Abbreviated pundit roundup: DNC convention edition
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of Michelle Obama’s powerhouse speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention last night. In case you missed it, you can watch the entire speech here. First...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A night of anger, lies, and unflinching Trumpism
We begin today’s roundup at Damon Linker at The Week who provides an overview of the first night of the RNC’s opening night: If last week’s DNC resembled an earnest and slightly inelegant telethon...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's strategy of incitement
We begin today’s roundup with Jeet Heer at The Nation who provides an overview of Donald Trump’s strategy of inciting his supporters to violence: The election is a little over two months away, and it’s...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The unemployment crisis
We begin today’s roundup with Paul Krugman’s analysis at The New York Times of the massive economic hardship being endured by millions of Americans because of inaction by Republicans in Congress:[T]he...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A dangerous presidency
We begin today’s roundup with James Fallows at The Atlantic, who calls out the media for not learning from its 2016 mistakes and details the flaws in their 2020 coverage:Many of our most influential...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Debate preview
We begin today’s roundup with The Washington Post’s endorsement of Joe Biden:The Democratic nominee, former vice president Joe Biden, is exceptionally well-qualified, by character and experience, to...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's reckless and dangerous behavior
We begin today’s roundup with this editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Donald Trump’s reckless behavior:Despite claiming he’s learned a lot from his infection and that “I get it,” he clearly...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: An illegitimate SCOTUS hearing process
We begin today’s roundup with Jamelle Bouie’s take on the Republican attempt to force the confirmation of SCOTUS nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett despite an election already underway:This view — that if...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump cranks up the lies and smears in final push
We begin today’s roundup with a run down of the nearly six dozen lies Trump has told over the last few days on the trail as he hosts one superspreader event after another. From CNN’s Daniel...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: On SCOTUS, Covid-19 and more, GOP puts power over...
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of the GOP’s confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. First up, The New York Times:Senate Republicans, who represent a minority of the American...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Election Day edition
It's Election Day! Millions of voters will exercise their right to vote today in the wake of record-breaking early and mail-in voting. We begin today’s roundup with Dana Milbank at The Washington...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: In wake of historic loss, Trump continues his...
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of the Donald Trump’s refusal to concede and the GOP’s aiding of his dangerous attack on our democracy. First up, The Washington Post:So-called leaders of the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The Biden administration begins to take shape
President-elect Joe Biden has begun announcing his cabinet picks and so far, they are a welcome departure from the Trump era’s toxic mix of incompetence, inexperience, and apathy for the plight of...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's sabotage
We begin today’s roundup with analysis of Donald Trump’s destructive lame duck behavior. First up, Dana Milbank at The Washington Post:[Trump] has set his sights on one thing: sabotage.He’s trying to...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A destructive legacy
We begin today’s roundup with an excellent piece by Michelle Goldberg at The New York Times on false equivalence and the different standards applied to Democrats and Republicans :The radically...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Biden's electoral college victory, Trump's...
We begin today’s roundup with John Cassidy’s analysis at The New Yorker of President-elect Biden’s electoral college victory:Archaic as this procedure is, it represented American democracy in action....
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's attacks on democracy
We begin today’s roundup with Tom Nichols at The Atlantic and his call to refuse to engage with or profile anti-democratic Trump supporters:[O]rdinary people worn out by the dramas and lies of the past...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: All eyes on Georgia
All eyes on Georgia today as the Senate hangs in the balance. In the meantime, fallout continues from the leaked call where Donald Trump pressured Georgia officials to alter election results. Here’s...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Accountability
We begin today’s roundup with analysis by John Cassidy in The New Yorker on the need for accountability in the wake of the domestic terror attack on Capitol Hill:Despite all the outrage sparked by last...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: The Trump presidency winds down
On this, the last full day of the Trump presidency, we begin today’s roundup with Asawin Suebsaeng at The Daily Beast:In his closing hours as leader of the free world, President Trump has also focused...
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