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Ron Desantis
tremendous content
Sept. 25, 2023
All of Ron DeSantis’s Crimes Against Good Etiquette A list of alleged slights and rude behavior that may hamper DeSantis 2024, from sloppy pudding eating to (possibly) kicking Tucker Carlson’s dog.
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
Sept. 21, 2023
Iowa-Obsessed DeSantis Is Tanking in Other Early States New polls from New Hampshire and South Carolina offer bad news for the one-time powerhouse.
By Ed Kilgore
life after roe
Sept. 20, 2023
Trump Isn’t Moderating on Abortion, He’s Just Shifting Tactics By criticizing six-week state limits, Trump is acknowledging that abortion bans are unpopular and returning to incrementalism on the issue.
By Ed Kilgore
tremendous content
Sept. 11, 2023
‘Where’s Melania?’ Banner Is a Low-Energy Trump Taunt The only shocking thing about the attack on Trump at the Iowa college-football game is that one of his rivals thought it would humiliate him.
By Margaret Hartmann
the national interest
Sept. 8, 2023
By Jonathan Chait
parental rights
Sept. 5, 2023
School Vouchers Are Dysfunctional by Design Florida’s program pays for theme-park trips and big-screen TVs.
By Sarah Jones
u.s. history
Aug. 31, 2023
Was American Slavery Uniquely Evil? We don’t need to minimize the barbarity of premodern forms of slavery to advance racial justice in America.
By Eric Levitz
Don’t Say Gay, or He, or She, or They Florida schools under DeSantis are in a panic over pronouns.
By Allison Slater Tate
gun violence
Aug. 28, 2023
A White Gunman Killed 3 Black People in Jacksonville The 21-year-old killer who police say “hated Black people” died by suicide after the attack at a Dollar General.
By Bindu Bansinath
the national interest
Aug. 28, 2023
What I Got Wrong About DeSantis vs. Trump The personality cult is even cultier than I had thought.
By Jonathan Chait
DeSantis Booed and Heckled at Vigil for Jacksonville Victims The Florida governor was not warmly received by a crowd mourning the racist shooting in Jacksonville over the weekend.
By Nia Prater
Ron DeSantis’s Smile Meme Is Going Supernova The haunting image of his forced smile at the debate is still in everyone’s head.
By Matt Stieb
trump georgia indictment
Aug. 25, 2023
The Mug Shot, the Tweet, and Trump’s Return to Prime Time At the Fulton County Jail, the opening bell for the 2024 presidential race was rung.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
vision 2024
Aug. 24, 2023
Who Won (and Lost) the First Republican Debate It was a good night for Ron DeSantis and a bad one for your grandchildren.
By Eric Levitz
republican debate
Aug. 23, 2023
34 Things You Missed at the First Republican Debate The candidates danced around Trump, called for invading Mexico, and ganged up on Vivek Ramaswamy. Here are the highs and lows.
By Intelligencer Staff
republican presidential debates
Aug. 23, 2023
3 Things at Stake in the First GOP Primary Debate Even with Donald Trump offstage, the showdown in Milwaukee could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign.
By Eric Levitz
poll position
Aug. 22, 2023
What the Polls Say Today: Trump Still Riding High in Iowa A long-awaited Iowa poll from Ann Selzer shows Trump maintaining a strong lead in the state that will vote first. DeSantis is down but not out.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Aug. 18, 2023
DeSantis Targeting Ramaswamy in Debate a Sure Sign He’s Losing Debate strategy memos say DeSantis should defend Trump and hammer Ramaswamy, singling out his Hindu faith. It’s a recipe for defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Aug. 16, 2023
Ron DeSantis Is Turning Into Scott Walker, Fast He may be one bad debate performance away from a similar demise.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Aug. 14, 2023
Trump Rules Iowa State Fair Without Eating a Single Corn Dog At the obligatory campaign stop, Trump showed he isn’t running for president like the rest of the GOP field; he’s running as president.
By Ed Kilgore
The Latest Battle in the Conservative War on the American Mind Far-right trustees at the New College of Florida are trying to ban gender studies.
By Sarah Jones
early and often
Aug. 8, 2023
Another Campaign Shake-up Not a Good Sign for DeSantis The once-mighty DeSantis campaign is looking like an Iowa-centric long shot.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Aug. 7, 2023
DeSantis Says Trump Rigged the 2020 Election for Biden He has figured out how to placate “rigged election” believers without helping his rival.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Aug. 4, 2023
Ron DeSantis Renounces Trump’s Craziest Election Lie At least he admits the Venezuelans didn’t steal the election.
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
Aug. 3, 2023
Newsom and DeSantis Give Each Other the Attention They Crave The California and Florida governors both need ways to stay in the spotlight. Savaging each other is what they do best.
By Ed Kilgore
trump indicment
Aug. 3, 2023
Conservatives: Punishing Coup Leaders Is Authoritarian Does holding a presidential candidate accountable for trying to end American democracy imperil American democracy?
