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WASHINGTON
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August 10, 2022
“The DeSantasy Is Over”
Trump insiders are counting their lucky stars over an F.B.I. raid that seems likely to unify MAGA-land, potentially move up the former president’s announcement, and put DeSantis in a box.
WASHINGTON
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August 3, 2022
Trump’s ‘22 Plans Run Through the 2020 Truthers
Tuesday’s primaries make clear that election denialism is becoming an increasingly critical voting issue on the right, and one that will impact the midterms, ‘24 presidential primary, and possibly the general.
WASHINGTON
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July 27, 2022
The Kids Are All MAGA
During two nights in Tampa, it became painfully clear that Trump still owns DeSantis—down to the Gen Zers and millennials who revere the guy like their own Dick Nixon.
WASHINGTON
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July 20, 2022
The DeSantis ‘24 Paradox
Trump’s now all-but-assured entry into the next White House race is already complicating the Florida governor’s ambitions to succeed him. But the agony of waiting his turn might outweigh the risk of challenging Trump head-on.
WALL STREET
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July 13, 2022
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Deadline & Dave’s Next Moves
While Trump contemplates the timing of a 2024 run, he is also facing another, even more pressing deadline to consummate the merger between his struggling media company, Truth Social, and a rapidly deflating SPAC. Plus, news and notes on Jan. 6th’s inside men and McCormick’s post-campaign opportunities.
WASHINGTON
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July 6, 2022
Who’s Afraid of Ginni Thomas?
The SCOTUS conservative majority’s unofficial First Lady has driven liberals berserk with her Trumpism, January 6th adjacency, and anti-Roe activism. It’s enough to make some in this town wonder if her Facebook posts narrate her husband’s internal monologue.
WASHINGTON
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June 29, 2022
Is the G.O.P. Consciously Uncoupling from Trump?
According to the elite Republican operatives I surveyed after the Hutchinson testimony, a quiet estrangement is gradually accelerating.
WASHINGTON
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June 22, 2022
Ronny & Nancy of Tallahassee
In some ways, the DeSantii are the political marriage of our times. Were it not for Casey DeSantis, her husband might be just another ambitious Ivy League Republican with presidential aspirations. The former TV anchor is increasingly viewed as the brains of the operation—and the brawn.
WASHINGTON
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June 8, 2022
The Jeff Roe Monologues
As the accomplished operative circles Mar-a-Lago with potential 2024 ambitions, some in Trumpworld are bracing for impact.
PUCK
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June 1, 2022
How Jeff Roe Won the Pa. Primary
While two centimillionaires (or thereabouts) go to court over who really won Pennsylvania’s G.O.P. Senate primary, Jeff Roe, McCormick’s Trump-curious campaign manager, appears to be leveraging the recount battle into an audition for his next gig: re-electing Donald Trump.