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<title><![CDATA[William Becker - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/45923.xml</link><description><![CDATA[William Becker]]></description><category domain="45923">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Is Disrupting Everything. Congress Must Act]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5233124-donald-trump-leadership-disruption/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Much of what we know about'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' leadership is revealed by his personal behavior. For example, during his first month in office, while'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Elon Musk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' conducted mass firings and canceled government services to cut spending, Trump spent nearly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' $10.7 million of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Ways Dems Can Fight Trump and Defend the Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5208066-democrats-counterattack-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Democrats in Congress have a serious plan to stop'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' from violating the Constitution and the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s laws, they haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t shown it yet. Here are some suggestions.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Roberts Court: Last Safeguard Against Trump's Tyranny]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5182905-supreme-court-trump-republic/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court will soon determine whether history judges it as a friend or foe of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s constitutional Republic. Its decisions in the weeks and months ahead will also determine whether it is remembered as the Roberts court or the Trump court.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump&rsquo;s Second Term Will Devastate U.S. Climate Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4993135-trump-climate-change-impact/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[One of the best things about America is that everyone is entitled to their own opinions. However, what happens when an incoming leader has an opinion so ill-informed that it threatens national security, economic stability, millions of new jobs, public health and the safety of virtually...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Freedom Is on the Ballot This November]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4845098-gop-democrats-government-freedoms/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The differences between Republicans and Democrats in 2024 are now apparent, thanks to the parties'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' national conventions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Almost a Decade of Trump, America Is Tired &amp; Scared]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4670620-trump-america-decade-tired-scared/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It seems hard to believe, but there was a time when we Americans could go days, or even weeks, without hearing about Donald Trump. That ended nearly a decade ago, when Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' decided he wanted to be president. Now, he is a constant presence on the evening news and in the morning...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Another Fine Mess From the U.S. Supreme Court]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4520065-another-fine-mess-from-the-us-supreme-court/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Pathetic 'What About Hunter?' Defense of Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4138107-republicans-pathetic-what-about-hunter-defense-of-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the last seven years, Donald Trump has dramatically lowered the standard for public discourse in the United States. The question is whether the two political parties must lower their standards, too. Politics is, and always has been, a blood sport. But even cage fighting has a rule...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's 2024 Campaign Is a Fight To Protect Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4084419-bidens-2024-campaign-will-be-a-fight-to-protect-democracy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The threat to democracy is not over. In fact, it's more intense than ever.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where Do We Draw the Line on Ethics in Public Office?]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4000642-where-do-we-draw-the-line-on-ethics-in-public-office/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for the Republican Party.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Reduction Act: Deploy, Deploy, Deploy!]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3602528-inflation-reduction-act-deploy-deploy-deploy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The combined clean-energy investments in the IRA and the earlier Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act approach a half-trillion dollars.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Broken Climate Promises]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3466824-broken-climate-promises/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What's the holdup on climate action? Here are a few facts.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Close the Gaps: A Winning Message for Dems in Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/close-the-gaps-democrats-are-looking-for-a-message-try-this/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' looking for a message'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' with enough heft to turn back the predicted red wave in November'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s midterm election. However, Democrats already have a powerful message. They just haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t done a good job articulating it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Conserve Oil--a Little Sacrifice Won't Kill Us]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/599859-conserve-oil-a-little-sacrifice-wont-kill-us</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>William Becker</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Biden knows, his supply-side solution would be a step backward in America's plans to fight climate]]></description>
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