Opinions P.M.: Yovanovitch hearing confirms that Trump is running a thugocracy

Mad Lib: Why I Must Join the Race for President; The NCAA is a cafeteria of embarrassments; Sketches from the Yovanovitch impeachment hearing; Marie Yovanovitch becomes a victim of Trump's thuggishness again in real time; Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg aren't the disrupters some Democrats are looking for; Why Fox News has gone wobbly on anti-Semitism; Republicans try to put the best face on a bad case; The Trump administration appears to be second-guessing its flavored vaping ban. Good.; Why these TV impeachment hearings won't matter as much as Watergate's; Republicans want to psych out 2020 candidates on impeachment. There's a big problem.; Trump brags that he's helping patients access medical 'miracles.' He isn't.; Their former bosses hide while they do their duty; The real 'deep state' is about corporate power, not entrenched bureaucrats; Trump is throwing Sondland under the bus. But the new spin has a fatal defect.; Two accounts of Watergate remind readers: No one knew how it would end ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.       (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Yovanovitch hearing confirms that Trump is running a thugocracy The president tries to intimidate a witness in the middle of her testimony. By Paul Waldman  ●  Read more »   Mad Lib: Why I Must Join the Race for President You are too late for New Hampshire, but I am sure that will not stop you. By Alexandra Petri  ●  Read more »   The NCAA is a cafeteria of embarrassments Those who say student-athletes should not be paid call their position purely altruistic. Really. By George Will  ●  Read more »   Sketches from the Yovanovitch impeachment hearing The questioning and testimony, cartooned. By Ann Telnaes  ●  Read more »     Want more on the Trump impeachment inquiry? Sign up to receive columnist Dana Milbank's Impeachment Diary by email when new installments are published. ADVERTISEMENT   Marie Yovanovitch becomes a victim of Trump's thuggishness again in real time She got in the way. But Trump can't get out of hers by threatening her. By Jennifer Rubin  ●  Read more »   Deval Patrick and Michael Bloomberg aren't the disrupters some Democrats are looking for Democratic donors wanted Deval Patrick and Mike Bloomberg to save them from a flawed top four. But they're going about this all wrong. By David Byler  ●  Read more »   Why Fox News has gone wobbly on anti-Semitism A guest spun a wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theory on Fox Business on Wednesday night. Though Fox has condemned similar comments before, it's now silent. Why? By Erik Wemple  ●  Read more »   Republicans try to put the best face on a bad case It's all in the family. By Tom Toles  ●  Read more »     The Trump administration appears to be second-guessing its flavored vaping ban. Good. Let's hope common sense and science prevails. By Robert Gebelhoff  ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Why these TV impeachment hearings won't matter as much as Watergate's Since we have the transcript of the Ukraine call, the testimony may seem anticlimactic By James Robenalt  ●  Read more »   Republicans want to psych out 2020 candidates on impeachment. There's a big problem. Mitch McConnell would be unwise to take on this strategy. By The Ranking Committee  ●  Read more »     Trump brags that he's helping patients access medical 'miracles.' He isn't. Evidence that 'Right to Try' has improved patients' lives is basically non-existent. By Jeremy Snyder  ●  Read more »   Their former bosses hide while they do their duty Cabinet-level secretaries and senior officials shirk their constitutional obligations. By Jennifer Rubin  ●  Read more »   The real 'deep state' is about corporate power, not entrenched bureaucrats This right-wing catchphrase supposedly describes rebellious government workers. But moneyed influencers are the real "deep state." By Mike Lofgren  ●  Read more »   Trump is throwing Sondland under the bus. But the new spin has a fatal defect. Sondland's conversations at the time the plot unfolded are damning. By Greg Sargent  ●  Read more »   Two accounts of Watergate remind readers: No one knew how it would end Journalists Tom Brokaw and James Reston Jr. capture the tumult and uncertainty of the scandal. By David Greenberg  ●  Read more »   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Trailer for news and insight on political campaigns around the country, from David Weigel. 435 districts. 50 states. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings. Sign up »

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