Trump can’t make a health care deal because he doesn’t understand health care Trump is uninformed, underprepared, and unclear — and this is is the result. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images By Ezra Klein, Vox, Jul 19, 2017, 10:20am EDT The blame in the Senate’s health care omnishambles is attaching to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and […]

The Voter Purges Are Coming By VANITA GUPTA, The New York Times, JULY 19, 2017 Voting rights advocates demonstrating in North Carolina. CreditTravis Dove for The New York Times The Trump administration’s election-integrity commission will have its first meeting on Wednesday to map out how the president will strip the right to vote from millions of Americans. […]

This analysis of the Russian approach to Donald Trump Jr. is the most authoritative and detailed explanation I’ve seen. The essay, by a former CIA officer, appeared in The Washington Post Outlook section on Sunday. Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting sure sounds like a Russian intelligence operation Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya fits the profile of someone […]

NAFTA talks expected to begin as early as August By STEVEN CHASE, The Globe and Mail, Friday, July 14, 2017, 9:28PM EDT Providence, Rhode Island — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged a gathering of U.S. governors to help prevent a resurgence of protectionism — what he called “politically tempting shortcuts” — as Canada girds for a […]

Michael Gerson was chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, recruited for Bush’s campaign by Karl Rove. Opinions In Trump’s world, innocence is proved by guilt President Trump at a news conference in Paris. (Markus Schreiber/Associated Press) By Michael Gerson Opinion writer, The Washington Post, July 13 at 7:38 PM Given what […]

The Putin Obsession That Led to Trump Jr.’s Meeting Russia has been trying to roll back human rights sanctions for years. And Moscow’s strategy is getting more sophisticated.   By BEN SCHRECKINGER, Politico, July 13, 2017   Russian lawyer whose June meeting at Trump Tower is rocking American politics was just the tip of the […]

Bungled collusion is still collusion Donald Trump Jr. (Richard Drew/Associated Press) By Charles Krauthammer Opinion writer, The Washington Post, July 13 at 7:51 PM The Russia scandal has entered a new phase, and there’s no going back. For six months, the White House claimed that this scandal was nothing more than innuendo about Trump campaign collusion […]

Regarding Junior Trump’s now-famous email chain, Chris Hayes on MSNBC had a fascinating conversation last night with two guests who read the emails more carefully and saw reason to think that Junior knew more than he’s saying. The guests are Ken Dilanian, MSNBC investigative reporter, and Barbara McQuade, a former U.S. attorney and now law […]

Get off the Trump train before it crashes Vice President Pence. (Joshua Gunter/The Plain Dealer via Associated Press) By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion writer, The Washington Post, July 12 at 7:38 PM “Will he tell the president ‘no’?” This question was at the heart of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s opening statement at Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Christopher A. […]

Why did the DOJ abruptly settle Russian money laundering case with attorney at center of collusion? By Jen Hayden, Daily Kos, Wednesday Jul 12, 2017 · 4:27 PM EDT  Natalia Veselnitskaya suddenly seems to be everywhere In March, U.S. Attorney Preet Bhrara was abruptly fired by Donald Trump, even though Trump had previously called Bhrara to Trump […]