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Opinion · 114th Congress
Harassment, Rape and Donald Trump’s Defense of Roger Ailes
PHILADELPHIA — All those hacked DNC emails showing the joy of backstabbing , the self-absorption of DWS and the price of sitting next to the president have, alas, distracted us from another shocking/not
Opinion · 114th Congress
Thanks, GOP. XOXO, Hillary
Then, the next day, a nonpolitical aide to the Trump family, Meredith McIver, publicly apologized for lifting passages but kinda/sorta threw Melania Trump under the bus for suggesting the lines in the
Opinion · 114th Congress
The Moment That Will Define Mike Pence
Bush, with the aid of top congressional Republicans, was in the process of turning the GOP into a spending party.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Speech Scandal Adds New Twist to Unpredictable Campaign
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod summed the similarities up flatly in an interview on CNN. “It’s just plagiarism,” he said.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Republicans Blame Obama for Cop Killings at Their Own Peril
Gail Griffin, a delegate from Arizona, echoed Trump’s new favorite phrase in a brief interview. “We’ve got a candidate who’s for law and order,” she said.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump’s Most Absurd Promise: He’ll Bring Us Together
If only the election of a black president (twice) had marked the final chapter of the tragic American narrative that began with slavery. If only. The saddest words in the English language.
Opinion · 114th Congress
How the House Sit-in Happened, and What Happens Now
Not that she doubts the sincerity of her Republican colleagues in offering their prayers and condolences to survivors and the families of victims, she said in an interview.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Sexual Assault a Personal Issue for Rep. Ann Kuster
“We were all discussing that sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace had happened to us” over the years, too, Rep.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Why Removing the Judge Who Gave Stanford Swimmer a Tap on Wrist Is a Terrible Idea
In a 1998 interview , Poe explained that he’d seen way too many perps with excellent self-esteem, and found humiliating them an effective way to curb their criminal impulses.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump, Women and World War III
to again and again — the “woman card,” the wage gap, her speech in Beijing about women’s rights, and the fact that Clinton would be the first woman ever elected to the presidency.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump, Change Agent, Hasn’t Changed in Decades
If you need any more proof, look at Trump’s 1990 Playboy interview , featuring thoughts on the presidency that could have been written yesterday.
Opinion · 114th Congress
With Trump, Ryan Wins When It Looks Like He’s Losing
Like the rest of the elected GOP establishment, the high-minded and aggressively civil Wisconsin congressman, has little choice but to accept the ruffian who ransacked the Republican Party.
Opinion · 114th Congress
MIA: The Black Men Who Ought to Have Shown Up for Donna Edwards
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), one of the few CBC members who did endorse Edwards, put it in an interview with Politico, “Donna is about taking care of the business of governing, and she is not particularly focused
Opinion · 114th Congress
In North Carolina, LGBT Bill is Political and Personal
Most of the talk has been about bathrooms, the part of the Charlotte ordinance that said people could use the one for the gender with which they identify.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Trump and Abortion: The One Opinion He’d Rather Not Share
But when pressed in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Mathews on the details of what that means, Trump eventually said “there should be a punishment” for women who have abortions, but not for the men who
Opinion · 114th Congress
Obama, Journalism and the Facts
After all, he hasn’t given an interview to a reporter from the Washington Post in 7 ½ years. Again, much of what the president said at the Toner dinner is inarguably true.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Clean Up in Aisle Chaffetz
On Tuesday, Politico reported that House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, wanted to interview Judge Merrick Garland about the handling of an investigation
Opinion · 114th Congress
Rubio Couldn’t Escape the MIA Label
Before he dropped out Tuesday night, I struggled over the course of the campaign to understand why Marco Rubio didn’t fare better in the Republican primary.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Surrender, Bernie: Ohio Win Won’t Forestall the Inevitable
The eight-minute speech was akin to a comedian skipping the set ups and going straight for the punch lines.