By Frank Bruni – The New York Times.
Donald Trump rightly reprimanded House Republicans on Tuesday for their move to disembowel the Office of Congressional Ethics, but let’s not be duped or dumb. This was like a crackhead dad fuming … Read more »
By Greg Sargent – The Washington Post.
THE MORNING PLUM:
When Donald Trump lies, is he telling a lie? Not if we cannot prove an intent to mislead, apparently.
With Trump set to take control of the presidency, media figures … Read more »
By Jennifer Rubin – The Washington Post.
A few days without an outburst. A plausible choice or two for his Cabinet. A succinct and searing comment on the vitriolic United Nations resolution attacking Israel. (“As to the U.N., things will … Read more »
By Susan Chira – The New York Times.
“It’s amazing to me the lightning speed
at which these issues have receded. The
story is the total omission of women.”
This was supposed to be the year of triumph for American
By Paul Krugman – The New York Times.
If James Comey, the F.B.I. director, hadn’t tipped the scales in the campaign’s final days with that grotesquely misleading letter, right now an incoming Clinton administration would be celebrating some very good … Read more »
By Jennifer Rubin – The Washington Post.
President-elect Donald Trump won the hearts of Rust Belt working-class whites by giving voice to their anger and giving them a comforting but utterly false narrative to explain their plight. He blamed “globalism” … Read more »
By Philip Bump – The Washington Post.
Since Gallup began asking Americans the people they admired the most, there’s been a consistent pattern: Whoever was president or president-elect was almost always the man the country admired the most. The most … Read more »
By Greg Sargent – The Washington Post.
Last night, CNN aired a terrific segment on people from coal country who voted for Donald Trump — but are now worried that his vow to repeal Obamacare will deprive them of crucial … Read more »
By Catherine Rampell – The Washington Post.
Back in October, a Marketplace-Edison Research Poll found that two-thirds of Donald Trump voters didn’t trust government-reported economic data, thanks partly to their candidate’s insistence that the numbers are bogus.
Something tells me … Read more »
The Editorial Board – The New York Times.
Soon after his inauguration next month, President-elect Donald Trump will nominate someone to the Supreme Court, which has been hamstrung by a vacancy since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. … Read more »
