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The president implied that treason is OK.

From USA Today: During an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Trump said Wednesday that he would likely take information about his 2020 election rivals from foreign adversaries, such as Russia and China. Trump also criticized FBI Director Christopher Wray and said the FBI “doesn’t have enough agents” to address foreign election meddling. This will…

From NPR this morning: California Sen. Kamala Harris says that if she’s elected president, her administration’s Department of Justice would likely pursue criminal obstruction of justice charges against a former President Donald Trump. I know lots of people will clutch their pearls in agony over “precedent” and “norms.” What are your thoughts? (By the way,…

I’d given Joe Biden enough attention over the last week. But today I find I must use his latest remarks to make a point about an ongoing problem in Democratic politics. That problem is this: too many Democrats—especially elite Democratic donors—are far too willing to keep giving the Republican Party the benefit of the doubt….

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I’m going to offer a thesis that’s familiar and (perhaps) unfamiliar. The familiar part: that anti-abortionists do not seek to protect the rights of “the unborn.” They seek control women and what they choose to do with their own bodies. Now the second, perhaps unfamiliar part: that seeking control women and what they choose to do…

Bans on it are “the most vivid sign of the erosion of liberal democracy.”

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