John Stoehr, Washington Monthly

John Stoehr

Washington Monthly

New Haven, CT, United States

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  • Newsweek
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Past articles by John:

What Josh Hawley Is Teaching Democrats

Can Trump’s voters be bought off? → Read More

Joe Biden’s Idea of Manliness

Unlike Donald Trump's variety, it's of the Roman variety and something you'd want the men in your life to emulate. → Read More

Corruption is the theme of Trump's presidency

Those singularly focused on collusion may be missing the most troubling aspect of this administration. → Read More

Electing Presidents By Popular Vote Won't Solve the Electoral College Problem

The problem is deeper than the Electoral College versus the popular vote. The problem is about majorities versus minorities, and neither side of the current debate is offering solutions. → Read More

The GOP’s dangerous pattern of putting party over country

McConnell’s inaction while the Russians attacked the integrity of the presidential election is a feature of the modern Republican Party, not a bug. → Read More

Why now is the wrong time for Republicans to embrace debt

The GOP is creating the conditions for the next market crash while handicapping our ability to combat it. → Read More

Trump’s military parade is about his own insecurity

The mightiest military the world has ever seen does not have anything to prove or anyone to prove it to. → Read More

Votes, Not Outrage, Will Give Democrats Their November 'Blue Wave'

Activist outrage is not a substitute for actually voting in November. → Read More

Give noncitizens the right to vote

It's not as crazy as it sounds. → Read More

Trump Will Become the Next Stalin Without Critics Like Jeff Flake

Comparing the president to Stalin is apt, and possibly prophetic. → Read More

What Republicans Really Think When Trump Talks About 'Shithole' Countries

The GOP is playing a short game that will ultimately destroy it. → Read More

The GOP Only Selectively Cares About States’ Rights

The Trump presidency has shown how easily Republicans will abandon their commitment to federalism when they don't find it politically advantageous. → Read More

Trump 'Demagogue' Stephen Miller Deserves Jake Tapper's CNN Smackdown

The Trump adviser is a stooge, engaged in a useless "us vs. them" battle. → Read More

Are Trump's Tweets Turning Conservatives Liberal?

With every outrageous tweet, more Republican intellectuals are rethinking their past positions. → Read More

Leave Obama Out of Trump's 'New York Times' Interview

Had Trump faced tougher questioning, there would've been no interview to speak of in the first place. → Read More

The Republican Party has lost its way

The latest attacks against Special Counsel Robert Mueller exemplify today's unprincipled GOP. → Read More

The GOP Tax Bill Trump Just Signed Shows Republicans For Who They Really Are

The GOP's critics always knew what the party stood for. Now everyone else can too. → Read More

We're Not Russia: If Trump Fires Mueller, Democracy Won't Die

Our republic has dealt with fake news, propaganda and a public square poisoned by polarization—and it's still survived. → Read More

The fate of Democrats lies with Trump

The party’s success (or lack thereof) in 2018 will largely be rooted in the favorability ratings of Trump and his party. → Read More

Lessons From Alabama: The Impossible Can Happen If You Vote

Doug Jones' win is what happens when citizens take voting seriously. → Read More