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Milbank: Republicans distract but won’t defend Trump’s actions
Trump’s GOP defenders will point in different directions but can’t back his illegal behavior.
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Schwab: With whistles blowing we get silence from Republicans
There isn’t a Republican anywhere who wouldn’t scream for impeachment if this were President Obama.
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Petri: A handy guide for when somone offers quid for your quo
We all know quid pro quo is bad, especially on a nothing burger. Good thing it doesn’t happen…
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Gerson: Impeachment is inevitable, regardless of the outcome
Trump has already pleaded guilty, but so used to the stench of corruption, he fails to recognize it.
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Milbank: The other Trump scandal unraveling on Wednesday
Another House committee was told federal officials were looking the other way on the emoluments parade.
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Milbank: Impeach, if only to put Republicans on the record
The GOP’s members of Congress must be asked if they’d be silent if a Democrat repeated Trump’s actions.
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McArdle: Risks for both parties as we edge toward impeachment
Republicans risk accepting the unacceptable. Democrats risk giving Trump the battle he wants.
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Harrop: GOP, now’s your chance to put country above party
Trump’s impeachment is now an issue of national security. Republicans have to join with Democrats.
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Ignatius: Trump compromised national security for his benefit
In leveraging military aid to Ukraine to aid his campaign Trump broke his oath as commander in chief.
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Milbank: Democrats learning they can bulldoze past McConnell
The Majority Leader will delay, but ultimately he will give into pressure to defy Trump’s wishes.
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Editorial: Thunberg, other youths, prosecute our inaction
If we dismiss the warnings of young climate change activists, we will not, should not, be forgiven.
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Robinson: Trump’s brazen acts an invitation to impeachment
Even impeachment-averse Nancy Pelosi calls his latest actions a ‘grave new chapter of lawlessness.’
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Harrop: Trump has turned his vandalism to the environment
He is seeking policies that are unwanted even by the industries he claims to be helping.
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Saunders: Trump exactly right that San Francisco’s a ‘disaster’
City officials claim a compassion for the homeless, but the conditions there are simple cruelty.
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McArdle: Automakers, union can’t find road to mutual benefit
You can sympathize with each side and still not understand why they keep repeating past mistakes.
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Milbank: ‘Is anyone dumb enough?’ a question Trump should ask?
Because it’s really not hard to believe Trump would say something inappropriate to a foreign leader.
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Dionne: Why Trump gets away with everything
Lying and stonewalling have worked for the president because the GOP has been cowed into complicity.
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Schwab: N. Koreans can be excused for buying myth; what’s our?
Trump’s claims are no more credible than Kim’s — and easily refutable — yet his supporters won’t question.
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Petri: Stop pestering me, or I will make the planet warmer
Enough of your protests. Why would I save your planet if this is how you treat a member…
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Ignatius: Trump’s conflict with Iran a crisis of own making
Iran knows Trump doesn’t want to go to war, and is forcing him to choose between two ugly…