This latest New York Times expose on Trump’s immigration policies will shock even his most jaded critics. The details are chilling: The document listed how many immigrants had received visas to enter the United States in 2017. More than 2,500 were from Afghanistan, a terrorist haven, the president complained. Haiti had sent 15,000 people. They “all have […]
David Atkins
Follow David on Twitter @DavidOAtkins. David Atkins is a Washington Monthly contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm.
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Democrats Must Reject the Coming Bipartisanship Trap
Misbehaving dogs, mischievous children and cheating spouses all share a common behavior: once they’ve been caught behaving cruelly and selfishly, they swindle their victim with ersatz overtures of affection, often publicly in front of others. Refusing these overtures makes the victim look mean and unforgiving. Accepting them opens the door to further, more aggressive wrongdoing. […]
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The Outcome Is the Same Whether Trump Fires Mueller Or Not
Congressional Republicans won’t impeach Trump, so it all comes down to the ballot box either way.
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Roy Moore Goes Into Hiding as Election Day Approaches
It’s not the sign of a confident campaign.
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Will Alabama Republicans Follow Carpetbagger Trump, or Their Own Republican Senators?
As President Trump and the national Republican Party go all in on backing an accused child molester for the U.S. Senate, it’s interesting that Alabama’s Republican Senators want nothing to do with it. Here’s Senator Richard Shelby today, reaffirming his refusal to vote for Moore: Sen. Richard Shelby says he wants a Republican elected to […]
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Daniel Shaver’s Murder By Cop Shows How Guns Make Us Less Safe
On January 16 2016 in Mesa, Arizona, an unarmed innocent man named Daniel Shaver was murdered without cause by a police officer after begging for his life on his knees in a hotel hallway. On December 8th of this year Philip Brailsford, the officer who murdered him, was acquitted. If you have the stomach for […]
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Defending Franken is Neither Moral Nor Pragmatic
Of the many negative consequences of Donald Trump’s 2016 victory, one of the most depressing has been its effect on the psyche of many liberals. While most of the left has come to terms with what went wrong and taken at least a few positive steps to address it, a great many trusted voices in […]
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The Trent Franks Story Doesn’t Add Up
Trent Franks (R-AZ) is the latest in a wave of abusive men to resign from office in the wave of sex abuse allegations rocking the nation. Similar resignations are cascading so thunderously that Franks’ will likely be drowned out and forgotten by the middle of the next week. But it shouldn’t be. There is something […]
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Will the GOP Tax Bill Survive?
The flurry of crazytown news coming out of Donald Trump and Roy Moore is overshadowing one of the most pivotal moments for the Republican Party in at least a decade. For years the Republican Party has gotten away with telling its donors and its voters that it couldn’t make good on its promises because they […]
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Keeping the Flame Alive
Nearly every industry is facing uncertain and unsettling times in the age of Trump. But among the most threatened is certainly the free press, especially smaller magazines and blogs. The challenges are coming from all sides. Let’s start with revenue. Google and Facebook have swallowed up nearly all significant traffic and advertising, which gives two […]
