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Harrop: Some things to remember out of a forgettable shutdown
The shutdown should have clarified some things for Democrats, especially regarding their message.
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Parker: Is Trump culpable for threats from the deranged?
Trump’s targeting of the media could inspire threats and worse from those familiar with his rhetoric.
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Milbank: Senate uses bipartisanship to fill vacuum Trump left
Democrats aren’t abandoning the Dreamers; they know they have to work with Republicans in Congress.
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Ignatius: With ISIS gone in Syria, regional grievances return
Long-standing grievances set aside while a U.S.-led coalition defeated the caliphate have returned.
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Robinson: Trump means whatever his people say he means
Will he sign a DACA deal if Congress passes one? Better ask his immigration hard-liners, first.
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Milbank: Trump and the art of indecision
Trump appears to side with the last person he met with, complicating talks over the shutdown.
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Harrop: Ansari’s ‘bad date’ shows problem of outing bad behavior
The comic actor has been smeared by an anonymous date’s charge that he ignored her “nonverbal cues.”
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Burke: This is not a false alarm; we are under attack daily
And the attacks — by tweet or edict — are launched from the Oval Office (or Mar-A-Lago).
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Parker: Loyalty, not experience, is what matters for Trump
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Saunders: With shutdown Democrats make error GOP made in 2013
In demanding DACA be included in a budget deal, Democrats show an inability to compromise.
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Will: Our past immigration criteria does not instill pride
By what criteria should we decide who is worthy to come amongst us? Consider our history, first.
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Robinson: With no credible president, we are without a leader
It is unwise and impossible to take literally or seriously anything President Trump says.
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Rampell: GOP’s tax law leaves states with deficits, headaches
Reform provisions will not only blow up federal deficits; they can also blow up state deficits.
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Schwab: The sentiment, not the word, is problem with Trump
Who shows more love for America: Those who seek to come here or the man who derides them?
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Ignatius: How military trains to let others do the fighting
The struggle for the U.S. military has been to accept letting other nations fight their own battles.
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Milbank: Trump’s fine, but his Trumpism may be contagious
Trump may be in ‘excellent’ health, but has the White House doctor contracted his hyperbolic style.
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Harrop: Immigration won’t get a fix because GOP doesn’t want it
Trump and Republicans in Congress prefer the status quo and their ability to use it politically.
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Parker: Looking past ‘holes’ and ‘heaps’ to talk immigration
Do race and culture matter? Or should immigration be about the yearning for liberty in all hearts?
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Milbank: Trump Cabinet chief sidesteps Trump’s ‘shithole’ talk
Even GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham wonders what happened to Trump on the span of three days.