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<title><![CDATA[Joel Mathis - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/37437.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joel Mathis]]></description><category domain="37437">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Perils of Punishing Manchin and Sinema]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/joe-manchin/1009295/the-perils-of-punishing-manchin-and-sinema</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats can't afford to lose a single vote in the Senate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why We Should Do More Politicizing - Especially After Jan. 6]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/lindsey-graham/1008781/is-it-wrong-to-politicize-jan-6</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans aren't so angry about the insurrection. They just object to how Democrats talk about it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California Shouldn't Use Texas' Abortion Law As a Guide]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/supreme-court/1007996/california-shouldnt-use-texas-abortion-law-as-a-model</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Lone Star state's controversial law is a bad model for controlling gun violence]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders: Right Message, Wrong Messenger]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/bernie-sanders/1006114/bernie-sanders-is-the-last-person-west-virginia-wants-to-hear-from</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to persuading Joe Manchin's constituents on climate policy, the right messenger is key]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Really, Really Want Biden to Be the New Carter]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/joe-biden/1004287/the-new-jimmy-carter</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Useful analysis or wishful thinking?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can America Save Itself? The Outlook Is Grim]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/coronavirus/1002741/can-america-save-itself-the-outlook-is-grim</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Can America save itself? The outlook is grim]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for Ending Judicial Review]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/supreme-court/1002275/neuter-the-court</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is it time to sap some of the Supreme Court's power?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gwen Berry Brings Out Cancel Culture Hypocrites]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/politics/1002096/gwen-barry-national-anthem-cancel-culture</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw was against "cancel culture" before he was for it. The congressman has spent the last few years crusading against progressive censoriousness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walter Mondale and the Legacy of 1984]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/978356/walter-mondale-legacy-1984</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It isn't fair to Walter Mondale that his legacy will be defined by his landslide loss to Ronald Reagan in the 1984 presidential election, but it is also unavoidable.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Can't 'Move Forward' Until Trump Faces Consequences]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/960134/america-cant-move-forward-until-trump-faces-consequences</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[He must be held accountable for his actions, or things will get much worse]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Defeat Is Good. Why Does It Feel So Bad?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/donald-trumps-defeat-is-good-why-does-it-feel-so-bad/ar-BB1bUB5w</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Our democracy still works. But just barely.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[I'm a Democrat Rooting for Republican Gov. Brian Kemp]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/953644/im-rooting-prodemocracy-republicans</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Brian Kemp is standing firm against pressure from Trump to overturn the will of Georgia's voters. Good for him.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trump Administration Has Surrendered to the Pandemic]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/945877/trump-administration-surrendered-pandemic</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As America heads into the final week of the 2020 presidential election, it is baffling and frustrating that the Trump administration continues to do so little to meaningfully confront the coronavirus pandemic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Sick. So Is the GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/941678/trump-sick-gop</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president has the coronavirus. Lesson learned? Not a chance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants to Ignore America's Racist History]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/936144/trump-wants-ignore-americas-racist-history</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does anybody really think that President Trump understands "critical race theory?" Do you believe he has read or contemplated "The 1619 Project?" Trump isn't exactly known for his intellectual deep dives '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or for bothering to read at all for that matter.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Stop Political Violence, Support Peaceful Protests]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/934872/stop-political-violence-support-peaceful-protests</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You can't demand peaceful protests and dismiss them at the same time]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wants to Take America Down With Him]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/931585/trump-wants-take-america-down</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Facing defeat, the president sets fire to everything in sight]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Schools Need to Stay Closed]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/926637/republicans-are-risking-lives-reopen-schools</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why the rush to get kids back in classrooms is so dangerous]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Triumphalism About America's History Is Dangerous]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/923774/trumps-dangerous-triumphalism</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If America is to be great, it must also acknowledge its collective flaws]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is the 'See No Evil' President]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/922549/trump-no-evil-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What Trump's unbelievable ignorance tells us about his governance]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump the Superspreader?]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/920004/trump-superspreader</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is about to fail his big coronavirus test '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the test of leadership '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' for a second time.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Says It's Safe to Reopen Schools. I Don't Believe Him]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/916340/trump-says-safe-reopen-schools-dont-believe-</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why I am not ready to send my son back to class]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Ongoing Assault on American Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/914974/ongoing-assault-american-democracy</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three worrying trends that suggest our system of government is in trouble]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reopening Businesses Right Now Will Get People Killed]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/909993/georgias-dangerous-coronavirus-experiment</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reopening state businesses during a pandemic won't boost the economy. It will get people killed.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Scapegoating States for His Coronavirus Calamity]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/907023/trump-using-states-scapegoats-coronavirus-calamity</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' defining features'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of President Trump's management of the COVID-19 outbreak has been his unprecedented willingness to shift the blame and responsibility to the states. Trump has suggested governors should act'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' appreciative'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' if they want the federal government's help, and said...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of Chris Matthews]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/899572/end-chris-matthews</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the end comes in TV news, it often comes quickly and without grace. Monday night's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on-air retirement'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of MSNBC's Chris Matthews was shocking '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a clearly stunned Steve Kornacki was left to fill airtime after Matthews walked off the set '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but not very surprising: He had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Should Recuse Himself]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/889836/mitch-mcconnell-should-recuse-himself</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate jurors are expected to be impartial. The majority leader is anything but.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Of Course Warren and Sanders Are Fighting]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/889286/course-warren-sanders-are-fighting</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A few months from now, there is a real chance that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will be the Democratic nominee for president. There is also a real chance that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be the nominee.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Dems Should Embrace a One-Term President Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/883770/why-democrats-should-embrace-oneterm-president-biden</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is time for progressive Democrats to prepare for the possibility of a Joe Biden presidency '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and for that presidency to last just four short years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Now Is Not the Time for Democrats to Panic About 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://theweek.com/articles/873093/democrats-are-freaking-about-2020-no-good-reason</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joel Mathis</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is still a year before the election. Calm down and stay focused.]]></description>
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