Opinions P.M.: Trump’s hate and lies are failing. Two new studies show why.

Jon Stewart, there's a good reason the press takes attacks on the First Amendment seriously; Shepard Smith can't redeem Fox News

The Plum Line Trump's hate and lies are failing. Two new studies show why. The public is recoiling at Trump's fusion of ethno-nationalism and orthodox GOP plutocracy. By Greg Sargent  •  Read more » Jon Stewart, there's a good reason the press takes attacks on the First Amendment seriously The press is right to stand up for freedom of the press By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   Shepard Smith can't redeem Fox News Episodic truth-telling about Trump doesn't excuse fulsome conspiracy-theorizing about Trump. By Erik Wemple  •  Read more »   The end of the party of Lincoln By abandoning birthright citizenship, the GOP would sever its roots in Reconstruction. By Dillon Carroll  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump treats the US military like they are his toy soldiers Or campaign workers. By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Post Partisan Are there any thoroughbreds in the Democratic presidential field? Or are they all doomed to slide up a little, fail at the higher level and then slide back into obscurity? By Carter Eskew  •  Read more »   African Americans and Jews cling to one another in the Trump era A common foe in Trump. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   The Plum Line Trump's preelection ugliness is a preview of 2020 When his presidency is on the line, he'll be even more panicked. By Paul Waldman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The WorldPost Brazil's incomplete democratic transition Brazil's democratic system reinforces old authoritarian tendencies. By Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho  •  Read more »   Another Cabinet official is under an ethics cloud — yet Congress does nothing Zinke probe is referred to Justice Department. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   Post Partisan Our stuntman in chief How exactly does he regard his base? As gullible, or just indifferent to the truth? By Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   The real Washington ghouls You won't find any sincerity in this pumpkin patch of Trump enablers. By Ann Telnaes  •  Read more »   Trump finally gets the shunning he deserves The president is alone as Americans stand together. By Jennifer Rubin  •  Read more »   Trump's birthright citizenship proposal isn't just an electoral stunt Even if Trump fails in this attempt, simply trying could make it that much easier for the administration to impose future immigration restrictions By Paul Musgrave and Philip Rocco  •  Read more »   It's Halloween. Yes, scream. Wake the dead patriots. (BLOG POST) By Tom Toles  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get The Cybersecurity 202 newsletter PowerPost's daily guide to cybersecurity news and policy, by reporter Derek Hawkins. Sign Up  »

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