… Impeachment, as it turns out, is really about politicians selling the public on the facts as they’d like them interpreted; it’s a public relations operation as much as a constitutionally-allotted power. We decided it makes sense not just to keep track of the inquiry’s pile of evidence, but to […] Read more »
Trump backfire: Americans increasingly embrace ‘nation of immigrants’ history and future
Donald Trump came down the escalator at Trump Tower in June 2015, lamented that Mexico sends us its worst, murderers and rapists. His convention speech featured mothers whose loved ones were murdered by illegal immigrants, and he attacked Hillary Clinton for supporting open borders. Later, according to a new book, […] Read more »
The Triple Threat for Trump
The impeachment process has three prongs – the inquiry, impeachment, and the Senate’s vote to convict and remove the president from office. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll has newly released data on President Trump and impeachment and gauges Americans’ attitudes about each facet of the process. We dig deep into that […] Read more »
Support for Impeachment Has Grown but Also Slowed
Public support for impeaching President Trump — and also for removing him from office — surged after Nancy Pelosi announced the House impeachment inquiry more than two weeks ago. For now, that support hasn’t reached the point where one might expect Republican members of Congress to feel substantial political pressure […] Read more »
Our Stranger Than Fiction Politics
… We are at a time when the bizarre has become routine. At a college-football game over the weekend, a friend wondered how the satirical website The Onion, known for parodies of the news, stays in business when fact is even stranger than fiction. Who could possibly make this up? […] Read more »
As Elizabeth Warren Rises, the G.O.P. Deploys an Old Tactic
President Trump and his allies have struggled for months to come up with effective ways to confront Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose steady rise in the polls put the lie to Mr. Trump’s boasts last spring that she was “finished” and “gone,” undone by her past claims of Native American ancestry. […] Read more »