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WASHINGTON

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Boebert-M.T.G. Holy War & The Schiff Censure

An inside look at the recent spat on the House floor between MAGA darlings Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. Plus, notes on the effort to censure Adam Schiff.
Abby Livingston • June 21, 2023
Tina Nguyen • June 15, 2023
The DeSantis Pardon Predicament
The Meatball once again finds himself in an unenviable dilemma: his ascent in the G.O.P. requires capitalizing on Trump’s legal jeopardy while presumably convincing voters he’d offer the guy a pardon. How to navigate such verbal jujitsu. Where is Jeff Roe when you need him!?
Theodore Schleifer • June 13, 2023
More Jack-R.F.K. Drama & A New ’24 Longshot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
News on the blowback facing Dorsey, a billionaire G.O.P. hopeful with Silicon Valley ties, and a high-profile departure in Dan Loeb’s inner circle.
Are the shrill articulations of Ron DeSantis’s demise premature and overcooked?
Peter Hamby • June 12, 2023
DeSantis Extinction Theory, Revisited
What if those Scott Walker comparisons are misguided, or at least profoundly premature? Right now, the Republican campaign is in a limbo state until three important unknowns shake out: Republican voters respond to Trump’s indictments, the first G.O.P. debate in August, and whether DeSantis can grow outside of his Florida comfort zone.
Tina Nguyen • June 8, 2023
The McCarthy Mystery & G.O.P. Family Therapy
After losing out on their defining opportunity to hold Kevin McCarthy over a barrel—the global economy and America’s credit rating, be damned—the House conservatives are pissed… at everyone: the speaker, the Democrats, and themselves, too.
Jack Dorsey politics have always been anti-establishment above all else, with a particular interest in radicals who challenge the party’s progressive-ish gospel.
Theodore Schleifer • June 6, 2023
Jack & Bobby 2.0
News and notes from around the political donor universe: a Reid Hoffman controversy in Denver, Tim Draper’s Haley endorsement, and Robert Kennedy Jr.’s new money buddy, Jack Dorsey.
Last week, Ron DeSantis used the word “woke” so many times that it became a punchline in the media.
Tina Nguyen • June 5, 2023
DeSantis’s Iowa Edge & Elon’s Anti-Woke Headache
Thoughts, reflections, and fresh reporting on a couple right wing media scandals.
Tina Nguyen • June 1, 2023
The Taliban 20’s McCarthy Red Line
Sure, the right-wing House insurgency was pissed that their Speaker backed off some of his promises and (quelle horreur!) cut a deal with the Democrats to save the economy. But they decided not to defenestrate him. At least not yet.
Julia Ioffe • May 30, 2023
Yalta 2023: Planning for Life After the Russian Invasion
From Brussels to Vilnius, Western leaders and Russian exiles are beginning to imagine the contours of postwar Ukraine—and whether there is still hope for change in Moscow.
Tim Scott relies on the coded notion of “personal responsibility” to shift the burden of society’s failures onto the individual.
Baratunde Thurston • May 29, 2023
Tim Scott’s Audience of One
A donor class sensation, Scott perpetuates a fantasy about American self-reliance that tells you everything about his candidacy.
Theodore Schleifer • May 25, 2023
“Ron-o-Rama” & The Fine Art of Bundling
Scenes from the DeSantis Day One mega-donor event at the Miami Four Seasons, as the candidate’s “investors” prepare to flood the zone with money.
Beyond the obvious jokes about whether Elon Musk fanboys are a meaningful Waterloo constituency, the DeSantis rollout fiasco does raise the question about the future of conservative media on Twitter.
Tina Nguyen • May 25, 2023
Elon’s Murdochian DeSantasy
Ruminations on MAGA political-media tragedy.
China isn’t arming Russia, at least not yet, but it’s happily buying Russian oil and helping Russia bypass Western sanctions.
Julia Ioffe • May 23, 2023
The Biden-Xi-Zelensky-Putin Peace Plan
As the White House (and the White House adjacent) ponder whether Xi can intervene to forge a peace plan in Ukraine, a little healthy Washington skepticism emerges behind closed doors.
On television, DeSantis can come across as savvy, reasonably well media-trained, and sometimes aggressive. But in person, Tara immediately sensed a very different potential candidate.
Tara Palmeri • May 22, 2023
Ronny on the Run
Lessons from a day shadowing a press-averse and socially uncomfortable presidential hopeful.
Chris Sununu said there’s a “61 percent chance” he runs for president—his words—and 39 percent chance that he just plays the role of kingmaker in New Hampshire.
Tara Palmeri • May 18, 2023
Chris Sununu Talks ’24
The perennially on-the-precipice candidate offers his most candid thoughts yet on the White House, DeSantis, and whether he’ll soon face his “good friends”—Mike, Tim, Asa, and Nikki—on the debate stage.
Theodore Schleifer • May 16, 2023
The Other Bernie Revolution
Both Trump and DeSantis are soliciting the financial support of Home Depot gazillionaire Bernie Marcus, the ultra prolific G.O.P. donor who’s suddenly noncommittal. Should Mar-a-Lago be worried?
New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
Julia Ioffe • May 16, 2023
One Shaheen Moment
The New Hampshire senator opens up about the gendered confirmation process, the upper chamber’s support for Ukraine, and the Tommy Tuberville fiasco.
Zak Malamed is running for the seat representing his hometown district, which will pit him against George Santos (pictured).
Tara Palmeri • May 16, 2023
Straight Outta Great Neck
Indictment-magnet George Santos has a host of political and legal headaches. Here’s the one he never saw coming: the Gen Z Long Island native ready to take his seat and eat his lunch.