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Trump, a guy who's never won the popular vote, twice impeached, rated the worst president ever, serially corrupt, a traitor, rapist, racist, gave the GOP a perfect out on Jan

Nearly every outbreak of Israel-Palestinian violence in recent years has been a grotesque exercise in false equivalency. While there are wrong doers on both sides, culpability is not the same

I've led a fortunate life, much to be thankful for. I've been to 80 countries. Wherever I went I was thankful I lived in the U.S. where evils like autocracies

I'm under no illusions. @JoeBiden and his team will make mistakes. But they will try to do right. And here's what they won't do:--Betray the country to a sworn enemy--Try

The secret to reimagining US foreign policy going forward is that we abandon the false and failed constructs of American exceptionalism or even being a superpower or the leader of

Just spent a moment wondering why I had such an emotional reaction to Biden taking the lead in Pa. I realized I have spent the better part of the past

I just watched "The Trial of the Chicago 7." I enjoyed it very much, quirks and Sorkinisms and all. My biggest take away was the level of anger that existed

Trump reminded us today that every day he remains in office he will compound the damage he has already done, further weaken our nation, add to the rolls of the

Some night during this horrific presidency have been harder than others--the nights we realized that he was a traitor or a criminal or a racist or an ignoramus or a

1. We don't know how sick the president is2. There are clear protocols for both someone with the disease & for how the WH should function if he is incapacitated3.

Among our many looming challenges one that has not gotten sufficient attention is that the US is in the midst of an unprecedented cultural depression--the arts have been devastated by

Just watched excellent @Morning_Joe interview with @AWeissmann_. Weissmann was thoughtful and direct. But I came away boiling, once again, at the manifold failures of Mueller and their costs. Whether motivated