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A Response to My Conservative Critics About Trump
Writers never know when something they write will strike a nerve — or, in the common phrase of the Internet, “go viral.”
Yet my last column, “Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump,” did both. Aside from being reprinted on almost every …
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President Trump, Meet the Department of Justice. DOJ, President Trump.
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:
President Trump, Meet the Department of Justice. DOJ, President Trump.
This morning, President Trump tweeted several times: “People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am …
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Dionne on the Anti-Trump Right: An Optical Illusion
E. J. Dionne speculates that anti-Trump conservatives could follow the pattern of an earlier “intellectual rebellion,” that of the liberals who turned into neoconservatives in response to the excesses of the Left. Citing Michael Gerson, Jennifer Rubin, David Frum, Charlie …
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There Is No Political Tribe That Deserves Your Complete Loyalty
If you ever wanted to understand the power of tribal loyalty, there are two new articles for you to read. The first is a Daily Beast article that explores the reinvention of Maxine Waters, a congresswoman “once dubbed one of …
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As Paris Shows, Our Climate Debate Is Impossible to Navigate
As today has shown once again, one of the key problems with our debate over the ideal climate policy is that those who drive the conversation simply refuse to draw a bright enough line between the problem and the response. …
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Berlin — Germans do not seem too friendly to Americans these days.
According to a recent Harvard Kennedy School study of global media, 98 percent of German public television news portrays President Donald Trump negatively, making it by far the most anti-Trump …
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Donald Trump Puts Angela Merkel on Tilt
Michael Brendan Dougherty
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A German leader in a beer tent announces a new indifference to the United Kingdom and America and a new determination to lead Europe into a glorious future, possibly delighting the …
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The Non-Existent Case for the Paris Accord
For a bull in the china shop, President Donald Trump has so far gingerly stepped around the Paris climate accord. That dance could end as soon as this week, with Trump deciding whether to stay in or opt out.
“Out” …
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Why Dennis Prager’s Analysis of ‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Falls Short
I have long been, and remain, a big fan of Dennis Prager.
I can’t say the same of his most recent column.
Since he admires so many Trump critics, he says his aim is to persuade them (us) that …
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The Problem with ‘Lock Them Up’ Politics
For a year, Democrats listened to crowds at Trump rallies and even the delegates at the Republican National Convention engage in chants of “lock her up.” Today, the Internet is reverberating with Democrats engaging in some virtual revenge as the …
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Is Supporting ISIS Just Another ‘Political Point of View’?
Is Supporting ISIS Just Another ‘Political Point of View’?
The United Kingdom holds its parliamentary elections Thursday, just days after a brutal terror attack near London Bridge that left seven dead, 48 people injured, 21 critically.
If the Labour party wins a …
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America Doesn’t Have a Successor
Michael Brendan Dougherty
America has lost the leadership of the globe in the last ten days. In fact, it lost it two times over. For completely different reasons. The first time it was an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that did it. …
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‘Pressure’ Is Not Obstruction
The thing to remember is that there’s a big difference between perceiving “pressure” and believing that you have witnessed the obstruction of an FBI investigation, a federal felony.
Take this to the bank: Over the next week, before the …
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The Age of Unilateral Rule
The Trump administration has been exhaustingly eventful, but almost none of the events have involved Congress.
The beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency has been an extension of the last six years of the Obama administration, when Capitol Hill was …
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Trump Breaks a Campaign Promise for the Fantasy of Middle East Peace
Read carefully this statement from the White House:
Update: White House releases statement on the U.S. embassy in Israel pic.twitter.com/Ha3cKFhrQ5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 1, 2017
I’m not surprised that Donald Trump is breaking (for now, at …
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By now everyone knows that President Trump tweeted something weird last night: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.”
All reasonable people assumed it was a typo. A lot of people had fun with it. Some people made a big deal …
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Trump’s Victory and the Ability to Ask
Republicans aren’t divided just by ideology. Perhaps even more important, Republican-leaning voters are divided by the ability to ask. Republican voters with high levels of civic engagement are able to reach politicians and make comprehensible demands. Those with low …
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Dennis Prager Is Answering the Wrong Question
On the homepage today, Dennis Prager purports to provide an answer to a simple question — why are Never Trumpers still anti-Trump? Honestly, I find the question a bit strange. The election is over. We’re not weighing his relative merits …
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Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump
When people you know well and admire, and who share your values, do something you strongly oppose, you have two options:
(1) Cease admiring them or (2) try to understand them and change their minds.
In the case of my conservative friends …
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How Sharia Supremacism and Judicial Imperialism Threaten National Security
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling against President Trump’s so-called travel ban empowers both radical Islam and judicial imperialism. The combination portends lasting damage to the United States.
To rehash, the executive order (EO) proclaimed temporary restrictions (…
