Thursday's Opinions: Trump has made our politics ridiculous

Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger — to national security; Listen up, millennials. There's sequence to success. | Sponsored by American Wind Action   Democracy Dies in Darkness       Alex Brandon / AP   E.J. Dionne Jr. Trump has made our politics ridiculous Let's stop pretending that the president's undisciplined fixations are a form of brilliance. Read more » Latest Columns Michael Chertoff Trump's voter data request poses an unnoticed danger — to national security Trump's election integrity panel should honor the administration's own order on cybersecurity. Read more »     George F. Will Listen up, millennials. There's sequence to success. What if poverty isn't only a matter of material distribution but also bad choices and the "ecumenical niceness" that tolerates them? Read more »   Jake Sullivan and Victor Cha The right way to play the China card on North Korea China, not the United States, should pay for the North to cut its nuclear and missile programs. Read more »   Ron Klain To win the working class, Democrats need to start talking straight Candor — not condescension — is the best way to unmask Trump's false promises. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Michael Morell and Samantha Vinograd What Putin's team is probably telling him about Trump A speculative account of what a memo by the Russian president's advisers might say about the U.S. president. Read more »   Adam Chilton and Genevieve Lakier The potential silver lining in Trump's travel ban The Supreme Court finally has a chance to change precedent on immigration law. Read more »   Garrison Keillor Blind man in a hotel room Kindness and blindness in one day. Read more »   Marc A. Thiessen 'Repeal now, replace later' will kill the GOP's health-care reform It's a terrible idea. Read more »   Editorial Cartoons Tom Toles Ann Telnaes What would it actually be like if the GOP reached out to Democrats? Winning at America’s cost Two headaches are better than one? What makes Trump go.   ADVERTISEMENT   The Post’s View What Trump can do about North Korea Kim Jong Un launched an ICBM. Trump has options on how to respond. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The G-20 should put climate change at the top of its list Accumulating evidence shows climate change is hurting the planet now. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   The FCC is gearing up to shut down robo-callers An accused scammer faces a huge fine. Bravo. By Editorial Board  •  Read more »   Latest Blogs Happy Hour Roundup Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion. By Paul Waldman  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Florida judge strikes down one procedural aspect of Florida ‘stand your ground’ law — but the basic principle remains The decision turns on a unique Florida procedural twist on the stand-your-ground rule, coupled with an unusual Florida state constitutional provision allocating power between the judiciary and the legislature. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more » Court vacates apparent fake-defendant libel takedown order in Patel v. Chan This is one of several dozen libel takedown orders that have involved shenanigans of various sort -- and it's the one that first led me to start investigating and writing about this. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Trump’s tweets have suddenly grown a lot more dangerous Feuding with media personalities is one thing. Geopolitical crises are another. By Sarah Posner  •  The Plum Line  •  Read more »   Short Circuit: A roundup of recent federal court decisions Demonic body odor, an involuntary confession, and an unscrupulous medical examiner. By Eugene Volokh  •  The Volokh Conspiracy  •  Read more »   Stars are getting militant about inequality in Hollywood. It’s about time. It's time for Hollywood progressives to stand with their own co-workers. By Alyssa Rosenberg  •  Act Four  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   The Health 202 Your daily guide to Washington's health-care debate. Sign Up »         Share Opinions:       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