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<title><![CDATA[Chauncey DeVega - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/31189.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Chauncey DeVega]]></description><category domain="31189">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[When the White House Becomes Fight Club]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2026/06/17/when-the-white-house-becomes-a-fight-club/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A cage fight on the South Lawn helps us understand violence, politics and spectacle in the Age of Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Beware of Trump's Budapest Peace Talks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/08/23/peace-talks-in-budapest-beware-of-trumps-ulterior-motive/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His preference for Hungary's capital holds dark symbolism for Ukraine '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the US]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The World Hulk Hogan--and Trump--Made]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/07/27/were-living-in-the-world-hulk-hogan-and-donald-trump-made/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Hulkamania" helped define a generation. But muscles and swagger can't fix everything]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Get Ready for a Hot Summer of Protests Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/06/27/steven-beschloss-the-no-kings-will-have-to-be-twice-as-large-to-slow-down-trumpism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four experts on what could be a hot summer of protest and how to get at Trump's Achilles' heel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Takes Advantage of Dem Disillusion]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/06/10/democrats-disillusioned-clear-the-path-for-rampage/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The image of then-President Biden welcoming Donald Trump back to the White House symbolized the disaster to come]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Crisis of Democracy Reached New Stage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/05/20/the-next-stage-of-our-democracy-crisis-competitive-authoritarianism/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first elected autocrat. His appetite for unlimited power is growing. It will likely never be satisfied.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[DNC Drama Is Quickly Becoming the Democrats' Brand]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/05/15/top-pollster-mark-melman-warns-dnc-drama-is-quickly-becoming-the-democrats-brand/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Showing off internal battles, be they ideological, personal, or otherwise, doesn't do anything to help the party"]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need To Ditch the Unity Pitch]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/03/12/democrats-should-forget-about-having-a-united-message/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Political science professor M. Steven Fish on why the Dems don't need to pander to polls to fight for justice]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Surviving 'Political Grief': You're Not Alone]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/01/27/surviving-political-grief-youre-not-alone-and-there-is-a-path-forward/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Collective mourning at this four-year horror show is real, and highly understandable. But we're not helpless]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Democrats Are Still in Grief]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/12/20/why-democrats-cant-get-over-the-grief-of-losing-to-donald/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A party without a leader is hopeless]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facing America's New Self-Evident Truths]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/12/13/democrats-face-americas-new-self-evident-truths/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a world where Joe Rogan and Donald Trump rule, how should Democrats plan for the next political battle?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Democrats Didn't Hear From Voters]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/12/04/democrats-need-to-take-the-working-class-seriously-and-literally/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It starts by just listening to regular people]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Are So Disconnected From What Voters Want]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/why-democrats-seem-so-disconnected-from-what-want/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Public focus groups before the election were a huge clue into Trump's popularity '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? but they largely went ignored]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Donald Trump Turns a Profit on Political Violence]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/09/23/how-donald-turns-a-profit-on-political-violence/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump, like the other autocrats, dictators, and tyrants he admires, will not let a crisis go to waste. Trump takes every opportunity to advance his own needs and interests despite (if not because) how many other people may be hurt in the process. This is both learned and natural...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Is Beating Donald Trump at His Own Game]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/08/12/a-competition-for-domination-harris-has-beat-at-his-own-game/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is on the ropes. Now is the time for the Harris-Walz campaign to press the attack and show no mercy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Clarity of Biden's Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/07/25/the-clarity-of-joe-bidens-legacy-defining-choice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Leadership has gotten harder and harder to recognize]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Polls Are Little More Than 'Vibes' Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/06/14/making-sense-of-the-post-conviction-polls/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Examining the shifts in public opinion following Trump's felony conviction]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did Biden's Killer State of the Union Turn the Tide?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/03/13/biden-brought-his-a-game-but-did-the-state-of-the-union-turn-the-tide/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden offered Americans a stark, clear choice between democracy and darkness. But the real fight is just starting]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's CPAC Speech Showed Signs of Cognitive Decline]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/02/26/cpac-speech-showed-clear-signs-of-major-cognitive-decline--yet-maga-cheered/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A confused Donald Trump kept up his threats of retribution during this weekend's conservative confab]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Taking Trump's Wealth Is Just the First Step]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/02/20/hitting-pockets-is-only-the-first-step/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Booting Donald Trump off the ballot and fining the Trump Organization into oblivion won't make MAGA disappear]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Americans Missing the Point of MLK Holiday]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/01/15/mlk-biographer-johnathan-eig-americans-are-missing-the-point-of-the-king-holiday/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We now "treat it like a day to celebrate King and we ignore the fact that all these other things are going on"]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Pollsters See 'Red Flags' for Trump Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/06/barack-obamas-pollsters-see-big-red-flags-for-donald-re-campaign/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mike Kulisheck and Shannon Currie of the Beneson Strategy Group on the impact of indictments on Trump's polling]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Can Only Be Defeated at the Ballot Box]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/08/02/criminal-indictments-are-not-enough-donald-must-be-defeated-at-the-ballot-box/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But even defeating Trump at the polls will be insufficient to secure the future of American democracy]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Planned Eradication of Trans People Begins]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/03/13/there-is-no-secret-plan-first-they-came-for-trans-people/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Avery accomplished and famous doctor recently told me, "if you really listen to the patient, they will tell you the diagnosis." His advice applies to many areas of life. For example, journalists and other people who think and write publicly about politics should follow it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Complex Simplicity of Black Cops &amp; White Supremacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/02/02/the-complex-simplicity-of-black-cops-and-supremacy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The new-age lynching video of Tyre Nichols brings to bear an old-school dilemma]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.'s Lessons in Resistance]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/01/16/we-need-martin-luther-king-jrs-lessons-in-resistance--thats-why-the-right-wants-to-erase-them/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right-wingers want to refashion Martin Luther King Jr. in their own image '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' because the truth is still dangerous]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Coming Indictment of Trump Break His Power?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/11/28/former-obama-lawyer-ian-bassin-the-coming-indictment-of-donald-will-break-his-power/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Former associate White House counsel says Garland, DOJ are going "by the book" and have a "rock solid" case]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ukraine's Victory 'Almost a Done Deal']]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/10/11/ukraines-victory-almost-a-done-deal-military-expert-on-how-invasion-imploded/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Retired U.S. Army officer and author John Spencer on the "dying breath of a giant" '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Russia's historic collapse]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Day of Reckoning Is Coming for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/09/19/former-prosecutor-a-day-of-reckoning-is-coming-for--but-hes-not-going-to-jail/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[America's democracy crisis will not end anytime soon. Donald Trump and his acolytes in the Republican-fascist party continue to incite acts of right-wing violence, including terrorism, on a nationwide scale as part of their plan to end American democracy and replace it with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Comes Next After the FBI Raid?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2022/08/18/us-v-donald-trump-what-comes-after-fbi-raid-i-know-one-thing-be-afraid/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Chauncey DeVega</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice is now formally investigating Donald Trump for serious possible, crimes including'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' violating the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in connection to his unlawful possession of top secret and highly classified materials.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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