Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Today's Opinions: Republicans, do you want a race-based immigration system, too?

 
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Republicans, do you want a race-based immigration system, too?
Even Trump's openly racist remarks aren't enough for some to take a stand.
Trump has revealed who he is. Now it's our turn.
He is at war with the central idea of the Republic.
 
 
Trump is hoping you won't notice his backdoor repeal of Obamacare
Administrative attacks on health care are just as dangerous as legislative ones.
 
Trump's most consequential accomplishment so far isn't the tax bill
It's the commandeering of truth.
 
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Some U.S. towns get called 'shitholes,' too. It's not racist.
But the narrative that Trump and his voters are racists is too effective to abandon.
 
 
Editorial Cartoons
Republicans have learned from experience the trouble with a government shutdown A monumental difference
Here's what they've learned. Trump is a very, very small man.
 
 
The Post's View
Trump's toxic influence goes well beyond the headlines
The president's norm-shattering tweets and comments make news, but his steady undermining of democratic values should sound alarms.
 
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The GOP-led Congress is driving the IRS into the ground
The under-funded agency will be ill-prepared to help taxpayers confused in the wake of tax reform.
 
 
These Trump administration changes could make health-care coverage worse
The Labor Department proposed rules that would open new avenues to buying shoddier insurance.
 
 
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Trump vs. the Wall Street Journal: A contretemps for 2018
A squabble over an apostrophe and a single letter is enough to draw "fake news" condemnations from the White House.
 
 
Babe's Aziz Ansari piece was a gift to anyone who wants to derail #MeToo
Treating a date that didn't live up to expectations like a sexually violent abuse of power muddies the narrative that's fueled a movement.
 
The Aziz Ansari allegation shows we're all very sick
We're all very sick.
 
 
Black women are the ideal American voters
It's time to focus on the issues that affect black women, for doing so will help everyone else in America, too — including Trump's "forgotten" base.
 
 
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