An all-too-plausible scenario of how the GOP tried and failed to steal the midterms.
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, is a former senior editor and columnist at Newsweek, a filmmaker, journalist, political analyst, and the publisher of the Substack Old Goats with Jonathan Alter where this piece also appears. He is the author of His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. His latest book is American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--And My Own.
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Inside Colbert’s Success
My wife, Emily Lazar, worked at both The Colbert Report and The Late Show and she helps me look under the hood.
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Strongmen are weaker. Integrity endures. Peace is popular.
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Trump’s Despicable Attack On Mueller After His Death
Bob Mueller was a man of integrity. Donald Trump’s post about him made me sick.
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I’ve learned Trump will kill Netflix’s bid for Warner and help Paramount win, giving him control of Fox, CBS, CNN, and TikTok. But as Colbert showed, we can fight back.
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The Worst President Ever
And why Trump’s ballroom will some day double as a community center for kids.
