Tuesday's Opinions: Conservatives make a deal with the devil

For Donald Trump, every vice is a virtue; Reince Priebus, fool; A doctor said my son had 'no hope.' At 30, he doesn't let autism hold him back.; Trump's bizarre, dangerous neediness; An isolated crusade to clean up Congress; Yes, we should protect transgender people but we're going about it in a dangerous way; Congress betrays Afghans who risked their lives to help the U.S.; The rank nihilism driving the GOP's acceptance of Trump; The Supreme Court avoids a showdown in the Obamacare contraception case; Happy Hour Roundup; Sources: Arianna Huffington wants to find leaker of embarrassing Uber-related email; Obama’s civics lesson for Trump and Sanders supporters; How the Clinton team will go after Donald Trump; Republicans should listen to Robert Gates; Obama can't resist talking about Trump     Lucas Jackson / Reuters   Michael Gerson Conservatives make a deal with the devil Former foes who now support Donald Trump will regret it. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns   Catherine Rampell For Donald Trump, every vice is a virtue He continually manages to turn would-be political liabilities into assets. Read more »     Richard Cohen Reince Priebus, fool His defense of Trump is leaving him with no pride, no shame and no future. Read more »   Robert Hughes A doctor said my son had 'no hope.' At 30, he doesn't let autism hold him back. Someone like Walker, who did not benefit from the wonderful methods we now know, is presumed by many to be beyond help. Read more »     Eugene Robinson Trump's bizarre, dangerous neediness His use of fake names to brag about himself underlines disturbing traits. Read more »     Dana Milbank An isolated crusade to clean up Congress Lawmakers know what needs to be done to clean up the system — but nothing happens. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen Yes, we should protect transgender people but we're going about it in a dangerous way Opening restrooms to all helps sexual predactors pretending to be transgender gain entry into female-only facilities. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes So you thought Donald Trump’s hair was ugly? Trump will make America not great again Cartoon for May 16, 2016. Supporters of Donald Trump long for days past   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View Congress betrays Afghans who risked their lives to help the U.S. Cutting back on a special visa program is a mistake. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The rank nihilism driving the GOP's acceptance of Trump Republicans lose their moorings in the scramble to back Mr. Trump By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The Supreme Court avoids a showdown in the Obamacare contraception case The justices hint that finding a compromise would be welcome as they return the issue to the lower courts. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Sources: Arianna Huffington wants to find leaker of embarrassing Uber-related email Leaking does not square with the company's values, said founder. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Obama’s civics lesson for Trump and Sanders supporters Folks need to know how our democracy actually works. By Jonathan Capehart  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   How the Clinton team will go after Donald Trump What if Trump can be beaten by relatively conventional means? By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Republicans should listen to Robert Gates Trump flunks the commander in chief test By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Obama can't resist talking about Trump Apparently, Republicans aren't the only ones made a little crazy by the rise of Donald Trump. By Ed Rogers  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more » Recommended for you   5-Minute Fix Keeping up with politics is easy now, three days a week. Sign Up »         Share Opinions:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Opinions. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071