Why We Did It

That’s the world that Donald Trump, Zuckerberg’s new role model, has consciously set about to realize. 60 Minutes reporter Leslie Stahl once asked Trump why he insulted reporters who were just doing their job. “You know why I do it?” he responded. “I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one w... See more

On Sunday, I wrote about a remarkable CBS/YouGov poll that helped me understand why Trump is both politically resilient and politically vulnerable. In short, a majority of Americans like many of Trump’s objectives, but they don’t like his methods. Democrats win when they contest Trump’s methods, but they lose when they contest at least some of his ... See more

something viscerally satisfying in blaming the morally compromised politician who can bring home the pork-barrel project. Yet, this answer also felt incomplete. I worked with a lot of politicians, and a lot of other professionals, and while few would pass up an opportunity for self-congratulation, I never got the sense that was the motivation. Ther

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