What would it be like if a writer recognized the full glory of the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign?
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Trumpapalooza Should Be One Hot Mess of a Convention
The 2016 RNC is set to showcase a deeply divided party.Â
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The American Prospect Appoints New Publisher
Magazine strengthens resources
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Trumping the Media
Wall-to-wall media coverage of Donald Trump has boosted ratings, but reflected poorly on a news industry increasingly mistrusted and vulnerable to manipulation.
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Spare a Thought For Those Condemned to Defend Donald Trump
It’s a soul-crushing job, but someone has to do it.
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Donald Trump Is a New Kind of Dissembler
Is our system equipped to handle someone with such an antagonistic relationship to the truth?
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Karl Rove’s “Dark Money” Machine Is Now Tax-Exempt. Here’s Why That Matters
If it wasn’t clear that the Internal Revenue Service has no intention of regulating politically active tax-exempt groups, it should be now. On Tuesday, news broke that the IRS awarded tax-exempt status to Crossroads GPS, a purported “social welfare” group that constitutes one-half of the big-spending political network masterminded by GOP operative Karl Rove. The […]
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Winners and Losers in the Impending Ad Blitz
The presidential candidates and the outside groups backing them are opening up their wallets in a very big way leading up to the Iowa caucuses on February 1. The ad blitz means a windfall for some businesses and a financial loss for others. The big winners are local TV stations in the early primary states. […]
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Perpetually Outraged, Perpetually Outrageous
Donald Trump, a candidate with all the subtlety of talk radio, is the perfect expression of both the politics and media of our time.
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What the Right Still Doesn’t Get About the Media
It isn’t “liberal bias” leading them to ask Ben Carson difficult questions.
