Abbreviated pundit roundup: America isolated on the world stage
One of the most important stories of the year has been Amercia’s declining status on the world stage. We begin today’s roundup with Ryan Cooper at The Week and his take on the situation:America's power...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Previewing policy and politics in 2018
Margaret Hartmann at New York Magazine previews Trump’s 2018 agenda:Republicans just passed their tax plan, President Trump increased fees on Mar-a-Lago’s New Year’s revelers, and Anthony Scaramucci...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: White House in chaos, as usual
We begin today’s roundup with John Cassidy’s piece on Michael Wolff’s book on chaos in the White House:There can be no doubt that Wolff relied on Bannon heavily. The book, a copy of which I obtained...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's light work schedule, the ridiculous...
We begin today’s roundup with Paul Waldman at The Week and his analysis of the president’s apparently light work schedule, filled with “executive time”:"This is more work than in my previous life. I...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Racist and unfit for office
We begin today’s roundup with reaction to the president’s remark that Haitians, Africans, and others are from “shithole” countries, a blatantly racist remark which the White House is not denying...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Massive conflicts of interest at Trump's properties
We begin today’s roundup with this analysis of the massive amount of money spent at Trump Properties by foreign governments, candidates, etc.:Sixty-four trade groups, foreign governments, Republican...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: GOP proves again it can't govern, Trump shutdown...
We begin today’s roundup with Margaret Hartmann at New York Magazine who explains Trump’s shutdown strategy — just jump on a plane to Mar-a-Lago:According to the White House itinerary posted on...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Lack of trust and the upcoming immigration fight
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on Donald Trump’s DACA position, which is hard to pin down:Now perhaps Congress will finally get around to taking up a bill to protect...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump tried to fire Mueller, then lied about it
We begin the roundup with analysis on the breaking news that Donald Trump wanted to fire FBI special counsel Robert Mueller back in June 2017. Here’s Derek Hawkins at The Washington Post pointing out...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: SOTU preview and the GOP's war on law enforcement
We begin today’s roundup with a preview of tonight’s State of the Union address, where unfortunately we predict too many pundits will give Donald Trump glowing praise for successfully reading on a...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump to release GOP talking points attacking law...
No surprise here that the president is putting his tin-foil hat base above country. Donald Trump is set to release a set of talking points by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, despite...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Reality is catching up with Trump
We begin today’ s roundup with Dana Milbank at The Washington Post:[Trump] has boasted about the booming market in tweets no fewer than 54 times since taking office. Including boasts he has made in...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Republicans showcase their hypocrisy again
In a late-night vote to avoid a prolonged government shutdown, the Republican Party proved it is a party of hypocrites. Paul Krugman at The New York Times explains how the Republican Party’s hatred of...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: White House unveils cruel and fiscally...
We begin today’ s roundup with The New York Times and its analysis of the administration’ s cruel and fiscally irresponsible budget:On Monday, President Trump proposed a budget that would slash...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The NRA can be beat
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on diminishing the influence of the NRA:With midterm elections coming up this fall, America has a chance to get that message across....
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The Republican Party continues to fail the...
We begin today’s roundup with Catherine Rampell at The Washington Post and this very important point:[T]he problem isn’t “Washington.” It isn’t “Congress,” either. The problem is elected officials from...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Arming teachers is a stupid and dangerous idea
We begin today’s editorial with The New York Times editorial board and its piece rebutting the idea that armed teachers will make our school safer:Let’s ask someone who’s in the trenches every day...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Corporations turning against the NRA, the war on...
We begin today’ s roundup with Derek Thompson’ s analysis at The Atlantic of the toxicity of the NRA brand:The NRA exodus includes major airlines like United, six rental-car firms including Hertz and...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Kushner's incompetence and corruption add to...
We begin today’s roundup with an editorial from The Los Angeles Times calling on President Trump to fire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner:Yet it's important not to fixate on the security-clearance issue....
View ArticleDonald Trump, Man of Inaction
Donald Trump has a hero complex.We heard it on the campaign trail in 2016, when he decried government corruption and declared “I alone can fix it”. And we heard it again a few days ago when he...
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