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ESTRICH: Crime in the neighborhood
It happened right in front of my house. Last Friday morning, at 3:30 a.m. to be exact, my nanny heard noises. She went to the window and saw two men climbing under her late-model Toyota […]
Susan Estrich
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ESTRICH: Why it should matter
The question everyone is asking in the wake of Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts is whether it will matter in the fall election. It should. Trump essentially offered no defense of his activities […]
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ESTRICH: Trump rants about abortion
It was one of those rants that would disqualify a normal candidate. Speaking to Sean Hannity recently, Donald Trump took off on abortion, saying things that are flat-out untrue and mouthing opinions entirely out of […]
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ESTRICH: No good answers
There are no good answers to the current situation in the Gaza War. President Joe Biden is trying to use a pause in weapons shipments to force Israel to do more to protect civilians against […]
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ESTRICH: ‘How Hamas weaponized sexual violence’
That is what The New York Times called it after a two-month investigation in which they reviewed video and photographic evidence, and interviewed some 150 people: “weaponiz(ing) sexual violence.” Israelis have been talking about it […]
Opinion
ESTRICH: This is what happens when you lose an election
This is what happens when you lose an election. You get Justice Neil Gorsuch instead of the wonderful Merrick Garland, who President Barack Obama nominated before Democrats lost in 2016. And you get Judge Brett […]
Opinion
ESTRICH: The dwagger of the deal-maker
As anyone who has ever negotiated a deal can tell you, there is always a deal to be had. It depends on what you are — and aren’t — willing to give up, whether you […]
Opinion
How Democrats Can Lose the House
“I think we’ve got the House,” one California Democrat said to me not long ago. “It’s the Senate we need to focus on.” I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Cry, I think. This […]
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ESTRICH: The president and Israel
We always used to put a “moving the embassy” plank in the Democratic platform even though we never expected it to happen — or even thought it should before the larger issues about Jerusalem were […]