Donald Trump

Exposure of Kremlin lies won’t alter course of impeachment

By John Stoehr / February 22, 2024 /

The Republicans are picking up where Trump left off when he extorted Ukraine’s president, using Russian disinformation to smear Biden.

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If Biden is risky for Democrats, Trump is far riskier for the GOP

By John Stoehr / February 20, 2024 /

Trump and the Republicans are one. If he goes down, they all go down.

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When people tell you that Biden is doing to Trump what Putin did to Navalny, they are telling you they don’t believe in anything

By John Stoehr / February 16, 2024 /

A democracy can’t afford to empower such cynicism.

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Kellyanne Conway wants us to believe GOP has a deep bench

By Claire Bond Potter / February 16, 2024 /

In discussing possible VP picks for Trump, she spins the fiction that the party has people ready for the national stage, writes Claire Bond Potter.

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It’s crystal clear: SCOTUS is not going to disqualify Trump

By Eric Segall / February 13, 2024 /

For the Roberts Court, values, politics and consequences count for much more than text, history and precedent, writes Eric Segall.

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To speak on your terms, free yourself from the press corps

By John Stoehr / February 12, 2024 /

What can you say about things that are morally distinct in a news media world in which moral distinctions don’t exist? 

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All of a sudden, Biden is the border hawk, not Trump

By John Stoehr / February 7, 2024 /

Trump got outplayed and doesn’t seem to know it.

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Biden connected the dots – Trump’s Big Lie is new Lost Cause

By John Stoehr / February 6, 2024 /

He opened space to discuss the role of intimidation and threats of violence in Trump’s continued dominance of the Republican Party. 

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On Ukraine war funding, are the Republicans in Russian pay?

By John Stoehr / February 5, 2024 /

Shared interest is probably the right answer.

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The cost to the GOP of ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is clearer

By John Stoehr / February 2, 2024 /

Biden is taking advantage of the GOP’s inaction on the border.

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