Philip Rotner

Elections

How Facebook Data Is Weaponized To Corrupt Elections

My initial reaction to Facebook having personal information about me was more “whatever” than “OMG!” I suspect I wasn’t alone…

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Courts and Law

Trump’s Assault on the Guardrails of Democracy

“I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” (President Donald J. Trump, July 23, 2019) Not really,…

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Uncategorized

Grading Mueller’s Testimony

Was Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony a blockbuster or a dud? Commentators who focused on optics have generally concluded that Mueller’s…

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Courts and Law

Supreme Court: Not Our Job To Safeguard Democracy

Last month, Chief Justice John Roberts sent a message to you snowflakes who think it’s the Supreme Court’s job to…

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Courts and Law

Jeffrey Epstein’s O.J. Defense

Criminal trials are often described as a search for the truth.  But nothing could be further from the, well, truth.…

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Courts and Law

The Ugly Origins Of The 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate a citizenship question on the…

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Courts and Law

Mr. President: When the Constitution Tells You to “Execute” the Law, It Doesn’t Mean Kill It

The Constitution requires a president to take care that the laws are “faithfully executed.” Donald Trump seems confused about the…

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Foreign Policy

Dances With Dictators: We Used To Stand For Something

Kim Jong Un may be the most brutal, homicidal head of state in the world. According to a 2014 United…

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Domestic Policy

Our Bizarro McLuhanesque President Needs To See It On TV

As America struggles to drink from the firehose of Trump’s bad behavior, it seems like we’re losing the ability to…

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Domestic Policy

Nancy Pelosi’s Slow-Walk to The Brink of Impeachment

Why is Nancy Pelosi slow-walking impeachment? Does she really believe that impeachment would be too divisive?  That there’s insufficient public…

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