Dear Nancy Pelosi: Duty Calls

Senator Elizabeth Warren early on expressed the moral clarity that is needed at this hour of constitutional crisis: ‘there’s no political-convenience exception to the US constitution’ when it comes to impeaching Trump. “[T]he tool that we are given for that accountability is the impeachment process. This is not about politics, this is about principle. This … Read more

A response to Robert Mueller’s objection to testifying before Congress

I think David Atkins at the Political Animal blog gets it exactly right. Dear Robert Mueller: Not Testifying Publicly Is an Intensely Political Decision: Robert Mueller deserves some props for trying to be a consummate professional, avoiding political theater and playing the part of the guarded, hyper-competent institutional loyalist. But there are times when that … Read more

Nancy Pelosi owns man-baby Donald Trump

The most powerful politician in America is not President Donald Trump, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Trump can get none of what he wants — his “big beautiful wall” on the Mexico border, his weak-ass NAFTA 1.1, his mythical infrastructure bill, the required federal budget, etc. — without the support and at least the tacit … Read more