Total 11 Posts
Memo to fellow journalists: Please don’t cover Trump 2.0 like in 2016
3 min read
In 2016, Donald Trump’s outrageous behaviour – tweets, incendiary statements, and norm-breaking promises – were covered with gawping attention. In 2023, it’s his criminal indictments.
Trump indictment timing
5 min read
I have what I’ll call “mixed emotions” about the Manhattan indictment against former President Donald Trump, B. Jay Cooper writes.
Kevin McCarthy: Why Republicans are preventing their own leader from becoming US speaker
4 min read
Why breakaway Republicans are blocking the election of a new speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Donald Trump may or may not go away but Trumpism will remain
10 min read
The vote results of the last mid-term elections have had political pundits, politicians, and the news media speculating that it’s the end of Donald Trump’s political dominance.
It’s not your dads’ GOP anymore, and never will be again
5 min read
If you ever entertained any notion that the Republican Party will endure in a democracy, tell me what you’re smoking, please.
For GOP, it’s Trump Road whether he runs or not
5 min read
Between Ron DeSantis, Liz Cheney and Donald Trump, the Republicans seem to have already chosen their candidate for 2024 – or have they?
The return of the Yos! and Oys! – plus a new addition.
4 min read
B. Jay Cooper occasionally hands out awards for Yos! and Oys!, celebrating those individuals who do good deeds (Yo!) and bad ones (Oy!). The Committee on Yos! and Oys! meets when it feels like it.