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<title><![CDATA[Frank Miele - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/34313.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Frank Miele]]></description><category domain="34313">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Independent &lsquo;Democrats&rsquo; or Democratic &lsquo;Independents&rsquo;?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/05/independent_democrats_or_democratic_independents_154556.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are nothing if not exceedingly inventive in their efforts to retain or regain power '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' up to and including pretending they aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t Democrats at all.
Of course, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not unusual for Democrats to back away from the more extreme examples of their party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bobby Kennedy Keeps Me in the Trump Column]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/21/bobby_kennedy_keeps_me_in_the_trump_column_154518.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[OK, first of all, the headline is for rhetorical purposes only. Other than the Trump column, there is no place for a conservative to go.
Options? The Mitch McConnell column? The Marc Racicot/George W. Bush column? The John Thune column? Heaven forbid. Those are all sellouts who would let...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Trump Really Want To Win the Midterms?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/09/07/does_trump_really_want_to_win_the_midterms_154477.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even though Donald Trump professes confidence that the nation loves him and his policies, he isn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t putting his money where his mouth is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and that has Republicans running scared, especially if they are running for office.
With midterms just 57 days away, Trump is almost 17...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mr. President, Sometimes Silence Is Golden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/24/mr_president_sometimes_silence_is_golden_154438.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by speaking candidly to the American people and never backing down from his original statements no matter how offended the legacy media was by his sentiments.
Every other politician was sticking to talking points, glib and predictable, but Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Modest Proposal: Performance Reviews for Senators]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/10/a_modest_proposal_performance_reviews_for_senators_154402.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It seems as though only one thing motivates Congress to act '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the threat of elections.
That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s why both the House and Senate have moved to pass a continuing resolution to keep funding the government until December. Originally funding was going to run out on Oct. 1, the date that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Pentagon&rsquo;s Testosterone Wake-Up Call]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/27/the_pentagons_testosterone_wake-up_call.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the last 20 years, the adjective most often associated with masculinity is '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'toxic,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' implying that men who act like men are dangerous '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' even deadly.
Then along comes Pete Hegseth suggesting that maybe that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a good thing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' at least when it comes to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Birthright Citizenship: The Court Pointed the Way]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/13/birthright_citizenship_the_court_pointed_the_way_154327.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Immediately after the Supreme Court of the United States threw out his executive order outlawing birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump urged Congress to intervene.
In a post on Truth Social, he wrote, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thrilla by the Villa: Trump vs. Meloni]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/25/thrilla_by_the_villa_trump_vs_meloni_154263.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As I sat down to write this column, I knew there was only one possible topic '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' an international dispute that had the United States throwing its weight around and the other side refusing to back down.
No, not the Iran negotiations. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m talking about the much more consequential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Before We Forget: What Trump Did Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/15/before_we_forget_what_trump_did_right_154224.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first year and a half of his second term has been nothing if not controversial. After winning decisively in 2024, he has seen his popularity drop sharply.
In fact, Democrats are eagerly looking forward to gaining the majority in Congress in November, so they can...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I Still Stand With the 1 Percent]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/01/why_i_still_stand_with_the_1_percent_154178.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years ago, during the political convulsion known as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Occupy Wall Street,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' I wrote a column for the Daily Inter Lake declaring: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be afraid to say it: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'We are the 1 percent.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Of course, I wasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t wealthy then, and I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m not wealthy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voting Rights Act Never Mandated Racial Districts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/18/voting_rights_act_never_mandated_racial_districts_154131.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Ever since the recent decision of the Supreme Court limiting the use of race in drawing congressional districts, there has been a steady drumbeat of criticism claiming that the ruling somehow took away the rights of blacks and other minorities.
But nothing could be further from the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Needs a Clock]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/04/the_supreme_court_needs_a_clock_154085.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court decides cases. But it also decides when to decide them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and that timing can be just as consequential as the ruling itself.
Now we have a real-world example.
In a closely watched decision last week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s creation of a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t Kid Yourself &ndash; No Easy Iran Fix]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/20/dont_kid_yourself__no_easy_iran_fix__154047.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war with Iran is not popular '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no surprise. Critics of the war are correct about one very important thing: It is messy.
The Strait of Hormuz remains dangerous. Oil markets are volatile. The risk of escalation has not disappeared. Even after weeks of air...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Iran Put the World in a Straitjacket]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/06/how_iran_put_the_world_in_a_straitjacket_154011.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans like to think that their lives are shaped by elections, legislation, and the decisions of their elected leaders in Washington.
Lately, they are being shaped by a 21-mile-wide strip of water half a world away.
The Strait of Hormuz '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the narrow passage connecting the Persian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Imminent Threat? Iran Was Existential Threat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/23/imminent_threat_iran_was_existential_threat_153967.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows. War apparently makes even stranger enemies.
Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to fulfill the promise of eight American presidents since 1979 to bring justice to the Iranian terror-sponsoring regime has not just elicited predictable outrage on the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Filibuster Actually Lessens Senate&rsquo;s Power]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/09/filibuster_actually_lessens_senates_power_153923.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional invention that weakens the experiment in self-government that our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Founders intended.
