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WASHINGTON
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March 22, 2023
Is the Republican Primary Already Over?
With the Manhattan district attorney threatening to put Trump on trial, and DeSantis declining to stand in his way, G.O.P. operatives are coalescing around the notion that it’s now the ex-president’s race to lose.
WASHINGTON
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March 15, 2023
DeSantis’s ’24 Policy Gamble
News and notes on the subtle movements on the right: DeSantis’s domestic policy-based foreign affairs play, and the N.R.A.’s long shadow.
WASHINGTON
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March 8, 2023
CPACalypse Now
An insider’s analysis of how D.C.’s preeminent conservative political summit lost its clout.
MEDIA
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March 3, 2023
Glenn Beck & DeVos Make a Deal
The Blaze, one of the original conservative politics-meets-lifestyle brands of the digital media era, has raised a new round of financing from investors including the billionaire DeVos family.
WASHINGTON
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March 1, 2023
DeSantis’s Unholy Coalition
If early proto-endorsements are any indication, DeSantis is racking up the support of Taliban 20ers, Florida-adjacent rich guys, and people who want to destroy Trump. Is that a leading indicator of ’24 viability?
WASHINGTON
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February 22, 2023
DeSantis Donor Fears & Haley’s MAGA Turn
A candid conversation about the political fundraising questions percolating in the pre-’24 landscape: Will DeSantis eventually alienate the Silicon Valley bigwigs? Will MAGA buy Haley’s act? What’s behind the Larry Ellison-Tim Scott bromance? And can George Santos keep from imploding?
WASHINGTON
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February 15, 2023
The DeSantis Constitution
A little arcane constitutional dog-whistling has provided DeSantis with a clever way of courting an insurrectionary segment of the MAGAverse while playing inside the confines of a party practically begging for an insurrection-free presidency.
WASHINGTON
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February 8, 2023
The Trump-DeSantis War Goes Nuclear
News and notes on the modern Republican party: Trump’s decision to escalate his war on DeSantis, M.T.G.’s diminishing clout among the Taliban 20, and a new Peach Pit for the MAGA crowd in the swamp.
WASHINGTON
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February 1, 2023
The Dark Squad Rises
News and notes on the G.O.P.’s “Taliban 20” detente, George Santos’s political personality disorder, and Ron DeSantis’s digital army.
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.”