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<title><![CDATA[Sidney Blumenthal - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/25267.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Sidney Blumenthal]]></description><category domain="25267">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Midterm Campaign Theme Is Unrequited Love]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/trump-midterm-campaign-devotion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president senses a crisis in his cult of personality. He believes the path to victory is through unwavering devotion]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Birthright Citizenship Arguments Are Nonsense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/12/stephen-miller-birthright-citizenship-arguments</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s immigration architect calls the supreme court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'outrageous'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' as he pushes for policy rooted in genetics, not law]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Held Hostage By His Lost War in Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/30/trump-iran-war</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If there is any consistency to Trump's policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Foreign Policy Escapades Likely To Cost Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/17/americans-on-trump-foreign-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[History tells us what happens when American presidents focus on foreign policy and neglect domestic economic policy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Will Have To Answer for Trump's Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/22/republicans-midterm-elections-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The abject obedience of GOP members and the 4 November election results do not augur well for Republicans in the midterms]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Should Learn History Before He Rewrites It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/04/trump-us-history</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president seeking to overhaul the Smithsonian has a dark vision of the past that he's using to advance his agenda]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Is No 'Trump Doctrine'. Just Chaos]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/trump-doctrine-putin-alaska-russia</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The recent summit meeting in Alaska between Trump and Putin was nothing short of a theater of the absurd]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whiny Trump Can't Stop His Own Economic Mess]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/trump-economy-sidney-blumenthal</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Between his tariffs and his regressive 'big, beautiful bill', the president is wreaking havoc -- and he never learns]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Governing Philosophy Is Absolute Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/trump-law-constitutional-crisis</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's clashes with the judiciary over immigration have launched a constitutional crisis. We're headed toward a collision]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Signal Chat Exposes Trump Admin's Incompetence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/29/signal-chat-trump-incompetence-stephen-miller</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The discussion revealed unserious people who don't know when to keep quiet, with Stephen Miller as the real boss]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Picks Are Agents of His Contempt &amp; Vengeance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/20/trump-cabinet-picks-contempt-rage-vengeance</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does JD Vance Really Believe?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/14/jd-vance-trump-beliefs</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vance's great skill is advancement through mimicry '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' with Trump as his ultimate model]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Whipping Up Whirlwind of Lies About Hurricanes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/10/trump-hurricane-lies-conspiracy-theories</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump and Vance see the natural disasters not as tragedies but as opportunities to advance their far-right conspiracy theories]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump &amp; Vance's Smear a Microcosm of 2024 Race]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/trump-vance-springfield-immigrants-avoid-abortion</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republicans desperately need to distract voters away from abortion. They've now found the perfect new scapegoat]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flailing Trump Is Deeply Threatened by Harris]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/04/trump-kamala-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Before Biden dropped out, Trump thought he had this election in the bag. Now his smears against Harris aren't working]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stakes of the Election Are Higher Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/biden-debate-election-stakes</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden's painful debate performance doesn't change the reality of this presidential election]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Has Transformed Into the Trump MAGA Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/03/trump-conviction-republicans-maga-richard-nixon</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Richard Nixon's perfidy was exposed, his party support crumbled. But with Trump, GOP leaders rallied around him]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Trial, Trump Isn't the Superhero MAGA Craves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/trump-trial-superhero-shadow</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He wants his devotees to see the court case as trial by combat, with him as warrior. But the truth is more pathetic]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Hubris Brings About Downfall of Family Empire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/17/trump-hubris-family-empire-new-york</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even the fortune Trump inherited from his father did not stop him from steering the family's dynasty on to the rocks]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS May Turn Election Into a Constitutional Crisis]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/14/us-supreme-court-trump-election-sidney-blumenthal</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By dodging the question of Trump's eligibility for re-election, the court could force a dangerous situation on to Congress]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Trapped in Dangerous Absurdity of Own Making]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/26/kevin-mccarthy-republican-shutdown-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By abasing himself to Trump and the most hardline Republicans, Kevin McCarthy made himself a political hostage]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Must Buck Up: There's No Alternative to Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2023%2Fsep%2F13%2Fjoe-biden-democrats-alternative-polling</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Spooked by Trump's shadow, Democrats react with disapproval of Biden, whose numbers are stagnant. They risk creating a self-fulfilling prophesy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Legal Woes Part of His Mythology of Martyrdom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/21/trump-election-giuliani-sidney-blumenthal</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[These criminal entanglements are not only means but ends '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' not a sideshow, but the heart and soul of Trump's campaign]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How DeSantis, GOP Napoleon, Met His Waterloo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/31/ron-desantis-republican-napoleon-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Florida governor tried to outflank Trump on the right. Bad idea. Next to the former president, the devil with the best Republican tunes, DeSantis is a minor fiend at best]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Indictments Make Trump Stronger, GOP Wilder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/04/trump-indictment-republicans-murdoch-koch</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Trump's arraignment nears, Rupert Murdoch, the Koch network and other rightwing power brokers know the monster they created is now truly out of control]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Insurrection Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/06/capitol-attack-coup-attempt-trump-far-right-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Behind the insurrection of 6 January was a coup plot that was months in the making, and which involved a dastardly cast of characters]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Racial Culture War Reaching New Heights in VA]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/30/glenn-youngkin-republican-racial-culture-war-virginia</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why is the Republican running for governor of Virginia going after Toni Morrison's award-winning novel Beloved?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Attempts to Fight the Election Result Will Fail]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/07/donald-trump-election-result-pathetic-fight-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's bid to crown himself king will be his last reality show]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump Cancelled the Republican Party]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/23/how-donald-trump-canceled-republican-party-sidney-blumenthal-lincoln</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The convention will be a ghastly reminder of what happened to the party of Lincoln '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even as it desperately grabs for his mantle]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Needs a Democratic Senate More Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/22/trump-election-democratic-senate</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sidney Blumenthal</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is already hinting he may refuse to leave office if voted out. The Senate must be ready to protect democracy]]></description>
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