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NEWSLETTERS
Tina Nguyen May 11, 2022
After spending tens of millions, dragging in Hope Hicks, and kissing babies up and down the Keystone state, the two megarich MAGA poseurs may have beat each other into submission—and handed the race to someone else.
Dave McCormick
Tina Nguyen May 4, 2022
A G.O.P. candy bowl: Finger-pointing in Dave-vs.-Oz, the House’s Lindsay Lohan, and Geoff Morrell’s own Disney crisis comms.
Dave and Dina
Tina Nguyen April 29, 2022
Notes on Dr. Oz’s battle against former beloved hedge fund titan David McCormick for the hearts and minds of the Rust Belt. Plus: News on how Kevin McCarthy kept his job, and the Right’s lust for Elon.
Trump
Tina Nguyen April 26, 2022
Why won’t Trump return to Twitter? Because he’s got a ton of money on the line with Truth Social’s pending merger. And while the guy may be a “billionaire,” he ain’t Elon Musk.


trump and mccarthy
Tina Nguyen April 22, 2022
Notes on McCarthy’s newly-imperiled path toward the House speakership, Ron DeSantis’ latest attack on Disney, and Eric Trump’s unlikely ambassadorship.
Mehment Oz
Tina Nguyen April 20, 2022
The season’s most bizarre race—which features a TV star, a hedge fund C.E.O., a former top Trump aide and even Hope Hicks (!!)—prepares for a dark final chapter.
Mike Pence
Tina Nguyen April 15, 2022
Notes from the G.O.P. salt mines: Pence’s attempt to get canceled, Trump’s latest endorsement fool’s errand, and a head-scratching story of a fallen meme-lord dynasty.
Dave McCormick
Tina Nguyen April 12, 2022
Why did Trump turn his back on David McCormick, the former Bush-era appointee and Bridgewater C.E.O., who happens to be married to Goldman partner and former Trump-era deputy N.S.A. Dina Powell? Here’s what the pros are saying.


Ketanji Brown Jackson
Tina Nguyen April 8, 2022
Notes on the G.O.P.’s pedo fixations, a political orgy trial balloon, Elon Musk’s Twitter curiosities, and Trump’s 2020 fantasies.
Mehmet Oz
Tina Nguyen April 4, 2022
I asked a Trump advisor if the former president would come back onto Twitter if Musk somehow engineered it. “In a heartbeat,” the advisor texted back immediately.
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