"Some of the People and Moments That Got Me Through Week One"

"This is a terrible moment, but it's also a historic and challenging one. We can't avoid it and we shouldn't try to. Even if we occasionally have an inexplicable compulsion to put a blanket over our head, move to another country, or dive into a household chore we've put off for forty years."

Jill Lawrence at The Bulwark offers a "Sanity Check After Trump's First Week Back in Office."

Ed Kilgore at New York argues that "Trump's 'Shock and Awe' Looks More Like Chaos and Confusion."

At The Atlantic, Jonathan Chait writes that, at the recent Democratic National Committee meeting, "The Democrats Show Why They Lost."

And John Avlon at The Bulwark says that the Democratic Party "should look back to the message from Bill Clinton."