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The Case for Neera Tanden
After enabling Trump and fretting about political correctness, Republicans want to cancel the OMB nominee because she was too mean on Twitter. (Some lefties want to nix her bid, too.) Oh, please.
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Biden Plans a Whole-of-Government Approach to Climate Change
The Biden team believes fighting global warming is about more than passing laws, bolstering the EPA, or even executive orders. It’s about incorporating climate change concerns into every department and agency.
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Trump’s Maddening War Against Section 230 Which Protects Digital Publishers
The president is holding up the annual defense spending bill in a delusional effort to protect free speech.
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Bill Barr’s Gift to Biden’s Attorney General
He’s keeping open the investigation into the Trump-Russia probe. Fine. Here’s why that’s an invite for the next attorney general to look at Trump.
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The Overwrought Opposition to Brian Deese
Biden’s choice to direct the National Economic Council is getting pushback from progressive groups, but the criticism seems unwarranted.
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Listen, Democrats. There is a Way to Win Rural Voters
The data and party officials like Bill Hogseth are pointing the way forward.
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Joe Biden’s Idea of Manliness
Unlike Donald Trump’s variety, it’s of the Roman variety and something you’d want the men in your life to emulate.
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The Politics of Pardons
Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon probably cost him his reelection. Trump’s quest for the 2024 GOP nomination is unlikely to be hindered by a giant pardon of his family and himself.
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Trump Is Leaving. The Assault on Truth Is Not.
At the Washington Monthly, we’re fighting falsehoods and discovering new, powerful facts.
