The Original Lie About Obamacare By David Leonhardt, The New York Times, MARCH 14, 2017 You hear it from Republicans, pundits and even some Democrats. It’s often said in a tone of regret: I wish Obama had done health reform in a bipartisan way, rather than jamming through a partisan bill. President Obama signing the health insurance reform bill […]

As I wrote on February 5, no meaningful resistance to Donald Trump’s madcap White House presidency will occur until key Republicans begin to realize that he will take the GOP down with him unless they stop him. Sen. Lindsey Graham was a beacon of hope in that regard. But Rep. Devin Nunes of California, the chairman of the […]

CBO says 24 million would lose insurance under GOP’s Obamacare repeal   By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times One doesn’t have to read very far into the Congressional Budget Office’s eagerly awaited assessment of the impact of the House GOP’s Obamacare repeal bill, which was released Monday afternoon. It’s right there on page 2: With the repeal 52 million Americans would be […]

  Declassified report says Putin ‘ordered’ effort to undermine faith in U.S. election and help Trump President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 28 in Palm Beach, Fla. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) By Greg Miller and Adam Entous, The Washington Post,January 6, 2017 Russia carried out a comprehensive cyber campaign to sabotage the U.S. presidential […]

Republicans are trying to destroy the very idea of neutral judgment (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)   By Paul Waldman, The Washington Post, March 9 at 1:07 PM We need to talk about the Congressional Budget Office. But before you click away from what you assume will be a dreadfully boring discussion of arcane legislative procedures, let me assure […]

If it seems I’m devoting a lot of time and effort to the connections between the Trump team and Russia to the exclusion of other important questions like health insurance, that’s because I’m convinced that the Russia connection is a direct threat to the existence of our independent republic–nothing less than its very existence. I […]

I owe you an update on my post of two days ago titled “Travel Abroad.” Today’s piece, from The Atlantic, is the most detailed and trustworthy account I could find of the current state of  Khizr Khan’s travel story. The Curious Case of Khizr Khan’s ‘Travel Privileges’ It’s not clear precisely what led to the cancellation of […]

Trump Aides Address His Wiretap Claims: ‘That’s Above My Pay Grade’ By GLENN THRUSH and MAGGIE HABERMAN, The New York Times, MARCH 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump has no regrets. His staff has no defense. After weeks of assailing reporters and critics in diligent defense of their boss, Mr. Trump’s team has been uncharacteristically muted […]

Trump’s split screen: A two-hour virtual conversation between the president and ‘Fox & Friends’ By Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post, March 7 at 12:55 PM President Trump. (Evan Vucci/AP)   Early Tuesday morning, President Trump tuned into “Fox & Friends.” For several days, Trump’s staff kept him away from television cameras. He spent the weekend hidden away at […]

It’s not a privilege, it’s a right in the United States of America. It is one of the most important rights a citizen can have. In Nazi Germany it was denied. In Soviet Russia it was denied. I used to feel guilty during my four years in Moscow in the late 1960s that my country […]