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<title><![CDATA[Monica Hesse - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/30879.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Monica Hesse]]></description><category domain="30879">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[I Watched 24 Hours of Trump TV. Buckle Up]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/24/i-watched-24-hours-trump-tv-buckle-up/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump TV seems determined to show us everything, for reasons I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m not sure of and doubt its creators are, either. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not streaming, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stream-of-consciousness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What You Must Read To Understand Gloria Steinem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/03/one-thing-you-must-read-understand-gloria-steinem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The writer suited up as a Playboy Bunny for an article that changed the world.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lindsay Clancy Has Already Been Damned]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/27/abject-hell-lindsay-clancy-trial/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s on trial for the murder of her three children, but she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s already been damned.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Duffy Family's Reality Show Teaches About U.S.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/25/heres-what-sean-duffys-reality-show-actually-teaches-us-about-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sean and Rachel, now married for 27 years, seem like great parents and a good hang. While it is their Catholic faith that guides all of their decisions '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'My job is to get you into heaven, not to get you into Harvard,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Rachel explains at one point '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Duffys also...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[So I Tried Out RFK Jr.'s New Cooking Show]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/08/06/rfk-jrs-cooking-show-is-rich-persons-solution-poor-persons-problem/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You are a Kennedy. You live in a time of great divide, but you know who the real enemy is. The enemy is'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' seed oils. Wake up, betas. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Real Food Show.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Lasso Is Back: His Superpower Is Still Optimism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/05/ted-lasso-is-back-his-superpower-is-still-optimism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As its long-anticipated fourth season gets underway, the show'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s team is now female, and the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'BELIEVE'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' sign is still there, re-torn and re-taped.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Every Era Gets the 'Odyssey' It Deserves]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/07/17/what-even-is-the-odyssey/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s how to prepare your brain for Christopher Nolan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new adaptation.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What We Learned From Platner's Dropout Video]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/07/09/what-we-really-learned-graham-platners-dropout-video/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Platner vowed to always be honest.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' But the more that voters learned about his authentic self, the more they might have wondered if he could just zip it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[At This Point, the Reflecting Pool Deserves an Emmy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/06/25/this-point-reflecting-pool-deserves-an-emmy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The scene unfolding on the National Mall is the must-watch show of the summer. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a drama. A farce. A whodunit. A murder mystery.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Most American Fight Night]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/06/15/ufc-fights-white-house-showcased-tonal-incoherence-america/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The phrase '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Platonic ideal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' refers to the philosopher'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s conception that real life and meaning exist on an abstract spiritual plain beyond our physical existence and comprehension.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[RFK Jr.'s Manly Activities: Animal Edition]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/05/26/rfk-jr-is-now-handling-snakes-what-does-this-mean/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Decoding the latest manly video from our secretary of health and human services.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's the Best TV Show for Kids? I Have the Answer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/05/20/critic-long-search-very-best-tv-show-children-under-6/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our critic spends hundreds of hours in the weird and wonderful world of television for young children.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Oscars Are a Lost Cause]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/oscars/if-it-were-possible-to-fix-the-oscars-they-would-have-by-now/ar-AA1YJPX2</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At 207 minutes into Sunday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Academy Awards ceremony, host Conan O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Brien began stage-whispering to the attendees in the first row awaiting the night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s biggest trophies.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Streaming! Clinton Depositions Best New Drama]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/now-streaming-the-clinton-depositions-were-the-week-s-best-new-drama/ar-AA1XAVYh</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week on Season 250 of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'America,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform offered up the testimonies of a former president and a former secretary of state in the manner of a broadcast network unveiling a new midseason procedural drama.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Surprise Guests! Medals! The SOTU Game Show]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-thrills-and-chills-of-the-state-of-the-union-game-show/ar-AA1X3N5f</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By the time the men'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Olympic hockey team showed up, which honestly wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t all that far into things, it had already become clear what kind of State of the Union this was and what kind it was not.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kid Rock, RFK Try To Bench-Press the Establishment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kid-rock-and-rfk-jr-attempt-to-bench-press-the-establishment/ar-AA1WGaDC</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to stop whatever you are doing, put on your stiffest blue jeans and go to the gym. You are a Kennedy. Kid Rock is already there doing push-ups. Make sure you bring your whole milk. We will be drinking it, as is customary, in the hot tub.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The &lsquo;Commander in Grief&rsquo; Steps up To the Microphone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-commander-in-grief-steps-up-to-the-microphone/ar-BB1ewEZo</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For all the scrapper-from-Scranton talk that Joe Biden has cultivated in his career and his campaigns, the tough-guy act has always seemed like just that: an act. The president never comes across as more cringeworthy than when he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trying to be tough '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' when he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s suggesting...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Enduring Dilemma of Bill Clinton]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-enduring-bill-clinton-dilemma/2018/10/15/6507caee-d092-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?utm_term=.2886a41d07a0</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a particular hell we are all dragged back to with nearly every thoughtful #MeToo conversation, and that hell is Bill Clinton.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Target Was a Gay Nightclub--and All of Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-target-was-a-gay-nightclub-the-target-was-also-all-of-us/2016/06/12/74de576c-30cb-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It happened late at night, and the early pictures released from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando were confusing, because they showed young men in their best party clothes leaning on each other in a way that could have been friends wandering home after a bartender'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s last call, but was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Long Drive to End a Pregnancy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/05/06/the-long-drive-to-end-a-pregnancy/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/05/06/the-long-drive-to-end-a-pregnancy/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Monica Hesse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She had made a plan and now there was nothing left to do but follow it: a map in the console, a caffeinated tea in the cupholder, a tank filled with enough gas that she wouldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have to stop for hours. Now Emily sat in front of her house in Wyoming and made a final preparation,...]]></description>
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