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<title><![CDATA[Molly Jong-Fast - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35510.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Molly Jong-Fast]]></description><category domain="35510">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/eQZ0H</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His recent tirades confirmed what more than half of America now believes: The president is mentally unfit. How will we survive two and a half more years of this? And what'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s he got in store for us?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Hates the AWFULs - Which Means They're Effective]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/awfuls-trump-hates-them-doing-105900363.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nomenclature is potent. Donald Trump loves a nickname, and there is power in naming things. Once a thing has a name, it can be categorized, judged, explained, and perhaps satirized and belittled. Over the last decade, Trump has had wild success with giving names to his rivals. Most are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Need a New Strategy for Confirmation Hearings]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-hegseth-bondi-bessent-confirmation-hearings-rcna188191</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Trump's Cabinet nominees play to their audience of one, it's Democrats' responsibility to play to the audience that really matters here: the American people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Scariest About Donald Trump's Cabinet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-cabinet-project-2025</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Given controversial picks like RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and (new Cameo star) Matt Gaetz'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'along with the Elon-and-Vivek show'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'one might overlook Russell Vought, a low-key'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  appointee who could do a lot of damage.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kamala Harris Isn't Repeating the Mistakes of 2016]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/kamala-harris-isnt-repeating-mistakes-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump might still win, but it won't be for Democrats' lack of a well-organized campaign.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why 'We're Not Going Back' Is Such a Powerful Message]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-delivers-only-response-need-trumps-regressive-messaging-rcna165102</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Harris' platform is all about going forward. Trump's is all about going backward. And that's what we should be focusing on.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s 2024 Bid Is an Antidemocratic Revenge Fantasy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/donald-trump-2024-election-none-of-this-is-normal</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's 2024 bid is an antidemocratic revenge fantasy being treated like a conventional political campaign.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Robert Hur's Pro-Trump Hit Job Is a Trap]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/hur-report-comey-letter-trump-rcna138214</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Republican special counsel puts his finger on the scale once again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America Has a Supreme Court Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/supreme-court-legitimacy-crisis</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton tried warning us. Now, what do you do with a rogue Court?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Keeping Up With the Congressional Kardashians]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/congressional-kardashians-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-drama</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For spotlight-seeking House Republicans, the lesson from last week's Speaker drama seems to be to dial up the crazy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Oz So Bad at Twitter?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/why-is-dr-oz-so-bad-at-twitter/ar-AA11lSXR</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Social media makes a candidate's personality hard to hide.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Deprogram Your Relatives This Thanksgiving]]></title>
							<link>https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/wait-what/619e50cedce0f300208d7288/deprogram-your-relatives-this-thanksgiving/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Maybe you'll change a heart or a mind. Or maybe you'll need to report a relative to the FBI.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Needs an Enemy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/biden-needs-an-enemy/ar-AAR26L6</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Less than a year ago, America was led by a man who governed to please the Fox News host Tucker Carlson and toyed with the idea of imposing martial law. After Donald Trump, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d think the American people would just enjoy having a normal president who doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t use his Twitter...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Plight of the Woman Trumpist]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When CNN'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Manu Raju asked Senator Martha McSally of Arizona whether she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d vote to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the Republican, flanked by two staffers, barely looked up as she called Raju a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'liberal hack.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' She then repeated the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lisa Page: 'No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-page-speaks-theres-no-fathomable-way-i-have-committed-any-crime-at-all?ref=scroll</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former FBI lawyer and ongoing Trump target breaks two years of silence in this exclusive interview. And she has quite a lot to say.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's July 4th Speech a Triumph of Low Expectations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-not-crazy-july-4-salute-to-america-speech-just-highlighted-norms-hes-crushed</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It was a speech that had all the excitement of an excerpt from one of Bill O'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'Reilly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s YA history books.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feminism Begins at Home, Ivanka Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thedailybeast.com/feminism-begins-at-home-ivanka-trump?ref=scroll</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first daughter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s agenda hasn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t produced much for women, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been a boon for her family brand.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Unplanned' a Gory Infomercial Full of Praying, Crying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/unplanned-movie-abortion-donald-trump-jr-planned-parenthood-mike-pence-a8855621.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I decided I had to see Unplanned after I subjected myself to the MAGAworld'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s trade-show CPAC.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CPAC: This Is Definitely the Bad Place]]></title>
							<link>https://thebulwark.com/cpac-this-is-definitely-the-bad-place/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Molly Jong-Fast</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A travel diary from day one at CPAC.]]></description>
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