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<title><![CDATA[James Billot - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/45395.xml</link><description><![CDATA[James Billot]]></description><category domain="45395">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How MAHA Grew Up]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/10/how-maha-grew-up/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inside the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, DC, a colony of flamingos has gathered. Around 200 people are balancing on one leg with their eyes closed as they await further instruction. The instructor intones: '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Hold it for five seconds'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' 10'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' 15'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' 30. Now put your foot...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Potemkin Democrat Candidates]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/the-rise-of-the-potemkin-democrat/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They have gone treasure-hunting in unions, churches and timberlands for a candidate untainted by the Democratic Party brand. But their search for a unicorn inevitably comes with strings attached.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Knows How To Party]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/06/donald-trump-knows-how-to-party/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s my confession: I enjoyed every minute of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mutants on the March: Enhanced Games Are for Real]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/05/mutants-are-on-the-march/?edition=us</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Blood is rolling down the shins of Mitchell Hooper. The two-time World'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Strongest Man has just deadlifted 475 kilograms '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' equivalent to a young hippo '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and now he has a shot at the world record.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Israel and the Trouble With Purity Tests]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/05/dems-israel-purity-test/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, Maine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, suspended her campaign for the Senate. Her exit paves the way for her more progressive rival, the 41-year-old oysterman Graham Platner, an antiwar firebrand who has called for an end to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Benjamin Netanyahu'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s war'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's World Cup Plot]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/03/donald-trumps-world-cup-plot/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This week, Fifa marked the 100-day countdown to the World Cup. It is also the week in which the principal host nation, the United States, killed the supreme leader of one of the countries due to take part.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inside Polymarket's Free Grocery Store]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/newsroom/inside-polymarkets-free-public-grocery-store/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Manhattan, New York In what may be a new and as-yet-undefined stage of capitalism, the prediction-market site Polymarket opened New York City's first free grocery store today. Stealing a march on Zohran Mamdani, The Polymarket makes a humble promise: to provide New Yorkers with the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Tucker Carlson]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2026/01/the-trouble-with-tucker-carlson/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The word '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'actual'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' entered the English language in the early 14th century before the suffix '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'-ly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was added a hundred or so years later. Back then, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'actually'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' meant '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'real and existing'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as opposed to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'in possibility'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'. But recently it has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Growing RFK Jr. Coalition]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2024/04/the-growing-rfk-jr-coalition/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Camelot myth haunts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He was brought up to believe that he would be the one to pick up the mantle left by Arthur, John F. Kennedy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight for PA: Voters Fear Trump Won't Be Allowed To Win]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/2024/04/trumps-fight-for-pennsylvania/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[John has PTSD. The 78-year-old is a Vietnam war veteran, but that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s not the source of his trauma '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' at least according to his t-shirt. PTSD, in fact, stands for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Pretty Tired of Stupid Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';', which is why John has made the 560-mile pilgrimage from his home in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Western Public Support for Ukraine Is Falling]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/thepost/western-public-support-for-ukraine-is-falling/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion, Western leaders have been working to demonstrate their unwavering commitment to the Ukrainian cause. As part of a surprise visit to Kyiv today, US President Joe Biden announced new military assistance and further sanctions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Proximity to DC Leads to Support for Military Intervention]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/thepost/new-evidence-confirms-the-blobs-hawkishness/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Washington's foreign policy circle is a famously tight network. Comprising government officials, academics, and think tanks, this group (known as the 'Blob') has developed a reputation for hawkishness and support for high levels of military spending.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reports on Ukrainian Corruption Start To Resurface]]></title>
							<link>https://unherd.com/thepost/reports-on-ukrainian-corruption-start-to-resurface/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>James Billot</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Three days. The publication of a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' CBS'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' report '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'Arming Ukraine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' lasted three days before it was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' taken down'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for quoting an NGO worker who said that only 30% of western aid was reaching the frontlines of Ukraine. According to the network, the NGO worker gave this assessment...]]></description>
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