If anyone has anything damaging on the president, it’s his personal attorney.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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What Should We Do About Syria? Don’t Ask Trump.
Following a chemical weapons attack in Syria, Trump doesn’t seem to have any new ideas. But then, nobody else does either.
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Voters’ Belief in Fairness Will Toss Republicans from Office
They passed a tax cut, but it isn’t going to save them.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Students Have Transformed the American Gun Debate
The hundreds of thousands of people who marched in the streets for stronger gun laws have signaled a new social movement.
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Mueller’s Firing Is Getting Closer Every Day
How Congress would respond to Mueller’s ousting may be an open question.Â
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What Elizabeth Warren Is In For
Trump will use Warren’s family history to stir up the dregs of the racial animus that got him to the White House in the first place.
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Is the GOP Careening Toward Disaster in November?
Another special election provides opportunity for another Republican defeat.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is the NRA Finally on the Defensive?
Even if you believe in gun rights, it’s become hard not to see the NRA as a bunch of loony birds.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
What the Parkland Students Wanted the World to See—But the Media Didn’t
High school students broadcasted while the massacre was going on, but the news media still aren’t sure how to handle images of death.
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Conservatism Unleashed
The Republican Party, aided by Donald Trump, has eagerly descended to unprecedented levels of self-dealing, rule-flouting, and ideological extremism.
