Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: ‘Spider-Man’ Would Never Fly in Donald Trump’s America
In this world of woe, it may have been the most inspiring news story of the last few days.
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Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: On Iran, It’s Not About the Art of the Deal
Watch: Macron to Congress — Embrace Global Role, Reject ‘Fake News’ and Stay in Iran Deal [jwp-video n=”1″] While the deal’s inspections regime is suboptimal, more can be done to strengthen
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why the Pennsylvania Special Election Is Not So Special
Since Republican Ron Estes won Mike Pompeo’s seat in Kansas, his main achievement has been introducing a bill to increase penalties for making a fake call to 911 to draw police attention.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Lawmakers Not Fit to Wear Mister Rogers’ Cardigan
where he is outpacing competitors, especially after decisions that often seem reckless and off the cuff — not exactly the qualities to reassure a country that has come to both expect and dread breaking news
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: How Does Trump Kill Time Before the Midterms? Treason Season
But all it took was a four-digit drop in the Dow Jones industrial average for the cable networks to switch to breaking-news market updates.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: No Substance in the State of Trump’s Union
That way, instead of fake news, you can tell Congress and the media directly that there was no collusion. None. Zilch. And if you want, I’ll even answer a few questions right here under oath.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: An Absolutely Truthful Christmas Card From Congress
Long before Donald Trump declared war on “Fake News,” there existed a form of communication so exaggerated and untrustworthy that it united Democrats and Republicans in universal scorn.We are, of course
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Trump’s Alabama Attitude Adjustment
And instead of excoriating reporters, Trump proudly pointed out, like a child burnishing his image for Santa Claus, “I used the words ‘media’ … as opposed to ‘fake news media.’”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Watergate Tweets of @RealTrickyDick
.): Nobody’s heard of Fake News reporters WoodWARD and Bernstein. Why can’t they get a job on real papers?? Disgrace!!
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Bob Corker and the Chairmen Who Hold Trump’s Fate in Their Hands
“@realDonaldTrump Morn news says u made deal w Schumer on DACA/hv ur staff brief me/ I know u undercut JudiCimm effort 4 biparty agreement.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Fake Senate Hearing on Fake News
Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: A Veteran Takes on a House Incumbent — and Other N.C. Political Tales
Or perhaps it’s just the state’s unpredictability and the entertainment value of its outsize personalities who make news, even when they wish they had not.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Summertime and the Living Is Easy in Trump’s Washington
Thursday was the kind of molasses-slow news day in Washington, reminiscent of the summers before air-conditioning when Congress and most of the Executive Branch fled the capital for sea breezes and temperate
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: History Lessons — Ted Kennedy, Watergate and the Bravest Senate Vote
Fake news alert! We have now gone a few days without any shocking new details about Donald Trump Jr.’s 2016 campaign meeting with a group of Russians peddling dirt on Hillary Clinton.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Chris Christie’s Saltwater-Gate
We seem more and more to get diverted from the important by the preposterous, watch the same cable news screamers we swear we hate, and blame our elected officials for problems in the country when
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: How a Textbook in 2067 Might View Donald Trump
Trump, in characteristic fashion, denounced the reporter as “a liar offering fake news.”
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: White House Dysfunction Is Stranger Than Fiction
At a time when every White House feud is dramatized in real time by press leaks from an administration that can’t wait to denounce “fake news,” Yates’ appearance marked a rare instance that a first-hand
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Congress Can Work — If Trump Gets Out of the Way
First the bad news about negotiations over the 2017 spending bill that Congress needs to pass before midnight on Friday or face a government shutdown: The last several days have been a mess of mixed messages
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Scorecard — America After 100 Days of Trump
It may be news to Donald Trump that the original One Hundred Days ended with Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Very Fake News
Consider the following exchange from Thursday’s newser: QUESTION: “When you call it ‘fake news,’ you’re undermining confidence in our news media.” TRUMP: “No, no. I do that.