“In the past week Donald Trump’s support has been shrinking by the moment. In the end, if 17 Republican senators vote to convict it will probably be because of the way Trump has conducted his presidency, indulging his autocratic beliefs and treating others with legitimate claims to power as if they were groundskeepers at one of his golf clubs,” writes Elaine Kamarck.
A key priority for the Biden administration should be providing housing support to America’s low-income families. Rather than building more public housing, Jenny Schuetz says there are several better ways to improve affordability.
Leading up to and during the outbreak of violence at the Capitol last week, insurrectionists used various social media platforms to assemble at the right place and time, coordinate their actions, and receive directions from the president. Daniel Byman and Aditi Joshi argue that social media companies should do more to counter exploitation by malign and violent agents.
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