Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
At least now the Republicans have zero cover and credibility. Back in 2016, they could hide behind Trump saying he had a big, beautiful plan that costs less than Obamacare. In 2017, they could say they were working on it while they tried to repeal Obamacare. The music stopped in 2018, and they had nothing to show for two years of complete control except taking away now very popular reforms. Thus the shellacking they took up and down the ballot. Now in 2020, the Democratic House has passed lots of reforms to the healthcare system that have languished in the… Read more »
Trump has no concept of truth in the sense that the word is usually understood. For him, the only consideration is effectiveness. If it works, it’s true. But he also has a very limited concept of how to judge whether something “works”. That’s because for him, everything he does is both morally good and technically effective. Forget about evil, few people in his position would ever have thought of doing anything as STUPID as what he’s trying to pull with Ukraine and Russia. And he was caught! Most people would then have stopped. But not Trump, he just keeps going.… Read more »
At least now the Republicans have zero cover and credibility. Back in 2016, they could hide behind Trump saying he had a big, beautiful plan that costs less than Obamacare. In 2017, they could say they were working on it while they tried to repeal Obamacare. The music stopped in 2018, and they had nothing to show for two years of complete control except taking away now very popular reforms. Thus the shellacking they took up and down the ballot. Now in 2020, the Democratic House has passed lots of reforms to the healthcare system that have languished in the… Read more »
Trump has no concept of truth in the sense that the word is usually understood. For him, the only consideration is effectiveness. If it works, it’s true. But he also has a very limited concept of how to judge whether something “works”. That’s because for him, everything he does is both morally good and technically effective. Forget about evil, few people in his position would ever have thought of doing anything as STUPID as what he’s trying to pull with Ukraine and Russia. And he was caught! Most people would then have stopped. But not Trump, he just keeps going.… Read more »