Trump undaunted in the face of a midterm onslaught
The Donald declares the last two years the ‘most successful’ a president has ever had. Cohen, Manafort and Khashoggi may disagree with him there
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Wednesday
The heart of populism is identity, not race
Many voters are troubled by the fact that much of the new migration is illegal, and that the numbers are so large that assimilation will be difficult
Let’s speak ill of Dennis Hof
The now dead Trumpist candidate was a vile creature for whom women were nothing but a commodity
Tuesday
Teepee or not teepee? That is the question
It’s worrying that Elizabeth Warren finds herself compelled to publish evidence of atomic drops of Cherokee descent to declare herself a ‘minority’
Monday
Will Elizabeth Warren’s DNA results help her claim Trump’s scalp?
The Massachusetts senator has had her Native American heritage confirmed
The party of Pelosi can win in November — but not in 2020
Midterms simply are not a reliable verdict on a president’s job performance or re-electability
Saturday
Gavin McInnes: ‘Personally I think the guy was looking to get beat up for optics’
The leader of the Proud Boys believes his group were provoked by ‘antifa’ activists
Friday
Kanye West is winning Trump over with flattery. Does that make him a ‘madman’?
Maybe he’ll seem less crazy down the line when federal subsidies arrive for ‘Yeezy ideation centres’
It’s that time again! Bloomberg considers White House run
The billionaire nanny is toying with his favourite idea once more
Thursday
If America needs a manager, Michael Bloomberg bids to be the man
The 76-year-old is once again Hamlet-like in his pondering of a run for the presidency
Tuesday
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a Republican in disguise?
The self-defeating Democratic campaign to undermine the Electoral College
Is Nikki Haley jumping off a sinking ship?
The outgoing UN Ambassador praised Javanka as she departed
Hitler’s descendants think Trump is doing a bad job
The Führer’s great-nephew prefers Angela Merkel as a leader
Trump’s luck and the Democratic death wish
The President’s fumbling opponents keep snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
The yin of Andrew Yang
The unlikely 2020 challenger is a proponent of universal basic income — and all the problems that come with it
Monday
Black Mirror politics is coming to the midterms
Isn’t there a sinister side to an army of 17,000 citizen activists looking for damaging intel on Republicans?
Sunday
What’s the matter with Kansas? Trump heads inland to find out
For all its reputation as a deep-red state, Kansas conservatives are not very well organised
Saturday
Kavanaugh confirmed, despite the Democratic ‘search and destroy mission’
The President’s support is why Kavanaugh prevailed where Robert Bork stumbled
Friday
Kagan and Sotomayor discuss everything but Kavanaugh at Princeton
Instead Kagan described the importance of the court’s ‘reputation of being fair, of being impartial, of being neutral’
J’accuse! America gets its own Dreyfus Affair
The Kavanaugh affair won’t end with his nomination. It will dog American politics for decades