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John Heilemann October 9, 2024
The opinionated dotcom billionaire offers his candid thoughts on the closing scenes of the presidential race: Kamala in “founder mode,” fears of another January 6, and Musk’s unholy union with Trump.
donald trump kamala harris
John Heilemann October 7, 2024
The final month of the Trump-Harris dogfight is shaping up to be less shocking, in many respects, than the history-shaping summer that preceded it. But the media hunger surrounding Washington’s favorite political ritual has a momentum of its own.
JD Vance And Tim Walz v.p. debate
John Heilemann & Peter Hamby October 3, 2024
In a special post-debate collab, John, Peter, and Dylan review a deceptively non-pyrotechnic undercard: Walz’s uncertain start, the chameleonic J.D. Vance, the January 6 soundbites, and snap-poll aftermath.
nate silver
John Heilemann September 30, 2024
The world’s most celebrated—and vilified—election forecaster says this year’s contest is the closest he’s ever seen. In a wide-ranging conversation, Silver explains why Kamala Harris has an edge over Donald Trump, but one so slight that no sane Democrat should take much comfort from it.


Pete Buttigieg
John Heilemann September 22, 2024
No next-generation Democratic rising star is burning more brightly these days than Pete Buttigieg—or doing more, in public and behind the scenes, to help elect Kamala Harris. In a candid conversation, Buttigieg explains why Harris is winning, Trump is losing (his mind, in particular), and J.D. Vance is even worse than he seems.
doug emhoff and kamala harris
John Heilemann September 18, 2024
A candid conversation with Doug Emhoff about how he’s preparing for the final sprint of the campaign, Trump’s unfitness for office, how he’s handling Laura Loomer’s meshuga attacks, and where he was when Kurt Cobain died.
joe biden abc debate
John Heilemann September 16, 2024
The totality of Donald Trump’s debate decimation by Kamala Harris was as staggering as it was indisputable. But even more stunning—and possibly more consequential—is the post-debate meltdown now consuming Trumpworld, from Mar-a-Lago to the farthest reaches of the MAGA-sphere.
kamala harris
John Heilemann September 10, 2024
The Harris and Trump war rooms agree that Tuesday night’s debate is a bona fide B.F.D.—with a gargantuan audience and potentially game-changing consequences. But both sides are already looking past what happens in Philly to a handful of critical variables that will shape the campaign’s homestretch.


dan pfeiffer pod save america
John Heilemann September 5, 2024
A sobering conversation with Dan Pfeiffer, the Obama advisor turned podcaster and polling guru, on whether Democrats are overrating Harris, how Trump could bridge the gender gap, and which states keep him up at night.
A conversation surrounding the state of the post-Biden Democratic Party, and whether Barack Obama is right that most Americans want to get along.
John Heilemann September 1, 2024
In a candid conversation, the Times’ Nicholas Kristof diagnoses the Democrats’ Thanksgiving challenge, looks back at the year of magical thinking about Joe Biden, assesses Tim Walz’s talent, and much, much more.
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