Dana MilbankDana Milbank is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post. He sketches the foolish, the fallacious and the felonious in politics. His latest book, "Fools on the Hill: The Hooligans, Saboteurs, Conspiracy Theories and Dunces who Burned Down the House" (Little, Brown) is out September 24. https://www.washingtonpost.comThu, 12 Sep 2024 10:37:47 +00001hourly1Get your popcorn for the great debate: Trump vs. Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 06 Sep 2024 14:54:37 +0000The former president and GOP nominee is scoring decisive rhetorical points — against his own positions.Get your popcorn for the great debate: Trump vs. Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/06/trump-debate-himself-contradictions/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/06/trump-debate-himself-contradictions/Dana MilbankFri, 06 Sep 2024 11:45:32 +0000The former president and GOP nominee is scoring decisive rhetorical points — against his own positions.In a test of character, Trump shows his true grifthttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 30 Aug 2024 13:03:42 +0000In his disorientation, the GOP nominee and former president retreats to his instincts.In a test of character, Trump shows his true grifthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/30/trump-lowry-nytimes-win-character/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/30/trump-lowry-nytimes-win-character/Dana MilbankFri, 30 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +0000In his disorientation, the GOP nominee and former president retreats to his instincts.Republicans and Democrats agree: It’s all about Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 23 Aug 2024 15:06:31 +0000At a party for Kamala Harris, speakers targeted the epic selfishness and narcissism of her opponent.Republicans and Democrats agree: It’s all about Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/democratic-gop-convention-trump/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/23/democratic-gop-convention-trump/Dana MilbankFri, 23 Aug 2024 11:45:00 +0000At a party for Kamala Harris, speakers targeted the epic selfishness and narcissism of her opponent.Joe Biden, forgotten but not gone at the DNChttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankThu, 22 Aug 2024 12:44:52 +0000‘Dark Brandon’ imagery keeps sneaking into Kamala Harris’s convention.Joe Biden, forgotten but not gone at the DNChttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/biden-sunglasses-thursday-dnc-floor-pass/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/biden-sunglasses-thursday-dnc-floor-pass/Dana MilbankThu, 22 Aug 2024 00:17:36 +0000‘Dark Brandon’ imagery keeps sneaking into Kamala Harris’s convention.DNC protests devolve into farcehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankWed, 21 Aug 2024 13:41:36 +0000For a while, I couldn’t find a single protester outside the convention, much less a Chicago seven.DNC protests devolve into farcehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/dnc-gaza-protests-small-ineffective-kamala-harris/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/dnc-gaza-protests-small-ineffective-kamala-harris/Dana MilbankWed, 21 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +0000For a while, I couldn’t find a single protester outside the convention, much less a Chicago seven.Did Joe Biden get the send-off he deserved?https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 20 Aug 2024 13:43:20 +0000The president’s DNC speech was pushed out of prime time. Was that fair?Did Joe Biden get the send-off he deserved?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/20/biden-dnc-speech-democratic-party/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/20/biden-dnc-speech-democratic-party/Dana MilbankTue, 20 Aug 2024 13:28:29 +0000The president’s Democratic convention speech was pushed out of prime time. Was that fair?Republicans want Trump to drop the insults — but that’s all he’s gothttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 16 Aug 2024 15:16:29 +0000They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide.Republicans want Trump to drop the insults — but that’s all he’s gothttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/trump-drop-insults-gop-fantasy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/trump-drop-insults-gop-fantasy/Dana MilbankFri, 16 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +0000They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide.‘Weird’ doesn’t begin to capture the Trump-Vance campaign https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 09 Aug 2024 14:05:32 +0000As Democrats play to massive, raucous crowds, the Republican ticket is busy courting angry young men.‘Weird’ doesn’t begin to capture the Trump-Vance campaign https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/09/harris-walz-trump-vance-weird/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/09/harris-walz-trump-vance-weird/Dana MilbankFri, 09 Aug 2024 11:45:56 +0000As Democrats play to massive, raucous crowds, the Republican ticket is busy courting angry young men.Trump’s ‘disciplined’ campaign is unravelinghttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 02 Aug 2024 16:18:41 +0000The out of control Trump — suppressed in recent months with varying degrees of success — is back.Trump’s ‘disciplined’ campaign is unravelinghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/02/trump-reverts-unchanged-harris-vance-nabj/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/02/trump-reverts-unchanged-harris-vance-nabj/Dana MilbankFri, 02 Aug 2024 11:45:39 +0000The out of control Trump — suppressed in recent months with varying degrees of success — is back.Can Kamala Harris keep up her momentum?