Facts are meaningless, knowledge is useless, and nobody can really know anything.
Paul Waldman
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How Donald Trump Is Turning the GOP into a Postmodernist Party
Faced with a leader who has no grasp on reality, GOP leaders are undermining the very idea of truth.
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Why the Trump Era Could Be an Opportunity for Democrats
Being out of power—or at least being out of the White House—can be very good for a party.
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The Greatest Grift of All
Losers like Lincoln and FDR just didn’t see the presidency’s potential as a personal money-maker.
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The Unpersuadables
Don’t believe that Clinton could have won over Trump voters by talking about bread-and-butter issues.
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Obama’s Plan to Destroy America Has Failed Miserably
Can’t this guy do anything right?
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The Media Freakout Over the Clinton Email Story Is a Preview of the Next Four Years
The email scandal probably won’t tip the race, but it does offer a good template for what Clinton’s time in office will look like.
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Why Clinton Doesn’t Need a “Mandate”
If Clinton wins, Republicans will say she doesn’t have one. But “mandates” are baloney.
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Donald Trump’s Surreal Alternate Reality
Trump’s inability to face the truth doesn’t just make him a dangerous candidate—it could also be his campaign’s undoing.
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If the 2016 Campaign Were a Satirical Novel
It’s almost a bit too on the nose to be a biting caricature of American politics.