The Watergate scandal, now 50, was the executive and congressional showdown of its time. Today, as Liz Cheney investigates Donald Trump, her father bears much of the blame for Trump’s imperial presidency.
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Two Cheers for the Senate Gun Deal
The compromise won’t solve the gun problem, but it’s a step toward a better understanding of it.
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I Had an Abortion and Kept Silent. No More.
I’m speaking out now because, as a political consultant and a woman, I believe sharing abortion stories publicly is essential to reclaiming our endangered reproductive rights.
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Giuliani’s Intoxication, Trump’s Big Rip-Off, and Other Tales From the January 6 Committee Hearing
In its second public hearing, the committee exposes a White House as laughable as it was criminal.
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New York’s Smart New Voting Rights Law
On the verge of enactment, the statute enshrines access to the ballot, even establishing a pre-clearance test like the one the Supreme Court struck down in 2013. Why other states should emulate what Albany is doing.
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The January 6 Committee’s Fatal Connections
Congressional hearings tend to leave sounds and images lingering in the mind. I will never forget the methodical drone of John Dean’s voice explaining that he had told Richard Nixon there was a cancer on his presidency, or the bland sangfroid of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman correcting Representative Devin Nunes, “Ranking member, it’s ‘Lieutenant Colonel […]
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What Democrats Understand About Crime That Chesa Boudin Did Not
With few exceptions, the party hasn’t gone soft on crime. The San Francisco recall is a case of an arrogant, progressive prosecutor.
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The U.S. Should Recognize Belarus’s Government in Exile
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been pushing the West to undermine Lukashenko’s puppet government.
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The Racist Roots of Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” Law
Crackdowns on free speech were a staple of the antebellum and Jim Crow South.
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Biden’s Inner Conflict on Gun Violence
The president is torn about whether to crusade against weapons of war or step into the background so bipartisan talks might bloom.
