Opinions P.M.: The Trump family Christmas update letter

Marco Rubio joins the anti-capitalist conservatives; Did Devin Nunes just file a halfway-decent defamation suit? ; A tale of two first ladies during impeachment; A strike at Trump must succeed. Democrats are ensuring it won't.; If you made this prediction at the start of the year, you're smarter than us; What's behind the Vatican's silence on Hong Kong?; Asia's strongmen talk tough — but they're wimps when it comes to economic reform; Maybe this is what Pete Buttigieg was trying to say about empathy; The Founders weigh in on impeachment, via constitutional Ouija board; To GOP hypocrites: I never want to hear about Hillary Clinton's emails again; Democrats should never stop talking about raising taxes on the rich; America's allies despise Trump — and that's a threat to NATO; Joe Biden still hasn't learned the lessons of the Obama presidency; Trump creates evidence faster than the House can draft impeachment articles; Democrats and Republicans alike can learn a lot from this Briton's cautionary tale; Russia has already won Britain's election; Giuliani just confessed to the crime. He also revealed something bigger. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.       (Tara Jacoby for The Washington Post) The Trump family Christmas update letter Donald's year has been a little ruff, as Conan would say. By Alexandra Petri  ●  Read more »   Marco Rubio joins the anti-capitalist conservatives Careless language serves Rubio's economic determinism. By George Will  ●  Read more »   Did Devin Nunes just file a halfway-decent defamation suit? The Republican congressman filed suit Tuesday against CNN. By Erik Wemple  ●  Read more »   A tale of two first ladies during impeachment Melania Trump's travails remind me of an encounter with another first lady. By Gary Abernathy  ●  Read more »     A strike at Trump must succeed. Democrats are ensuring it won't. Both parties only care about their bases. By David Von Drehle  ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   If you made this prediction at the start of the year, you're smarter than us In our defense, plenty of other pundits got it wrong, too. By The Ranking Committee  ●  Read more »     What's behind the Vatican's silence on Hong Kong? In all these months of demonstrations, the Vatican has not uttered a word of criticism toward Beijing. By Joseph Zen  ●  Read more »   Asia's strongmen talk tough — but they're wimps when it comes to economic reform Populist leaders are better at stirring nationalist passions than implementing reforms. By William Pesek  ●  Read more »   Maybe this is what Pete Buttigieg was trying to say about empathy Being black causes me to feel empathy with the LGBTQ community and others who are victimized by bigotry. By Colbert King  ●  Read more »   The Founders weigh in on impeachment, via constitutional Ouija board Everyone thinks they know what the Founding Fathers would think about the impeachment process. They're guessing. By Dana Milbank  ●  Read more »     ADVERTISEMENT   To GOP hypocrites: I never want to hear about Hillary Clinton's emails again 'Lock her up'? We now know Trump did far worse. By Max Boot  ●  Read more »   Democrats should never stop talking about raising taxes on the rich It's the most potent argument they have. By Paul Waldman  ●  Read more »   America's allies despise Trump — and that's a threat to NATO Trump's unpopularity is undermining the Western alliance. By Brian Klaas  ●  Read more »   Joe Biden still hasn't learned the lessons of the Obama presidency There's no evidence that reaching out to Republicans did him any good, substantively or politically. By Paul Waldman  ●  Read more »   Trump creates evidence faster than the House can draft impeachment articles The president continues to put U.S. security at risk. By Jennifer Rubin  ●  Read more »   Democrats and Republicans alike can learn a lot from this Briton's cautionary tale David Gauke was once a rising star in the Conservative Party. Now he's politically homeless and likely to lose his seat in Parliament. By Henry Olsen  ●  Read more »   Russia has already won Britain's election British resistance to Russian influence has diminished on both left and right. By Ben Judah  ●  Read more »   Giuliani just confessed to the crime. He also revealed something bigger. At the core of Trump's Ukraine scandal is the wielding of disinformation. By Greg Sargent  ●  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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