Mort Kondracke

Morton Kondracke is a retired Washington, DC, journalist (Chicago Sun-Times, The New Republic, McLaughlin Group, FoxNews Special Report, Roll Call, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal) now living on Bainbridge Island. He continues to write regularly for (besides PostAlley) RealClearpolitics.com, mainly to advance the cause of political reform.
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Trump Outrage Watch: The “Peace President” Goes to War and Threatens Elections

Donald Trump used to say he wanted to be a “peace president” who specifically would not engage in “regime change” and had ambitions of winning the Nobel Peace Prize....
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Trump Outrage Watch: The Toxic Epstein Scandal and a Security Breach

“The world has entered a period of wrecking ball politics. Sweeping destruction—rather than careful reforms and policy corrections—is the order of the day.
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Trump Outrage Watch: Election Threats Edition

n proposing to federalize elections, Trump is exhibiting his customary ignorance (or defiance) of the US Constitution, which gives states and Congress power to manage elections—and the Executive Branch, no power whatsoever.
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Trump Outrage Watch: America Against the World

So there you have it: the post-war international order, which has fostered international prosperity, spread democracy and prevented a catastrophic Third World War, is officially over, replaced by a medieval contest of power and force
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Trump Outrage-to-Come: Time to Worry About the Midterms

He has issued an executive order calling for states to require proof of citizenship, demanded that only votes arriving by Election Day be counted and urged states to abandon mail-in voting.
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Trump Outrages, Holiday Edition

I’m handing over this holiday Trump Outrage Watch to Washington Post/CNN foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria, who I watch near-religiously every Sunday morning for the most illuminating commentary and interviews on all of US TV.
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Year-end Trump Outrages: Off the Tracks Edition

In a jam, Trump is following his worst instincts.
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Trump Outrage Watch: Incontinent Incoherence Edition

There are now so many examples of Donald Trump’s apparent cognitive impairment that the issue can’t be avoided.
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This Week’s Trump Outrages: Portraits in Cruelty

Donald Trump deserves every possible negative adjective applied to him: corrupt, dishonest, narcissistic, authoritarian, foul-mouthed, unfaithful, divisive, bigoted, criminal, vindictive, violent. I invite readers to add to the list....
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A Busy Busy Week in Trump Outrages

He certainly continues to act like a king—and an increasingly despotic and corrupt one.
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