Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's out-of-control presidency
We begin today’s roundup with Eugene Robinson’s excellent analysis of Donald Trump and his “out of control” presidency:I know that is a radical thing to say about the elected leader of the United...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Comey testifies that the President is a liar
Despite President Trump’s spin that former FBI Director James Comey somehow was a liar who also vindicated him at yesterday’s hearing (a defense that makes little sense), the consensus is that...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Sessions hearing, travel ban ruling, Trump's low...
We begin today’s roundup with Tessa Stuart’s preview of today’s big hearing: Tuesday marks the first time [Attorney General] Sessions will testify since announcing in March that he would recuse himself...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The case for obstruction of justice
We begin today’s roundup with Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post who summarizes Donald Trump’s predicament:President Trump now finds himself exactly where he doesn’t want to be: under investigation...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Special election in Georgia, Trump team's spin,...
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of today’s special election in Georgia from Patricia Murphy at The Daily Beast:Democratic activists have worked tirelessly to make the race a referendum on Trump,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Senate GOP unveils massive tax cut for the rich...
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on the Senate Republican health care bill, which is nothing more than a massive tax cut for the wealthy at the expense of the nation’s...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: CBO confirms Senate GOP health care bill is a...
Higher deductibles? Check. Millions more uninsured? Check. Unaffordable plans that offer skimpy coverage? Check. Skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs? Check. The Congressional Budget Office confirmed that...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's unhinged behavior is beneath the dignity...
We begin today’s roundup with an op-ed by MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough:It is disturbing that the president of the United States keeps up his unrelenting assault on women. From his...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: 4th of July edition
Happy Independence Day!We begin today’s roundup with Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post, who pulls no punches in noting that Donald Trump is nothing like our founding fathers or past presidents:We...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: On both foreign policy and healthcare, Trump and...
We begin today’s roundup with John Cassidy at The New Yorker and his analysis of the president’s overseas trip:Trump is scheduled to meet with both Xi and Putin on Friday at the G-20 summit. He will...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: First smoke, now fire on Trump campaign's Russia...
We begin today’s roundup with The Washington Post and its editorial on the bombshell NYT report that Donald Trump Jr. accepted a meeting to obtain Russian oppo research on Hillary Clinton: It will be...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Senate GOP's new health care bill is still horrible
We begin today’s roundup with reaction to the latest version of Trumpcare to come from the Senate GOP. First up, The Washington Post:SENATE REPUBLICANS released Thursday a new version of their...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Republicans don't have the votes to pass...
We begin today's roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on the failure of the Trumpcare bill:Republican legislative leaders are in a bind. While they appear to have failed for now in their...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A constitutional crisis in the making
Donald Trump’s comments during an interview this week with The New York Times reveal a president who believes he is above the law and who has no qualms about hinting at the firing of special counsel...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Senate GOP poised to vote on taking away health...
We begin today’s roundup with Margaret Hartmann’s analysis at New York Magazine on today’s vote on the GOP’s tax cuts for the wealthy/health insurance plan, and specifically, the return of Senator John...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Senate Republicans begin their Obamacare repeal...
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on yesterday’s votes in the Senate:The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, browbeat and cajoled 50 members of his caucus to vote to...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Senate GOP's epic failure to repeal Obamacare
What a night! Breaking ranks with a party that was hellbent on denying millions affordable health insurance, Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain voted against the so-called “skinny...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: White House chaos continues
As has been the case in almost every day of the Trump administration, we’ve had almost a month’s worth of news already this week — from the firing of the Mooch to the reporting that Donald Trump wrote...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's low poll numbers
We’re about 200 days into Donald Trump's presidency and Trump is proving himself to be exactly who we expected him to be as president — and the poll numbers prove it. Here’s Jennifer Agiesta’s analysis...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Chaos on all fronts
We begin today’s roundup with Michael Gordon and Eric Schmidtt at The New York Times:North Korea’s threat on Thursday to test-fire ballistic missiles soon near the American territory of Guam deepened...
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