Opinions P.M.: Trump's battle with reality and the intelligence community heats up

Trump’s battle with reality and the intelligence community heats up; The battle over Obamacare repeal starts now. Are Republicans going wobbly?; Too many medical trials are moonshots in the dark; Trump's great economic guessing game; Bill O’Reilly is defining ‘un-American’ activities in the Trump era; The robots will conquer Donald Trump; Republicans ignore Trump’s Russia sycophancy at their peril; Republican congressman trying to undermine Hobby Lobby decision — and it just gets weirder; International conservation efforts are turning up some unexpected bedfellows; How Democrats can defeat the repeal of Obamacare; The cost and calamity of an Obamacare ‘repeal and delay’ strategy; How Republicans can avoid further screw-ups; Roxane Gay’s ‘Difficult Women’ forces us to confront things we’d rather not see; The GOP repeals Obamacare and does what?; Why are free-market conservatives silent on Trump’s nominees?;     Trump’s battle with reality and the intelligence community heats up Trump can defend Putin or do his job as commander in chief -- not both. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more » The battle over Obamacare repeal starts now. Are Republicans going wobbly? Nah. It's a ruse. By Greg Sargent  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Too many medical trials are moonshots in the dark To find out what goes wrong when a person becomes sick, we need to know how things work. By Thomas C. Südhof  •  Read more »   Trump's great economic guessing game Not even the president-elect may really know what comes next. By Robert J. Samuelson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Bill O’Reilly is defining ‘un-American’ activities in the Trump era He says it is against American values to hammer performers for working Trump's inauguration. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The robots will conquer Donald Trump Eventually. By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Republicans ignore Trump’s Russia sycophancy at their peril Republicans had better disassociate themselves from Trump on Russia. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more » Republican congressman trying to undermine Hobby Lobby decision — and it just gets weirder Rep. Steve King proposes a bill that would bar the court from citing as precedent Hobby Lobby (the case allowing religious exemption to certain regulations under the Affordable Care Act), King (which dealt with federal exchanges under the ACA), and National Federation of Independent Business (which, among other things, upheld the individual mandate against constitutional challenge). By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » International conservation efforts are turning up some unexpected bedfellows Foreign affairs. By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   How Democrats can defeat the repeal of Obamacare Important lessons from the Republicans' ethics office debacle, and a way forward. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   The cost and calamity of an Obamacare ‘repeal and delay’ strategy What it really would entail. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   How Republicans can avoid further screw-ups Republican need to look around corners before running off. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Roxane Gay’s ‘Difficult Women’ forces us to confront things we’d rather not see The "Bad Feminist" author's new short story collection embraces women who behave in ways we'd rather avoid. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Act Four  •  Read more »   The GOP repeals Obamacare and does what? The Republicans have wanted to repeal Obamacare for years but still don't have their own plan to replace it. By Ann Telnaes  •  Read more »   Why are free-market conservatives silent on Trump’s nominees? Principle is thrown to the wind. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Right Turn  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   In Theory Emerging ideas and the arguments behind the news. Sign Up »         Share Opinions P.M.:       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