Abbreviated pundit roundup: How will the Trump administration handle a...
We begin today’s roundup with economist Paul Krugman who warns of a possible recession and says the Trump administration is ill-prepared to take the steps to avoid one:Neither I nor anyone else is...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Background checks, foreign policy and more
We begin today’s roundup with an analysis from The Daily Beast’s Sam Brodey, Asawin Suebsaeng, and Sam Stein of Trump’s predictable reversal of his support for expanded background checks:“He’s started...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: An erratic presidency
We begin today’s roundup with Stephen Collinson at CNN who summarizes an extraordinary week, even by Trump administration standards:Something is eating at President Donald Trump. Another exhausting...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Profiting off the presidency
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times editorial on Donald Trump’s plans to continue to profit off of the presidency:The Doral golf resort near Miami has been struggling ever since its owner,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The rule of law
We begin today’s roundup with Sue Halpern at The New Yorker who details the dysfunction at the FEC and the deliberate choices in the administration and the Senate to refuse to enforce the law:If the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Investigating Trump
We begin today’s roundup with an op-ed by Mark Schmitt at The New York Times on holding the president accountable and structural reforms to strengthen our democracy:When corruption is perceived as...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Addressing gun violence, emoluments and more
We begin today’s roundup with Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker who analyzes the wave of retailers changing their rules on concealed or open carry in their stores:Walmart, historically a conservative...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A dangerous abuse of power
We begin today’s roundup with reactions to the report that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire NOAA staff who refused to manipulate weather data to cover for the president’s mistakes....
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Analyzing the Democratic debate
We begin today’s roundup with Aaron Blake’s analysis at The Washington Post on the top winner from last night’s Democratic debate and thinks Elizabeth Warren bested the other candidates:The Democratic...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Republican obstruction, the Supreme Court and more
We begin today’s roundup with Paul Krugman’s analysis of the political landscape:Elections are supposed to have consequences, conveying power to the winners. But when Democrats win an election, the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The whistleblower complaint, climate change and more
We begin today’s roundup with former deputy CIA director Michael Morell and former assistant attorney general David Kris and their perspective on the appointed leadership in the intelligence community...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's Ukraine scandal deepens
We begin today’s roundup with an op-ed by seven Democratic members of Congress highlighting the national security implications of the president’s conduct:This flagrant disregard for the law cannot...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Holding the administration accountable
We begin today’s roundup with analysis by David Remnick on the Speaker Pelosi’s declaration of a formal House impeachment inquiry:“Just impeaching Trump for his bad behavior isn’t worth it,” Pelosi...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's lies, the other whistleblower complaint,...
We begin with Michelle Goldberg at The New York Times who calls on the media to avoid “balance” in reporting on Trump’s lies about the Bidens and Ukraine:Journalists, perhaps seeking to appear...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's Syria decision slammed by experts
We begin today’s roundup with reaction to President Trump’s decision to suddenly withdraw troops in Syria that were offering assistance to the Kurdish forces fighting ISIS. First up, The Washington...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The case for impeachment
We begin today’s roundup with an op-ed in The Washington Post by 17 former Watergate prosecutors who make the case against the president:We, former members of the Watergate special prosecutor force,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: For Trump, loyalty is a one-way street
We begin today’s roundup with Asawin Suebsaeng and Sam Stein at The Daily Beast on the latest revelations about John Bolton in the Ukraine scandal:[F]or all of Trump’s grousing and preoccupation with...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Brazen corruption
We begin today’s roundup with Mark Joseph Stern at Slate who argues that Donald Trump’s decision to award himself the multimillion dollar G7 contract is an impeachment offense all on its own:The...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's confessions, Mulvaney's spin and more
We begin today’s roundup with an analysis by Catherine Rampell at The Washington Post on the confessions coming out of the White House:Repeatedly and often in real time, Trump has told me — as well as...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Republicans involved in impeachment inquiry...
We begin today’s roundup with David Graham at The Atlantic on why Republicans are complaining about the impeachment process:There’s a reason Republicans have been making a great fuss about the process...
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