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<title><![CDATA[Michael Stern - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/34453.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Michael Stern]]></description><category domain="34453">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Have Democrats Finally Found Their Voice?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3644549-have-democrats-finally-found-their-voice/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats have been painfully feeble at'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' touting their accomplishments'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and defending themselves.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Huge Vote Total for Republicans Breaks My Heart]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/11/05/half-america-supports-donald-trump-heartbreaking-column/6165245002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most dangerous implication of this election is that millions accept a fictitious world created by an autocrat and marketed by Fox News.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Facts in Rayshard Brooks Case Don't Point to Murder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/18/brooks-floyd-deaths-police-misconduct-not-always-racist-column/3206372001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of police misconduct due to racism. But claiming it where it may not exist weakens the righteous cause of stamping it out.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm Not a Hypocrite for Questioning Tara Reade's Story]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-20200508-gbf3lyw6n5hhjhad36fm25p3oq-story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Over almost three decades prosecuting criminals, I've been threatened, had a Santeria curse put on me, and been called a fu--ing a--hole on more occasions than I can count. But until my column for USA Today last week, Why I'm skeptical about Reade's sexual assault claim against Biden,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why I'm Skeptical About Reade's Sexual Assault Claim]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/29/joe-biden-sexual-assault-allegation-tara-reade-column/3046962001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If we must blindly accept every allegation of sexual assault, the #MeToo'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' movement is just a hit squad. And it's too important to be no more than that.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Cave to Trump: Worse Than Cronyism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/12/why-donald-trump-pressured-justice-department-help-roger-stone/4736941002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At best, this is using the Justice Department to give special favors to a Trump ally.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' At worst, it's an effort to buy Roger Stone's silence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Was Unfit to Be President From the Start]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/19/donald-trump-impeached-thanks-house-democrats-2018-voters-column/2685814001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump has never lived the life he deserved. But after evading accountability for the immoral, unethical'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and illegal, he was finally hit by an asteroid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pete Buttigieg's Real 'Black Problem']]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/10/buttigieg-deserves-benefit-of-doubt-black-problem-2020-column/2631049001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Acknowledge the original sin, but also that white men risked their lives to end slavery and a black man led the way to gay marriage equality.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller's Chance to Move Public Opinion on Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/23/mueller-correct-trump-record-build-impeachment-support-column/1794028001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mueller's testimony must be a stellar TV version of his report. The right questions could lead to drama, clarity and Mueller contradicting Trump.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barr's Mueller Report Rollout Was Disgraceful]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/22/william-barr-donald-trump-disgraceful-mueller-report-rollout-column/3506417002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barr's reputation is as battered as Trump's. Sessions at least had one redeeming feature: He tried to maintain the Justice Department's independence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Barr Has Trashed Justice Department to Try to Save Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/mueller-report-release-william-barr-justice-department-trump.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Barr's handling of the report has only served to sow public distrust of the Justice Department.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Shouldn't Celebrate Yet Over Mueller Report]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/03/23/donald-trump-robert-mueller-report-russian-election-interference-column/3253123002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We don't know if Mueller's report holds an absolution halo or an impeachment crosshair. But signs are it will be a trove of Trump's swamp-like conduct.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Must Stop Making a Pageant Out of Mass Slayings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/03/16/new-zealand-mosque-terror-attack-shooting-entertainment-column/3177137002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I used to prosecute violent criminals for a living. Now, I'm done with the media coverage that turns every horrible tragedy into a John Grisham novel.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Cohen's WWE Body Slam Against Trump Was Credible]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/27/michael-cohen-donald-trump-testimony-credible-column/3008015002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People involved in crimes rarely testify against co-conspirators from the goodness of their hearts. That doesn't mean what Cohen has to say is untrue.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blackface Is Bad. Trump's Orangeface Is Worse.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/10/virginia-blackface-scandal-consider-intent-record-northam-herring-column/2822172002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every decades-old instance of blackface does not deserve the gong and the hook. Especially when civil rights are at stake, as they could be in Virginia.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flynn Lesson: Don't Blame FBI for Your Crimes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/18/michael-flynn-sentencing-delayed-after-judge-hints-prison-mueller-russia-column/2355971002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By blaming the FBI for his own lying, Flynn annoyed the judge and fueled the Trump narrative that you can't trust Mueller, law enforcement or the courts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI Must Be Allowed Free Rein to Investigate Kavanaugh]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/30/fbi-brett-kavanaugh-investigation-follow-evidence-where-leads-column/1470614002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Will FBI pursue a skin-deep Kavanaugh investigation or a real one? It depends on the meaning of 'limited in scope' and 'current credible allegations.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Rust Belt's Blues Turn It Red]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/report-field-rust-belt%E2%80%99s-blues-turn-it-red</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Stern</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In one Ohio Rust Belt town, energy flagged among Hillary Clinton volunteers in the weeks leading up to Election Day, offering a glimpse into the enthusiasm gap that did her in.]]></description>
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