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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.
WASHINGTON
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May 25, 2022
Is the G.O.P. the Party of DeSantis?
DeSantis is exhibiting all the unteachable culture war-stoking, MAGA flame-throwing gifts that Trump seeded in 2015-6. And the party seems to be tilting, in now perceptible ways, toward his approach.
WASHINGTON
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May 19, 2022
Trump Forgot How to Spell MAGA
Has the movement Trump created now moved beyond him?
WASHINGTON
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May 11, 2022
Dave & Oz’s Thelma & Louise Moment
After spending tens of millions, dragging in Hope Hicks, and kissing babies up and down the Keystone state, the two megarich MAGA poseurs may have beat each other into submission—and handed the race to someone else.
WASHINGTON
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May 4, 2022
McCormick’s Last Stand
A G.O.P. candy bowl: Finger-pointing in Dave-vs.-Oz, the House’s Lindsay Lohan, and Geoff Morrell’s own Disney crisis comms.
WASHINGTON
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April 29, 2022
Dina’s Boy in Pa. May Be a MAGA Casualty
Notes on Dr. Oz’s battle against former beloved hedge fund titan David McCormick for the hearts and minds of the Rust Belt. Plus: News on how Kevin McCarthy kept his job, and the Right’s lust for Elon.
WASHINGTON
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April 26, 2022
Trump’s $1.2 Billion Twitter Handcuffs
Why won’t Trump return to Twitter? Because he’s got a ton of money on the line with Truth Social’s pending merger. And while the guy may be a “billionaire,” he ain’t Elon Musk.