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Richard Nixon
early and often
Dec. 30, 2023
The Real Reason MAGA-World Is Trying to Rehabilitate Nixon They hope that by justifying Nixon’s abuses of power, they can do the same for Trump’s … both past and future.
By Ed Kilgore
accountability
Dec. 1, 2023
The 4 Final Acts of Henry Kissinger Accountability never came, only more birthday cake.
By Jonathan Guyer
early and often
Nov. 30, 2023
In Trump, Kissinger’s Conservative Foes Have the Last Laugh Whatever else he represented, Kissinger stood for a conservative internationalism that “America First” Republicans would leave behind.
By Ed Kilgore
Henry Kissinger, the Devil at the Dinner Party Henry Kissinger’s long final act — after Harvard and D.C. and Cambodia — was spent at New York’s more rarefied tables.
By Choire Sicha
early and often
Aug. 28, 2023
Ramaswamy Says He Loves Richard Nixon. Is He Serious? The tech tyro cited America’s most disgraced president as his foreign-policy hero. You have to wonder if he’s just trolling boomer liberals.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 29, 2023
Trump Plans to Use Nixon Trick to Steal Power From Congress As part of his effort to gut the federal government, Trump is reviving Nixon’s claim that the president can simply ignore Congress on spending.
By Ed Kilgore
affirmative action
June 12, 2023
Affirmative Action Never Had a Chance The conservative backlash to the civil-rights era began immediately — and now it’s nearly complete.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
early and often
May 31, 2023
Is Trump the New Nixon? Analogies between the two presidents liberals love to hate only go so far.
By Ed Kilgore
vulture recommends
June 14, 2022
In Secret Honor, Philip Baker Hall Plays Nixon As a Wounded Animal The late actor doesn’t look much like Tricky Dick, but he channels his post-Watergate desperation.
By Chris Stanton
Woodward and Bernstein Didn’t Act Alone If not for their competitors, Nixon would probably have survived Watergate.
By Garrett M. Graff
past is prologue
Nov. 25, 2021
Cheer Up, Democrats! You’ve Had It Worse Than This. The Democratic Party has a lot of problems, but it’s faced similarly sticky situations before and survived.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Oct. 23, 2021
Politics Was Riddled With Celebrities Long Before Trump Actors, musicians, and athletes entering U.S. politics isn’t a new trend — in fact, it may be one of the oldest.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Sept. 29, 2021
Biden May Bounce Back Like Other Presidents Have History shows that presidents usually get reelected unless they are unlucky, or, like Donald Trump, they work hard at alienating voters.
By Ed Kilgore
The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Investment in the Republican Party Is Paying Off Donald Trump was the first president to keep his promises to them, and now the big moment of rolling back abortion rights may be near.
By Ed Kilgore
Biden’s Approval Ratings Slip Below 50 Percent for the First Time His worst is still better than Trump’s best, but for a president trying to defy the odds and retain Congress in the midterms, it’s not great.
By Ed Kilgore
afghanistan
Aug. 16, 2021
The Fall of Saigon Didn’t End Gerald Ford’s Presidency Events in Kabul are bringing back memories of 1975. Will Joe Biden get through his crisis as the 38th president did back then?
By Ed Kilgore
John Warner Was the Glamorous Republican Heretic of the Senate The late senator figured he’d only be remembered for his marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, but it should be for his struggle against extremism in the GOP.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 mdterms
Apr. 27, 2021
By Ed Kilgore
How Biden Could Bypass Republican State Governments No one since Johnson and Nixon has tried to direct federal dollars specifically to cities and counties in hostile states, but Biden may consider it.
By Ed Kilgore
president’s job approval
Feb. 5, 2021
Record Polarization Underlies Biden’s Otherwise Normal Job Approval Rating Biden’s impossibly popular among Democrats, and improbably unpopular among Republicans. His relative strength among independents could be key.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump’s Job Approval Plunging as He Leaves Office Trump’s support is in free fall, but is high enough among Republicans to keep them from dumping him. Biden enters office with a bit of a honeymoon.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Trump Faces Senate Trial After Second Impeachment The House impeached Trump for inciting insurrection, with the support of 10 Republicans. The trial will take place during Biden’s administration.
By Intelligencer Staff
republican party
Jan. 13, 2021
Can Republicans Bounce Back Like They Did After Nixon? The last GOP president to be impeached and disgraced shattered his party.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Dec. 29, 2020
The Flimsy Nixon Precedent Trump Is Seizing On to Contest Biden’s Win In 1960, Nixon disregarded a certified Electoral College slate from Hawaii favoring him. This is not the same as Pence disregarding a national defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Sept. 15, 2020
The Reasons To Not Like Ike As the new Eisenhower Memorial opens, a more measured examination of the 34th president and his legacy is appropriate.
