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<title><![CDATA[Zachary Basu - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/43964.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Zachary Basu]]></description><category domain="43964">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Remarks Blow Open MAGA's Israel Divide]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rubio-s-war-remarks-blow-open-maga-s-israel-divide/ar-AA1XqHCg</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MAGA's ascendant "America First" wing erupted after Secretary of State'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Marco Rubio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' effectively blamed Israel for drawing the U.S. into war with Iran.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Turning Points That Explain MAGA's Civil War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/5-turning-points-that-explain-maga-s-civil-war/ar-AA1SSYWK</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Today, the movement's most consequential fights are unfolding beyond the control of its term-limited president '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' empowering rival factions to shape MAGA in their own image.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['It Was a Headfake': Inside Trump's Orders To Strike Iran]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/trump-iran-strike-israel-behind-scenes</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump remained open to aborting the mission if a diplomatic window emerged. But his public countdown doubled as a smokescreen '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' concealing a strike plan that was already in motion, according to multiple officials.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk Leaves Legacy of Self-Destruction at DOGE]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/elon-musk-doge-legacy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' arrived in Washington as the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' most powerful political outsider'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ever, brimming with Silicon Valley swagger and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' bipartisan buy-in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for his goal of streamlining the federal government.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Musk's Wrecking Ball Pierces Government's Inner Sanctum]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/elon-musk-federal-agencies-doge</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and his cost-slashing allies are taking a hammer to the massive bureaucracy that staffs the U.S. government '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and a scalpel to any senior officials who dare put up a fight.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's First Day Frenzy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/trump-first-day-executive-orders</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is setting the stage for an explosive first day in office: pardons for Jan. 6 rioters, a vacuum sealing of the southern border and a massive regulatory rollback affecting vast swathes of the American economy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Shadow Presidency Clouds Biden's Final Weeks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/12/04/trump-shadow-presidency-biden-transition</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President-elect Trump's'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' bombastic policy threats, Mar-a-Lago missives and mere presence have become a driving force in markets and capitals around the world, six weeks before Trump's inauguration.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harris vs. Trump: America's Mood-Swing Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/2024/08/10/harris-walz-joy-trump-revenge</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This election is about more than two very different ideologies. It's about two very different moods: joy vs. rage.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Premeditated Election Lie Lit the Fire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.axios.com/trump-election-premeditated-lie-ebaf4a1f-46bf-4c37-ba0d-3ed5536ef537.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Zachary Basu</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Jared, you call the Murdochs!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Jason, you call Sammon and Hemmer!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' President Trump was almost shouting. He directed his son-in-law and his senior strategist from his private quarters at the White House late on election night. He barked out the names of top Fox News executives and...]]></description>
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