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☆ Opinion | How Progressives Won Over the Democratic Center
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Mara Gay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

That certainly seemed to be the view of Democratic leaders, who seemed intent on making “the squad,” as the progressive caucus is known, a group of permanent outsiders. Five years later, Ms. Pelosi has stepped down from the leadership position she long held. The House progressive caucus has grown to nearly 100 members and has become a significant force within the party. Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the new minority leader, isn’t a member of the progressive caucus. (He left the caucus when he became leader of the House Democrats.)

Persons: Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, ” Nancy Pelosi, Maureen Dowd, ” Ms, Pelosi, “, Trump, Steny Hoyer, Hakeem Jeffries, isn’t Organizations: Alexandria, Democrats, America, Democratic Party, Democratic, House Democrats Locations: New York

☆ Peter Morgan Turns His Pen From ‘The Crown’ to the Kremlin
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Going from Princess Diana, a lovely icon who generated waves of sympathy, to Vladimir Putin, an icy villain who generates waves of disdain, might be difficult for some writers. Not Peter Morgan. After pulling back the curtain on the British royal family for six seasons of “The Crown,” Morgan was keen to move on. Morgan enjoys writing about the vilified, giving them a fighting chance. In “Patriots,” he creates a jigsaw of four Russian men, their fates intertwining in the post-Soviet era, who represent a Byzantine spectrum of moral values.

Persons: Princess Diana, Vladimir Putin, Peter Morgan, ” Morgan, Putin, Frankenstein, Morgan, ” Organizations: “ Patriots

☆ Opinion | O.J. and the Monster Jealousy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Thursday, I went over to South Bundy Drive in Brentwood, where the double murder happened. Simpson was dead at 76. And that famous scene of violence was eerily quiet on a shimmering spring day in Los Angeles. There were farcical elements of O.J. It had echoes of “Othello,” the most trenchant work ever written on the fatal flaw of jealousy.

Persons: O.J, Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Ron Goldman, Simpson’s, Kato Kaelin, Lance Ito, Itomaniac, ” Locations: South, Brentwood, Los Angeles

☆ Opinion | Donald Trump, Blasphemous Bible Thumper
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On this holy weekend, one man is taking the Resurrection personally. Donald Trump is presenting himself as the Man on the Cross, tortured for our sins. Yet, more and more, Trump is wallowing in his Messiah complex. Two-Corinthians Trump wouldn’t know the difference between Old and New Testaments. So he may not realize that, rather than a sacrificial lamb, he is the Golden Calf, the false god worshiped by Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai to get the Ten Commandments.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, ”, Lucifer, ” Trump, Moses Organizations: Trump Locations: New, Sinai

☆ James Carville says Democrats are losing support among men due to 'preachy females' who drive the party's culture: 'The message is too feminine'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

James Carville told the Times that "preachy females" have chased some men from the Democratic Party. "The message is too feminine," he told Times columnist Maureen Dowd. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementIn a freewheeling conversation with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville suggested that the party's struggles with male voters are driven by "preachy females" who aren't speaking to their concerns.

Persons: James Carville, Maureen Dowd, Carville, —, Bill Clinton's, Dowd, Joe Biden Organizations: Times, Democratic Party, Service, New York Times, Democratic, Business Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans

☆ Here's why James Carville believes Biden's been 'the best president that Black America's ever had'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

James Carville favorably compared Biden's record for Black Americans to that of Obama and Clinton. In April 2023, the Black unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, the lowest level on record. "He's been demonstrably the best president that Black America's ever had, Clinton and Obama included," Carville said of Biden. AdvertisementIn April 2023, the Black unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, the lowest level on record for Black citizens. And for Black Americans in the workforce, weekly pre-tax earnings surged 24.8% from Q1 in 2020 through the end of 2023, according to CNBC.