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-2024-trump/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-2024-trump/Dana MilbankWed, 31 Jul 2024 11:15:02 +0000Democrats are uncommonly unified and motivated, while Republicans are scrambling.The world has changed, and Trump needs a mulliganhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 26 Jul 2024 15:53:43 +0000The former president is back to firing off random, late-night rage posts from his social media account.The world has changed, and Trump needs a mulliganhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/26/kamala-harris-donald-trump-race-reset-gop-reaction/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/26/kamala-harris-donald-trump-race-reset-gop-reaction/Dana MilbankFri, 26 Jul 2024 11:45:22 +0000The former president is back to firing off random, late-night rage posts from his social media account.Biden flips the script — and Republicans forget their lineshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankMon, 22 Jul 2024 13:14:39 +0000It’s a disoriented GOP that must ask: What now?Biden flips the script — and Republicans forget their lineshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/22/gop-response-biden-withdrawal-confused-weak/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/22/gop-response-biden-withdrawal-confused-weak/Dana MilbankMon, 22 Jul 2024 10:00:13 +0000It’s a disoriented GOP that must ask: What now?Trump uniting the country? That’s so last week.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 19 Jul 2024 15:16:36 +0000The Republicans are squandering all the sympathy and goodwill — and any hope of the country healing.Trump uniting the country? That’s so last week.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/19/trump-unity-convention-gop-squandering/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/19/trump-unity-convention-gop-squandering/Dana MilbankFri, 19 Jul 2024 11:30:00 +0000The Republicans are squandering all the sympathy and goodwill — and any hope of the country healing.Are we really going to give Trump a pass? C’mon, man.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 12 Jul 2024 13:48:01 +0000The national discussion needs to shift back to where it should be: on Trump’s fitness for office.Are we really going to give Trump a pass? C’mon, man.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/12/trump-fitness-office-doral-rally/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/12/trump-fitness-office-doral-rally/Dana MilbankFri, 12 Jul 2024 11:30:10 +0000The national discussion needs to shift back to where it should be: on Trump’s fitness for office.Rural America is vanishing. This tiny county is fighting back. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/10/virginia-sprawl-data-centers/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/10/virginia-sprawl-data-centers/Dana MilbankWed, 10 Jul 2024 09:45:31 +0000Tensions between development and rural character are playing out across the country. It’s not fair, Mr. President, but it’s realityhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankSat, 06 Jul 2024 16:22:24 +0000His interview with George Stephanopoulos did nothing to reassure people worried about a Biden defeat. It’s not fair, Mr. President, but it’s realityhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/05/biden-stephanopolous-abc-interview-condition/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/05/biden-stephanopolous-abc-interview-condition/Dana MilbankSat, 06 Jul 2024 03:09:04 +0000His interview with George Stephanopoulos did nothing to reassure people worried about a Biden defeat. ‘It takes a lot to overshadow Donald Trump’: What should Biden do now?https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/28/biden-trump-debate-emergency-podcast/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/28/biden-trump-debate-emergency-podcast/Jim Geraghty, Dana Milbank, Karen TumultyFri, 28 Jun 2024 20:40:34 +0000Three columnists got together on the “Impromptu” podcast to talk about whether it’s time for President Biden to go.The debate’s biggest loser? The truth.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 28 Jun 2024 13:12:27 +0000The truth needed a standard-bearer in Atlanta, and President Biden wasn’t up to the job.If America is failing, that debate showed whyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/28/biden-trump-debate-lies/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/28/biden-trump-debate-lies/Dana MilbankFri, 28 Jun 2024 11:19:54 +0000The truth needed a standard-bearer in Atlanta, and President Biden wasn’t up to the job.Jamaal Bowman was a Democratic Trump. Now he’s gone.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankWed, 26 Jun 2024 13:55:34 +0000It’s an encouraging sign that there is a critical mass on the left who can say: Stop.Jamaal Bowman was a Democratic Trump. Now he’s gone.