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Dana Milbank

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Starting Monday: The Trump administration’s days of blunder

17.01.2025 4

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Nature’s lesson for the politically worried: Spring will come again

10.01.2025 10

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Out: Trump’s campaign promises. In: War with Panama and Denmark?

29.12.2024 300

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The Trump chaos is back. Get used to it.

20.12.2024 4

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Trump suddenly discovers that America is already great

07.12.2024 400

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My new tractor will either extend my life or end it quickly

23.11.2024 30

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Trump is already Making America Gape Again

I had hoped to spend the week writing about a topic other than politics. But suddenly, it was 2017 all over again. My phone lit up with alerts that...

15.11.2024 50

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Retreat is not an option

You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. As the peach-blossom flows downstream and is...

09.11.2024 100

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Who are we, America?

01.11.2024 300

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So, what did you think of Harris’s October surprise?

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kamala Harris brilliantly executed her October surprise. What, you didn’t see it? That’s by design. In this pivotal state —...

30.10.2024 4

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Why I’m not quitting the Post

On Thursday night, at the Pulitzer Prize Awards Ceremony in New York, my Post colleagues were feted for winning top honors in three categories. A...

28.10.2024 550

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Does the truth still count for anything? In 11 days, we’ll find out.

26.10.2024 300

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Donald Trump’s hysterical closing argument: Save the cows!

They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats. And now, they’re banning the cows. Or so says Donald Trump. No bull! “Kamala even wants to...

19.10.2024 650

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Trump upgrades his con to Category 5

12.10.2024 550

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Who put these oddballs on the ballot? Could it be … Satan?

04.10.2024 300

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At debate, Vance whines: You weren’t supposed to fact check me!

02.10.2024 100

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To save the birds, I’m killing my farm

27.09.2024 100

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Are assassination attempts now just a ‘fact of life’?

This month, after a school shooting in Georgia claimed four lives, Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, argued that school shootings are just a...

18.09.2024 100

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Fox News cleans up another Trump mess

The reviews were almost universally savage after Donald Trump’s debate debacle, in which the former president ranted about migrants eating pets...

13.09.2024 3

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Get your popcorn for the great debate: Trump vs. Trump

In advance of next week’s encounter with Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump says he’s not devoting much time to debate prep. He doesn’t...

06.09.2024 2

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Republicans and Democrats agree: It’s all about Trump

24.08.2024 100

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Joe Biden, forgotten but not gone at the DNC

‘Dark Brandon’ imagery keeps sneaking into Kamala Harris’s convention. A portion of a floor pass for the Democratic National Convention with a...

22.08.2024 4

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DNC protests devolve into farce

For a while, I couldn’t find a single protester outside the convention, much less a Chicago seven. A demonstrator is arrested during a protest...

21.08.2024 90

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Did Joe Biden get the send-off he deserved?

The president’s Democratic convention speech was pushed out of prime time. Was that fair? President Joe Biden after his speech at the Democratic...

20.08.2024 10

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Republicans want Trump to drop the insults — but that’s all he’s got

They all might as well ask Trump to abandon Mar-a-Lago and move into a double-wide. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump walks offstage...

17.08.2024 200

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‘Weird’ doesn’t begin to capture the Trump-Vance campaign

As Democrats play to massive, raucous crowds, the Republican ticket is busy courting angry young men. Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim...

10.08.2024 300

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Trump’s ‘disciplined’ campaign is unraveling

The out of control Trump — suppressed in recent months with varying degrees of success — is back. Former president Donald Trump at a campaign...

02.08.2024 200

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Can Kamala Harris keep up her momentum?

Democrats are uncommonly unified and motivated, while Republicans are scrambling. Vice President Harris greets supporters in Westfield, Mass., on...

31.07.2024 9

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The world has changed, and Trump needs a mulligan

The former president is back to firing off random, late-night rage posts from his social media account. Republican presidential nominee Donald...

26.07.2024 200

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Biden flips the script — and Republicans forget their lines

It’s a disoriented GOP that must ask: What now? The scene outside the White House on Sunday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By Dana...

22.07.2024 100

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Trump uniting the country? That’s so last week.

The Republicans are squandering all the sympathy and goodwill — and any hope of the country healing. Donald Trump during the final day of the...

19.07.2024 50

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Are we really going to give Trump a pass? C’mon, man.

The national discussion needs to shift back to where it should be: on Trump’s fitness for office. Former president Donald Trump speaks at a...

12.07.2024 100

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