WASHINGTON
Eriq Gardner
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June 27, 2022
Kavanaugh & The New Fortune 500 Civil War
In a post-Roe world, each and every subject related to abortion will invite legal scrutiny: new attempts to regulate corporate behavior will come not just from states hostile to abortion, but also blue states that wish to punish those who interfere with someone’s ability to get an abortion.
Eriq Gardner
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June 27, 2022
Charles Harder vs. Vice
Harder, the attorney who drove a stake through Gawker, is taking aim at the media industry again with a case against Vice Media that could tempt the Supreme Court to reverse The New York Times v. Sullivan—and another targeting The Times, itself.
Dylan Byers & Peter Hamby
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June 24, 2022
The Media Braces for Its Second Trump Marriage
As the 2022 midterm cycle metamorphosizes into the 2024 presidential cycle at light speed, the media industry is bracing for the reality that it’ll be stuck covering Donald Trump again, for better or worse. Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby discuss how it will be different this time.
Tara Palmeri
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June 23, 2022
Trump’s Case of DeSantisitis
After a rocky primary season, Trump has DeSantis and his expanding $124 million war chest on the brain. Sources in Bedminster are saying that he’s likely to move up a ‘24 announcement in order to freeze out the next generation. Plus: updates on Klainworld and why all eyes inside the West Wing are focused on Jill Biden.
Peter Hamby
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June 22, 2022
Out with The Olds!
Gen Z, long ridiculed as enigmatic and just plain different, is poised to become part of the largest voting bloc in the country by 2028. A major new polling project is trying to fix that knowledge gap.
Tina Nguyen
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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.
Julia Ioffe
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June 21, 2022
The Putin Apostates Come Home
If the West was counting on sanctions to create enough economic pain for the Russian population to rise up, sweep Putin from power, and end the war, they have been wildly unsuccessful. In fact, many conscientious objectors who at first fled the country are wending their way back home.
Tara Palmeri
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June 20, 2022
Biden Time
Inside the White House, aides are marching forward, preparing to launch Biden’s bid for re-election. But the timing remains uncertain, as do an increasing number of questions surrounding when the Bidens will announce, and if the president wants to protect his family from the impending chaos.
Tara Palmeri
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June 16, 2022
The Biden Bubble
Despite frustrations that the White House needs a shift in direction, Biden is sticking with Ron Klain, and won’t be influenced by the media, the Twitter left, or anyone else. But just because Biden is loyal to Klain doesn’t mean that staffers aren’t above figuring out to whom they might want to hitch their wagons moving forward. Plus, notes on Liz Cheney’s rising left-wing reputation and Kim Guilfoyle’s Jan. 6 payday.
Dylan Byers
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June 15, 2022
Inside CNN, Lichtxiety Runs Amok
Facing a mandate to turn down the volume, CNN’s most vocal anchors are anxiously navigating the reality that the same chest-thumping fulminations that drove ratings under Jeff Zucker may be a liability for his successor.
Julia Ioffe
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June 14, 2022
The War Comes to Kalorama
Philippe Étienne, the French ambassador to the U.S., is probably the most popular, and polished, figure in establishment Washington. And he may know more about Russia than anyone else in this town.
Tara Palmeri
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June 9, 2022
Trump’s Fatigue, Merrick’s Motives & The Jan. 6 Mega Producer
News and notes on the Jan 6th committee, Biden’s donorville problems, a possible Pelosi third act, and Trump’s latest kingmaking concerns.
Dylan Byers
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June 9, 2022
The Washington Post’s Twitter Fragility
A recent and bizarrely evolving Twitter scandal has placed D.C.’s leading media institution in the middle of the political, or at least office politics, conversation.
Tina Nguyen
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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.
Julia Ioffe
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June 7, 2022
The Case Against Appeasement
Allowing Russia to impose its will on the Ukrainians in the name of peace—denying their agency, both as a people and as a democratic state—isn’t justice, and it won’t bring peace.
Peter Hamby
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June 5, 2022
How Rick Caruso Became L.A.’s Biggest Star
The Los Angeles billionaire mayoral candidate has rallied a coalition of moderate Democrats and Hollywood players, like Snoop Dogg and superagent Jay Sures, by hammering a deceptively conventional political message: the center of American politics is in the middle.
Tara Palmeri
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June 2, 2022
Klain Drain & Trump’s Big Announcement
As Biden’s numbers sag, and Klain’s tactics wear thin, Anita Dunn is already making her impact felt with some optics tactics. Is it enough to create the much-needed vibe shift in Bidenworld? Also: news on Trump’s big announcement, House in-fighting, and French D.C. diplomacy.