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/25/jamaal-bowman-democratic-donald-trump/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/25/jamaal-bowman-democratic-donald-trump/Dana MilbankWed, 26 Jun 2024 01:46:38 +0000It’s an encouraging sign that there is a critical mass on the left who can say: Stop.You have no idea how hard it is to be Donald Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 14 Jun 2024 15:32:02 +0000Decapitation, electrocution and expectoration are just a few of the emerging hazards. You have no idea how hard it is to be Donald Trumphttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/14/trump-beheading-shark-republicans/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/14/trump-beheading-shark-republicans/Dana MilbankFri, 14 Jun 2024 11:45:24 +0000Decapitation, electrocution and expectoration are just a few of the emerging hazards. As Biden rallies the free world, Trump serves a higher cause: Himselfhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 07 Jun 2024 14:35:12 +0000In Phoenix, at his first post-conviction campaign rally, Trump portrayed a dark and desperate America.As Biden rallies the free world, Trump serves a higher cause: Himselfhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/07/trump-phoenix-campaign-rally/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/07/trump-phoenix-campaign-rally/Dana MilbankFri, 07 Jun 2024 09:58:39 +0000In Phoenix, at his first post-conviction campaign rally, Trump portrayed a dark and desperate America.Another Committee to Confirm Our Conspiracy Theories comes up shorthttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 04 Jun 2024 14:08:15 +0000Republicans could not prove that Anthony Fauci influenced the CIA on the covid lab leak theory.Another Committee to Confirm Our Conspiracy Theories comes up shorthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/fauci-testimony-congress-covid-conspiracy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/03/fauci-testimony-congress-covid-conspiracy/Dana MilbankMon, 03 Jun 2024 23:42:42 +0000Republicans could not prove that Anthony Fauci influenced the CIA on the covid lab leak theory.Why the Trump verdict mattershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/01/trump-verdict-impromptu-podcast/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/01/trump-verdict-impromptu-podcast/Ruth Marcus, Dana Milbank, Karen TumultySat, 01 Jun 2024 10:00:15 +0000“We may be understating the potential, and even the Biden campaign may be understating the potential, impact.”Trump lost on 34 felony counts – and a lot more https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/30/early-trump-verdict-campaign-impact-lost-focus/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/30/early-trump-verdict-campaign-impact-lost-focus/Dana MilbankThu, 30 May 2024 23:05:46 +0000Where the trial has made a difference: the amount of distraction it has caused Trump and his campaign.One verdict is already in, and Trump lost — his focushttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankThu, 30 May 2024 21:04:22 +0000Where the trial has made a difference: the amount of distraction it has caused Trump and his campaign.In closing, Trump’s team takes the jurors for idiotshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankWed, 29 May 2024 17:15:38 +0000Trump lawyer Todd Blanche treated jurors as if they were deaf, or slow. “THAT. IS. A. LIE!” he bellowed at them.In closing, Trump’s team takes the jurors for idiotshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/29/closing-arguments-trump-hush-money-trial-milbank/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/29/closing-arguments-trump-hush-money-trial-milbank/Dana MilbankWed, 29 May 2024 13:33:28 +0000Trump lawyer Todd Blanche treated jurors as if they were deaf, or slow. “THAT. IS. A. LIE!” he bellowed at them.Trump’s fascist talk is what’s ‘poisoning the blood of our country’https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 24 May 2024 16:07:46 +0000No, Trump isn’t Hitler. But his copycat words lead nowhere good.Trump’s fascist talk is what’s ‘poisoning the blood of our country’https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/trump-fascist-rhetoric-reich-policy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/24/trump-fascist-rhetoric-reich-policy/Dana MilbankFri, 24 May 2024 10:30:56 +0000No, Trump isn’t Hitler. But his copycat words lead nowhere good.Republicans discover a secret elixir that cures dementia with one dosehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 21 May 2024 13:45:31 +0000There is a shot that cures incoherence? How can I get some? Republicans discover a secret elixir that cures dementia with one dosehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/gop-magical-dementia-cure-biden/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/gop-magical-dementia-cure-biden/Dana MilbankTue, 21 May 2024 09:30:00 +0000There is a shot that cures incoherence? How can I get some? Now playing off-Broadway: Trump’s synchronized sycophantshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 17 May 2024 18:45:52 +0000Outside the courthouse, a Greek chorus of mini-Trumps dutifully dances to the former president’s choreography.Now playing off-Broadway: Trump’s synchronized sycophantshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/17/trump-trial-courthouse-surrogates-imitators/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/17/trump-trial-courthouse-surrogates-imitators/Dana MilbankFri, 17 May 2024 10:30:33 +0000Outside the courthouse, a Greek chorus of mini-Trumps dutifully dances to the former president’s choreography.Trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of being a cadhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 