I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll admit I was pushed off-kilter for a minute when one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[End the Filibuster &ndash; Or Stop Pretending To Govern]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/23/end_the_filibuster__or_stop_pretending_to_govern_153867.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So what has Congress done for you lately?
Big Beautiful Bill? Sure. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll give you that one. And it covered a huge amount of ground, from tax cuts to border spending, but that was eight months ago.
Since then, nothing. Zero. Zilch. Squat.
Oh sure, the Republicans have held only a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Affordability and Epstein Are Dems&rsquo; Bread and Circuses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/09/affordability_and_epstein_are_dems_bread_circuses_153814.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s already been decided that the 2026 midterm elections will be won or lost on the issue of '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'affordability.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Just turn on any political podcast or cable news show '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' or read the twice-daily ActBlue texts begging for money for the latest cookie-cutter Democrat '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pain-Gain Formula Working Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/26/pain-gain_formula_working_against_trump_153752.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We all know about the principle of short-term pain for long-term gain. In private life, it means we sometimes choose to endure personal sacrifice or hardship in order to eventually achieve a goal such as home ownership.
In public life, there are also many instances of this principle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From &lsquo;Hands Up, Don&rsquo;t Shoot&rsquo; to &lsquo;Drive, Baby, Drive&rsquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/14/from_hands_up_dont_shoot_to_drive_baby_drive_153707.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The shooting death of Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has quickly become a rallying point in the broader political battle over immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
It should also be a lesson for the rest of us to wait for all the facts before making...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cleanup on Aisle V (for Venezuela)]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/12/cleanup_on_aisle_v_for_venezuela_153699.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The precision strike against Venezuela that led to the arrest of President Nicol'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¡').';'s Maduro and his wife on criminal charges was without a doubt one of the high points of U.S. military history.
And there should be no doubt that the success of the operation redounds to the credit of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[For Better or Worse, It Was the Year of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/29/for_better_or_worse_it_was_the_year_of_trump.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump claimed recently that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re saying this is the best 10 months in the history of the presidency.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Hmmm. Maybe the merry elves are saying that in the Oval Office when they tell Trump he is the best Santa ever. You never know about those elves. But one...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can Fix Health Care. Here&rsquo;s the Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/15/we_can_fix_health_care_heres_the_plan_153627.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve argued for years that health care is not a right because providing free health care automatically encumbers someone else to pay for it or to provide it. Our legitimate rights are a gift from God, not a forced contribution from our neighbors.
I still believe that as a matter of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No Kings, No Queens, No Blind Loyalty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/01/no_kings_no_queens_no_blind_loyalty_153581.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was just six weeks ago that Democrats celebrated No Kings Day. At the time it seemed like a puerile demonstration of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Of course, there should be no kings in America, but no one in the MAGA movement was seriously arguing in favor of a despotic monarchy in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Did I Become a Fetterman Republican?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/17/when_did_i_become_a_fetterman_republican_153530.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question is rhetorical, but not entirely unrealistic. It also has nothing to do with Fetterman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s recent hospitalization for a minor heart issue, but rather with his appeal across the aisle.
You remember Reagan Democrats, don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t you? They were the working-class Democrats who...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was Right Again: Too Much Winning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/11/03/trump_was_right_again_too_much_winning_153480.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a saying among MAGA conservatives that '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Trump was right about everything.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' You can even buy a hat to that effect, so you know it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s true.
But sometimes the truth is a double-edged sword. Case in point: When Trump predicted in 2016 that his supporters would be so...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If It&rsquo;s Worse Than Watergate, Why the Silence?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/20/if_its_worse_than_watergate_why_silence_153421.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a sense, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s old news. In December 2021, CNN reported that the House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s select January 6 Committee had subpoenaed phone records of more than 100 people.
But that was mostly Trump officials, including White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. No surprise there. After all, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If We Need a Shutdown, Here&rsquo;s Where To Start]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/10/06/if_we_need_shutdown_heres_where_to_start_153368.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Shut it down. Shut it all down!
Not the government. I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m talking about the fake news that spent the past two weeks trying to scare average Americans into thinking that the Trump administration was coming after them '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in particular by stripping them of their Obamacare...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Charlie Kirk Is Dead. Long Live Charlie Kirk]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/21/charlie_kirk_is_dead_long_live_charlie_kirk_153300.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The assassin who took Charlie Kirk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s life on Sept. 10 may have thought he could kill Kirk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s ideas with the same bullet that he used to steal the lifeblood from the conservative icon, but he was wrong.
The outpouring not just of grief but of fellowship that followed the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Melania, Please Talk to Donald About Epstein]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/08/melania_please_talk_to_donald_about_epstein_153251.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Frank Miele</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, an extraordinary press conference was held in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol by victims of sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein.
Anyone who watched these women pour out their hearts to demand justice for themselves and other victims could not help but be moved.
Unfortunately,...]]></description>
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