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December 6, 2022
Sarah Palin Is a Faux Populist. Alaskans Chose the Authentic One.
Voters saw that Palin was in it for herself, while Democrat Mary Peltola was the real deal.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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October 28, 2022
Sarah Palin Looks Like a Loser
The original reality-TV Republican is trailing Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska.
John Nichols
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September 2, 2022
Sarah Palin’s Loss Is Democracy’s Gain
How Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system freed the majority of voters to elect pro-choice, pro-labor Democrat Mary Peltola.
John Nichols
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November 14, 2016
Donald Trump Dredged Up His Cabinet From the Bottom of the Conservative Swamp
Reince Priebus heads a lineup of familiar right-wing faces, including Kris Kobach, Sarah Palin, Joe Arpaio, and Ken Blackwell.
David Dayen
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September 6, 2016
What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly
The great defender of traditional domesticity was a whirling dervish of professional activity.
Katha Pollitt
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May 11, 2016
Don DeLillo’s American Dream
His recent protagonists dream only of money, except perhaps for the technological advances that will allow them to go on acquiring it indefinitely.
Jon Baskin
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May 9, 2016
Paul Ryan’s (Exceptionally Cynical and Self-Serving) Dance With Donald Trump
The speaker’s grandstanding has very little to do with political courage, and very much to do with political positioning.
John Nichols
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January 26, 2016
A Political Party’s Descent Into Madness
The GOP presidential hopefuls compete for the title of most absurd candidate.
Tom Tomorrow
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January 19, 2016
Did Sarah Palin Just Win Iowa for Donald Trump?
Most Americans disregard the former Alaska governor, but Iowa evangelicals take her quite seriously.
John Nichols
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May 2, 2014
Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration?
In speeches and in campaign ads, they’re threatening to cut off their enemies’ balls, and it’s getting weird.
Leslie Savan