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Robinson: Trump’s politics of division fuels a deadly hatred
The president has fostered an atmosphere where hate-filled white supremacists are emboldened to act.
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Saunders: Did Comey goad Trump into defensive reaction
Had he not told the president-elect of the Steele dossier, would we have a different president now?
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Milbank: A reminder we have seen — and triumphed over — worse
Rep. John Lewis faced thugs at the Edmund Pettus Bridge; the ‘American people are not going back.’
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Petri: ‘Electability’ requires we agree with The Average Voter
OK, he’s not the majority and we argue with him at Thanksgiving, but he should pick our candidate.
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Parker: Yes, Biden can beat Trump on empathy; so can one more
All factors considered, Biden’s not otherwise the obvious candidate: That might be Mayor Pete.
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McArdle: Is the left ready for ‘wokeness’ to become orthodoxy?
With orthodoxy, if empirical facts undercut dogma, the facts have to go, with those who stated them.
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Petri: Accuracy, smaccuracy; census numbers just get in way
Accurate data are just facts, and facts are so inconvenient when they contradict what we believe.
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Robinson: Electibility matters; right now, Biden has it
Biden could do very well with two disparate groups: working-class whites and African Americans.
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Schwab: Why redact when you can misquote and still be believed
One needs only read a few paragraphs of the Mueller report to get a sense for Barr’s obfuscations.
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Petri: If Trump had done something wrong, he would’ve told us
You Democrats are so obsessed with oversight; it’s like you think it’s your constitutional duty.
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Ignatius: Biden is on point that dethroning Trump is Job One
And by that metric, the former vice president is the best choice among Democrats to face Trump.
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Harrop: Media’s pursuit of ‘The Story’ of Democratic schism
By playing up the strife, the so-called liberal media isn’t acting in the best interests of liberals.
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Milbank: Fed board candidate needs a vacation, all right
Stephen Moore ‘joked’ about needing a vacation from women; he needs one from the public sector.
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McArdle: The hows and whys behind Warren’s student debt plan
Among many questions: not just how it would work, but who benefits from debt forgiveness and why.
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Milbank: Conservatives scramble to justify inaccurate census
With few facts on their side, supporters of a citizenship question bluster, rationalize and blame.
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ignatius: We can’t kill our way out of the threat of terrorism
We’re fatigued, but the best path forward are the mundane tasks of building a just and stable world.
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Milbank: Team Trump not guilty by reason of incompetence
Mueller’s findings can be summarized as follows: Too stupid to conspire. Too incompetent to obstruct.
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Parker: Porches offer escape from heat, welcome to neighbors
What have we gained from the switch to air-conditioning and social-networking by handheld computer?
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Robinson: Voters gave Democrats power; use it to impeach
Trump should be held to the standard established by the GOP’s Lindsey Graham: ‘honor and integrity.’
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Saunders: Mueller report shows who the heroes were
Neither Mueller — nor Trump — are among them; instead the heroes include McGahn, Sessions and Priebus.