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Thiessen: Trump is right about Baltimore

August 1, 2019, 6:01am Columns

President Trump was wrong to personally attack Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D.-Md., a man widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans alike. But Trump was absolutely right when he called Baltimore “dangerous,” “filthy” and “rodent infested” — if you can believe what you read in the “failing New York Times.” Read story

Westneat: Macefield did not OK this message

July 31, 2019, 6:01am Columns

OK, Seattle, that’s it. We’ve now pushed the story of Edith Macefield way too far. Read story

Saunders: Dems’ Mueller strategy a failure

July 30, 2019, 6:01am Columns

It was utterly delusional for House Democrats to think that compelling former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before two House committees would change minds about impeaching President Donald Trump. Read story

Pitts: It never should have come to this

July 29, 2019, 6:01am Columns

It never should have come to this. Read story

Jayne: Private money and public policy

July 28, 2019, 6:02am Columns

Tucked near the end of a recent Vancouver City Council discussion about the Navigation Center was a thought-provoking issue. Read story

Thiessen: Testimony good for Trump

July 28, 2019, 6:01am Columns

Robert Mueller’s disastrous testimony has taken the wind out of the sails of the Democratic impeachment drive. That is a victory for President Trump. But it also was good news for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Read story

Will: Bipartisan hazards shown by tax repeal

July 28, 2019, 6:01am Columns

Acting on the principle “Why put it off until tomorrow when you can do the wrong thing today?” the House of Representatives last week voted to repeal a tax that is not scheduled to take effect until 2022. The vote against the “Cadillac tax” was 419-6, a reminder that “bipartisanship”… Read story

Westneat: Sugar tax is Seattle’s fastest-growing revenue source

July 28, 2019, 6:01am Columns

Something sure seems off with Seattle’s experiment with the soda tax. A telltale sign is that they’re in a “nasty spat” down at City Hall about all the extra money it’s spinning off. Read story

Rubin: Mueller didn’t fail, nation did

July 28, 2019, 6:01am Columns

Being thousands of miles away from home, in a country that 45 years ago was in the grasp of a brutal dictatorship, gives me an interesting perspective on former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Wednesday testimony and on the now nearly forgotten — was it only a week ago? — racist… Read story

Milbank: Ilhan Omar, quintessentially American

July 27, 2019, 6:01am Columns

Ilhan Omar, the congresswoman President Trump’s chanting mob would deport to Africa, sat onstage Tuesday with fellow Muslims, before an audience of Muslims, taking questions from Muslims. Read story