14 May 2024 14:56:34 +0000Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen testified in seamy detail about hush money allegations. Trump is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of being a cadhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/14/michael-cohen-hush-money-melania-trump-absent/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/14/michael-cohen-hush-money-melania-trump-absent/Dana MilbankTue, 14 May 2024 09:15:27 +0000Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen testified in seamy detail about hush money allegations. Trump’s trial is just like prison — for those watching ithttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 10 May 2024 13:41:42 +0000Built on the site of a 19th-century gallows complex, this courthouse may be as close as Trump gets to prison.Trump might not go to jail, but this trial is a close secondhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/10/trump-new-york-trial-courthouse-scene-stormy-daniels/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/10/trump-new-york-trial-courthouse-scene-stormy-daniels/Dana MilbankFri, 10 May 2024 11:30:28 +0000Built on the site of a 19th-century gallows complex, this courthouse may be as close as Trump gets to prison.Caught in Stormy’s tempest, Trump gets a taste of his own medicinehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankWed, 08 May 2024 13:46:59 +0000As Stormy Daniels testified in the hush money case, Trump’s angry response was unmistakable.In court, Stormy Daniels pulled a Trump on Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/08/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-hush-money/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/08/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-hush-money/Dana MilbankWed, 08 May 2024 10:20:39 +0000As Stormy Daniels testified in the hush money case, Trump’s angry response was unmistakable.To the Gaza protesters helping to elect Trump: Give it a resthttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 03 May 2024 18:48:18 +0000You must have been doing for the past eight years what Trump has been doing in court the past three weeks: napping.To the Gaza protesters helping to elect Trump: Give it a resthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/03/trump-napping-gaza-protestors-hush-money-trial/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/03/trump-napping-gaza-protestors-hush-money-trial/Dana MilbankFri, 03 May 2024 11:30:00 +0000You must have been doing for the past eight years what Trump has been doing in court the past three weeks: napping.Campuses are grappling with the Gaza war. So are our columnists.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/02/campus-protests-israel-democrats-gaza/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/02/campus-protests-israel-democrats-gaza/Amanda Katz, Shadi Hamid, Dana MilbankThu, 02 May 2024 12:00:13 +0000On the newest episode of “Impromptu,” our writers wrestle with the impact of the nationwide protests.This tiny flower teaches us all we need to know about growing oldhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 26 Apr 2024 16:59:32 +0000What I have been watching for years was spring as humans made it. This year, I’m experiencing spring as God made it.This tiny flower teaches us all we need to know about growing oldhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/26/ephemeral-flowers-spring-aging-nature/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/26/ephemeral-flowers-spring-aging-nature/Dana MilbankFri, 26 Apr 2024 11:45:22 +0000What I have been watching for years was spring as humans made it. This year, I’m experiencing spring as God made it.This is why Trump supporters will believe absolutely anythinghttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/12/trump-jesus-mandela-lincoln/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/12/trump-jesus-mandela-lincoln/Dana MilbankFri, 12 Apr 2024 17:39:19 +0000The former president called himself “a Modern Day Nelson Mandela.” Mandela’s grandson said Trump is “definitely delusional.”This is why Trump supporters will believe absolutely anythinghttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 12 Apr 2024 15:28:04 +0000The former president called himself “a Modern Day Nelson Mandela.” Mandela’s grandson said Trump is “definitely delusional.”Trump swindles his followers — againhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 05 Apr 2024 15:43:01 +0000Not for the first time, the former president and presumptive GOP nominee has played his supporters for suckers.Trump swindles his followers — againhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/trump-swindle-crowd-green-bay-rally/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/05/trump-swindle-crowd-green-bay-rally/Dana MilbankFri, 05 Apr 2024 11:30:46 +0000Not for the first time, the former president and presumptive GOP nominee has played his supporters for suckers.Trump can’t remember much. He hopes you won’t be able to, either.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 02 Apr 2024 14:58:05 +0000Will we forget just how crazy things were when he was in the White House?Trump can’t remember much. He hopes you won’t be able to, either.