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<title><![CDATA[Joe Klein - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/95174.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Joe Klein]]></description><category domain="95174">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump and America From a Distance]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/trump-from-a-distance</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A month in London. I looked forward seeing family and friends, and the bookstores, and the affordable theater (in fact, most things are more affordable than in New York) and the easy interraciality of the place, and the low-slung Georgian and Victorian rows'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and always, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Dumb Dems in Maine and Texas]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/two-dumb-dems</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was a moment, a few weeks ago, when I thought the Dems might win the Senate in 2026. They still might'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'anything is possible'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but the mood has changed in two of the more juicy races, in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Maine'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and Texas. Both feature vulnerable Republicans, dowdy Susan Collins in Maine...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iran Nutcracker]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/the-iran-nutcracker</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This Iran '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'excursion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' must be driving Donald Trump crazier. He has a need for immediacy, for results, for news, for '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'winning,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but he has on his hands a stalemate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' or worse, as the (former?) Neoconservative Robert Kagan, suggests'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in The Atlantic:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Boy Problem: A Mother's Day Challenge]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/the-boy-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s talk about boys. They'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re the losers of the digital age. You know the stereotype: sitting in the basement, in pajamas, playing video games (and, increasingly, gambling on sports).]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Turner, American]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/ted-turner-american</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We Could Use His Spirit Now]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Welcome Decision To Severely Limit Racial Gerrymandering]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/on-benign-bigotry</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Even after the historic atrocity of slavery was abolished, laws were made'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and upheld by the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'which, in certain parts of the country, directly contradicted that founding principle. There were a hundred years of racial segregation after the Emancipation.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whither Israel--How To Recover: A Few Modest Proposals]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/wither-israel</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about Israel. Most Jews do. According Eyal Press in the New Yorker:'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Well-Educated Child: A New Path Toward Real Learning]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/the-well-educated-child</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve been following the remarkable progress of Deborah Kenny'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Harlem Village Academies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a network of charter schools'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'for about 20 years now. And I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve watched her develop a theory of K-12 education that transcends Harlem, that is nothing less than a major...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Oscar Delusions]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/oscar-delusions</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[And some other stuff...like the 2028 presidential race.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impatience]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/impatience</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a growing sense in the media, over the past few days, that the war in Iran is not going well, that Iran has been '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'clever'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' in its response, that Trump will walk away, Mission Incompleted. I dunno. And neither do you.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Iran the World's Most Inexplicable Country?]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/mystery-mosque</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I am reluctant to write anything about Iran yet. My gut says Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision was a bad one.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[State of the Trick: Trump's Mysterious Misdirection]]></title>
							<link>https://josephklein.substack.com/p/state-of-the-trick</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Joe Klein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Well, that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'as the New York Times reported'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'was what this speech was all about: attempting to reframe Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s disastrous ICE policy into a version of the most effective ad of the 2024 campaign. Democrats are for they/them. Trump is for real Americans.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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