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<title><![CDATA[Amy Davidson Sorkin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/35871.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Amy Davidson Sorkin]]></description><category domain="35871">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Take Back the Senate?]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/ySb74</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Their electoral prospects are finally improving, but opportunities can quickly give way to divisions. Does the Party have a plan?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Can Lead the Democrats?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[October 20, 2024, was the ninety-first day of Vice-President Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Presidential campaign and also, as it happened, her sixtieth birthday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a fact that members of her staff had not forgotten.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What To Do When SCOTUS Rules the Wrong Way]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/8i8C3</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The birthright-citizenship question will surely be back in the Court soon.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Bitter, Vainglorious Fantasy of America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/trumps-bitter-vainglorious-fantasy-of-america-on-the-debate-stage</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Biden's challenge was that the President lies in a manner that is so unanchored to reality that it becomes disorienting for anyone watching.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tragedy of the West Coast Wildfires]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/28/the-tragedy-of-the-west-coast-wildfires</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The disaster'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' encapsulates a moment in which both science and the everyday rhythms of American life seem to be under assault.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Lies Become His Coronavirus Story Line]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-epic-lies-become-his-campaign-coronavirus-story-line</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The President has long required that his supporters cease to care about the truth. Now he is asking that they not care about American lives.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Did the DNC Go Too Smoothly?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/31/did-the-democratic-national-convention-go-too-smoothly</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[An in-person event might have exposed conflicts in the Party, but it also might have offered a chance to address them.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Tragedy of the New Coronavirus Spikes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/06/the-tragedy-of-the-new-coronavirus-spikes</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The pandemic's epicenter is shifting, and Trump still refuses to act responsibly; Republican governors need to decide if they will.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Dems Ready for Trump's Impeachment Trial?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/27/are-the-democrats-ready-for-trumps-impeachment-trial</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some are lamenting the lack of new witnesses, but the ones they have are strong.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Next Steps in the Impeachment Inquiry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-next-steps-in-the-impeachment-inquiry</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The proceedings move to the House Judiciary Committee as Trump's support within the Republican Party gets louder and weirder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Frantic Fight for Immunity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/trumps-frantic-fight-for-immunity</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As public impeachment hearings begin, Trump's Presidency is still defined by his belief that he cannot be held to account.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Republicans Challenge Trump on Impeachment?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/will-republicans-challenge-trump-on-impeachment</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A crucial question in the mounting drama is how Republicans in the House and the Senate will shape the process.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: A Tale of 2 Crises]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-boris-johnson-a-tale-of-two-crises</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Trump had told Johnson not to worry too much. The following day, Parliament descended into chaos and Congress launched a formal impeachment inquiry.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Urgency of the 2020 Senate Race for Dems]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/09/the-urgency-of-the-2020-senate-race</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even if Trump loses, the Democrats will need to take the Senate in order to turn their ambitious plans into legislative reality. If he wins, control of that chamber will be crucial.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Failure to See What Epstein Was Doing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/26/the-failure-to-see-what-jeffrey-epstein-was-doing</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Money offers one explanation for why people seemed to ignore the obvious. But money, here, is really shorthand for a range of ways to exert influence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Brexit Enters Realm of Science Fiction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/brexit-enters-the-realm-of-science-fiction</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The British government says that it does not want to harden the border with Ireland. But it does want Brexit, which promises independently negotiated trade deals and an end to free movement.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Can Counter Trump at the Border]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/countering-trump-at-the-border</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A fair approach to the migrants'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' situation would begin with recognizing that a person seeking asylum has a right to be heard.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump in the World That He Insults]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/29/trump-in-the-world-that-he-insults</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Compounds His Bigotry With Lies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-compounds-his-shithole-countries-bigotry-with-lies</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What is the difference between calling countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and Central America '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'shitholes,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as President Donald Trump is widely reported to have done, and saying, as he did on Twitter, that he had been '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'tough'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but hadn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t used that precise...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looking for a Stable Genius for President]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/looking-for-a-stable-genius-for-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' image of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s mind as an empty wasteland'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a void touched only by sudden storms and mirages'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'has a strong hold on members of both the Democratic and Republican parties. For Democrats, scorn for Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s intellectual abilities is of a piece with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Manhattan Terror, &amp; the Dream of Gitmo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-manhattan-terror-and-the-dream-of-gitmo</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Unseemly Condolence-Call Bragging Game]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson-sorkin/donald-trumps-unseemly-condolence-call-bragging-game</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' sordid story of President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attempt to smear President Barack Obama as being inattentive to the families of fallen troops took more turns on Wednesday. Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, a Democrat from Florida, reported that, in what was meant to be a condolence...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Tries to Break Obamacare All by Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson-sorkin/donald-trumps-terrible-executive-order-on-health-care</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump is now trying to break the health-care system all by himself, although he has more help than he might acknowledge. On Thursday, Trump launched an assault on Obamacare from two angles. First, the White House staged a signing ceremony for an executive order...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Irma and Our Age of Standardized Disaster]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/25/irma-and-our-age-of-standardized-disaster</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Did Donald Trump Learn in Texas?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-did-donald-trump-learn-in-texas</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It will be hard to persuade Trump and the Republicans that Hurricane Harvey involves major policy issues that reach beyond the borders of the storm.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Phoenix, Trump Lets the Real World Go Away]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson-sorkin/in-phoenix-trump-lets-the-real-world-go-away</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump spoke for seventy-five minutes, giving full voice to the flitting, self-obsessed, self-pitying, and openly deceitful quality that typifies his rhetoric.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Confused and Troubling Afghanistan Speech]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson-sorkin/trumps-confused-and-troubling-afghanistan-speech</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump's explanation of his plan for Afghanistan lacked basic details, most notably the number of American lives it might involve.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Meaning of the GOP's Health-Care Fiasco]]></title>
							<link>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/the-meaning-of-the-gops-health-care-fiasco</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Amy Davidson Sorkin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The final drive to pass the bill will be another measure of how Trumpist the Republican Party has become.]]></description>
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