Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.
Latest articles by Paul Waldman
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The Republican Congress is officially giving up
opinion It turns out that once you stop trying to do the stuff that's too politically dangerous to touch, there isn't much left to do
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How Democrats learned to stop worrying and love the left
opinion The long, fruitless search for the center is over
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Trump's transubstantiation of falsehood into truth
opinion President Trump is trying to apply his favorite principle in business to governing: Speak the thing you wish was true, and perhaps it will become true
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Something stinks about the NRA's Russia story
opinion Did the NRA get millions from Russia to help Donald Trump? They still won't deny it.
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The president's Trumpinator fantasy
opinion President Trump imagines he's capable of being a super-soldier hero. So do a lot of people.
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President Trump says he wants to do something about guns. Don't believe him for a second.
opinion Think Trump will actually act? Then you don't know his patterns.
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The myth of the invincible NRA
opinion Can the Democrats make the NRA toxic? Only if they try.
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Why the answer to America's gun problem lies due north
opinion Emulate Canada?
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Why Trump feasts on scandal
opinion He is the anti-hero president
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There's nothing futile about the gun debate
opinion A belief in the futility of action inevitably becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. So Democrats: Just try.
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The perfect Stormy
opinion Have the latest Stormy Daniels revelations put President Trump in legal peril?
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The Russians are coming
opinion Vladimir Putin is preparing to meddle in the midterms this year — and America isn't remotely ready
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Trump's budget reveals the GOP's priorities in all their hideous glory
opinion This is what Republicans actually believe in
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Trump doesn't get the 'best people.' He gets the worst. Here's why.
opinion The rot starts at the top
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Joe Biden wants to run for president again? Go right ahead, loser.
opinion He was born to faceplant in the 2020 election
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Can Trump really refuse to answer Mueller's questions?
opinion Don't bet on it
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Republicans tried to discredit the Russia investigation. Instead they discredited themselves.
opinion Trump and the GOP are digging themselves an even deeper hole on Russia
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Can Trump's battalion of buffoons really defeat the FBI?
opinion When the GOP sends out people to dismantle the Russia investigation, they aren't sending their best
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The media is about to give Devin Nunes exactly what he wants
opinion The Republican's ridiculous "memo" about the Russia investigation needs to be handled with skepticism and respect for the truth — not "winners and losers" drivel
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The extraordinary nihilism of Republican attacks on the Russia investigation
opinion The GOP is no longer trying to disprove what the FBI finds out about President Trump. They are merely trying to discredit it.
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Republicans go full Illuminati
opinion Republicans are now pushing a mind-numbingly crazy conspiracy theory about the FBI
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Trump's slow-motion massacre at the Justice Department
opinion Comey is gone. McCabe is going. Rosenstein could be next.
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The GOP's secret society sham
opinion What can we learn from this confederacy of dunces?
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How 'values voters' made a deal with the devil
opinion Christian conservatives show there's nothing they won't tolerate from Trump. Here's why.
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