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/trump-collective-amnesia-campaign-strategy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/29/trump-collective-amnesia-campaign-strategy/Dana MilbankFri, 29 Mar 2024 11:30:59 +0000Will we forget just how crazy things were when he was in the White House?The bloodbath Trump promised has already begunhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankMon, 25 Mar 2024 15:44:36 +0000I light candles and say blessings on shabbat. I volunteer with my synagogue. That’s not enough, says that noted Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Donald J. Trump.The bloodbath Trump promised has already begunhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/22/trump-jews-schumer-vote-democrats-israel-bloodbath/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/22/trump-jews-schumer-vote-democrats-israel-bloodbath/Dana MilbankFri, 22 Mar 2024 11:30:15 +0000I light candles and say blessings on shabbat. I volunteer with my synagogue. That’s not enough, says that noted Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Donald J. Trump.Mike Johnson asked for ‘decorum.’ Republicans ignored him.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 08 Mar 2024 15:19:08 +0000It was a ferocious, and partisan, address. The combative Biden lifted the spirits of Democrats in the chamber. Republicans were caught off guard.Mike Johnson asked for ‘decorum.’ Republicans ignored him.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/08/biden-feisty-state-of-the-union-address/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/08/biden-feisty-state-of-the-union-address/Dana MilbankFri, 08 Mar 2024 13:51:02 +0000It was a ferocious, and partisan, address. The combative Biden lifted the spirits of Democrats in the chamber. Republicans were caught off guard.My month of living Republicanlyhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 05 Mar 2024 15:47:45 +0000I ate like a Republican, slept like a Republican, shopped like a Republican, watched TV like a Republican and voted for Nikki Haley like a RINO.My month of living Republicanlyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/05/became-republican-vote-haley-dc-primary-month-lifestyle/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/05/became-republican-vote-haley-dc-primary-month-lifestyle/Dana MilbankTue, 05 Mar 2024 11:00:15 +0000I ate like a Republican, slept like a Republican, shopped like a Republican, watched TV like a Republican and voted for Nikki Haley like a RINO.How do you say ‘impeachment is dead’ in Russian?https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 01 Mar 2024 16:54:47 +0000To the extent there ever was life in the impeachment case against the president, it has died after a long illness.Putin’s useful idiots won’t give up on their impeachment dreamshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/01/hunter-biden-impeachment-russia-disinformation-smirnov-comer/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/01/hunter-biden-impeachment-russia-disinformation-smirnov-comer/Dana MilbankFri, 01 Mar 2024 13:58:54 +0000To the extent there ever was life in the impeachment case against the president, it has died after a long illness.Biden gave $90 billion to red America. The thank-you went to spam.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/23/rural-internet-biden-broadband/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/23/rural-internet-biden-broadband/Dana MilbankFri, 23 Feb 2024 12:30:09 +0000But things are changing. Rural America is slowly getting access to broadband internet. Mike Johnson needs a cognitive testhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 16 Feb 2024 19:22:52 +0000Last week, he killed border security. Now, he’s blocking aid to Ukraine. By his actions he is choosing his own job security over national security.Mike Johnson needs a cognitive testhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-border-security-ukraine/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/16/mike-johnson-house-speaker-border-security-ukraine/Dana MilbankFri, 16 Feb 2024 14:32:02 +0000Last week, he killed border security. Now, he’s blocking aid to Ukraine. By his actions he is choosing his own job security over national security.For House Republicans, failure is the only optionhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankThu, 08 Feb 2024 20:00:15 +0000House Speaker Mike Johnson has amassed a record of failure and dysfunction in just three months that Kevin McCarthy labored for nine months to achieve.For House Republicans, failure is the only optionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/08/mayorkas-impeachment-scene-mike-johnson-gallagher-greene/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/08/mayorkas-impeachment-scene-mike-johnson-gallagher-greene/Dana MilbankThu, 08 Feb 2024 12:00:43 +0000House Speaker Mike Johnson has amassed a record of failure and dysfunction in just three months that Kevin McCarthy labored for nine months to achieve.Crisis! Crisis! Crisis! Oh, never mind.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 02 Feb 2024 16:54:37 +0000Even as House Republicans wail about a “crisis” and an “invasion” at the border, they are mobilizing to kill a bipartisan deal emerging in the Senate.Crisis! Crisis! Crisis! Oh, never mind.