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Bolton confirms Trump’s treason

The Times got a copy of John Bolton’s book and hoo-boy: Mr. Bolton’s volume is the first tell-all memoir by such a high-ranking official who participated in major foreign policy events and has a lifetime of conservative credentials. It is a withering portrait of a president ignorant of even basic facts about the world, susceptible…

Trump’s double trouble

The Supreme Court’s ruling this morning complements today’s edition. I argued that the president telling the truth about the Bible he was holding for last week’s photo op was a mistake. In telling the truth, he was winking at the press, letting reporters in on the joke he’s been having at the expense of white…

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Friday’s edition explained why Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Joni Ernst and other anti-political correctness Republicans will struggle after George Floyd’s death. Their shtick depended on a majority of white people pretending racism and other variants of fascism did not exist if they weren’t overt. To be waged for years on end, the culture war needed plausible…