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The Evolution of the Trump Rally

04.11.2024 4

Daily Intelligencer

Ben Jacobs

The Evolution of the Trump Rally

One of the first indications that Donald Trump was a viable presidential candidate were his rallies. In the summer of 2015, the host of Celebrity...

04.11.2024 10

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Ben Jacobs

The Last Stand of the Never Trumpers

As soon as Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia failed, he went on a revenge mission against the top three Republicans in...

03.11.2024 5

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Ben Jacobs

The Last Stand of the Never Trumpers

As soon as Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia failed, he went on a revenge mission against the top three Republicans in...

03.11.2024 20

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The Former Editor in Chief of the Daily Beast Is Running for Office. Interesting.

Tweet Share Share Comment In what has somehow been nearly a decade and a half spent as a political journalist, I’ve...

01.11.2024 10

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Elon Musk’s Out-of-This-World Political Rally

This past weekend, some 1,500 people packed into a Marriott ballroom in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, seeking advice. Many of them wore red MAGA...

30.10.2024 5

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Elon Musk’s Out-of-This-World Political Rally

This past weekend, some 1,500 people packed into a Marriott ballroom in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania, seeking advice. Many of them wore red MAGA...

30.10.2024 5

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Wisconsin’s Trump Democrats Could Determine the Election

22.10.2024 4

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Wisconsin’s Trump Democrats Could Determine the Election

22.10.2024 9

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The Revenge of Arizona’s McCain Republicans

Arizona was once a safe Republican state in presidential elections. Though pockets of Democrats existed — on Native American reservations in the...

16.10.2024 10

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Ben Jacobs

The Revenge of Arizona’s McCain Republicans

Arizona was once a safe Republican state in presidential elections. Though pockets of Democrats existed — on Native American reservations in the...

16.10.2024 20

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The Senate Race the Democrats Absolutely, Totally, Utterly Have to Win

09.10.2024 20

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Republican Insiders Were Thrilled By J.D. Vance’s Debate

After Donald Trump’s ill-fated debate against Kamala Harris where vigorously defended his crowd sizes and lied about Haitians in Springfield, Ohio...

02.10.2024 20

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The Election Could Come Down to … Omaha?

The center of the political universe this month has been in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s not that the blue-collar workers in Rust Belt Pennsylvania or...

28.09.2024 20

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The Election Could Come Down to … Omaha?

The center of the political universe this month has been in Omaha, Nebraska. It’s not that the blue-collar workers in Rust Belt Pennsylvania or...

28.09.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

The Election Will Be Decided Here

Congressman Scott Perry is eating chocolate ice cream in the shadow of Newt Gingrich’s childhood home in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, during a street...

20.09.2024 10

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Ben Jacobs

The Election Will Be Decided Here

Congressman Scott Perry is eating chocolate ice cream in the shadow of Newt Gingrich’s childhood home in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, during a street...

20.09.2024 20

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Keep busy the Sabbath day

23.08.2024 20

Washington Examiner

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Harris hires a hu

23.08.2024 40

Washington Examiner

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Yes, Christianity weaponized marriage, and that is good

23.08.2024 20

Washington Examiner

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Jeff Buckley’s Grace at 30: A terrific album that is also the most overrated in history

23.08.2024 20

Washington Examiner

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The NFL’s Ship of Theseus

23.08.2024 20

Washington Examiner

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‘Hotties for Harris’ Is Where the DNC Gets Horny

There are affinity groups of every kind at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There are events for Black Democrats, Hispanic Democrats,...

22.08.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

‘Hotties for Harris’ Is Where the DNC Gets Horny

There are affinity groups of every kind at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. There are events for Black Democrats, Hispanic Democrats,...

22.08.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

Josh Shapiro Was Snubbed, But He Isn’t Showing It

The decision by Kamala Harris to choose Minnesota governor Tim Walz over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro to be her running mate arrived like a...

21.08.2024 7

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Here’s Everyone Tim Walz Beat to Win the Veepstakes

For several well-placed Republican insiders on Tuesday, the response to Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as vice-president was one of overwhelming...

