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Trudy Rubin: Competing visions on D-Day: Trump’s nationalism vs. Macron’s plea for a strong alliance

I’ve just returned from a trip to Italy, Britain, and France, where I watched the struggle between far-right…

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Jerry Cornfield: When will 2020 governor’s race begin? When Inslee says so

As Gov. Jay Inslee prepared to launch his campaign for president earlier this year, he had a request…

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Walter Shapiro: The GOP’s secret roadmap to undermine the 2020 census

Thomas Hofeller was the most artful and devious Republican cartographer of his generation.

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Jay Ambrose: Trump defenders are not bad people

John Pavlovitz is a liberal, widely read Christian pastor who has composed an internet article saying good people…

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Douglas Perry: Despite poor ratings, Trump will be re-elected

President Donald Trump has never been able to reach a 50% job-approval rating in mainstream opinion surveys.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: Uncertain times for US, allies

Seventy-five years ago, thousands of American and allied sailors, soldiers and aviators began the decisive campaign to end…

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Virginia Heffernan: Justin Amash’s town hall revealed the cure for right-wing lunacy: right-wing common sense

Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), who advocates the impeachment of President Trump, held a rousing town hall in his…

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Will Bunch: Mitch McConnell’s democracy-crushing smirk is why just getting rid of Trump isn’t enough

So this is how liberty dies — with a hideous, utterly shameless smirk on the face of arguably…

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Maureen McCue: We must prevent war with Iran

I am deeply troubled by the intemperate rhetoric about Iran coming from Washington, D.C.

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Aaron Klein: Bill Clinton cut infrastructure deals while under investigation. Why can’t Trump?

In the summer of 1998, Clinton worked across the aisle with then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich to enact major…

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Jerry Cornfield: Slow revolving door for lawmakers-turned-lobbyists

The resignation of Guy Palumbo from the state Senate gives progressive Democratic lawmakers a clearer path to a…

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Rick Anderson: You live in a place that can take a bow

By Rick Anderson

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Danny Tyree: How will your family mark D-Day’s 75th anniversary?

Historical and cultural milestones are flying past us almost as fast as machine-gun bullets, but I hope we…