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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. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry in The Week: Mr. Gobry sees nothing heroic in Senator Bob Corker’s recent criticism of the president in his interview with The New York Times. If the president were indeed a “toddler,” Mr. Gobry asks, why didn’t the senator from Tennessee say so earlier? Mr. Gobry agrees with Mr. Corker that President Trump has behaved in ways that are “grave and alarming.” The only difference is that Mr. Gobry has not “spent the past year obfuscating about that for political gain.” Read more » _____ Jennifer Rubin in The Washington Post: Ms. Rubin, a frequent critic of the president from the right, argues that there is much that other Republicans can learn from Mr. Corker. She writes that Republicans must honestly face the president’s mental health, admit that the president often tells falsehoods and recognize that the real power lies in the Senate — not with the executive branch. Finally, she hopes that more Republican leaders would act without fear of an impending election. “Treating the Senate like their permanent and only available livelihoo... Link to the full article to read more