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Eleanor Clift covers politics for The Daily Beast. A regular panelist on the McLaughlin Group, she has also appeared as herself in several movies, including "Dave," "Independence Day," "Rising Sun," "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue," and the CBS sit-com, "Murphy Brown." Send her tips: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

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opinion

Trump Madly Produces and Directs Whitewashing of History

PAST IS PROLOGUE

The self-appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center is erasing cultural icons and hallmarks of the left, but Elvis, Pavarotti and Babe Ruth are part of the show.

Eleanor Clift | Published Mar 19, 2025
opinion

Wisconsin Is Ground Zero for War on DOGE: ‘People v. Musk’

MUSK FURY

“This is where we see if Democrats in a pretty purple state can get up off the mat and fight back.”

Eleanor Clift | Published Mar 13, 2025
opinion

Dem 2028 Ticket: Rich Man, Macho Woman, Anybody But Kamala

WE SURE WENT BACK

The possibilities include a slew of governors, one of whom Democrats politely wish would go away.

Eleanor Clift | Published Mar 06, 2025
opinion

JD Vance and Usha’s Hard-Right Same-Sex Political Bedfellows

KINDRED SPIRITS

Germany’s AfD just came second in the polls. Its leader Alice Weidel is Vance’s unlikely kindred spirit.

Eleanor Clift | Published Feb 27, 2025
opinion

Why Elon Musk is Going to Poison Everything—Even Your Salmon

BEYOND FISHY

The national resource specialist says she was told her firing was part of the president’s plan to make money off public lands.

Eleanor Clift | Published Feb 20, 2025
opinion

Quiet Over Trump’s Kennedy Center Grab Risks ‘Capitulation’

SILENCE GIVES CONSENT

“It’s another signal of how an authoritarian leader can use state power to defeat the opposition,” one democracy watchdog tells the Daily Beast.

Eleanor Clift | Published Feb 13, 2025
opinion

Trump’s Flood-the-Zone News Cycle Let Fired Aide Back In

SLIPPED PAST CUSTOMS

The media has been too focused on the big nominees to notice Darren Beattie, who was fired by Trump in 2018 for attending a white supremacy rally.

Eleanor Clift | Published Feb 06, 2025
opinion

Bezos Has Plunged My Beloved Washington Post Into Darkness

HOLD THE PRESSES

As the hometown paper in the nation’s capital, the Post’s mission has long been to hold government accountable. Its staffers need to know that’s still the case.

Eleanor Clift | Published Jan 15, 2025
opinion

Trump’s Tax Man Will Be Sheriff of Rottingham–Not Robin Hood

IR-MESS

“He’s just as bad as RFK Jr. but nobody is paying attention,” one tax expert says of the pick to run the IRS.

Eleanor Clift | Published Jan 10, 2025

I Built Houses with Jimmy Carter. Here’s What I Learned

HUMILITY AND HUMANITY

The Daily Beast’s Eleanor Clift witnessed the humility and humanity of a man who put morality above all–even at the cost of the presidency.

Eleanor Clift | Published Dec 29, 2024

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