Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein It’s all in the open now, for a tense America to see. Trumpism and what it means has been on full display this week – exploding across the national and international scenes, and impacting a broadening array of issues that impact everyday life. Both sides like it that way. And President Donald Trump loves it that way. Health care, taxes, tariffs and jobs, gun policy, Russia, North Korea, the Supreme Court vacancy, confrontations and incivility – name your issue, and good luck arguing it as a clear winner for one party or the other. The primaries are generating divergent storylines, too: solid showings and strong candidates for Democrats, along with big wins for Trump. Any celebrating, though, tamped down as the week ends by the Capital Gazette shooting – a sobering real-world reminder of an unresolved political debate. Halfway through 2018, and 20 weeks before the midterms, the stakes in this consequential year are somehow still growing. The RUNDOWN with John Verhovek A week is a lifetime in politics. Yes it's a cliché, but it feels appropriate if you take the events of the past five days as a whole – five days that have shown that, with 130 days until the midterm elections, no assumptions are safe. Consider: the ouster of the man who was potentially the next Speaker of the House, the retirement of arguably the most important vote on the Supreme Court for the last three decades, and a president who now more than eve... Link to the full article to read more