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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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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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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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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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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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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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Only The Best Deals: How Trump Got Pantsed By Mexico

The idea that Donald Trump successfully used the threat of tariffs to force Mexico to agree to an immigration deal…

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Impeach

It’s time for the House Judiciary Committee to stop the hand-wringing and the political calculation, and formally announce the commencement…

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No Honorable Middle Ground for Barr

Attorney General William Barr has rapidly embraced the one job qualification necessary for survival inside the Trump administration: make no…

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To Impeach or Not to Impeach

Right now, only political calculation stands in the way of the House launching impeachment proceedings against President Trump. The political…

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