The Supreme Court’s Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case. For years—on voting rights, campaign finance & gerrymandering—its conservatives have tilted hard toward the GOP.
My column-free access: The high cost of giving Trump the delay he wants wapo.st/3QuzGhq

The Supreme Court’s Republican bias hangs over the Trump immunity case. For years—on voting rights, campaign finance & gerrymandering—its conservatives have tilted hard toward the GOP.
My column-free access: The high cost of giving Trump the delay he wants wapo.st/3QuzGhq

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party routs the Tories in UK local elections and is poised to sweep when the general election comes. Jonathan Jonathan Freedland’s smart take:
“Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good line from Chris Murphy 🟧 in this interesting EJ Dionne column. On whether we should pay attention to the national discontent Trump has exposed, Murphy says: “I guess we can thank him for that, and nothing else.'

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Read EJ Dionne! Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox and Chris Murphy 🟧 are among the best we have in politics and governance. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

It’s worth interrupting the news about absurd claims of presidential immunity to celebrate a Republican and a Democrat grappling with social disconnection, loneliness and deaths of despair.
My column, free access:
What Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox & Chris Murphy 🟧 are up to. wapo.st/4bbxUtC

“I’m profoundly disturbed about the apparent direction of the court,” J. Michael Luttig told ⁦Greg Sargent⁩. “I now believe that it is unlikely Trump will ever be tried for the crimes he committed in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.” newrepublic.com/article/181059…

WE ARE STAYING UP. ANOTHER SEASON OF POINTS DEDUCTIONS INCOMING 💙💙💙

If SCOTUS delays ruling in the immunity case, writes Greg Sargent, “There’s no sugarcoating this: It’s still absolutely possible that key aspects of the cover-up implemented by Trump and his loyalists could very well succeed.”
Smart take on Liz Cheney’s op-Ed.

The political scientist Robert Dahl argued that democracy was inspired by “the vision of people governing themselves as political equals& possessing all the resources & institutions necessary to do so.” Tearing down barriers to voting is consistent with this. Erecting them isn’t.

Both parties talk about saving democracy. Both sides say they care about preserving it. Unfortunately, they mean very different things. One side proposes to tear down barriers to participating. The other is building them back up.
My column—free access: wapo.st/448Yd1i

Both parties talk about saving democracy. Both sides say they care about preserving it. Unfortunately, they mean very different things. One side proposes to tear down barriers to participating. The other is building them back up.
My column—free access: wapo.st/448Yd1i

“Trump, Johnson push solution to nonexistent problem.”
Great Steve Benen: There are “zero locations where non-citizens can vote in federal/state elections
“You’re more likely to find Americans struck by lightning than non-Americans trying to cast ballots.” msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/show…

Two thoughtful people in dialogue. Check it out!

A powerful brief from retired generals, admirals & former service secretaries warns the absolute immunity Trump seeks would “severely undermine the Commander-in-Chief’s legal & moral authority” signaling “that they but not he must obey the rule of law.”
Think about that
My column

Trump’s immunity claim tells us all we need to know about him. He’s saying what no other candidate has ever said: That the only way to be effective is to be willing to break the law—that it takes a criminal to be a good president.
My column, free access wapo.st/4ayDdDC

Trump’s immunity claim tells us all we need to know about him. He’s saying what no other candidate has ever said: That the only way to be effective is to be willing to break the law—that it takes a criminal to be a good president.
My column, free access wapo.st/4ayDdDC

“The message from GOP senators: Suffer, little children.”
Thank you Catherine Rampell for this warning: The child tax credit bill passed by the House could die because of Republican opposition in the Senate. Why kill a bill that’s pro-family, pro-life & paid for? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Joe Biden must build an unusual coalition this year. Part of it will be a conservative alignment to defend our institutions against Trump’s threat. The other part will be a progressive movement for economic change.
Free link to my column below: How it can work.

Happy birthday to Albert Hirschman, who would be 109 today.

Hirschman—anti-fascist, resistance hero, later a development economist—may be the most interesting person to ever take up the profession.

🧵 and blog post on his remarkable life and work.