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Trump ‘fell under malignant influence’?

“Donald was enabled from the beginning ...” — Mary L. Trump, “Too Much and Never Enough” Liz Cheney sure called that one. Last Tuesday afternoon, in her opening statement at the latest hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, the Wyoming ...

Even Republicans are tiring of Trump

by Julianna Goldman Democrats are worried that President Joe Biden is old, but the Jan. 6 hearings are showing that former president Donald Trump is stale. And in a sea of negativity for Democrats, that’s a potential bright spot ahead of November’s midterm elections. Contrary to ...

Parents should talk to their kids about Jan. 6

by Paul Thornton “Nuclear war.” In the early 1990s, it was my honest answer to a teacher’s question to the whole class: What is your greatest fear? Most of the students discussed death, darkness or the devil (this was a Bible class), but when the teacher looked for a quiet kid ...

GOP’s committee boycott backfires

by Jonathan Bernstein Tuesday’s hearing of the House committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. 6, 2021, provided a stark reminder of how the boycott by all but two Republicans has set the context of the proceedings. Remember: After Speaker Nancy Pelosi vetoed ...

The stain on the wall

by Steven Roberts Donald Trump’s chief of staff’s young aide Cassidy Hutchinson describes this White House scene: It’s December 2020. The president’s former attorney general, Bill Barr, has just given an interview denying that the election had been rigged. Trump is “extremely ...

Liz Cheney’s principles were showing

by Nicholas Goldberg I’m not a Republican and I don’t get misty-eyed at the memory of the GOP’s glorious achievements. So when I first arrived at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday, the images of the 40th president — in cowboy garb or ...