For veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, yesterday brought back painful memories. The special counsel’s report on the handling of classified documents by President Biden instantly recalled how James Comey, then the F.B.I. director, concluded his investigation of Clinton for her handling of classified documents when she was secretary of state. “The first […]
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Nikki Haley and the W-Word
Back in 2012, long before Nikki Haley hit the presidential campaign trail — and years before Hillary Clinton faced off against Donald Trump — Ms. Haley, then the governor of South Carolina, told this newspaper, “The reason I actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton.” “Everybody was telling me why I shouldn’t run,” […]
Read MoreHow Haley Lost New Hampshire: Ignoring Lessons From Underdogs of the Past
Senator John McCain’s first town hall in May 1999 was awful. Thirteen people milled around at a nearly empty American Legion Hall in Manchester, and only nine of them were still deciding whom to vote for in the first-in-the-nation primary. But the Arizona Republican, facing a goliath named George W. Bush with the entire Republican […]
Read MoreHillary Clinton on ‘Barbie’ Snubs: You’re ‘More Than Kenough’
It was hard for fans of last year’s blockbuster film “Barbie” to ignore the twist of fate on Tuesday when Greta Gerwig, the movie’s director, and Margot Robbie, its titular star, were shut out of the best director and best actress Oscar categories. It could have quite literally been a plot point in the movie, […]
Read MoreHow to Steal the Presidential Election
What happens when you stress-test America’s system for electing a president? How well does it hold up? After the assault on the nation’s Capitol three years ago, we worked through every strategy we could imagine for subverting the popular will by manipulating the law. What we found surprised us. We determined that the most commonly […]
Read MoreThe Davos Consensus: Donald Trump Will Win Re-Election
The Davos consensus on the presidential election Publicly, the global business leaders who gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, haven’t wanted to predict the winner of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The closest they’ve come? Referring to it as a “geopolitical risk.” But talk to executives privately, and they’re more explicit: They […]
Read MoreThe Anti-Democratic Quest to Save Democracy from Trump
Let’s consider a counterfactual. In the autumn of 2016, with American liberalism reeling from the election of Donald Trump, a shattered Hillary Clinton embraces the effort to pin all the blame on Vladimir Putin. She barnstorms the country arguing that the election was fundamentally illegitimate because of foreign interference. She endorses every attempt to prove […]
Read MoreLikening Nikki Haley to Clinton, Ads From Pro-DeSantis Super PAC Fall Short
In Republican politics, being likened to a prominent Democrat like Hillary Clinton may well be among the highest of insults. Some G.O.P. presidential hopefuls and their allies are seizing on that comparison to denounce Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina who has gained momentum in the primary race. During the Republican debate in […]
Read MoreSusan Sarandon’s Most Controversial Roles Have Been Offscreen
For decades, Susan Sarandon’s acting career thrived alongside a robust interest in political activism, which often placed her well to the left even of Hollywood’s liberal mainstream. As she starred in films like “Bull Durham,” “Thelma & Louise” and “Dead Man Walking,” for which she won an Academy Award, she became a familiar, outspoken figure […]
Read MoreKissinger Kept Busy as a Diplomat Long After Leaving State Department
When Henry Kissinger turned 100 this year, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken toasted him at one birthday celebration in New York, and the C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, did so at another in Washington. There was a reason: Kissinger managed to retain his role as adviser to Washington’s key policymakers a half century after […]
Read MoreThe Axe Is Sharp
David Axelrod is not a prick. Truly. I’ve known him since 2007 and if I had to pick a noun to describe him, it would be mensch. So when President Biden privately employs that epithet for Axelrod, according to Politico’s Jonathan Martin, it’s bad for a few reasons. The ordinarily gracious president is punching down […]
Read MoreHere’s How Joe Biden Can Win Again
President Biden’s age is on the minds of American voters as they think about the 2024 election. It’s no wonder: In a poll I did last year, there was broad support (63 percent of Democrats, 55 percent of Republicans and 61 percent of independents) for establishing an upper age limit of 70 for any person […]
Read MoreThe Plot Trump Lost
When was the last time you listened to Donald Trump for longer than 30 seconds? Longer than a clip sailing by in a tweet or a TikTok or packaged on the evening news? Lovers and haters alike seem filled to the brim with information about this man, unable to take in any more or alter […]
Read MoreBiden, Trump and the 2024 Field of Nightmares
In the bottom of the 10th inning of the sixth game of the 1986 World Series, with the Boston Red Sox leading the New York Mets 5-3, Red Sox manager John McNamara sent Bill Buckner — a great hitter dealing with terrible leg problems that made him gimp his way around first base — back […]
Read MoreHillary Clinton Goes Back to School, Teaching at Columbia
It was 20 minutes into the first class of the semester when a professor of foreign policy at Columbia University halted the lecture. “I see the phones, and I see the cameras,” she said. “This is not a Taylor Swift concert.” To avoid further disruption, the professor, Keren Yarhi-Milo, offered students a five-minute reprieve. They […]
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