Month: January 2017
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New NYT: The GOP’s incentive to stick with Trump
From my new Upshot column (co-authored with Kyle Dropp): Despite the growing protests against President Trump’s executive action on refugees and other people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, relatively few members of his party have spoken out against the policy — a familiar pattern since the election. To date, no congressional Republicans have consistently resisted
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VPR interview on Trump damaging democratic norms
My new interview with Vermont Public Radio’s Mitch Wertlieb (MP3): Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday. A Dartmouth professor has been arguing that Trump’s candidacy and presidential campaign have steadily eroded the political norms that provide a solid foundation for American democracy. Prior to
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The state of American democracy
My Inauguration Day Twitter essay: The state of American democracy
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New NYT: How Trump news overload smothers scandal
From my new Upshot column: The bar for scandal in the Trump administration keeps being raised. Every week brings potentially damaging developments that in other contexts could have generated weekslong controversies. With so many competing stories, however, they are frequently ignored or forgotten. As a result, even negative coverage can sometimes benefit President-elect Donald J.