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Article snippet: The political news cycle is fast, and keeping up can be overwhelming. Trying to find differing perspectives worth your time is even harder. That’s why we have scoured the internet for political writing from the right and left that you might not have seen. Has this series exposed you to new ideas? Tell us how. Email us at ourpicks@nytimes.com. For an archive of all the Partisan Writing Roundups, check out Our Picks. Kevin D. Williamson in National Review: Mr. Williamson is concerned about reports that Nick Ayers, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, suggested that the Republicans conduct a “purge” of those in the party who may not fully support President Trump’s agenda. In Mr. Williamson’s view, “Republicans have not rallied behind the Trump agenda because there isn’t anything to rally behind.” And the Trump movement, he writes, is turning into a “nervous breakdown inside the Republican Party.” Read more » _____ David Bossie in The Hill: Mr. Bossie, the president of the conservative lobbying group Citizens United, thinks that any fissures within the governing party begin with the fact that “Republican leaders in Congress continued to kick the can down the road on government spending and refused to stand up to the dangerous Obama agenda.” Policy is paramount, he argues, and since “the Republican-controlled Congress to date has not gotten the job done,” he warns that “maybe as primary season approaches voters will once again send them a message.” Read mo... Link to the full article to read more