The Dead-Enders of the Reagan-Era GOP
For those of us who very much want to see Donald Trump defeated in November by the widest possible margin, the news on Friday afternoon that former Vice…
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What Is Nikki Haley Even Talking About?
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. N ikki Haley was standing a few feet in front of…
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A Food Fight at the Kids’ Table
Suddenly, it just tumbled out: “Honestly, every time I hear you I feel a little bit dumber for what you say.” That was former South Carolina governor Nikki…
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the Republican Debate
In their first presidential debate last night, Republicans staged their own version of Tom Stoppard’s classic play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Stoppard’s story focuses on the titular…
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The Impossible Task of Muzzling Donald Trump
When Donald Trump appeared last week in a Washington, D.C., courtroom for his arraignment on federal election charges, the presiding judge gave the former president a few simple…
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A Bouncy, Fresh Brand of Trumpism
Vivek Ramaswamy is a tall man with tall hair. And last week, when he stood in front of a crowd in Iowa wearing a black T-shirt under a…
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Entirely Unrepentant
“Our country is being destroyed by stupid people,” former President Donald Trump declared during a CNN town hall tonight, shortly after he endorsed defaulting on the national debt.…
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Trump’s Republican Rivals Are Missing an Obvious Opportunity
After his historic indictment was announced Thursday night, former President Donald Trump reacted with his characteristic cool and precision: “These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED…
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A Rare Reprieve From the Permanent Presidential Campaign
Does anyone want to be president? Typically, by the time a president delivers the State of the Union address at the start of his third year in office,…
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The Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’ Put Ron DeSantis in a Box
That the FBI’s search of Donald Trump’s Florida home has become a rallying point for Republicans—ever eager to demonstrate fealty to the former president and rage at government…
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