Paul Ryan is a Trump lackey for one reason. Saving Speaker Ryan: The degree to which Paul Ryan has prostrated himself is remarkable. Despite rancor on tariffs, Senate GOP rejects legislative response. The bittersweetness of a rogue president: Trump’s policy ideas are often more sensible than his party’s, but he lacks the expertise and support to implement them. The last temptation: How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory. Nancy LeTourneau on when “crazy” has a seat at the table. When it comes to conspiracy theories, Republicans are now 0-for-4.
The inevitable occurs: The rehabilitation of Bush’s image in the wake of Trump’s tawdriness is a profoundly unfortunate development for American society. The good news is Trump is curing Americans of their desire for a strongman leader — the bad news is it’s becoming a partisan issue. Thread: “Just to belabor the obvious: everything the US right claimed to stand for, except for one thing, turns out to have been a lie”.