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/02/republicans-immigration-forget-crisis-mayorkas-impeachment/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/02/republicans-immigration-forget-crisis-mayorkas-impeachment/Dana MilbankFri, 02 Feb 2024 11:45:23 +0000Even as House Republicans wail about a “crisis” and an “invasion” at the border, they are mobilizing to kill a bipartisan deal emerging in the Senate.Donald Trump is very confusedhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankWed, 24 Jan 2024 15:05:05 +0000This New Hampshire primary, like the Iowa caucuses, has been a dud, with no real contest on either side. But that is not to say it has been without value.Donald Trump is very confusedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/23/new-hampshire-primary-2024-scene-trump-phillips-haley/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/23/new-hampshire-primary-2024-scene-trump-phillips-haley/Dana MilbankWed, 24 Jan 2024 03:07:10 +0000This New Hampshire primary, like the Iowa caucuses, has been a dud, with no real contest on either side. But that is not to say it has been without value.A Republican senator smeared a Biden nominee — and Democrats coweredhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 19 Jan 2024 17:45:11 +0000If Democrats won’t fight back and won’t answer MAGA-type lies with truth, then the battle to preserve our democracy is already lost.A Republican senator smeared a Biden nominee — and Democrats coweredhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/19/republican-smear-democrat-cower-edelman/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/19/republican-smear-democrat-cower-edelman/Dana MilbankFri, 19 Jan 2024 12:45:00 +0000If Democrats won’t fight back and won’t answer MAGA-type lies with truth, then the battle to preserve our democracy is already lost.The last remnants of the Republican Party died in Iowa https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankTue, 16 Jan 2024 14:53:33 +0000Let there be no more excuses made that Republican voters haven’t been given an alternative. They had a choice — and they chose Trump.The last remnants of the Republican Party died in Iowahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/15/2024-iowa-caucuses-gop-candidates-trump/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/15/2024-iowa-caucuses-gop-candidates-trump/Dana MilbankTue, 16 Jan 2024 03:34:23 +0000Let there be no more excuses made that Republican voters haven’t been given an alternative. They had a choice — and they chose Trump.GOP’s New Year’s resolution: Less legislating, more Hunter Biden pornhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 12 Jan 2024 17:13:29 +0000Within 24 hours of their return to Washington this week, House Republicans had already collapsed into their all-too-familiar dysfunction.GOP’s New Year’s resolution: Less legislating, more Hunter Biden pornhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/12/hunter-biden-hearing-republican-chaos/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/12/hunter-biden-hearing-republican-chaos/Dana MilbankFri, 12 Jan 2024 12:30:00 +0000Within 24 hours of their return to Washington this week, House Republicans had already collapsed into their all-too-familiar dysfunction.I killed a deer in my bathroomhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 05 Jan 2024 14:33:44 +0000A chain of events that, on a cold December afternoon, put me in the position of using deadly force mere inches away from my toilet.I killed a deer in my bathroomhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/05/deer-hunting-virginia-overpopulation/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/05/deer-hunting-virginia-overpopulation/Dana MilbankFri, 05 Jan 2024 12:30:37 +0000A chain of events that, on a cold December afternoon, put me in the position of using deadly force mere inches away from my toilet.Worst. Congress. Ever. https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 15 Dec 2023 14:31:46 +0000The new House Republican majority produced the most ineffective session of Congress in nearly a century — and quite possibly in all of U.S. history.Worst. Congress. Ever. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/15/worst-congress-ever-house-gop-biden-impeachment/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/15/worst-congress-ever-house-gop-biden-impeachment/Dana MilbankFri, 15 Dec 2023 12:30:14 +0000The new House Republican majority produced the most ineffective session of Congress in nearly a century — and quite possibly in all of U.S. history.Meet the Biden impeachment managers: Larry, Moe and Curlyhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 08 Dec 2023 20:00:54 +0000Their act is so weak that the GOP’s three stooges have already gone into reruns.Meet the Biden impeachment managers: Larry, Moe and Curlyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/08/gop-house-biden-impeachment-three-stooges/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/08/gop-house-biden-impeachment-three-stooges/Dana MilbankFri, 08 Dec 2023 12:30:41 +0000Their act is so weak that the GOP’s three stooges have already gone into reruns.The last temptation of George Santoshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comDana MilbankFri, 01 Dec 2023 20:33:34 +0000The congressman’s expected expulsion is the last act of a man who has become the embodiment of the unparalleled dysfunction in the House.The last temptation of George Santoshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/01/george-santos-expulsion-great-prevaricator/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/01/george-santos-expulsion-great-prevaricator/Dana MilbankFri, 01 Dec 2023 16:40:25 +0000The congressman’s expulsion is the last act of a man who has become the embodiment of the unparalleled dysfunction in the House.