Brazilian wax
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Before the Beatles were boss, there was bossa nova
Jacob Heilbrunn
Jacob Heilbrunn is editor of The National Interest. He lives in Washington DC
Friday
Tuesday
Flash Gordon Sondland lights up the impeachment inquiry with updated testimony
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The US ambassador to EU puts a kibosh on the notion Trump wasn’t avidly seeking a quid pro quo
Thursday
Pelosi boxes up a win
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Against not just Trump, but Biden’s Democratic rivals
Wednesday
Republican congressmen are loyal enough to storm committee meetings for Trump
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But what about their colleagues in the Senate?
Monday
Pierre Delecto 2020?
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Romney is denying that he heads a potential faction of anti-Trump Republicans intent on ousting Trump by impeachment. Don’t believe a word of it
Tuesday
John Bolton, avenger
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Democrats are starting to look with a more benignant eye upon the official they once loved to despise
Friday
A great time in the Faddisphere
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Faddis took a break, sat down on a chair onstage near me, then started blowing along with the band again
Thursday
Donald Trump, outfoxed once more
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The president has more than unfavorable polls to worry about
Monday
Is Trump’s Turkey distraction a miscalculation?
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The president has riled up the very senators he may need to save him
Thursday
Whistleblowers give Trump a taxing time
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The issue of his taxes could also prove even more potent than Ukrainegate
Saturday
Hillary Clinton 2020?
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A 2016 election 2.0 would be a dream come true for Trump
Thursday
Is Rudy Giuliani’s star falling?
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Trump will dispense with Giuliani’s services in a heartbeat if he determines that he can transform him into the new Michael Cohen
Tuesday
Pelosi’s impeachment inquiry levels the playing field
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Her actions make it more difficult for the administration to defy Democratic subpoenas
Friday
Kiev won’t chicken out over Trump’s desired Biden probe
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Clearly Trump really, really wants to get reeelected
Wednesday
Robert C. O’Brien, Trump’s good soldier
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Trump replaces hawk with hawk at national security adviser
Friday
In defense of record players
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LPs are not only an important source of pleasure but also edification
Tuesday
John Bolton is Trump’s latest distraction
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Could Douglas Macgregor fill the Iran hawk’s shoes?
Friday
Trump is pursuing Mugabe economics
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The jiggery-pook that Trump has been engaging in on the economy may well come to haunt him in the key states that he won in 2016
Wednesday
Donald Trump, canard of chaos
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Political nihilism, Thomas Edsall says, is one of Trump’s most potent weapons
Thursday
The case for proroguing Congress
It’s time for Donald Trump to take a leaf from Boris Johnson, for the master to take tuition from his pupil. Instead of trying to placate his critics, Trump should prorogue the American Congress. The approval rating of Congress is somewhere in the teens, even lower than Trump’s, so most Americans would likely greet such a move
