
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 I welcome Hillary Clinton's anger and bitternessopinion Despite all the desperate pleas for Clinton to shut up and go away, What Happened is precisely the political book we need right now
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The suicidal stupidity of Bannon's new battleplanopinion The former White House chief strategist is a terrible strategist
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Fighting won't kill the Democrats. It will only make them stronger.opinion Squabble away
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If Republicans are surprised that Trump betrayed them, they haven't been paying attentionopinion This was entirely predictable
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The death rattle of the Trump evangelicalsopinion America is entering a new era of religious diversity, and some white Christians really don't like it
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Donald Trump can't make a dealopinion Why our vaunted dealmaker-in-chief just can't close the deal
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Trump is a godsend to the Democratic Partyopinion Just imagine what a sane or competent Republican would be doing with full control of government
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Hillary Clinton is talking a lot about guns. How long will that last?opinion Let's hope it doesn't end with Bernie Sanders' candidacy
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Trump's heroic plan to rescue downtrodden billionairesopinion His tax plan will be a boon for ordinary billionaires all across America
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Presidents really should tour disaster sites. They should also not speak like Trump.opinion Trump's blustery self-aggrandizement is not what America needs right now
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Trump's foolish fixation on torching the Iran dealopinion The deal is working. But the president still seems determined to blow it up.
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The grand delusions of Kasich-Hickenlooper 2020opinion Americans don't want a Republican-Democrat unity ticket. The media does.
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Trump has picked the dumbest political fight everopinion You can't be a successful president when you're waging war on a Congress controlled by your own party
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Trump's losing war against realityopinion The president's primary preoccupation is to create an alternate reality — and he's livid it's not working
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The GOP went all in on Trump. How's that going for them?opinion Not well. Not well at all.
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Who still believes that Trump will build a big, beautiful wall and that Mexico will pay for it?opinion Will anyone still cheer for Trump's ludicrous promise at his Phoenix rally?
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Trump's loathsome embrace of the Confederacyopinion The president of the United States is turning into a full-blown neo-Confederate
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Why Charlottesville is a turning pointopinion This is often how change happens: one unpredictable, seemingly small event that sends out ripples of reaction that reshape the political terrain
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Why Trump went feral againopinion Trump inevitably acts out whenever he is compelled to briefly pretend to be a responsible human being. Tuesday was no different.
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Trump's familiar cycle of hateopinion Here's why Trump is always slow to disavow neo-Nazis
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The Russia investigation will probably not end wellopinion Don't expect a Kumbaya moment
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The debt ceiling is madnessopinion It's long past time to end it
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It's white nationalism week in the Trump administrationopinion From trying to slash legal immigration to attacking affirmative action, the Trump administration wants to rally its angriest white supporters
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Trump has lost his gift for propagandaopinion What happened to Trump's vaunted political instincts?
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