Thursday's Opinions: The GOP’s fantastically anti-democratic quest to kill health care in the dark

Each of us has the power to exploit the baseball shooting. What happens next matters.; Among this year's proud college graduates: Maximum-security prison inmates   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP   E.J. Dionne Jr. The GOP's fantastically anti-democratic quest to kill health care in the dark Just three Republicans could stop it. Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Latest Columns Charles Lane Each of us has the power to exploit the baseball shooting. What happens next matters. Society's reservoir of trust has been running dangerously low for some time. Read more »     George F. Will Among this year's proud college graduates: Maximum-security prison inmates These 37 graduates may not leave prison soon, but when they do they will have unusual momentum for success. Read more »     Dana Milbank A madman's bullets put a partisan Congress on the same team — at least for a while "We are united in our anguish," Paul Ryan says of the attack at a GOP baseball practice, as a sense of comity dispels the normally toxic tone on the Hill. Read more »     Robert J. Samuelson Trump is deluded about NAFTA The idea that Canada and Mexico are going to offer us vast new markets — without corresponding U.S. concessions — seems to be wishful thinking. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen The Sessions hearing shows who's really colluding with Russia False charges and innuendo directly assist the Kremlin in its efforts to undermine confidence in our democratic institutions. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes The nation held its breath for Jeff Sessions’s testimony, while he held his A Trump Cabinet meeting Rank apparently has its executive privileges. Trump's Cabinet members slobbered all over themselves pumping up the president's ego.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View The shooting at a GOP baseball practice was an assault on democracy The incident is another harrowing example of gun violence in America. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Thousands of Russians prove they're fed up with Putin's authoritarianism Monday's protests across Russia display a desire for a more democratic system. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Two surprising — and mostly positive — results from Virginia's primary The state now has two gubernatorial candidates capable of adult debate. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs More on the First Amendment and @RealDonaldTrump The Knight First Amendment Institute responds to my comments on their letter to President Trump, and I reply in turn. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   The baseball shooting wasn't an attack on the GOP. It was an attack on all of us. What made James Hodgkinson different from thousands of other Americans. By Stephen Stromberg  •  PostPartisan  •  Read more »   I choose not to be outraged Stay away from Twitter. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Coordinated traffic stops and the Fourth Amendment If an officer can't get probable cause to search a car because no drug-sniffing dog is available, he has to let the car go. But can he tell another officer to get a drug-sniffing dog and watch the car for a second traffic violation? By Orin Kerr  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Are Democrats in Congress not ‘fighting’ hard enough? Don’t believe it. It's not about whether they look sufficiently angry. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Must Reads Compelling, ambitious stories you can't afford to miss, delivered every Saturday morning. 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