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Harrop: Mueller’s report has done Democrats a huge favor
With impeachment off the table, Democrats can focus on policy, especially Trump’s attack on the ACA.
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Milbank: The danger behind AIPAC’s, Netanyahu’s double-standard
Selectively denouncing anti-Semitism based on party is dangerous to Jews, Israel and society.
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Milbank: Russian claims of vindication require report’s release
Russian interference in the election was the stated purpose. Barr’s letter glosses over that aspect.
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Parker: What’s to be learned from the report that went pffft
Two lessons: Trump distracts from his own victories. And the media speculates to fill in the gaps.
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Will: Mueller’s report allows for normal 2020 campaign
If Democrats can move on, it allows a campaign on issues and about how to shape a post-Trump…
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Harrop: ‘Mayor Pete’ will win White House, just not in 2020
First, it’s pronounced ‘boot-a-judge.’ Second, he’s hitting all the right notes. Third, and oh, he’s gay.
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McArdle: Embracing exclamation helps us get the point across
The excitable punctuation mark is derided overseas as over-enthusiastic. But it’s very American.
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Burke: Here’s the research; now make a campaign ad for Trump
We know who we’re reaching out to and what we want to sell them. Now, grab a camera.
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Saunders: Trump’s bullying pulls attention from successes
The president’s my-way-or-the-highway posture still flies with his base, but it’s getting old, fast.
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Milbank: Media’s, Democrats’ purity tests help only Trump
Asking yes-or-no on Medicare-for-All, Green New Deal, court packing plays right into Trump’s hands.
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Rampell: Trump’s ‘socialism’ fear-mongering won’t scare many
Especially among younger adults, the word has lost its impact because the GOP cried wolf too often.
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McArdle: The odds for — and against — Trump in 2020
In the 2020 battle between pundits and modelers, Trump and the economy complicate predictions.
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Petri: Electoral College sparks enough joy to keep in closet
We should ask ourselves these questions before boxing up the electors and taking them to Goodwill.
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Dionne: A candidate makes case for faith, works and community
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is bringing up subjects Democrats need to discuss.
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Schwab: Are we content to surrender to white nationalists?
While still small in number — but loud of voice — silence and complicity aids nationalists’ growth.
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Ignatius: Private, business data needs protection, but how?
U.S. agencies have successfully ‘hacked back,’ but there are cautions for those outside government.
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Milbank: Comes now Don Jr. to instruct England on democracy
Much of the U.K. is — if not amused — laughing at his assessment that democracy is ‘all…
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Parker: Are some Democrats too rich to succeed with voters?
Never mind humble beginnings, wealth has become a disqualifier in the minds of some on the left.
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McArdle: What’s it say when old ethnic slurs lose their sting?
The RNC’s swipe at Beto O’Rourke didn’t appear to srike most as stereotyping of Irish Americans.
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Milbank: Don’t let cows’ docile nature fool you; they’re vicious
And Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Milking Sympathy, is suing a cow for tweeting mean things about him.