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<title><![CDATA[Nathan Robinson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/37196.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Nathan Robinson]]></description><category domain="37196">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Can El-Sayed Shatter Assumptions on 'Electability'?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-primary-haley-stevens-progressive-democrats-bernie-sanders/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Michigan sends a Senator Abdul El-Sayed to Washington, traditional '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'electability'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' assumptions will have been shattered for good.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Is a Failure Who Saw the Writing on the Wall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/biden-isnt-herohes-failing-politician-who-saw-writing-wall-opinion-1929293</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Those of us capable of perceiving reality clearly don't need to conspire in this lie. We don't need to thank Joe Biden for his sacrifice.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jordan Peterson's Writings Are Bigoted and Dangerous]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/publishers-not-obligated-bigots-jordan-135638676.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nobody has a human right to a lucrative book contract without regard for whether their opinions are sound or valuable]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Primary Reason Barrett Needs to Be Opposed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/14/the-problem-with-amy-coney-barretts-nomination-isnt-timing-its-her-views</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In case after case, she's found procedural technicalities to justify depriving already powerless people of their basic rights]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Tax Avoidance Is a National Disgrace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/28/trump-tax-avoidance-national-system-americans-refund</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans paid for Trump's $73m tax refund '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and he's laughing all the way to the bank]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It Feels Ominously Like 2016 All Over Again]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/28/donald-trump-2020-election-feels-like-2016</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Watching the Republican national convention and seeing the Democrats fumbling, something seems eerily familiar]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Can't Allow Trump to Destroy USPS as We Know It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/17/trump-wants-to-destroy-usps-we-cant-allow-him-to-get-away-with-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is going to try to turn the agency into the villain of the story, because the USPS's popularity is one of the reasons it has been relatively safe]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mt. Rushmore Speech Grim Preview of Trump's Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trumps-mount-rushmore-speech-was-a-grim-preview-of-his-re-election-strategy/ar-BB16ttEI</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Independence Day address at Mount Rushmore'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was not overflowing with the spirit of national unity. He chose to use the national holiday as an opportunity to denounce the political left and the many Americans protesting against racial injustice. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cuomo Is No Hero. He Should Be Thrown Out of Office]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/20/andrew-cuomo-new-york-coronavirus-catastrophe</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[His record was terrible before coronavirus, but his abysmal handling of the crisis should get him thrown out of office]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senators' Insider Trading a Symbol of Moral Bankruptcy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/21/us-senators-accused-coronavirus-insider-trading-are-a-symbol-moral-bankruptcy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unethical and selfish behavior becomes especially disgusting in a time of a deadly pandemic]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blocking Sanders at Convention Would Be a Poison Pill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/25/bernie-sanders-democrats-brokered-convention</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the Democratic party doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t allow the person with most delegates to become the nominee, it will be a disaster'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Flopped in Iowa. So Did the Dems' Reputation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/04/joe-biden-flopped-badly-iowa</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The apparent malfunctioning of a new app, meant to transmit vote totals, threw the Iowa caucus in disarray. And this benefited some more than others'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Biden's the Nominee, He Would Be Crushed by Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/04/joe-biden-electable-trump-2020-election</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Did we learn nothing from 2016? Trump is savagely effective at destroying establishment politicians '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and Biden would lose]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Millennials Support Socialism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/millennials-support-socialism-because-they-want-make-america-great-everyone-ncna1109191</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The next generation of socialists believes that the intolerable cannot be tolerated. And if you believe that, you just might be a socialist yourself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Were No Clear Winners in the Dem Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/19/who-won-the-last-democratic-debate</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Buttigieg was targeted by opponents and Elizabeth Warren had the best line of the night. But there were no clear winners]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives, Trust Your Gut: Warren Is Not One of Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/24/elizabeth-warren-not-progressive</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Warren loves to antagonize the super-rich '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but her campaign seems suspiciously designed to stave off revolution]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What a Sad End to Beto's Pointless Campaign]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/03/goodbye-beto-orourke-what-a-sad-end-to-a-pointless-campaign</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was no reason for Beto O'Rourke to run for president. But he was convinced we needed him]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Katie Hill's Resignation Is a Travesty]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/29/katie-hill-resignation-travesty-justice</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are very clear elements of slut-shaming and homophobia in the Hill story, and her resignation letter is deeply sad]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pundit Class Continues to Misunderstand Bernie Sanders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/08/the-pundit-class-continues-to-misunderstand-bernie-sanders-and-it-shows</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sanders returns again and again to issues that matter to ordinary people: healthcare, student debt and climate change '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'?? issues which are not a priority for the mainstream media]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kochs Tried to Build Plutocracy in the Name of Freedom]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/28/the-koch-brothers-tried-to-build-a-plutocracy-in-the-name-of-freedom</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Kochs have always believed that rich people had the right to rule over everyone else, democracy be damned]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Wasting America's Time With Trump Investigations]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/27/mueller-investigation-impeachment-fantasy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic obsession with Mueller is symptomatic of a party that's lost touch with the real concerns of working people]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rich White Men Rule America. That Must Change]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/20/rich-white-men-rule-america-minority-rule?</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Minority rule has always been a feature of American democracy. These days, however, it is getting worse]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Does Buttigieg Actually Stand for?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/16/pete-buttigieg-democrats-flavour-month</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Buttigieg is not attracting attention for anything he has done, but for who he is. He's a man who checks all the right boxes]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Meritocracy Is a Myth Invented by the Rich]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/14/meritocracy-myth-rich-college-admissions</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The elite college admissions scandal in the US is a reminder that wealth, not talent, is what determines the opportunities you have in life]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders Is Still the Most Progressive Choice]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/why-bernie-sanders-is-still-the-most-progressive-choice-for-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is San Francisco Covered in Poop?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t pooping on the streets because they unlearned basic hygiene. Rather, the incidents reflect shameful levels of inequality in the city]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Being Fair to Social Justice Activists]]></title>
							<link>https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/on-being-fair-to-social-justice-activists</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Paradox of the 'Problematic']]></title>
							<link>https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-paradox-of-the-problematic</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Everything You Love Will Be Eaten Alive]]></title>
							<link>https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/02/everything-you-love-will-be-eaten-alive</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathan Robinson</author>
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