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I'm very worried about this president. Buy my book to find out why!; Britain just chose China over the U.S. Clearly, our alliance system needs a reboot.; It took us months to contest a flawed study on police bias. Here's why that's dangerous.; Meet the new top tier of Democratic contenders, same as the old top tier; The founders worried that a republic would fail without 'virtue.' Today, we don't.; The Senate is committing a high crime of its own; Democrats' TV ads show how they're trying to close the deal in Iowa; Bloomberg is a very good insurance policy for Democrats; The latest laughable Senate GOP spin further incriminates Trump; John Bolton could be Trump's John Dean; Guy Ritchie's 'The Gentlemen' dresses up anti-Semitism; Senators confronting impeachment can learn from my father's example in Watergate; Joni Ernst says the quiet part out loud; The Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight; No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage; Why Trump says all is well; How Israelis could agree to share a state with Palestinians; How white identity permeates policymaking outside of Washington ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Patrick Semansky/AP) A Bolton subpoena fight could tie up the Senate for months. That's exactly what Democrats want. The House failed to meet its responsibilities and threw the whole mess into the Senate's lap. By Marc Thiessen ●  Read more »   I'm very worried about this president. Buy my book to find out why! This could be a series, if we're lucky! By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   Britain just chose China over the U.S. Clearly, our alliance system needs a reboot. By deciding to allow Chinese firm Huawei to build part of its 5G network, Britain shows that it doesn't view China as the same threat we do. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   It took us months to contest a flawed study on police bias. Here's why that's dangerous. Our ordeal reveals the often-arbitrary nature of the academic publication process. By Dean Knox and Jonathan Mummolo ●  Read more »   Meet the new top tier of Democratic contenders, same as the old top tier And then there were six (well, technically a dozen candidates are running, but only six have clear paths to the nomination). By David Byler ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The founders worried that a republic would fail without 'virtue.' Today, we don't. Checks and balances are important. But they aren't enough — as the founders knew. By David Lay Williams ●  Read more »   The Senate is committing a high crime of its own No misdemeanor, this. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   Democrats' TV ads show how they're trying to close the deal in Iowa Voters want to believe that unity is possible, even if we know it probably isn't. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   Bloomberg is a very good insurance policy for Democrats He could be the 'break glass in case of Bernie' candidate. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   The latest laughable Senate GOP spin further incriminates Trump Wait, our coverup was just exposed? We're shocked! Shocked!!! By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   John Bolton could be Trump's John Dean It's not just the president who should fear Bolton. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Guy Ritchie's 'The Gentlemen' dresses up anti-Semitism Fantastic suits and good performances can't disguise ugly ideas. By Alyssa Rosenberg ●  Read more »   Senators confronting impeachment can learn from my father's example in Watergate His sense of bipartisanship and objectivity could benefit today's lawmakers. By Kathryn Railsback ●  Read more »   Joni Ernst says the quiet part out loud Iowa senator sees, and voices, a link between Trump's impeachment defense and Joe Biden's chances in next week's Iowa caucuses. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   The Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight We're facing two existential dangers simultaneously: nuclear war and climate change. By Katrina vanden Heuvel ●  Read more »   No witness trades: Senate Republicans have lost their leverage From denial to bargaining, Republicans are moving through stages to accept Trump's political demise By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Why Trump says all is well As president, Donald Trump has responded to crises differently than he did as a candidate. By Daniel Drezner ●  Read more »   How Israelis could agree to share a state with Palestinians Trump's Middle East "deal of the century" isn't the end of Palestinian autonomy. By Omri Boehm ●  Read more »   How white identity permeates policymaking outside of Washington In the latest episode of "Cape UP," author Jonathan Metzl discusses white-identity politics. By Jonathan Capehart ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the impeachment inquiry — and other big political stories — that can be read in 5 minutes. Sign up »

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