Trump’s party bids farewell to legitimacy: Weekend Edition

Follow Us After Trump's Acquittal, It Will Only Get Worse for Republicans — Francis Wilkinson The Senate trial of President Donald Trump is proving less Soviet than expected. Representative Adam Schiff of California, the House impeachment manager, presented a coherent, damning and often eloquent narrative of Trump's guilt, backed by text messages, emails, letters and sworn witness testimony previously delivered to the House. As my colleague Jonathan Bernstein points out, the weight of such facts can alter political gravity. Even Republicans who made up their minds to acquit had to sit through the avalanche of evidence. Surely it weighs on at least a few consciences. Meanwhile, writes New York magazine's Jonathan Chait, ignoring the facts carries risks of its own: "The impeachment trial is an exercise in displaying the Republican Party's institutional culpability in Trump's contempt for the rule of law. At some point, they will have to decide to damn the president or to damn themselves." It's a foregone conclusion: Republican senators will damn themselves to infinity and beyond. The question wasn't what Republican senators would decide, but where the Republican Party will go after Trump's acquittal. Read the whole thing. The Airbus-Boeing Duopoly Is Extremely Unbalanced — Chris Bryant Bernie Can Win. So Can His Revolution. — Ramesh Ponnuru The Ugliest Part of Trump's Impeachment Defense — Jonathan Bernstein Yes, Abuse of Power Is Impeachable — Noah Feldman Wise Up, Stock Analysts. Tesla Is the Real Deal. — Matthew Winkler Superstar Cities Are Driving People Away — Justin Fox Old People Have All the Interesting Jobs in America — Tyler Cowen Peak Permian Is Approaching Faster Than You Think — Julian Lee The Republican Impeachment Failure Isn't About Witnesses — Jonathan Bernstein This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the 10 most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership, plus some other stuff sometimes thrown in.   Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can't find anywhere else. Learn more.   You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Bloomberg Opinion Today newsletter. Unsubscribe | Bloomberg.com | Contact Us Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington, New York, NY, 10022