By Ed Kilgore
How Much Ground Does Trump Need to Make Up to Have a Good Chance of Reelection? Trump needs positive net job approval ratings to be in a solid position to win, and that’s something he has yet to achieve.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
July 28, 2020
A Short History of the Veep Reveal There may be less drama this year, but Biden’s announcement will be the biggest news before his own acceptance speech.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
June 13, 2020
Biden Shouldn’t Obsess Over Checking Boxes for His Veep Pick Biden should look at the whole person and her character and qualifications for the job — unlike what John McCain did when he picked Sarah Palin.
By Ed Kilgore
george floyd protests
June 9, 2020
The Origins of the ‘Police Riot’ Chicago cops went violently rogue at the 1968 Democratic Convention, and the whole world was watching.
By Ed Kilgore
what’s past is prologue
June 3, 2020
Trump Is Reviving the Disgraceful Legacy of ‘Law-and-Order’ Politics Trump’s rhetoric echos Nixon and Reagan — but unlike his predecessors, he’s incapable of posing as a force for unity as well as repression.
By Ed Kilgore
Biden Promises: No Pardon for Trump Sure, Biden wants to promote bipartisanship as president, but there would be rioting in the streets were he to pardon Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
coronavirus stimulus
Apr. 22, 2020
McConnell Calls General Relief for States ‘Blue-State Bailouts’ Once Republicans favored no-strings aid to states and localities. Amid a pandemic, they fear too much good might be done.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Jan. 21, 2020
The Impeachment Process Explained: What Happens to Trump Now? Everything you need to know about the next steps in the Senate, and the consequences Trump might face.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Jan. 7, 2020
What Will Happen to the Trump Toadies? Look to Nixon’s defenders, and the Vichy collaborators, for clues.
By Frank Rich
trump impeachment
Dec. 13, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Approves Two Articles of Impeachment Against Trump The articles passed 23-17 on a strict party-line vote, much like during Clinton’s impeachment. What’s different is that Trump defenders have no shame.
By Ed Kilgore
from the archives
Dec. 11, 2019
How New York Caricatured Richard Nixon Through the Years Talking to the magazine’s original graphic-design team about capturing the crooked president, who appeared on our cover ten times from 1968 to 1974.
By Christopher Bonanos
Trump’s Attorney Won’t Say Whether He’ll Participate in Impeachment ‘Charade’ We have to guess that means the White House won’t participate in the last stage of impeachment proceedings.
By Ed Kilgore
trump impeachment
Dec. 4, 2019
In Jonathan Turley, Republicans Find Ideal ‘Impartial’ Witness for Trump The law professor seems like the perfect non-partisan opponent of Trump’s impeachment — until you look at his underlying views.
By Ed Kilgore
House Intelligence Committee Sends Report to Judiciary, Setting Up Impeachment Now the venue for impeachment shifts to the Judiciary Committee, which will draft formal articles of impeachment.
By Ed Kilgore
Americans Far More Polarized on Impeachment Than in the Past Don’t count on rank-and-file Republicans to abandon Trump the way many abandoned Nixon.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Oct. 25, 2019
Federal Judge Rules Impeachment Inquiry Is Legal The judge rejected the Republican argument that the House had to formally authorize an inquiry before it could begin.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Oct. 23, 2019
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment season
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on Ukraine How do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Oct. 10, 2019
Are We Already Near the Impeachment Endgame? It’s possible Trump’s obstruction will mean House Democrats have to cut to the chase instead of holding thorough impeachment hearings.
By Ed Kilgore
Some Impeachment-Shy Democrats Just Fear It Will Backfire But as more Democrats in Congress rally to the cause, rank-and-file party members will follow — and let the 2020 chips fall where they may.
By Ed Kilgore
Nixon’s Defenders Claimed He Was a Victim of a ‘Coup.’ So Did Clinton’s. It’s time for a bipartisan agreement to stop demonizing the entirely constitutional procedure of impeachment, before things get out of control.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Sept. 29, 2019
Will Voters Warm to Impeaching Trump, and Does It Matter? Polling from the Nixon and Clinton scandals shows voters are slow to support impeachment, and the president’s popularity matters more electorally.
By Ed Kilgore
It’s Hard to Overestimate the Ferocity of the Fight Ahead Yes, the Nixon and Clinton crises were intense, but they will pale in comparison to this one.
By Ed Kilgore
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