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Democratic operatives sometimes say there’s no sense in talking about Trump’s trials, because his “negatives” are “baked in.” Nonsense. A guilty verdict is powerful new information. The force of this truth should inform how Democrats proceed.

Trump is not angry because the Manhattan trial that convicted him was rigged; he is angry because it wasn’t.

Today a jury found ex-president Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in an effort to subvert the 2016 election. Trump called it a rigged trial, by a corrupt judge. He also called the 2016 and 2020 elections rigged.

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At every opportunity, Trump has placed the mass deportation of millions of people at the center of his campaign. It is a promise. And the promises a presidential candidate makes while on the trail are the promises a president tries to keep.

The first time I saw Casablanca was 1992, The most recent was last night. On each viewing, I notice something I hadn’t seen before, walk away with something new. Casablanca is often described as a romance—and it is. It is a drama. It is a war film...