Persons: James Carville, Obama, Clinton, He's, Black, —, Joe Biden's, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Carville —, Maureen Dowd, Carville, Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: Times, Service, Democratic, Black, Democratic Party, New York Times, CNBC, …

☆ Opinion | James Carville, the Cajun Who Can’t Stop Ragin’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I get a $25 champagne and four plastic flutes,” he recalled, “and I said to the students: ‘All right. You are not going to get out of James Carville’s class unless you know how to properly open a bottle of champagne.’“I said: ‘Here’s what you’re going to do. You don’t pop it like you see in the movies or you’re going to poke somebody’s eye out. Now you’re going to take a dishcloth, and you’re going to execute the classic counterclockwise movement. The bottle is going to go one way; the cork is going to go the other way.

Persons: James Carville, “, ”, James Carville’s, ’ “, ‘ Organizations: Louisiana State University

☆ Opinion | Will the Rotters Keep Hounding Kate?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With her mop of red Renaissance curls and steely ambition, Brooks became the favorite lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch. But the moral is about amorality; the story underscores the viciousness and lack of decency of the British tabloids in the hacking scandal. I thought of that when I watched the video of Princess Kate sitting on a bench amid daffodils, telling her heartbreaking story of a cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy. Cancer is a very personal thing, and how you tell your children is the most personal of all. Princess Diana’s sons blame that ravenous behemoth for hounding their mother.

Persons: J.T, Rogers, Bartlett Sher, Rebekah Brooks, Brooks, Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Don Van Natta Jr, Jo Becker, Graham Bowley, Saffron Burrows, Princess Kate, Princess Diana’s, Harry Organizations: Lincoln Center, British, New York Times, Cancer, Mirror Group Newspapers Locations: Britain, British

☆ Opinion | My Joe Biden Fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I slipped away from this nightmarish election campaign into a delicious dream the other evening. I dreamed that, when Joe Biden gets up to reset his beleaguered presidency at the State of the Union address, he gives this astonishing speech:Mr. Speaker. Man, Mike Johnson was a nobody just weeks ago — now he’s Neville Chamberlain. I remember how to lift people up, not tear them down and pit them against one another. Donald Trump wants to yank us back on women’s rights, the environment, mail-in voting — actually, all voting.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mike Johnson, Neville Chamberlain, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, yank, — Organizations: State, NATO Locations: United States, Vegas, L.A

☆ Opinion | Sex and the Capital City
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“The Golden Bachelor” showed that sex is not just for spring chickens. Hearing aids and making out in a hot tub can go blissfully together. Now comes the Golden President. Even though fretful questions about his age have engulfed Joe Biden’s campaign, one thing is clear: His romance with Jill is still crackling. At a party at his house at the Naval Observatory when he was vice president, he told me about the frisson of watching his wife come down the stairs, dressed up for a special occasion.

Persons: ”, Joe Biden’s, Jill Organizations: Naval Observatory

☆ Opinion | The Florida Fraudster and the Russian ‘Killer’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Bush’s presidential campaign in 1988, he was so eager to wrap himself in the American flag that he took us to a New Jersey flag factory. At the time, it seemed like a cynical move by Republicans, trying to bogart patriotism. That vanishing breed of Republican pledged allegiance to the American flag. “Bush wrapped himself in the American flag,” David Axelrod said. “Trump wants to wrap himself in the Mar-a-Lago flag.”

Persons: George H.W, bogart, Donald Trump’s, Bush, ” David Axelrod, “ Trump Organizations: Republicans Locations: New Jersey, America

Rick Tocchet and Rick Bowness were together at NHL All-Star Weekend when news broke that the Winnipeg Jets traded for Sean Monahan. “It’s a great move by Winnipeg, great move by Vancouver getting our guy.”Toss in the Colorado Avalanche signing veteran winger Zach Parise around the same time, and the race for players is already well underway in the Western Conference. And there's still three weeks left until the March 8 deadline, as trade talk picks up and plenty more movement is expected. “Obviously, (we have) a lot of good players and a lot skill — strength throughout the whole lineup. Getting Parise without having to give up draft picks, prospects or players from their roster was a nice first step for general manager Chris MacFarland.

