Tuesday's Opinions: Republicans are defining lunacy down

Sponsored by SEIU | White supremacism is ready to roar; The Trump administration dons a tinfoil hat; Being an American is life-threatening; John McCain and Lindsey Graham: Why we need more forces to end the stalemate in Afghanistan; Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: President Trump; Don't undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it.; The Wisconsin lesson: Voters will reward Republicans if they do what they promised; The CBO reveals Republicans' health-care cruelty; Trump is letting human rights deteriorate, and Bahrain is Exhibit A; Time to grill Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary; The GOP Obamacare replacement is heartlessness distilled; Happy Hour Roundup; CNN hires Chris Cillizza away from The Washington Post; Why are we hearing crickets from the GOP on Steve King’s ugly Tweet?; Senate Republicans don’t like the House tax plan. Here are some better ideas.; On the GOP health plan, it’s Ryan vs. Cotton   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images   Michael Gerson Republicans are defining lunacy down It's time for the GOP to stand up to the president's conspiracy theories. Read more » Latest Columns   Eugene Robinson White supremacism is ready to roar Trump's silence on Steve King's "culture" comments is deafening. Read more »     Catherine Rampell The Trump administration dons a tinfoil hat The White House is rife with beliefs that are wholly disconnected from reality. Read more »     Richard Cohen Being an American is life-threatening Republicans must look at who will really benefit from their health-care plan. Read more »   John McCain and Lindsey Graham John McCain and Lindsey Graham: Why we need more forces to end the stalemate in Afghanistan The U.S. objective is the same as in 2001: to prevent terrorists from using that country's territory to attack our homeland. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT     Dana Milbank Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: President Trump His Justice Department went to court to fight those still going after his Democratic opponent. Read more »   Alice M. Rivlin Don't undermine the Congressional Budget Office. Use it. Congress needs all the help it can get to develop policy. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen The Wisconsin lesson: Voters will reward Republicans if they do what they promised With majorities in both houses of Congress, the GOP should be pushing through its reform agenda, not engaging in internecine struggles. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes John McCain tangles with Trump in a morass of wires, ropes and plot threads Kellyanne Conway is spinning again To be continued. Senior White House advisor Kellyanne Conway suggested that surveillance of Trump Tower could happened through microwaves.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The CBO reveals Republicans' health-care cruelty The numbers are in, and they're very bad. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Trump is letting human rights deteriorate, and Bahrain is Exhibit A The administration appears willing to go forward with an arms sale despite Bahrain's brazen crackdowns against opponents. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Time to grill Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary Now that Sonny Perdue has turned in the necessary documents, senators should press him on ethics and policy questions. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs The GOP Obamacare replacement is heartlessness distilled The Republican euphemism for its strategy is "expanding choice." By Stephen Stromberg  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   CNN hires Chris Cillizza away from The Washington Post 24-7 network wanted a big digital name for CNN.com. By Erik Wemple  •  Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   Why are we hearing crickets from the GOP on Steve King’s ugly Tweet? King's sentiment is a particularly explicit version of what drives Stephen Bannon and Donald Trump. By Sarah Posner  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Senate Republicans don’t like the House tax plan. Here are some better ideas. Better ideas for the Senate. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   On the GOP health plan, it’s Ryan vs. Cotton Ryan is spinning his wheels -- and his plan. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   In Theory Emerging ideas and the arguments behind the news. 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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071