The Democrats’ bad start to the impeachment hearings
To remove a president, they need evidence of serious malfeasance. Hearsay testimony about diplomatic process is not enough
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Thursday
Wednesday
A tale of two quids
The Democrats have decided to weaponize impeachment
Resistance reality TV has jumped the shark
Maybe the public have been told too many times that their president is about to be exposed as a villain
George Kent’s impeachment dress code
Impeachment has enough flannel already
The Overton Window inches right
Conservatives have spent too long trying to convince the left what they’re against, rather than declaring what they’re for
Tuesday
Trump’s economic nationalism is an effort to save capitalism
America needs to harness capitalism as successfully as China has
Confessions of a White House staffer: forgotten coffees and flustered phone calls
Things are not at all well in Conwayland
Friday
Is the Green party ‘rigging’ its presidential primary?
Some candidates allege the party apparatus is forcing them out of the race
Thursday
How to lose a re-election in Kentucky
Even a last-gasp visit from Trump couldn ’ t save Matt Bevin
Tuesday
Flash Gordon Sondland lights up the impeachment inquiry with updated testimony
The US ambassador to EU puts a kibosh on the notion Trump wasn’t avidly seeking a quid pro quo
Monday
Trans rights, voter wrongs
Insisting that men can be women is a sure way to lose an election
Saturday
Confessions of a White House staffer
Leaky pipes and media drama queens
Friday
Armenian genocide and the theater of US politics
Ilhan Omar proves she’s not a serious opponent of oppression
Why the left wants a political advertising ban
It’s a preferable option to engaging in an argument
Thursday
Pelosi boxes up a win
Against not just Trump, but Biden’s Democratic rivals
Pelosi caved: what the impeachment rules resolution really means
The House gets egged on Halloween
The impeachment horror show
The Trump presidency is in real peril. Not because he has done anything wrong, necessarily, but because this is how leaders are destroyed
Barack Obama helped create cancel culture. Now he condemns it
It’s a bit rich
Wednesday
Think Republicans will lose the House, Senate and presidency in 2020? Dream on
The Trump campaign is a well-oiled machine, and a large part of the lubricant comes with a dollar sign attached
