It might as well not even exist in their minds. Let’s say that somehow, someway, The Tape hit the Internet. Explicit footage of Donald Trump in a Moscow hotel room in the fall of 2013, whooping it up as Russian escorts got their freak on in a most unsanitary manner. Imagine seeing Trump, the leader […]
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Journalists Who Normalized Trump Betrayed the Public Trust
You know, it’s not like they weren’t warned. CNN’s Brian Stelter was generally spot-on this morning in pointing out the dangers of the rhetoric that flowed from Donald Trump’s mouth Saturday night in Pennsylvania, but he could have gone a little further–hell, a lot further: Here’s the problem: Trump has been this way for years. […]
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Trump’s Victory Was Not Legitimate
Trump can’t admit that he and the Russians worked together to illegally exploit hacked materials for their mutual benefit.
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The Limits and Dangers of Trump’s Need to Dominate
As failures mount, the president doubles down on attempts to bully the opposition into submission.
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The Real Story Behind a Romney Aide’s Challenge to Elizabeth Warren
So, is this the best the Massachusetts Republican Party can offer? Longtime Republican operative Beth Lindstrom, a former senior aide to Mitt Romney and manager of Scott Brown’s victorious Senate campaign, said Wednesday she is considering a challenge to US Senator Elizabeth Warren. Lindstrom has held a series of conversations with top state Republicans about […]
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Jeff Sessions Deserves to Be Humiliated
What did I tell you back down the line? I’ll scratch your back, you can scratch mine… Steely Dan, “Gaucho,” 1980 You have to admit: it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, and it feels good to see him get screwed. Jeff Sessions probably looks in the mirror now and finds himself restraining the urge […]
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Trump Has Not Yet Begun to Lose
With Trump, there will be so much losing, you’ll get sick of the losing.
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I Went to Harvard Law with Anthony Scaramucci. Here’s What He Was Like.
Like the president whom Scaramucci would go on to serve, getting rich was the goal, and winning was everything.
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How Trump Really Fires People
The new White House communications director may have the look and mannerisms of The Sopranos’ Christopher Moltisanti, but he’s less effective as a hitman. Anthony Scaramucci claims that he’s a front-stabbing kind of guy, which must be why his effort to exact revenge on White House chief of staff Reince Priebus lacks the slightest hint […]
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Anthony Scaramucci Is in, Sean Spicer Is Out
Sean Spicer quit. Are Bannon and Priebus next?
