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How One Business Management Theory Explains Donald Trump
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One of the persistent criticisms of President Trump is that he has continually violated well-established norms of political life. That would be bad. However a considerable amount of research in organizational behavior suggests another possibility:...
The SMOD Debate
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The Sweet Meteor of Death finally arrived Wednesday night. But the earth was, temporarily, spared, because it was aimed directly at Mike Bloomberg. Sure, Mayor Mike still has $60 billion to fix the mess, but five minutes into the debate, Bloomberg...
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The Bulwark The Sweet Meteor of Death finally arrived Wednesday night. But the earth was, temporarily, spared, because it was aimed directly at Mike Bloomberg. 59h
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The Bulwark Donald Trump had to love the debate last night. He knows that he doesn’t have to win this election. All he needs is for the Democrats to lose it. Last night, they showed exactly how they’ll do it. New from 52h
But He Tweets!
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William Barr’s kayfabe denunciation of Trump’s tweets is the latest installment in a genre: the Trump supporter who says, “I wish he’d quit tweeting.” They don’t object to what Trump does, they just wish he wouldn’t shoot his mouth off about it on...
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The Bulwark For Trump supporters, the tweeting is the point. 3d
Is Mike Bloomberg Ready For His Close-Up?
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Coming out of the New Hampshire primary, it looks like the campaign for the Democratic nomination is headed towards Bernie versus an anti-Bernie. Each candidate will serve as a surrogate for one of the wings of the divided Democratic party. The...
Romney-Bloomberg: The Unity Ticket America Deserves
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In casting his singular vote to impeach and remove Donald Trump from office, Mitt Romney made history. Now it’s time for him to take a step further. For the good of the country, Senator Romney should run for president as an independent. With the...
Catch-45
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There are many things you could call the professional Trump apologist: loyal, creative, unrelenting. Logically consistent? Not so much.   “Congress is too partisan to investigate the president!” “The special counsel is too partisan to investigate...
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The Bulwark Still true: The twisted logic of Trump defenders would make a fine Joseph Heller novel. There are many things you could call the professional Trump apologist: loyal, creative, unrelenting. Logically consistent? Not so much. 7d
School Choice Is Not Enough
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Twenty-­five years ago, conservative ideas had considerable traction in K–12 education, as in such other domestic-­policy realms as welfare reform and policing. Burgeoning charter schools were celebrated as a new form of public education. Choice...
Bill Barr’s Really Bad First Year
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The attorney general has turned his office into that of a wartime consigliere for the president.
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The Bulwark The fundamental problem with Barr—as with the president and every other character in this administration eating away at the American republic like plaque on a tooth—is that he is using his power for corrupt ends 8d
The MLB Is Like a Drug Cartel Trying to Kill Its Customers
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I don’t know if MLB executives spend much time in the company of successful drug dealers. But if they did, they would find that despite their superficial differences they have some things in common. For instance, both are motivated by such greed...
Bernie Sanders Is Ron Paul 2.0
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On Wednesday Democrats woke up feeling the Bern for 2020. To me, it felt a bit like 2012. That was the year another elderly, ideological outsider with a committed base of activists and ability to raise a massive amount of money through small-dollar...
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The Bulwark Talking about “revolution” from safe seats and in front of adoring crowds of true believers is a whole lot easier than winning one. Who is really feeling the Bern? 9d
The Irrelevance of Marco Rubio
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He used to be the future of the Republican party. Now he’s desperately hunting for new principles.
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The Bulwark Marco Rubio used to be the future of the Republican party. Now he’s desperately hunting for new principles. 9d
A Post-Impeachment Roadmap for Congress
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As the primary election season heats up, there is an understandable desire among office holders, candidates, and citizens to move on from the divisive impeachment battle. Donald Trump was the third president impeached in the history of the country,...
Inside the Trump Bubble
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In a moment of weakness and jet-lagged naivete I found myself musing that maybe, possibly, the new revelations about Donald Trump’s fleecing of taxpayers by charging the Secret Service exorbitant rates might make a difference with some of Trump’s...
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The Bulwark Just like the evidence about Trump’s meddling in Ukraine didn’t matter, or last week’s dual meltdowns at the Prayer Breakfast and in the East Room didn’t matter. You think the new budget and deficit numbers will move the needle? 12d
Trumpism Is the Prosperity Gospel of Politics
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In the aftermath of last week’s bizarre Trump Show at the National Prayer Breakfast, I was texting with a buddy—I’ll call him Mystery Apostle X—who made a pretty great analogy: Donald Trump is to modern conservative politics what the prosperity...
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The Bulwark Success is yours, if you will just enter into a personal relationship in supporting Donald Trump. 12d
Europe Is Out of Economic Ammunition
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Even before the coronavirus outbreak, troubles have been coming to the European economy not as single spies but in battalions. Worse yet, these troubles have come at a time when the European Central Bank (ECB) is running out of monetary policy...
Health Care Is a Trump Swing-State Vulnerability
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Watch the must-win states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
The Fight Over the 1619 Project
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Slavery was America’s original sin. The 1619 Project’s attempt to recast it as America’s foundation rests on bad history and misrepresented facts.
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The Bulwark Slavery was America’s original sin. The 1619 Project’s attempt to recast it as America’s foundation rests on bad history and misrepresented facts. 13d
Beware of the Polls
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As the Democratic race shifts into high gear and the fallout from the impeachment trial settles in I have a respectful and heartfelt cautionary admonition about polling data: Caveat emptor. Let’s begin with Iowa. Not one poll before the Iowa...
“It’s All Bulls - - t.”
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On this week's Beg to Differ Podcast with host Mona Charen, regular panelists Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker are joined by AEI's Michael Strain to discuss his essay on the American dream being alive and well, the State of the Union,...
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The Bulwark On this week's Beg to Differ with , , , , and discuss the American dream, the State of the Union, Impeachment, and Iowa and the 2020 Democratic primaries. 🎧➡️ 15d
Trumpvangelicals Are Bad at Politics 
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Trump-supporting evangelicals aren’t getting much from President Donald Trump because they don’t understand how to do politics well. I’ve been critical of the alliance between certain evangelicals and Trump for spiritual and political reasons, but...