by Robin Abcarian Do MAGA Republicans hear themselves? Earlier this month, as he speculated on Newsmax about how Vice President Kamala Harris might perform as the Democratic presidential nominee, the reliably noxious Donald Trump supporter Sebastian Gorka dismissed her in the most ...
by Jackie Calmes Last week in Milwaukee, the Republican Party officially nominated for president a man of damnable firsts — first president to be impeached twice, first to deny his defeat, first to resist the peaceful transfer of power and first to be criminally convicted. Then the ...
At the Republican National Convention last week, Republicans celebrated both a new policy platform and the choice of Sen. JD Vance as the former president’s running mate. The choices go together all too well. Republicans are shifting toward a new kind of inward-looking big-government ...
National political conventions have evolved into party pep rallies. The only real business is the effort to generate as much positive press as possible. But even by that standard, the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is shattering expectations. The New York Times, which just a ...
by Jonah Goldberg Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They ...
Let’s start with the indisputable facts. In 2018, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pled guilty to multiple charges, including campaign finance violations directly related to the $130,000 in “hush money” he paid adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet that she ...