Conor Friedersdorf
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Here’s What Should Disqualify Michael Bloomberg
New York’s stop-and-frisk policy is just one example of the former mayor’s lack of respect for civil liberties.
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Mark Makela / Reuters Look Who’s Trying to Seize Private Property
The Trump administration wants to use eminent domain to build the border wall.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Calling Impeachment a ‘Coup’ Hurts America
The Constitution matters. So does the English language.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Why the Trolls Booed at Don Jr.’s Event
The forces of hatred that Trump stoked to benefit himself politically are spiraling out of control.
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Leah Mills / Reuters The Founders Would Have Called Out Trump for Bribery
There’s no need to debate “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Bribery is enough for removal.
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Alex John Beck Unraveling Race
Thomas Chatterton Williams wants to discard traditional racial categories.
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Alexander Drago / Reuters Kevin McCarthy’s Flagrant Double Standard
The Republican House minority leader pretends to be a protector of the popular will, but his logic doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
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Jon Nazca / Reuters Doubt Anyone Who’s Confident That Facebook Should Ban Political Ads
We don’t know much at all about how political ads on social media sway the public.
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Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters Bad Arguments for Limiting Speech
The First Amendment is not a problem; it is a solution to many problems.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump’s Error at the World Series
The president made a rare public appearance before a crowd he hadn’t screened—and was loudly booed.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Trump’s Middle East Policy Is a Fraud
He’s flailing. There’s no telling what’s next.
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Veronica Cardenas / Reuters The Question Trump Republicans Must Ask Themselves
If they think Trump betrayed the Kurds, why do they still support him?
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Mark Makela / Reuters Joe Biden Won’t Be the Last Target
Trump is abusing the power of investigation.
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Joe Raedle / Getty You Can’t Drain the Swamp and Also Defend the President
Some of Trump’s supporters are worried about corruption—but he seems mostly worried about his political opponents.
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Richard Drew / Associated Press If Hunter Biden Is Fair Game, So Are Trump’s Kids
Defenders of Trump would seem to be conceding that a President Kamala Harris could pressure foreign leaders to investigate Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump for corrupt business dealings.
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Butch Dill / AP How Trump’s Defenders Will Be Remembered
The president falsely accused a sitting congressman of treason. Why do Republicans stand for this?
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Kristoffer Tripplaar Jim Mattis and the Duty of Reserve
The former defense secretary said the greatest threat to national security is domestic disunity.
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Kristoffer Tripplaar A Shared Text, but No Shared Reality
The debate about President Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president
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Kristoffer Tripplaar When Being Gay Is ‘Not a Big Deal’
Richie Jackson and Andrew Sullivan disagree about how central being gay should be to one’s identity.
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Bettman Archive / Getty Images Why I Cover Campus Controversies
Should journalists care about the speech wars in the era of Donald Trump?
