The slain U.S. senator, like his martyred brother, knew how important it was to concede defeat—a lesson Trump still hasn’t learned.
Chris Matthews
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Jimmy Carter’s Segregation Journey
Born in the Jim Crow South, Carter saw the scaffolding of segregation dismantled in his native Georgia.
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I Asked Trump if Women Should Be Punished for Having an Abortion. He Said, “Yes.”
My 2016 interview revealed that he was willing to go further than the Catholic Church or right-to-life groups, and this was a mainstay in ads this year. But it wasn’t enough
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The New Hampshire Primary: A Love Story
This is my tenth Granite State presidential primary, and this time, I am reporting for the Washington Monthly. In 1992, I started a family tradition of bringing one of our children along for the big final weekend of cold and snowy campaigning. First came my son, Michael, then Thomas in 1996. In 2000, it was […]
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On Abortion, Trump Told Me Women Have to Face “Punishment”
I asked him on Hardball how he’d enforce his opposition to abortion rights. He put the onus on women and explicitly absolved men.
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January 6th and the Heroism of the Concession Speech
I’ve seen politics as a U.S. Capitol Police officer, a speechwriter, and a journalist. On this sad anniversary, here is a sober look at what Trump wrought.
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The Chris Matthews Show
In his new book, the journalist, speechwriter, broadcaster, and force of nature recalls an astounding career.
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Matthews’s Sexism Needs to Be Canceled
What the hell was he thinking? MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews joked about drugging then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton before sitting down with her for an interview in early 2016, according to exclusive outtake footage published by New York magazine’s The Cut Friday. “Where’s that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?” he asked. The joke […]
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Even More Nonsense from John Kasich
Does anybody buy the good-guy act at this point? America’s favorite fake-moderate was dragged on to NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday, and again tried to promote the dubious idea that Donald Trump and Roy Moore are anomalies in the GOP, as opposed to being an accurate representation of what his party thinks and believes: Ohio […]
