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THE WEEK'S BEST ARTICLES FROM THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY
Has Trump Gone Even Crazier?: James D. Zirin details the growing list of troubling signs. Click here for the full story.
The Fawns of Auschwitz: Lauren Wolfe visits the infamous concentration camp and reflects on how dehumanizing rhetoric from today's political leaders could lead to catastrophe. Click here for the full story.
Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein on Trump, Watergate at 50, and Our Democracy: Jonathan Alter conducts a wide-ranging interview with the two journalistic legends. Click here for the full transcript.
Blitzkrieg Against the Administrative State: Law professor Peter M. Shane digs deep into the Donald Trump/Heritage Foundation plot to "turn the bureaucracy into the president’s personal strike force." Click here for the full story.
When Middle East Politics (Almost) Tipped an American Presidential Election: Bill Scher looks back at how Harry Truman's handling of Israel impacted the 1948 campaign. Click here for the full story.
And don't miss Tuesday's Washington Monthly newsletter, featuring “a short history of Democratic pre-election bed-wetting.”
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