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<title><![CDATA[Tom Nichols - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/28561.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Tom Nichols]]></description><category domain="28561">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump&rsquo;s Tirades Aren&rsquo;t Swaying Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tirades-aren-t-swaying-220100803.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Who could forget the riveting moment, during the high Cold War tensions of the early 1980s, when President Ronald Reagan strode to the White House podium and told the American people that Soviet leader Yuri Andropov had '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'gone absolutely crazy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Raising his voice to a yell,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Take Trump Seriously About Greenland]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/take-trump-seriously-about-greenland/ar-AA1ClUHr</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every American should contemplate three realities about Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s aggressive desire to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Kash Patel Principle]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-kash-patel-principle/ar-AA1v3mns?ocid=BingNewsSerp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a Saturday-night post on his social-media site, Truth Social, he announced that he is nominating Kash Patel, a former federal prosecutor, to serve as the director of the FBI.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lloyd Austin Owes Americans an Explanation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/lloyd-austin-owes-americans-an-explanation/ar-AA1mzpBf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized this week, and apparently, the president of the United States didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know about it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for days.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reclaiming Real American Patriotism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/reclaiming-real-american-patriotism/ar-AA1dpdx4</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is usually an unproductive emotion. Our memories can deceive us, especially as we get older. But every so often, nostalgia can remind us of something important. As we celebrate another Fourth of July, I find myself wistful about the patriotism that was once common in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for Increasing Aid to Ukraine]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-case-for-increasing-aid-to-ukraine/ar-AA1bhxdf</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The sooner Putin and his coterie are forced to face failure, the better.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The January 6 Attack Is Not Over]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-january-6-attack-is-not-over/ar-AA163ArG?ocid=EMMX&amp;cvid=03f430a45c514aaba089fd14e7f3ed9b</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America still needs accountability at every level.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Childish Drama of Elon Musk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-childish-drama-of-elon-musk/ar-AA15nfwg</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yet again, an important part of the public square is controlled by a narcissistic toddler.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Authoritarian Right Is Regrouping]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-authoritarian-right-is-regrouping/ar-AA14Flke</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Events of the past few weeks in Russia, Brazil, and America show the global right in disarray. But these are not signs of defeat, as liberals might hope; they are the disorderly attempt by antidemocratic forces to stage a recovery.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Joe Biden's Closing Argument for Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-closing-argument-for-democracy/ar-AA13I7as</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president defends American institutions, but it might be too late.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stakes in Ukraine Have Not Changed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-stakes-in-ukraine-have-not-changed/ar-AA10JNiK</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re fire-hosed by news of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s antics and stories of the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s slide into antidemocratic madness, Americans must remember what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s at stake in an actual military confrontation between freedom and dictatorship in Europe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nine Years? Brittney Griner Is a Political Prisoner]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nine-years-brittney-griner-is-a-political-prisoner/ar-AA10jxFx</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brittney Griner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has been sentenced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to nine years in a Russian penal colony for possessing a tiny amount of cannabis oil. Griner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s case was never about a minor offense against Russia law (which was real, for what that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worth). It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s about what kind of country Russia has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is the GOP So Afraid Of?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/what-are-trump-supporters-so-afraid-of/ar-AAYIrPj</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As more truths about Donald Trump and his attempted coup come out, I fear there will be more irrational anger and threats from people who cannot bear the truth.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Everyone, Leave Joe Biden Alone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/leave-joe-biden-alone/661278/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's been a good president, but Republicans want to impeach him and some Democrats want to replace him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Only Putin Knows What Happens Next]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/only-putin-knows-what-happens-next/ar-AAT3qZS</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Russian President Vladimir Putin'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' about to invade Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or, more accurately, isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t about to expand his previous invasion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s certainly making a good show of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Trump's Fault Milley Was in Such a Terrible Position]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/mark-milley-barely-stayed-inside-lines/620102/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The general stayed inside the lines'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'barely. The real problem is that he was in that situation at all.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Greatest Threat to U.S. Democracy Is Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/08/19/donald-trump-not-problem-american-democracy-we-are-nichols/5563354001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I was worried long before Trump and the Capitol riot, as political jousting turned zealous and well-off friends called America a disastrous mess.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Is Your Fault]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/afghanistan-is-your-fault/ar-AANn3gX</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kabul has fallen. Americans will now exercise their usual partisan outrage for a few weeks, and then Afghanistan, like everything else in a nation with an attention span not much longer than a fast-food commercial, will be forgotten. In the meantime, American citizens will separate into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Moral Collapse of J.D. Vance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-moral-collapse-of-j-d-vance/ar-AAM911p</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Instead of a truth-teller in his own community, Vance as a candidate has become a contemptible and cringe-inducing clown.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The GOP Now Stands for Nothing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-gop-now-stands-for-nothing/ar-AAKu0zC</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Republicans in Congress are blocking a bipartisan investigation into the January 6 insurrection. Their spines crushed by years of obedience to Donald Trump, the members of the GOP have once again retreated from civic responsibility, with one more humiliation of those last few in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Destroyed the Most Important Virtue in America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-destroyed-the-most-important-virtue-in-america/ar-BB1cVhKT</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What should have been a week-long celebration of the resilience of American democracy has turned into a dark circus. Instead of citizens lining Pennsylvania Avenue to cheer and greet a new president, all of downtown Washington, D.C., is an armed camp. Soldiers patrol the streets while...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Unity Until Morally Bankrupt Republicans Repent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/01/13/unity-come-after-first-step-removing-donald-trump-column/4150114001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The people who have supported Trump need to come to terms with what they've done and with what they've allowed to happen '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or it will happen again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Republicans Are Doing Is Worse Than Treason]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/what-republicans-are-doing-worse-treason/617538/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No amount of rationalizing can change the fact that the majority of the Republican Party is advocating for the overthrow of an American election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White Anxiety, Resentment Fuels Republican Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/a-large-portion-of-the-electorate-chose-the-sociopath/ar-BB1aHzMn</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The moment every Donald Trump opponent has been waiting for is at hand: Joe Biden seems to be taking the lead. So why am I not happy?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Each Briefing, Trump Is Making Americans Worse People]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/TxdFPZ</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He is draining the last reserves of decency among us at a time when we need it most.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran's Smart Strategy Restores Their Military Credibility]]></title>
							<link>https://outline.com/nX2qSV</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The immediate crisis with Iran is over. The United States acted against an Iranian general, Iran responded, and both sides have stepped back from further open hostilities. Now the argument is under way about who won this round in a 40-year conflict.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why House Democrats Are Right to Impeach Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/04/impeach-trump-abuse-obstruction-campaign-finance-emoluments-column/3851239002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're different but we agree: No president has placed America in more peril for less reason than Trump. Refusing to confront him only emboldens him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[All Signs Suggest Putin Has Dirt on Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/13/mounting-evidence-trump-fears-putin-compromising-information-column/2564892002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's behavior toward Russia has always been a security concern, and the FBI had no choice but to open a counterintelligence operation. It did its job.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Trump Voters Ruining America for All of Us?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/04/27/trump-voters-ruining-america-tom-nichols-column/100926836/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s record in his first 100 days, by any standard of presidential first terms, is one of failure. Aside from the successful nomination of the eminently qualified Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, there are almost no accomplishments '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and a fair number of mistakes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chill, America. Not Every Trump Outrage is Outrageous]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/02/02/trump-outrage/?utm_term=.632a1ac84526</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Tom Nichols</author>
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