For all the emphasis placed on the various divides among the candidates, the question of “to fight or not to fight” might represent the most meaningful contrast.
Over a frenzied few days in the spring, an internal White House debate led to turnover in staff and a turning point for the president’s immigration agenda.
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Mike BarnicleThe following news story revolves around the behavior of a crazy person who is still at-large. You might want to read this @nytimes piece twice. This man is deeply disturbed.
nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/… via @NYTimes
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The former Senate majority leader on President Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer, and on why he doesn’t regret ending the filibuster for judicial appointments.
Mike BarnicleMore from @nytdavidbrooks on the inevitable choice facing the silent, complicit GOP:
“At that point congressional leaders will face the defining choice of their careers: Where does their ultimate loyalty lie, to the Constitution or to their party?”
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Democrats and Republicans continue to move farther apart. Trump wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Mike Barnicle@edsall with another great piece filled with insight on the Democrats difficult future becoming the majority in the US Senate: The Polarizer-in-Chief Meets the Midterms
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She moved to Flushing, Queens, with dreams of success and citizenship. Now she was crumpled outside a massage parlor on 40th Road, her blood pooling on the pavement she had so often worked.
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Mike BarnicleA truly staggering piece of reporting and writing - a novel in a newspaper - from @DanBarryNYT and the arc of one woman’s short life in America with days of hope, sadness, shame, the sex trade and finally despair and death.
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Mike BarnicleThe doubts of millions of U.S. Catholics about the future of the church is a huge, lingering story now overshadowed by Trump but more important in the long run.
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'Big Game, The NFL in Dangerous Times' -- written by New York Times reporter (and Patriots fan) Mark Leibovich -- shines a harsh light on a flawed league, with fascinating tidbits on Robert Kraft, Tom Brady and the Pats.
Kelly Sadler, a special assistant to the president, made the comment about McCain, who is fighting brain cancer, during a closed-door meeting of White House communications staffers.
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Mike BarnicleTrump and his people. What shallow, ignorant losers. This is just the latest disgrace they bring to the presidency. They are a stain on history.
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