Thursday 22 June 2017

Opinions P.M.: Is there anybody actually in favor of the Senate health-care bill?

The blockade on Qatar is a smokescreen. Here’s what’s behind it.
 
Opinions P.M.
 
 
Is there anybody actually in favor of the Senate health-care bill?
The Senate bill lands with a thud.
The blockade on Qatar is a smokescreen. Here’s what’s behind it.
It's an attempt to infringe upon Qatar's sovereignty and punish Qatar for its independence.
 
The White House is embracing the Supreme Court model of public openness
Releasing audiotapes after the proceedings: That's the MO of a famously inaccessible institution.
 
Jeff Sessions's new war on drugs won't be any more effective than the old one
Jeff Sessions's revival of the failed policies of the past has little hope of reducing violent crime or drug overdoses.
 
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Queen Elizabeth II rules
The British monarch mentions the Spanish royal visit during Wednesday's speech to Parliament but doesn't mention President Trump's upcoming state visit.
 
Can Democrats take back the House in spite of themselves?
There could be an anti-Trump wave that swamps everything — but Democrats have to be able to capitalize on it.
 
In the Central African Republic, nostalgia for a leader who is said to have fed his critics to the crocodiles
Why some look back on the "Butcher of Bangui" as a hero.
 
The strangeness of ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ makes it the perfect show for 2017
"Twin Peaks: The Return" isn't about American politics. But it sounds a note that harmonizes beautifully with the strangeness of this moment.
 
 
There is some timely evidence that we are Russian things
Political hack season.
 
Which GOP senators will walk the plank for a rotten health-care bill?
Six dangers for Republicans.
 
Trump supporters and the empathy gap
There are two kinds of Americans -- one inclusive and tolerant, the other not.
 
The case against grieving online
Review of "The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy" by Julia Cooper.
 
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Here comes the Senate GOP’s health bill. It’s a cruel and cynical shell game.
It's all about cutting health spending on poor people, and cutting taxes on rich people.
 
Congress can force answers from Trump officials. Why doesn't it?
The Trump administration has no right to stonewall questions from lawmakers.
 
Morning links: Texas couple exonerated 25 years after wrongful ‘ritual sex abuse’ conviction
Plus: David Clarke calls political reporting "electronic terrorism," Seattle mother killed by cops after reporting a burglary, SCOTUS strikes down North Carolina law barring sex offenders from posting to social media
 
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