-as-a-failed-president/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Joe Biden's meager interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on the Afghanistan crisis shows how utterly incompetent he is as American's commander-in-chief, Ben Domenech.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Afghanistan Skeptics Are Totally Vindicated]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/16/we-all-should-be-appalled-by-what-is-happening-in-afghanistan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all the fractiousness about Afghanistan over the past twenty years, finally there is unity in this opinion: What a disaster.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Have Already Tired of Biden's Partisan Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/07/26/americans-have-already-tired-of-bidens-hyper-partisan-agenda-optimism-in-nations-future-plunges-after-6-months/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Corporate media and Big Tech colluded with the Democratic Party to gaslight the country into electing Joe Biden as a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' return to normalcy. Six months in, the country is getting that normalcy, and they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re getting it good and hard '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but without any of the Barack Obama packaging...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Fond Farewell to Conan O'Brien]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/25/a-fond-farewell-to-conan-obrien/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[O'Brien inspired comedians through a dedication to crazy, wacky humor your dad didn't get. He would rather make you laugh than make you clap.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Totalitarian Left Seeks National Divorce, Racial Strife]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/04/20/ben_domenech_on_the_american_crisis_what_does_it_mean_to_be_a_nation.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Fox News Primetime" host Ben Domenech sounded the alarm of a "new American crisis" during his first show Monday, asking who will lead the nation when the crisis ends.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shelby Steele and the Consequences of Courage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/03/09/ben_domenech_shelby_steele__the_consequences_of_courage.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Host Ben Domenech publisher, and co-founder of The Federalist talks with author, race relations expert and Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, Shelby Steele. Shelby shares how the conversation around race has changed over his lifetime, he helps explain the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jon Stewart Killed 'Crossfire' and He Was Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/25/jon-stewart-killed-crossfire-and-he-was-wrong/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ben Domenech</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is today essentially no program that pairs left and right perspectives on camera as co-equal hosts to debate today's topics. Is that a good thing?]]></description>
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