Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Wednesday's Opinions: 'I’m still here’: How Valerie Jarrett defied her critics to become Obama’s longest-serving adviser

Congratulations, Trump. Welcome to hell.; Could Trump's freewheeling foreign policy have its benefits?; North Carolina's jarring GOP power grab feels familiar; Trump voters didn't take him literally on Obamacare. Oops?; I was a victim of a Russian smear campaign. I understand the power of fake news.; Christmas lives on; Sham populism, shameless plutocracy; After an assassination, Turkey and Russia are only getting closer; Metro isn't just broken. It's also broke.; Fake guns are getting people killed; NYT, D.C. corrections department brawl over logistics of Pizzagate suspect interview; Happy Hour Roundup; What the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should ask Tillerson; Defunding Planned Parenthood could be the GOP’s first big defeat of the new year; Trump makes the feckless Obama look tough on Russia; Trump’s doubly dumb trade policy
 
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‘I'm still here': How Valerie Jarrett defied her critics to become Obama's longest-serving adviser
In a town famous for inflating egos and corrupting souls, she has never forgotten for whom she works.
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Congratulations, Trump. Welcome to hell.
Your campaign was just for show, but you got the job. How will you govern?
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Could Trump's freewheeling foreign policy have its benefits?
His harder line toward Beijing and softer one with Moscow could yield mixed results.
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North Carolina's jarring GOP power grab feels familiar
Last week's legislative fracas was a reversion to the strong-arm tactics that Republicans decried in the 1980s.
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Trump voters didn't take him literally on Obamacare. Oops?
Some voters are now worried they might be "up a creek."
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I was a victim of a Russian smear campaign. I understand the power of fake news.
It was eye-opening to watch the stories move through the country's well-oiled system.
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Christmas lives on
The holiday will nourish your children long after you have faded away.
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Sham populism, shameless plutocracy
The president-elect's Cabinet picks are a federal government wrecking crew.
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Editorial Cartoons
And here at the ceremonial starting line of the Trump presidency… Trump’s Camouflage & Cufflinks for Cash
The family is gathering. Donald Trump's sons are planning a post-inauguration fundraiser where $1 million will buy you a private reception with the president and a hunting or fishing excursion with Donald Jr. and/or Eric Trump.
 
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The Post’s View
After an assassination, Turkey and Russia are only getting closer
The assassination appears not to have shaken the countries' budding alliance on Syria.
 
Metro isn't just broken. It's also broke.
It's no longer enough to put off funding till reforms are in place. Both are needed urgently.
 
Fake guns are getting people killed
Why are ultra-real-looking replicas being sold to the public?
 
 
Latest Blogs
NYT, D.C. corrections department brawl over logistics of Pizzagate suspect interview
The New York Times insists that it complied with the core requirement that journalists properly identify themselves before an interview.
 
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
What the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should ask Tillerson
Tillerson needs to tell us what he knows and what he'll do.
 
Defunding Planned Parenthood could be the GOP’s first big defeat of the new year
They have to follow through on their promises, even when doing so risks upsetting the public.
 
Trump makes the feckless Obama look tough on Russia
Trump needs to start cutting Putin down to size.
 
Trump’s doubly dumb trade policy
Counterproductive Trumpian schemes would hurt U.S. workers and consumers.
 
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