Abbreviated pundit roundup: One week to go, Trump's Russia problems & tax...
One more week to go...Brace yourselves, it’s going to be quite a week (as if 2016 could get any crazier!). We begin today’s roundup with David Corn’s explosive report at Mother Jones:In June, the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Melania's surreal speech, Trump's Putinesque...
Melania Trump gave a speech yesterday, and David A. Graham at The Atlantic explains why it was all “a bit surreal”:“We need to teach our youth American values. Kindness, respect, compassion, charity,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Let's make history!
GOTV! Nate Cohn at The New York Times writes about the Hispanic voter surge:This year, Hispanic voters, perhaps motivated by Donald J. Trump’s policy proposals (including deportation) and harsh...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: How Trump will affect your federal and state...
The election is over, now the consequences begin. Know a friend or family member who voted for Trump? Share this roundup summarizing experts with them. At least they should emotionally prepare...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: A cabinet of deplorables
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times on the selection of white nationalist and extremist Steve Bannon as chief White House strategist:In an ominous sign of what the Trump presidency will...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Flynn's conflicts of interests, Trump lies...
Michael Isikoff takes a close look at the man who will become national security advisor:Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who has reportedly been offered the role of national security adviser in Donald...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump attacks the press, but stays silent on...
In the past few days, we have Donald Trump lashing out at the audience members and cast members of a Broadway musical, calling a meeting with press executives and reporters for the sole purpose of...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump packs cabinet with the megarich
We begin today’s roundup with Julie Hirschfield Davis at The New York Times:President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to select as commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, a billionaire investor who became...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's Carrier scam proves he is a liar and a...
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times editorial board and its debunking of Donald Trump’s lie that he “saved” American jobs:Carrier still intends to send 1,300 jobs to Mexico (Mr. Trump said...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Another unqualified cabinet pick, 'pizzagate' and...
We begin today’s roundup with Michael Tomasky at The Daily Beast and his take on Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees:By my count, Ben Carson, nominated by Donald Trump to be his HUD secretary, makes the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's attack on union leader Chuck Jones is...
Gideon Resnick at The Daily Beast details the reaction to Donald Trump’s attacks on union leader Chuck Jones:[O]n Thursday, a number of unions throughout the country, who had kept close watch on the...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump picks Exxon Mobil CEO and Putin friend to...
We begin with Tessa Stuart at Rolling Stone on Trump’s selection of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State:As CEO of Exxon — the sixth largest corporation in the world, worth $246 billion...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump can't avoid his massive conflicts of interest
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on Donald Trump’s massive conflicts of interest:Mr. Trump has to know that divesting is more, much more, than “visually important.”...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Reforming the Electoral College, Trump's horrible...
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial on the National Popular Vote interstate compact:The Electoral College, which is written into the Constitution, is more than just a...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump alarms nuclear weapons experts with...
Melissa Fares and Timothy Gardner at Reuters explain the recklessness of Donald Trump’s policy pronouncements via tweet:In his Twitter post, Trump said, "The United States must greatly strengthen and...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Trump rewarding donors with access and appointments
We begin today’s roundup with Isaac Arnsdorf at POLITICO who details how Donald Trump’s incoming administration is already facing major ethics problems:More than a third of the almost 200 people who...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Obama's sanctions on Russia box Trump in
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial in support of the new sanctions against Russia:While it is definitely too late, and may also be too little, there should be no doubt...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: House Republicans gut independent ethics office...
In their first act of the new year, House Republicans held a secret meeting and a secret vote to essentially kill the Office of Congressional Ethics. From Eric Lipton at The New York Times:The...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Donald Trump continues to attack the intelligence...
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its take on Donald Trump’s attacks on the U.S. intelligence community:In an extraordinary pushback against the president-elect, James Clapper Jr.,...
View ArticleAbbreviated pundit roundup: Confirmation hearings should be delayed
We begin today’s roundup with The New York Times and its editorial against Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos:People who have seen her financial disclosures so far say that...
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