06.08.2024 20

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Republican Operatives Are ‘Thrilled’ Tim Walz Is the VP Pick

For several well-placed Republican insiders on Tuesday, the response to Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as vice-president was one of overwhelming...

06.08.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

Spoiler Alert: Kamala Harris Will Win the Nomination

Kamala Harris will be the Democratic nominee for president. With Joe Biden’s shock withdrawal on Sunday afternoon, the stage is set for Harris to...

22.07.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

Republicans Wait for Kamala Harris, Fear Michelle Obama

From the arena floor to the lobbyist-funded open bars, Republicans in Milwaukee for their convention this week have been talking mostly about one...

21.07.2024 20

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Republicans Are Waiting for Kamala Harris and Fearing Michelle Obama

Republicans in Milwaukee for their convention this week have been talking mostly about one thing, from the arena floor to the lobbyist-funded open...

19.07.2024 40

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Ben Jacobs

It Was Losers Night at the RNC

In Milwaukee, Tuesday night was losers night. The prime-time lineup for the second day of the Republican national convention was full of speeches from...

17.07.2024 30

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Ben Jacobs

It Was Losers Night at the RNC

In Milwaukee, Tuesday night was losers night. The prime-time lineup for the second day of the Republican national convention was full of speeches from...

17.07.2024 20

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At the RNC, You Can Get a Motorcycle for Opposing Trans Athletes

There’s a lot more to the Republican National Convention than what happens in the Fiserv Forum. Clustered around the arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,...

16.07.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

The Moment J.D. Vance Became Trump’s Official VP Pick

There was a human crush on the floor of the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee when Donald Trump’s brand-new running mate arrived. Television cameras,...

16.07.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

J.D. Vance Explains His Conversion to MAGA

This article was originally published on April 22, 2022. It is being republished following Donald Trump’s selection of J.D. Vance as his vice...

15.07.2024 20

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The Secret Service Agent Who Caught a Bullet for Reagan on the Trump Shooting

Before Saturday’s shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, the last time there was an assassination attempt on a president or former president was...

14.07.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

How the Democratic Movement to Dump Biden Went Bust

Normally when a party is facing a crisis on Capitol Hill, emotions are high. People get angry at one another. The quotes get spicy, and the intrigue...

10.07.2024 30

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How the Democratic Movement to Dump Biden Went Bust

Normally when a party is facing a crisis on Capitol Hill, emotions are high. People get angry at one another. The quotes get spicy, and the intrigue...

10.07.2024 30

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Ben Jacobs

GOP Insiders Are Ecstatic About the Trump-Biden Debate

Republican operatives were hard pressed to imagine how Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could have gone better for them. Maybe...

28.06.2024 20

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Republican Insiders Are Ecstatic About the Trump-Biden Debate

Republican operatives were hard pressed to imagine how Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could have gone better for them. Maybe...

28.06.2024 20

Daily Intelligencer

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Empty House: When speechmaking and legislating become performative, not much happens

14.06.2024 20

Washington Examiner

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Uvalde’s Next Congressman Might Be a Gunfluencer

09.05.2024 50

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Uvalde’s Next Congressman Might Be a Gunfluencer

09.05.2024 40

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Why Mike Johnson Finally Ditched MTG and the Far Right

Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right conservatives...

20.04.2024 20

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Why Mike Johnson Finally Ditched Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Far Right

Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right conservatives...

20.04.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

So Much for That Big Homeland Security Impeachment

Tweet Share Share Comment An impeachment trial is supposed to be a big deal. The trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...

19.04.2024 20

Slate

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Can New Jersey’s Dying Political Machine Save One Menendez?

Hudson County, New Jersey, is one of the country’s last remaining redoubts of old-fashioned machine politics where, just across the river from the...

04.04.2024 10

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Can New Jersey’s Dying Political Machine Save One Menendez?

Hudson County, New Jersey, is one of the country’s last remaining redoubts of old-fashioned machine politics where, just across the river from the...

04.04.2024 20

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Ben Jacobs

Nikki Haley Just Got Something She Desperately Needed

Tweet Share Share Comment There was not much glory in Nikki Haley’s first victory of the 2024 presidential primary. About...

04.03.2024 20

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