The entire last year and a half has been leading to this point.
Paul Waldman
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The Moral Compromise Republicans Made to Support Trump in 2016? It’s Only Getting Worse
President Trump has given Republicans much of what they wanted. But along the way he has demanded that they abandon a commitment to any principle.
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Forget the Deep State — This Is the Trump State
Trump has created a government that reflects himself, in which the most important question is what he and his accomplices can take for themselves.
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Look What You Made Them Do
From to neo-Nazism and white nationalism to Trump’s election, conservative writers are blaming—who else?—liberals who call out racism.
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Don’t Expect the Trump Scandals to Tie Up Neatly
It’s a jumbled, bumbling mess—but that doesn’t make it any less scandalous.
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The Federal Prohibition on Marijuana Is On Borrowed Time
Republican opposition to legalization is a losing battle.
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Michael Cohen Could Be the Instrument of Trump’s Doom
If anyone has anything damaging on the president, it’s his personal attorney.
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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.