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No One Likes Loeffler or Perdue. They Might Win Anyway.

‘TOOLS’

A win for Loeffler and Perdue may ultimately rest not on how much Georgians like them, but how much they dislike the other guys.

Sam Brodey | Published Jan 03, 2021

Trump Plans to Fight the Election Even After the Rallies End

NO, I WON’T BACK DOWN

The president has told advisers he isn’t deterred by the setbacks in the courts and won’t be deterred by Congress certifying Joe Biden’s win.

Asawin Suebsaeng, Will Sommer | Published Jan 01, 2021

Corey Lewandowski Is Pushing a New, Trumpy Political Project

THE BAND IS BACK

Fight Back Now America is asking for money in the former Trump campaign manager’s name. What it’s doing with that cash is a mystery.

Lachlan Markay | Published Dec 31, 2020

Trump Fears That His Influence Is Waning

ALL THESE DYING DAYS

The president is plotting retribution. Not just because he’s mad about his election loss. But because he wants to keep folks in line.

Lachlan Markay, Asawin Suebsaeng | Published Dec 31, 2020

Cruz Camp Pockets the Cash He’s Raising for Georgia GOPers

ALL FOR ME

The runoff is a gold mine for politicians. And now that they can run Facebook ads in Georgia, they’re rushing for it.

Lachlan Markay | Published Dec 30, 2020

16 of the Zillion Crazy Things That Happened in Politics

TELL US WHEN IT’S OVER

Are we in some kind of wormhole or did all of this really take place in the last 12 months?

Jackie Kucinich, Sam Stein | Published Dec 30, 2020

Biden’s Taking Forever to Pick His AG and Everyone’s Anxious

D-O-JUST PICK SOMEONE

The president-elect is taking a fair bit of time picking a person to lead DOJ. That’s likely a reflection of the stakes.

Scott Bixby, Hanna Trudo | Published Dec 30, 2020

Jon Ossoff No Longer Wants to Be Republican-Lite

A NEW PLAYBOOK

The candidate once called the “high priest” of civility has switched up his sermon—and it’s not just Trump he’s targeting in sharp terms now, but Trumpism as well.

Sam Brodey | Published Dec 29, 2020

Michael Flynn Is Now Selling QAnon Merch

Q-SHIRT

Trump’s former national security adviser is going all in on QAnon, selling QAnon T-shirts and launching a QAnon news site

Will Sommer | Published Dec 29, 2020

Trump Made Him a Viral Star. He’s Got a Hidden Backer, Too.

EPIC EPOCH

The president has pushed out a video from Seth Holehouse. Not mentioned are Holehouse’s ties to a group that thinks Trump will bring on Judgment Day.

Will Sommer | Published Dec 29, 2020

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