THE LATEST ARTICLES
WASHINGTON
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January 25, 2023
A Millennial Right-Wing Media War
The messy, $50 million battle between The Daily Wire and Steven Crowder highlights the embiggening financial stakes pitting MAGA cancelation jockeys against “Big Con.”
WASHINGTON
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January 18, 2023
The Madness of Rep. George
News and notes on the most astounding storylines emerging from the right: Santos’s attempt to refashion himself as a MAGA idol, DeSantis’s proto D.T.C. campaign, and more.
WASHINGTON
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January 11, 2023
Kevaggedon & the Discontents
Can Marjorie Taylor Greene make peace with the Taliban 20? It’s a modern MAGA political love story.
WASHINGTON
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January 5, 2023
McCarthy’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Here’s what the so-called Taliban Twenty really want. Hint: it largely starts and ends with McCarthy rapturing out of the Speaker’s office.
WASHINGTON
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December 28, 2022
The M.T.G.-McCarthy Referendum
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s support of Kevin McCarthy is testing her popularity among her MAGA peers in Congress. After all, passing legislation is one thing; it’s more important to stick it to the establishment.
WASHINGTON
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December 21, 2022
McCarthy’s Rebellion & The Greene-Gaetz Civil War
News and notes from the Washington bubble, namely the G.O.P.’s lame-duck War of the Roses and Bari Weiss’s new alt-press stardom.
WASHINGTON
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December 14, 2022
Nothing But an M.T.G. Thang
The alarming rise and mainstreaming of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Qanon kook turned gigawatt D.C. fundraiser, evidences a multitude of uncomfortable facts for Kevin McCarthy. Namely, he needs her more than she needs him.
MEDIA
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December 8, 2022
Breitbart, Ye & a Mercer Retreat
After defining the alt-right and MAGA in 2016, the culture seemed to move on from Breitbart. Now the Mercers have, too.
WASHINGTON
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December 7, 2022
The Ronna McDaniel Mutiny
News and notes from around the MAGAverse: on the R.N.C. leadership race and the continuing fallout of Ye-gate.
WASHINGTON
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November 30, 2022
Has Trump Already Lost ’24?
The opening act of Trump’s campaign has been defined by characteristic missteps—Kanye, Nick Fuentes, Herschel Walker—but also uncharacteristic lethargy as a post-midterms, MAGA bunker mentality takes hold.