Today's Opinions: A federal judge said Trump probably committed a crime. The DOJ can’t ignore that.
| Trump's plea to Russia reminds us why he's unfit and Congress is delinquent; Americans fled cities during the pandemic. They went to red states.; Biden's budget reflects the challenges Democrats face; An abject Biden failure on immigration should prompt a real rethink; With Deshaun Watson, the Cleveland Browns tear a family apart; Toomey rightly wants to rein in mission gallop at 'Boeing's Bank'; Ketanji Brown Jackson may be the most popular court nominee in history; The Virginia Way lives on; How to get the Supreme Court back on solid footing; Coordinating coups is exhausting ; The calls are coming from inside the house!; Cartoon by Jeff Danziger; YouTube must hold the line in Russia; Mike Pence provokes bipartisan intolerance. He deserves to be heard.; Enough failures. We need a federal privacy law.; My fiance is joining the front line in Ukraine; Why Russian negotiators, oligarchs and exiles are flocking to Turkey; What Putin the hockey player doesn't understand |
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| | | |  |  | | Your morning dose of Post commentary and guest opinions. | | | | | | | Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be able to avoid it much longer: He will have to make a decision on whether to investigate former president Donald Trump. That's the key takeaway from George Conway's latest column, which reviews the ruling from District Judge David O. Carter earlier this week that found Trump and John Eastman, the legal architect of the effort to upend the certification of the 2020 election results, likely committed crimes leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Conway's greatest gift is his clarity. For those who often have trouble parsing through legal jargon — myself included — his analysis is a must-read.  (Evan Vucci/AP) The opinion by Carter, a former prosecutor nominated by President Bill Clinton, makes clear Eastman has good reason to worry about criminal consequences. By George T. Conway III ● Read more » | | | | Trump has not 'learned' his lesson, and neither has Congress. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | Census Bureau data shows that New York, California and Illinois lost population mainly because people moved to other states. By Henry Olsen ● Read more » | | | | The president knows he needs to shore up support at both ends of the alliance that elected him. By E.J. Dionne Jr. ● Read more » | | | | Democrats need to stop ceding this debate to the Republican media machine. By Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | Some fans will wash their hands of the problem. Others will raise the barricades. By Hugh Hewitt ● Read more » | | | | The Export-Import Bank has been reauthorized 17 times, despite evidence that it is unnecessary. By George F. Will ● Read more » | | | | Republicans were hoping to turn her confirmation to their political advantage. They failed spectacularly. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | When one represents the Virginia version of a rotten borough, it's possible to be extremely effective. Just not representative. By Norman Leahy ● Read more » | | | | | | Editorial Cartoons President Donald Trump spent a lot of time on the phone on Jan. 6, 2021. By Ann Telnaes ● Read more » | | | An editorial guest cartoon from Jeff Danziger of the Rutland Herald Read more » | | | | | |  (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) The only remaining major U.S. social media site should keep serving the people, not Putin. By the Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | | The student newspaper at the University of Virginia says the former vice president is "not entitled" to a platform at the school because he "threatens the lives" of students. That's hyperbole — and flat-out intolerance. By the Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | | Congress has already demonstrated progress. So failure this time around would be disappointing. By the Editorial Board ● Read more » | | | | | | Global Opinions  (Iuliia Mendel) I didn't want to discourage him, but I couldn't accept his decision for days. By Iuliia Mendel ● Read more » | | | | For once, Turkey has managed to maintain a delicate geopolitical balance. By Asli Aydintasbas ● Read more » | | | | The Russian president doesn't know what real toughness is, playing against an opposition that doesn't dare try to stop him. By Ken Dryden ● Read more » | | | | | | |  Try our new daily mini meta crossword It's a week-long adventure that connects a daily 5x5 mini puzzle with a special reveal on Saturdays. | | | | | | | | |
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