Abbreviated pundit roundup: Nepotism, tax evasion, and more
We begin today’s roundup with Matt Steib’s analysis at New York magazine of the revelation that President Trump overruled national security concerns to grant his son-in-law a top level security...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: This is what oversight looks like
The co-equal legislative branch of our government is beginning to act as a co-equal and flex its oversight muscle. We begin today’s roundup with Jill Lawrence’s analysis of the House Judiciary...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Manafort's lenient sentence, oversight of Trump's...
We begin today’s roundup with Matt Stieb’s analysis of Paul Manafort’s lenient sentence:It shouldn’t be controversial to say that Paul Manafort has not led an “otherwise blameless life,” and it’s a...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A bad budget proposal from the White House
We begin today’s roundup with an analysis of the president’s budget and his priorities. First up, John Cassidy:So how does the “Budget for a Better America” treat Medicare and the other programs that...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Congress rebukes Trump on faux emergency at border
We begin today’s roundup with a scathing editorial from USA Today on the Republicans who supported President Trump’s emergency declaration:Hypocrisy is a term often bandied about too easily. But it was...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The president's tweets, increased domestic...
We begin today’s roundup with Peter Nicholas and his analysis of the president’s disturbing tweetstorm:As Trump and his staff have sparred over his Twitter practices, the president has contended that...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Gun safety reform, Florida's 'poll tax' and more
We begin today’s roundup with Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times writing about New Zealand’s quick response on gun safety:[W]hile it’s true that white supremacy is deadly and needs to be confronted...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Reforming the Electoral College, waiting for the...
We begin today’s roundup with several pieces outlining why it’s time to fix our broken Electoral College system. First up, Nate Cohn at The New York Times:The true quirkiness of the Electoral College...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Release the Mueller report
We begin today’s roundup with Michael Stern at USA Today who says Russia is a habit Trump won’t break, and that we need to see the full Mueller report:“Beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Release the Mueller report
We begin today’s roundup with former US attorney Barbara McQuade, writing at USA Today, who lays out five ways Trump may still be in legal peril:A fourth legal challenge looms regarding the Trump...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump and the GOP attack life-saving ACA again
We begin today’s roundup with Paul Krugman who dedicates his column to the lies about the effects of Obamacare repeal:G.O.P. health care claims are special, in several ways. First, they’re outright,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Release the report
We begin today’s roundup with analysis by Ashley Parker, Ellen Nakashima , Devlin Barrett and Carol D. Leonnig at The Washington Post on what’s reportedly inside the Mueller report:Revelations that...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Nielsen was not cruel enough for Trump
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its takedown of DHS Secretary Nielsen’s record: The president and Stephen Miller, his hard-line immigration adviser, have long grumbled privately...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The public needs to see Trump's tax returns
The president’s tax returns, promised to be released during his campaign and under seemingly perpetual audit, are a vital piece of information that the American public needs to have, especially before...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Border policy, citizenship question, taxes and more
We begin today’s roundup with Eugene Robinson and his take on the president’s border policies:The Trump administration has manufactured and exacerbated an immigration “crisis” to further the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A damning report
Lots of analysis on the revelations in Robert Mueller’s report (which, as many suspected, was extraordinarily misrepresented in Attorney General William Barr’s summary). We begin today’s roundup with...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: SCOTUS examines citizenship question, fallout...
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of today’s hearing at the Supreme Court on the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census. First up, The Washington Post:THE SUPREME COURT will hear...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Sarah Sanders refuses to do her job, impeachment...
We begin today’s roundup with Michelle Cottle’s analysis at The New York Times of Sarah Sanders and her refusal to do the job taxpayers are paying her to do:At 43 days and counting, this information...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Release the Mueller report
We begin today’s roundup with Michael Stern at USA Today who says Russia is a habit Trump won’t break, and that we need to see the full Mueller report:“Beyond a reasonable doubt” is the standard the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Release the Mueller report
We begin today’s roundup with former US attorney Barbara McQuade, writing at USA Today, who lays out five ways Trump may still be in legal peril:A fourth legal challenge looms regarding the Trump...
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