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<title><![CDATA[James Zirin - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/41325.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Zirin]]></description><category domain="41325">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Fauci vs. the Republican Witch Hunt]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/08/01/fauci-agonistes-its-time-to-end-the-republican-witch-hunt/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The right danced a jig of joy over Dr. Anthony Fauci's invoking the Fifth Amendment before Rand Paul's Senate Homeland Security Committee. The Kentucky Republican knew in advance that Fauci would give no substantive testimony. Yet he paraded the 85-year-old doctor before the cameras to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's 2020 Obsession Enters New Phase]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/05/trumps-2020-election-obsession-enters-new-phase/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's denial that he lost to Joe Biden now turns to a Tulsi Gabbard-led fishing expedition. What could go wrong?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Comey and the Politics of Prosecution]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/26/james-comey-political-prosecution-trumps-threat-to-justice-department/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As the Justice Department wins an indictment against the former FBI director, a one-time federal prosecutor reflects on DOJ's madness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kimmel, Broadcast Media and Free Speech]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/20/free-speech-jimmy-kimmel/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The broadcast media cowardice following the MAGA crackdown on free speech is stunning. Jimmy Kimmel is Exhibit A.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Third-Country Deportations Explained]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/04/trumps-third-country-deportations-explained/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's third-country deportations are becoming commonplace, a violation of statute enabled by the Supreme Court.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Courts Push Back]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/05/05/the-courts-push-back-against-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In Texas, a Trump-appointed judge eviscerates his use of an 18th-century, wartime statute to deport migrants.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Guardrails Against Authoritarianism Are Not Holding]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5238876-the-guardrails-against-authoritarianism-are-not-holding/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In 1941, as the U.S. headed toward war, President'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Franklin Roosevelt'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' enunciated the foundational '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Four Freedoms,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the pillars on which he saw our nation built: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Trump Now a Patron of the Arts?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/03/13/is-trump-now-a-patron-of-the-arts/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's handpicked board made him chair of the Kennedy Center. He says he'll make it hot. Cue the Village People.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[There Could Still Be an Eric Adams Trial]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/21/why-there-could-still-be-an-eric-adams-trial/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why There Could Still Be an Eric Adams Trial. Under Trump, the Justice Department wants to drop the corruption case it pursued under Biden. The judge has every reason to keep it going and it looks like he may.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New York City's Long Winter of Discontent]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/02/26/new-york-citys-long-winter-of-discontent/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[New York City's Long Winter of Discontent. Crime, corruption, and congestion are all part of a city where no one knows if the mayor may go to jail or Andrew Cuomo could return.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Will Stop Trump &amp; Musk From Dismantling the U.S. Govt?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5149873-who-will-stop-trump-and-musk-from-dismantling-the-us-government/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To paraphrase'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Ernest Hemingway,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' there are two ways to descend into autocracy: gradually and then suddenly. Right now, we are on the bullet train.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Nudging Trump To Do the Right Thing]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/03/nudging-trump-to-do-the-right-thing-when-possible/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump's mercurial temperament, one-way loyalties, and need for acclaim present an opportunity for some good.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pam Bondi, Trump's Tigress, Takes Center Stage]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/11/25/pam-bondi-trumps-tigress-takes-center-stage/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pam Bondi, Trump's Tigress, Takes Center Stage. The two-term attorney general is almost certain to be confirmed by an incoming Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, but will they even try to probe whether she'll be independent of Trump and his minions?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Harris Can Finish Strong Against Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/10/18/how-kamala-harris-can-finish-strong-against-donald-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Vice President. a veteran prosecutor. still has time for a great closing argument, but Harris needs to hone her summation to the jury and paint the danger of a second Trump term without relitigating the past.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris Needs To Take Off the Gloves]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4904003-harris-needs-to-take-off-the-gloves/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t bear to say this, but Kamala Harris could lose if Donald Trump succeeds in bringing new likely voters into the electorate.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Lot of People Underestimated Harris]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/09/10/a-lot-of-people-underestimated-harris/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A Lot of People Underestimated Harris: After a meteoric rise in California politics, her 2020 presidential bid was a pratfall. As a veep, she sometimes gave word-salad interviews but came roaring back. Tonight, she faces down Trump after disproving the doubters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can the President Be Officially Criminal?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4755981-can-the-president-be-officially-criminal/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The distinction between a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'private'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and an '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'official'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' act elaborated by the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s conservative majority in Trump v. United States is a distinction without difference or significance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The End of the Fani Willis Affair]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4535855-the-end-of-the-fani-willis-affair/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court No Long a Court of Law. It's a MAGA Court]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4498050-has-the-supreme-court-gone-ga-ga-or-maga/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Face it '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the Supreme Court of the United States is no longer a court of law. It is today a MAGA court, firmly in the camp of Donald Trump; on a good day a MAGA enabler, on a bad day something else. Wednesday was a bad day.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Cuomo Really Make a Political Comeback?]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/02/06/can-andrew-cuomo-really-make-a-political-comeback/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's hard to imagine, given his pugilistic tenure as governor before resigning in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. But the recent settlement between the Justice Department and the current governor's office shouldn't be the decisive issue if he runs for New York City mayor.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Santos, Menendez, Trump: The Ethics Mirage in Washington]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4340860-santos-menendez-trump-the-ethics-mirage-in-washington/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Finding consistent ethical standards in Washington these days is like hunting truffles out of season.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the New York Fraud Suit Against Trump Biased?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4239032-is-the-new-york-fraud-suit-against-trump-biased/</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4239032-is-the-new-york-fraud-suit-against-trump-biased/]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Trump Must Drop Out]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4187997-why-trump-must-drop-out/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'If you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re indicted, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re invited,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' quipped'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the comedian Joey Adams about a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' birthday party the disgraced lawyer Roy Cohn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' threw for himself. Cohn was a source for'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Adams'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s wife Cindy, the New York Post gossip columnist and one of Roy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pals in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yet Another Hunter 'Bombshell' Is a Dud]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4131818-yet-another-hunter-bombshell-is-a-dud/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have yet to see any proof that Joe Biden improperly used his office to help his son's business in any substantive way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hunter Biden's Plea Deal: Why It Broke and What's Next]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/hunter-bidens-humpty-dumpty-plea-deal-why-it-broke-and-whats-next</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The question now is whether the lawyers and the judge can put it back together]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thomas's Scandal Shouldn't Fade From Memory]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/04/13/clarence-thomass-vacation-scandal-shouldnt-fade-from-memory/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yes, the judicial Code of Conduct doesn't apply here, but a reading of the law and even the late Justice Antonin Scalia's comments on free travel underscore Thomas's deceit.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Term Limits for High Court Justices Solves a Lot]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/03/13/term-limits-for-supreme-court-justices-solves-a-lot-of-problems/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It eases the damage from the GOP's stolen seats, assures an even distribution among presidents, and gives the geriatric court new blood.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Biden Papers &amp; Mar-a-Lago Docs: Apples &amp; Oranges?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/3808819-the-biden-papers-and-the-mar-a-lago-documents-apples-and-oranges/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does Biden's apparent mistake exonerate Trump? The choice is yours.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Indict or Not To Indict, That Is the Question]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3743305-to-indict-or-not-to-indict-that-is-the-question/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The key thing is to avoid delay; and, as noted, both Garland and Smith have promised that Smith will proceed expeditiously.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court's Originalist Obsession Continues]]></title>
							<link>https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/07/29/the-supreme-courts-originalist-obsession-continues/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Zirin</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Court's conservative majority is enthralled with originalism, but it's really a license for Alito, Thomas, and others to trample abortion rights and unleash guns.]]></description>
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