By Eric Levitz
life after roe
Aug. 1, 2023
Abortion Extremist DeSantis Gets Attacked by Abortion Extremists He signed a draconian six-week ban for Florida but has run afoul of activists by refusing to back a national ban.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 31, 2023
DeSantis and Black Republicans Struggle Over Anti-Anti-Racism Movement When he criticizes the Black Republican validators of the GOP’s racial righteousness as woke, DeSantis is playing with fire.
By Ed Kilgore
poll position
July 31, 2023
A Major New Poll Shows How Badly Anti-Trump Republicans Are Doing A highly representative survey with tons of data shows how strong the 45th president’s grip remains.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 28, 2023
Tim Scott May Overtake the Slumping Ron DeSantis. If He Does, What Then? For the first time, there’s a chance someone will displace DeSantis as Trump’s top 2024 opponent. If it’s Tim Scott, will he finally make enemies?
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 28, 2023
The DeSantis ‘Reboot’ Could Work Like McCain’s — or Bomb Like Jeb’s The Florida governor will need a lot of luck to make this a repeat of McCain’s 2008 comeback, not Bush’s 2016 defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 27, 2023
Pence Raps DeSantis for Boosting ‘Pro-Abortion’ RFK Jr. DeSantis tried to own the libs by joking about inflicting the anti-vaxxer on the CDC or FDA. Old-school culture warriors like Pence weren’t laughing.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 26, 2023
DeSantis Is Losing His Electability Advantage Over Trump The DeSantis campaign has been making aggressive assertions that he’d do better against Joe Biden. Polls show GOP voters don’t buy it.
By Ed Kilgore
poll position
July 24, 2023
Polls Show DeSantis Really Does Need a Reboot DeSantis still trails Trump a lot nationally, and now he’s showing some potentially fatal weaknesses in the early states as rivals creep up on him.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
July 21, 2023
By Zak Cheney-Rice
early and often
July 18, 2023
DeSantis Blames 2024 Woes on Media Sabotage. That’s Delusional. The governor claims liberal media elites are creating a negative narrative because they fear him winning the nomination. Too bad that makes no sense.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
July 18, 2023
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
July 14, 2023
Don’t Write Off Ron DeSantis Just Yet The Florida governor is definitely struggling. But unless Trump really takes off or another rival emerges, he’s got time to recover.
By Ed Kilgore
tremendous content
July 12, 2023
Murdoch Begins to Suspect DeSantis Is Actually a ‘Loser’ The Murdoch media empire spent months hyping Ron DeSantis as the man who could beat Trump. But after a bumbling start, the mogul is souring on him.
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
July 7, 2023
Ron DeSantis Is One Step From Disaster Having gained no real ground against Trump in the last year, the Florida governor needs to beware of several pitfalls that could kill his candidacy.
By Ed Kilgore
never meet your heroes
July 5, 2023
Peaky Blinders Team Doesn’t Want Tommy Shelby Repping Ron DeSantis The creative team behind the show issued a statement Wednesday disavowing the use of their guy in a Ron DeSantis ad.
By Bethy Squires
impeachment
June 29, 2023
Trump Allies in Congress Try to Erase His Two Impeachments Elise Stefanik and Marjorie Taylor Greene want to “expunge” Donald Trump’s impeachments from the record.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 29, 2023
DeSantis Continues Race to Right With Criminal-Justice Reform Veto The Florida governor doesn’t even pretend to care about anything other than signaling that he’s the meanest Republican running for president.
By Ed Kilgore
tremendous content
June 28, 2023
Donald Trump’s Nasty Ron DeSantis Nicknames, Ranked Trump has been workshopping his DeSantis nicknames, floating “Meatball Ron,” “Tiny D,” and “Ron DeSanctimonious.” Here’s some constructive feedback.
By Margaret Hartmann
early and often
June 28, 2023
DeSantis 2024’s Bad Start in New Hampshire Could Prove Fatal The governor needs to beat Trump in one of the two first states. The huge GOP field hurts him in Iowa, and he’s already stumbling in New Hampshire.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 27, 2023
DeSantis Joins Trump’s Call to End Birthright Citizenship The two 2024 Republican front-runners are promising to deny citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
June 26, 2023
DeSantis Is Trying to Out-Trump Trump. It’s Not Working. Like Ted Cruz in 2016, DeSantis is running as the true conservative alternative to the front-runner. If it doesn’t win Iowa for him, he’s doomed.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2024
June 19, 2023
Trump’s Legal Woes Aren’t Bad Enough for the GOP’s Own Good The federal indictment has rendered Trump a weaker general-election candidate but done little to aid his primary rivals.
By Eric Levitz
early and often
June 15, 2023
Trump and DeSantis Are on a Mission to Destroy the Civil Service The Republican 2024 front-runners plan to bring back the “spoils system” and fill the government with loyal conservative appointees.
By Ed Kilgore
talk valentina
June 15, 2023
The Star of Pride 2023? Clarabelle Cow She stays winning (in a throuple with Goofy and Horace Horsecollar)!
By Bethy Squires
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