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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Why white people think they're the real victims of racism
opinion Just look at Fox News, where white identity politics is always on the schedule
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Can I interest you in 4,000 (imaginary) dollars?
opinion Disclaimer: These 4,000 dollars are imaginary. They are not real. You are not going to receive them ... no matter what Republican lawmakers say.
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George W. Bush is being hailed as the anti-Trump. But let's not forget what he actually did as president.
opinion Before you applaud George W. Bush, remember his presidency
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How Trump turned a president's most sacred duty into a disgraceful controversy
opinion There's nothing Trump won't turn into an arena of disputation and division
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What Trump's spurious claim about fallen troops suggests about his future military decisions
opinion When President Trump considers sending in the troops, does he think of them or himself?
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Trump's unwinnable war with the Republican Congress
opinion The president can only ever lose this fight. Here's why.
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The Republican civil war is spreading
opinion This is going to get ugly
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By openly sabotaging ObamaCare, Trump is giving Democrats a tremendous opportunity
opinion Here comes single payer
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The eternal disgrace of a Trump lackey
opinion If you cooperate with this president, the stink will be upon you forever
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It's time for Republicans to come clean on Trump
opinion Please, tell us how you really feel
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Ban guns
opinion Yeah, I'll say it
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Leadership tips from Donald J. Trump
opinion When people for whom you're responsible suffer unexpected hardship, take the opportunity to insult them
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This is what it's like to have a president utterly devoid of empathy
opinion Trump went all the way to Puerto Rico to talk about how great he is
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America's most radical gun nuts are the Republicans in Congress
opinion Why Republican politicians are so much more radical on guns than even Republican voters
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Trump says he won't benefit from his tax plan. That's nonsense.
opinion Let's look at all the ways the president will benefit from his own tax plan
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The media needs a tax tutorial
opinion The media is already screwing up its coverage of the GOP's tax cuts. They must do better.
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Trump's re-election effort will be the most vicious campaign you've ever seen
opinion If there's anything that Trump understands, it's the politics of division
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Roy Moore is everything Democrats want voters to believe about the Republican Party
opinion The likely next senator from Alabama is the new Todd Akin
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Republicans' phony love affair with state government
opinion States don't do it better — and the GOP knows it
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Republicans' new ObamaCare repeal bill is the perfect expression of their health-care nihilism
opinion Republicans know their new ObamaCare repeal bill is a nightmare. They just don't care.
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Trump's 'deals' are going to kill us all
opinion Just what kind of negotiation does the president think he's pursuing with North Korea?
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Just let North Korea have nukes
opinion Kim Jong Un is acting rationally about nuclear weapons. Is Trump?
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Mueller is coming for the Trump syndicate
opinion Even if the Russia investigation doesn't bring down this presidency, it is going to put a lot of Trump associates in deep trouble
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Trump is about to sabotage the GOP on tax cuts
opinion It's health care all over again
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