David Frum
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Getty / The Atlantic We Can’t Curb the Presidency Without Fixing Congress
The minoritarian skew of the House and Senate presents an obstacle to democratic reform.
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Getty / The Atlantic The Founders Were Wrong About Democracy
The authors of the Constitution feared mass participation would unsettle government, but it’s the privileged minority that has proved destabilizing.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty It’ll Do
Impeachment did not prevail, but Trump still lost.
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Jabin Botsford / AFP / Getty The Trump Crew’s Incompetence Lasted to the End
The former president’s lawyers were bad—but that was all too typical.
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Brett Carlsen / Getty It’s Not Only Trump on Trial
The Senate must pass judgment on his methods—and on all who aspire to adopt his methods as their own in the political contests ahead.
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Greg Nash / Getty There Is No Defense—Only Complicity
Republican senators are shrinking before the eyes of the whole country.
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Andrew Harnik / Getty Trump’s Lawyers Lost the Day
The slovenliness of Trump’s legal team threatened to deprive senators of their face-saving excuse.
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Salwan Georges / The Washington Post / Getty Impeachment Is Working—Just Not as the Framers Expected
The case against despair
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Samuel Corum / Getty The Night of the Rubber Knives
Republicans appear poised to flinch from reality, protect Trump, and betray the country.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Swamp Thing
Trump’s pardons sent an unmistakable message, capping the corruption of his tenure in office.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Conservative Cult of Victimhood
Trump was a perpetrator who thought himself a victim, and American society has indulged that same illusion among Trump supporters.
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ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / Getty / The Atlantic Remove Trump Tonight
Republicans must distance themselves from the president, and join their colleagues in ending his tenure.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Crosses a Bright-Red Line
The president’s nonstop abuse of power seems determined to force a reckoning.
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Bequest of Sarah Ann Ludlum / Chad Wys Is America Still the ‘Shining City on a Hill’?
If the eyes of all people are upon America now, they are not witnessing an edifying spectacle.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Stand Against the Coming Tidal Wave of Deceit
The challenge to democratic values and institutions from Trump and his supporters is a page that will not turn.
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Drew Angerer / Getty How Long Can This Continue?
Trump is turning the Republican Party against democracy.
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Drew Angerer / Getty 13 Things Trump Got Right
Nobody does nothing as president, not even someone who watches television for five or six hours a day.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Trump Pardoned Flynn to Save Himself
The president’s act of clemency was less about mercy than self-interest.
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Tom Williams/Getty Images McConnell’s First Act of Sabotage
The Senate majority leader is rushing to confirm a nominee to the Federal Reserve Board, just in time for her to cause trouble for President-elect Biden.
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Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic Populism Without Popularity
The Republican Party now has two paths forward.
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