It’s hard to count the half-truths, warped symbolism and abuse of logic that plunged our country into a government shutdown. Sure, blatant lies will do it, but these other players are worse because they are sneaky. Now, President Trump’s reason for the shutdown, a “crisis” at the border, was a lie. The real reason was […]
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Democrats aren't interested in border security
The first thing that needs to be said about President Trump’s decision to sign a measure re-opening part of the federal government without getting money for the wall he demanded is that his experience as a New York businessman was no help. Perhaps he failed to recognize that Democrats are the party of government and […]
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Family members not allowed to join U.S. citizens
By David Bier The Washington Post While family separation at the border received significant media attention last year, a quieter family separation policy continued under the radar, and the separations have targeted American families. New research shows that President Donald Trump’s travel ban — first ordered two years ago last week — has already separated […]
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Bills to ban future shutdowns have risks
The Washington Post The Congressional Budget Office reported Monday that the five-week government shutdown cost the country $3 billion that it will never get back, with substantial pain for individuals who went unpaid and businesses that lost customers. With another closure looming, two senators are pushing bills they say would end shutdowns once and for […]
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2020 election will shred the Obama coalition
By Conor Sen Bloomberg Opinion Only one can be the next Obama. Maybe not even one. The coalition that Barack Obama built in 2008 was so powerful, and so successful in Democratic primaries, that 2020 contenders are treating it as a blueprint. But in a field with a dozen or more presidential candidates, no one […]
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Wear the MAGA hat at your own peril
The fundamental offense of the Covington Catholic High School kids wasn’t so much allegedly mobbing, mocking or getting in the face of an American Indian drummer at the Lincoln Memorial. It was wearing red Make America Great Again hats. That was the actual, incontestable conduct that created the predicate for the presumption of guilt and […]
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Seeing the whole picture
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what happens when the picture shows only part of the story or, worse, shows the wrong picture? In the past 10 days, we have seen pictures that generated way more than 1,000 words apiece yet remain unclear. People often saw in the pictures what they wanted to […]
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Trump's policy could work in Venezuela
By Henry Olsen Special to The Washington Post President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as that country’s president is definitely a risky move. But it’s one that is justified for both humanitarian reasons and as an expression of an “America First” foreign policy. Venezuela has been driven into the ground […]
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Redistribute the pain of the shutdown
Greetings from Albuquerque. As these words are written, it is Thursday morning and I am in New Mexico to promote my new novel, “The Last Thing You Surrender.” I have to be back home before Monday to teach a class. If my return flight were canceled because, say, the TSA went on strike, I’d be […]
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Without America, Economic Forum lacks focus, energy
DAVOS — The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflects the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting is not very pretty. The mood here is subdued, cautious and apprehensive. There’s not much talk of a global slowdown, but no one is confident about a growth story either. There […]