Persons: Rick Tocchet, Rick Bowness, Sean Monahan, Bowness, Elias Lindholm, It’s, ” Tocchet, “ It’s, Zach Parise, there's, ”, Nathan MacKinnon, “, Connor McDavid's, ” Lindholm, Monahan, Connor Hellebuyck, Kyle Connor, Connor, Nazem Kadri, Alexandar Georgiev, Chris MacFarland, Andrew Cogliano, that’s, Parise, Noah Hanifin, Chris Tanev, Jacob Markstrom, Jake Allen, Anaheim's Adam Henrique, Washington's Max Pacioretty, Nic Dowd, Anthony Mantha, Nick Seeler, Sean Walker, Tocchet, ” they're, Bowen Byram, we’ve Organizations: NHL, Winnipeg Jets, Tocchet's Vancouver Canucks, Colorado Avalanche, Western Conference, Stanley, Avalanche, Canucks, Dallas Stars, Central Division, Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers, Vegas Golden Knights, Winnipeg, Jets, Bowness, Calgary Locations: Winnipeg, Vancouver, West, Colorado, Bowness , Winnipeg, Montreal

☆ Dawn Project calls for Tesla boycott in Super Bowl ad campaign over self-driving capabilities
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Tesla has failed time and time again to address the failings in its defective self-driving software,” O’Dowd said Sunday in a statement. In a series of video tests by The Dawn Project, the cars run over a child-sized dummy on a school crosswalk and a fake baby in a stroller. The clips reportedly show two separate incidents involving Tesla cars with activated Autopilot features, according to The Dawn Project. The second ad alludes to an incident where “a self-driving Tesla blew past a stopped school bus,” injuring a child. According to O’Dowd, The Dawn Project set aside a bigger budget this year, anticipating they would purchase ad space in Sacramento.

Persons: Dan O’Dowd, Tesla, Elon, ”, “ Tesla, ” O’Dowd, Elon Musk, ” Tesa, “ It’s, O’Dowd, “, we’re, Washington “, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Ramishah Maruf, Chris Isidore Organizations: New, New York CNN — Tech, Tesla, Dawn Project, CNN, Dawn, Green Hills Software, CBS Sacramento, CBS, Traffic Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, NHTSA Locations: New York, Santa Barbara , California, Washington ,, Atlanta, Austin , Texas, Tallahassee , Florida, Albany , New York, Sacramento , California, Washington , DC, Dover , Delaware, Traverse City , Michigan, Sacramento, CBS Sacramento, Washington, Traverse City, Delaware, Wilmington , Delaware

☆ Opinion | Mr. President, Ditch the Stealth About Health
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Once, when my father was in West Virginia on police business, a man approached him and demanded to know about “rumors” that President Franklin Roosevelt was “crippled.” The man threatened to beat up my father or anyone who said F.D.R. (I have a picture of my father, in a fedora, guarding Roosevelt at a Senators baseball game, with the president standing up with the help of his braces to throw out the first pitch.) Like others around Roosevelt, my dad kept a tight lip about the paralysis of the president, who did not want to seem weak. With the help of a complicit press corps, a censoring Secret Service and a variety of ruses, F.D.R. was even able to campaign giving the impression that he was mobile.

Persons: Franklin Roosevelt, Roosevelt, West Virginia ruffian Organizations: D.C, Senators, West Virginia Locations: West Virginia

TORONTO (AP) — Even during the All-Star break, Nathan MacKinnon kept thinking ahead to the second half of the NHL season. “Everyone’s going to be playing a lot of hockey here the next couple months, so consistency’s big,” Crosby said. “There’s other teams playing good hockey, so, yeah, we got to win games.”MVP REPEAT? He trails MacKinnon by 17 points and Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov by 18 in the scoring race, but McDavid is arguably playing better all-around hockey than he did last season. “It might not be the most offensively sexy year, but I think we’re doing a lot of good things,” McDavid said.

