Opinion · 116th Congress
Trump’s latest self-inflicted wound: Medicare cuts
His vicious temperament when crossed produces the torrent of below-the-belt Twitter attacks.
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Opinion · 116th Congress
Leave it to Trump to remind voters how much they need government
And Trump has extended this vitriolic hatred to the Justice Department, the FBI and the national security establishment.
Opinion · 116th Congress
As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flies high, eyes are rolling on the ground
of the day was AOC.
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Gospel of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“The people who made our graphics and our fliers and stuff were regulars at the bar where I was bartending,” she said in a post-primary interview with popular New York City radio host Laura Styles
Opinion · 115th Congress
Not Even Lame Duckery Can Break the Lockstep of the GOP
Trump, in an interview with Politico, threatened once again to shut the government down if he doesn’t get his ransom of $5 billion (presumably in small, unmarked bills) for building a physical border
Opinion · 115th Congress
Divining Democrats With the ‘It’ Factor for 2020
This was after Obama’s appearance in a television interview, in which she reminded the world what it’s been missing.
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Case of the Missing President — in House Debates
During the one-hour debate in Utah’s 4th district in suburban Salt Lake City, the word Trump was not mentioned until the 45-minute mark when the moderator blurted out the president’s name in a question
Opinion · 115th Congress
It Turns Out Democrats Are Really Bad at Getting Mad
Questioned about Hillary Clinton’s comments in her own interview with CNN, endangered North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp must have thought the equivalent of Dorothy Parker’s line, “What fresh hell
Opinion · 115th Congress
This Is DC’s Unsung Skill, From the Capitol to K Street
vision quickly crashed into reality, and I considered myself fortunate to land an entry-level Hill job answering phones, sorting mail, and drafting constituent letters for what was essentially an extended interview
Opinion · 115th Congress
Trump Is Giving Pyrrhic Victors a Run For Their Money
After Christine Blasey Ford offered her controlled, but devastating, testimony accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway revealed in a CNN interview that she,
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Senate Already Went Nuclear.
OPINION — Of all of the questions left unanswered after the Judiciary Committee hearings for Brett Kavanaugh ended last week, the hardest one to know for sure might also be the most important for the long-term
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Rush to Judgment on Kavanaugh Is the Ultimate ‘Con Job’
They have been the ones rushing through the nomination before the National Archives reviewed all of Kavanaugh’s records from his time in the George W. Bush White House.
Opinion · 115th Congress
What Constitutes a Wave Election?
In a CNN interview last week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told Christiane Amanpour, “People ask me, is this a tsunami or is it wave?
Opinion · 115th Congress
Midterms Show We’re Not Any Closer to a Post-Racial America
This was despite Lott’s apologies, including an awkward interview on Black Entertainment Television, during which he pledged support for affirmative action and regret for a vote cast against the federal
Opinion · 115th Congress
Kavanaugh’s First Stand Was the Blandest Thing Since White Bread
OPINION — It was Ben Sasse — the conservative Nebraska Republican who makes a fetish out of seeming like the last rational man in the era of Donald Trump — who crystalized the issues facing the Senate
Opinion · 115th Congress
When Spike Lee’s Art Is More Real Than a White House Reality Show
The film brings the lessons of the not-so-tall tale up to the present, to this 2018 moment.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Instead of Oversight, This Congress Believes in Under-Sight
The hapless president breaks up the scuffle by saying in an outraged tone, “Gentlemen. You can’t fight in here. This is the War Room!”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Why the Mueller Investigation Is the Wobble of Neptune
Meanwhile, many Democrats are petrified that premature talk of impeachment will jeopardize the party’s drive to win the House and long-shot dreams of taking the Senate.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: When Political Discourse Becomes Bullying
When I got a call to appear on a program, a producer would do a pre-interview with me to get an idea of my views on the subject for the day.