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<title><![CDATA[Heather Digby Parton - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24577.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Heather Digby Parton]]></description><category domain="24577">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Rogers Is the Real Radical in Michigan Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/08/11/mike-rogers-is-the-real-radical-in-the-michigan-senate-race/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Abdul El-Sayed works to unite Democrats, the GOP nominee is embracing dangerous parts of the MAGA agenda]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tucker Carlson Could Derail GOP in 2028]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/08/09/tucker-carlson-could-derail-the-gops-2028-plans/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A third-party bid by the disaffected MAGA podcaster would be difficult '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and beneficial to Democrats]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Missed Chance on Trump's Immigration Cruelty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/08/04/democrats-missed-opportunity-on-trumps-immigration-cruelty/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The lack of focus on the president's deportations on the campaign trail is a strategic and moral error]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Trump Losing Older Voters?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/07/23/magas-social-safety-net-assault-could-turn-away-older-voters/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Republicans slash healthcare, older Americans are pushing back]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Marco Rubio Goes to War Against Global Justice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/07/19/marco-rubios-quest-to-destroy-the-international-criminal-court/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The secretary of state is using the right's long-standing hatred of the ICC to bolster his MAGA bona fides for 2028]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Squandered the Economic Recovery]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/31/how-trump-squandered-the-economic-recovery/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In January 2025, the president was set up for success. Instead, he blew it]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Latest Attack on Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/05/26/trumps-latest-move-to-restrict-voting-rights/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president is pushing states to create citizenship lists to prevent non-citizens from voting]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jack Smith Lays It Out: Trump Shattered the Rule of Law]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/01/25/jack-smith-lays-it-out-trump-has-shattered-the-rule-of-law/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former special counsel's congressional testimony was a reminder: We could have been spared a second Trump term]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's War on Drugs Includes Notable Exceptions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/12/02/trumps-war-on-drugs-includes-some-notable-exceptions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'ndez contradicts his strategy. Or does it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Train - and Its Conductor - Are Losing Steam]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/11/28/the-trump-train-and-its-conductor-are-losing-steam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are growing weary of the president's cruel policies and stagnant economy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Are On Cusp of Destroying Obamacare]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/11/18/the-gop-is-on-the-cusp-of-destroying-obamacare/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This time Republicans are taking a death-by-increments approach to the ACA '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and it just might work]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kimmel Falls Victim to Trump's Media War]]></title>
							<link>http://salon.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-is-the-latest-casualty-in-trumps-war-on-media/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[POTUS and his henchmen are intent on bringing the left to heel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Tea Party Takeover: GOP Goes Full MAGA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/01/27/the-quiet-takeover-of-the-tea-party-establishment-is-now-full-maga/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made good on his promise this week to exact revenge on Democrats for denying committee assignments to far-right extremists Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Paul Gosar, R-Az. He booted two California congressmen, Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP, Gobsmacked by Abortion, Backpedals to Rebrand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/08/26/republicans-gobsmacked-by-abortion-backlash-furiously-backpedal-in-a-struggle-to-rebrand/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans find themselves suddenly squandering an easy midterm win due to the conservative Supreme Court's action]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell and McCarthy Have Lost All Control]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/04/29/puppets-mcconnell-and-mccarthy-have-lost-all-control/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why should we assume that they were telling the truth at any point in that series of events, private or public?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Is Still Democrats' Best Weapon]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2021/10/12/democrats-dont-have-to-save-themselves-donald-is-still-here-to-help/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The "popularist" theory is nothing new. But Democrats should stop soul-searching while Trump is still a threat]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Anti-Government Stance Haunts Them]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2021/07/23/republicans-anti-government-chickens-have-finally-come-home-to-roost/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On vaccines, the right's decades-long anti-government propaganda campaign comes back to bite them]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The MAGA &quot;Hunger Games&quot; in 2022]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2021/03/26/the-maga-hunger-games-republican-candidates-go-far-right-to-compete-for-trumps-endorsement/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump has spent his first few months in exile further consolidating his power and playing kingmaker for 2022]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Future of the GOP Looks Bleak]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2021/02/03/why-republicans-cant-dump-trump-the-future-of-the-gop-looks-as-bleak-as-its-past/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The GOP is haunted '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' not by Trump '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but by ghosts of the Republican Party of past]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flynn Walks: Trump's Betrayal of America Continues]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2020/05/08/trumps-massive-betrayal-of-america-continues-as-mike-flynn-walks-free/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will Flynn be the right wing's Nelson Mandela? Of course that's insulting '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but so is this entire presidency]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bill Barr, Warrior for Theocracy: Why Didn't We Know?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2020/01/03/bill-barr-warrior-for-theocracy-why-didnt-we-know-this-until-now/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The attorney general has gradually revealed his terrifying agenda: Who knew, and why was this concealed so long?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make No Mistake, Impeachment Will Hurt Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2019/12/06/trump-will-survive-impeachment-for-now-but-make-no-mistake-this-hurts-him/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'll be in uncharted waters, with an impeached president running for re-election. But history's not on his side]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Covering Up the Nightmare at Southern Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2019/07/08/trumps-latest-war-on-reality-cover-up-the-concentration-camps/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite ample evidence of inhumane conditions, Trump and his minions are ready to roll out]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Not Impeaching Trump Riskier Than Impeaching Him?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2019/05/13/impeaching-donald-trump-is-risky-but-not-impeaching-him-might-be-even-riskier/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Democrats are too craven to impeach Trump for his crimes, no future president will ever need to respect the law]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Under Assault From All Directions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2019/02/06/final-stages-of-the-russia-probe-trump-is-under-assault-from-all-directions/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Mueller untangles the Russia web, prosecutors probe Trump's company and inauguration. He's running scared]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lock Them Up! Republicans Go Full Banana Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2018/04/20/lock-them-up-gop-goes-full-banana-republic-with-demands-to-jail-comey-mccabe-and-clinton/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If I had read'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' this opening paragraph of a CNN story'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' four years ago I would have assumed it was actually an excerpt from a bad movie script:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paul Ryan's 'Trump Summit' Is Doomed]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2016/05/12/paul_ryan_is_just_this_screwed_why_his_summit_with_donald_trump_will_probably_backfire_no_matter_what/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, cable news held a collective crystal ball reading the entire day to let us know what was going to happen at today'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s big meeting between Paul Ryan and Donald Trump. Experts from across the capital gathered together to speak in hushed tones about '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'what needs to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Right Is Already Trying to Steal 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/theyre_already_trying_to_steal_2016_inside_the_gop_voting_rights_scheme_intended_to_derail_democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since African-American men were granted the right to vote with the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, programs were enacted to make it impossible for them to exercise the franchise. And needless to say, the passage of the 19th Amendment 50 years later, which opened the franchise...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Resurrection of the &quot;Liberal&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2015/10/15/the_resurrection_of_the_liberal_how_conservatives_tried_to_destroy_american_liberalism_and_how_it_came_back_from_the_dead/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Now that we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve had a chance to get over the fact that a group of political rivals got together this week to debate and were somehow able to be respectful, mature and obviously knowledgeable, without insulting each other'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s looks even once, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s interesting to contemplate...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP's Culture Warrior Zombies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.salon.com/2015/05/07/rise_of_the_gops_culture_war_zombies_why_the_party_of_right_wing_extremism_will_never_give_it_up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Heather Digby Parton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the more predictable tropes on the left side of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s political dial is the notion that the culture wars are over, that Christian conservatives are in retreat, and that the far right is breaking up due to its irrelevance. This happens periodically, whether Democrats have...]]></description>
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