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Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you want...

25.11.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you want...

25.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you want...

25.11.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you want...

25.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Melania’s no show at Oval Office an ominous omen

The incoming first lady skipped the traditional handover meeting with the Bidens – another sign that the Trumps are going to do any damn thing they...

14.11.2024 10

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black and...

11.11.2024 20

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black and...

11.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black and...

11.11.2024 40

The Age

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black and...

11.11.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Democrats learnt the hard way that woke is broke

Democrats don’t understand why they turned off so many working-class voters over the decades, and why they developed such disdain toward their once...

10.11.2024 40

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I assumed...

07.11.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I assumed...

07.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I assumed...

07.11.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I assumed...

07.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he should...

05.11.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he should...

05.11.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he should...

05.11.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he should...

05.11.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump has no tragic flaw, just no character at all

Once, character and reputation were prized in our leaders. How is it that a man with none of those is now in with an even chance of becoming president...

03.11.2024 10

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni about...

28.10.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni about...

28.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni about...

28.10.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni about...

28.10.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald Trump....

21.10.2024 9

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald Trump....

21.10.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald Trump....

21.10.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald Trump....

21.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 20

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 30

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women. Sure, he’s in a 1959 time warp, like some spray-tanned, comb-over swinger in a Vegas lounge,...

02.08.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women. Sure, he’s in a 1959 time warp, like some spray-tanned, comb-over swinger in a Vegas lounge,...

02.08.2024 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women. Sure, he’s in a 1959 time warp, like some spray-tanned, comb-over swinger in a Vegas lounge,...

02.08.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women

Suddenly, Donald Trump looks enlightened about women. Sure, he’s in a 1959 time warp, like some spray-tanned, comb-over swinger in a Vegas lounge,...

02.08.2024 8

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

For heaven’s sake, Joe, let it go

Everyone wants Joe Biden gone. Even the people who don’t want him gone really want him gone. “Everyone’s waiting for Joe,” said a top...

21.07.2024 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

For heaven’s sake, Joe, let it go

Everyone wants Joe Biden gone. Even the people who don’t want him gone really want him gone. “Everyone’s waiting for Joe,” said a top...

21.07.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

For heaven’s sake, Joe, let it go

Everyone wants Joe Biden gone. Even the people who don’t want him gone really want him gone. “Everyone’s waiting for Joe,” said a top...

21.07.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

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