Persons: Nathan MacKinnon, “, ” MacKinnon, MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, Bo Horvat, That's, Marc, Andre Fleury, Anaheim's Adam Henrique, Philadelphia's Sean Walker, Washington's Nic Dowd, Ottawa's Jakob Chychrun, Travis Konecny, Jersey's Jesper Bratt, he's, “ We’re, ” Bratt, Sidney Crosby, “ Everyone’s, ” Crosby, they’ll, Louis Blues, Seattle's Oliver Bjorkstrand, ” Bjorkstrand, Hart, Nikita Kucherov, ” McDavid, McDavid, “ It’s, ___ Organizations: TORONTO, NHL, Western Conference, Avalanche, New York Rangers, Stanley, Canucks, Jets, Vancouver, New York Islanders, The Rangers, New Jersey Devils, Devils, Philadelphia Flyers, Rangers, Islanders, MetLife, ” Flyers, Seattle, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los, Nashville Predators, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa, Colorado Locations: Colorado, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, Montreal, Minnesota, East Rutherford , New Jersey, Los Angeles, Edmonton

☆ Opinion | Inside Trump’s Not-So-Swift Brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s easy to imagine what’s going through Donald Trump’s head right now. The thoughts pinballing through Trump’s cortex might be something like this:“I like Taylor Swift. She’s beautiful, just my type, unlike that wack job E. Jean Carroll and her sick lawyer, Roberta Kaplan. “I’ll tell you what: The idea that Taylor Swift is more popular than me is a joke. Oh, what a beautiful day that was.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, He’s fulminating, Nikki Haley, Taylor Swift, She’s, Jean Carroll, Roberta Kaplan, “ Rachel Maddow, Jean, Rachel, “, Swifties Organizations: New, Capitol Locations: Mar, New Hampshire

☆ Opinion | The Ogre Gorging on America
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

If you can imagine the lobby bar of the Manchester Marriott as an Anglo-Saxon mead hall, I can explain how it felt to cover the New Hampshire primary. I will need the help of the late Seamus Heaney, who described what it was like to be quaffing in Heorot Hall while Grendel lurked and swooped through the frost-stiffened north. In his lyrical translation of “Beowulf,” Heaney described Grendel as “the terror-monger,” the “captain of evil” and “the dread of the land.”He wrote that the fiend “ruled in defiance of right” and was “malignant by nature, he never showed remorse.”

Persons: Seamus Heaney, Grendel lurked, ” Heaney, Grendel, ” Organizations: Manchester Marriott Locations: Hampshire, Heorot

☆ Calista Flockhart Is Back, With a Flock of Venomous Swans
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On a chilly January weekend in Los Angeles, I turned into a truffle pig. I foraged relentlessly all over town, looking for truffle fries. “My sister gave me this for Christmas,” I explained sheepishly to the famously lissome Calista Flockhart as I slid into a booth on the terrace of the Georgian Hotel. “In fact, I just ordered — no kidding — a pair of Spanx jeans. They’re very wide.”

Persons: foraged, ”, sheepishly, Calista Flockhart, “ Organizations: Georgian Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Opinion | Can the MAGA Shrew Be Tamed?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Maureen Dowd has a cold. Not quite the same ring as “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” Gay Talese’s legendary 1966 Esquire profile of the crooner. So on caucus night, I stayed in my hotel room watching TV and munching on Cheez-Its, flipping between wins and losses in Hollywood and Iowa. There wasn’t any custom Louis Vuitton on display in the frozen tundra of Iowa, but there were some parallels — beyond the abysmal turnout for both shows. The Emmys did a tribute to “The Sopranos” and James Gandolfini.

Persons: Maureen Dowd, Frank Sinatra, Gay, Louis Vuitton, James Gandolfini, Donald Trump, Gravano, John Gotti Locations: Des Moines, Hollywood and Iowa, Iowa

☆ Opinion | Here Comes Trump, the Abominable Snowman
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It’s the latest hot TV genre: a woman in a frigid outpost, bundled in puffy outerwear, trying to uncover truths buried in ice. And now I find myself in puffy outerwear, trudging through snow in glacial Iowa, trying to uncover truths buried in the ice. I don’t have as much of a mystery to unravel as the TV detectives. The only thing the horde of reporters here is trying to figure out is if Donald Trump will win the caucuses on Monday with a plurality or if he can pull off a majority. No one is expecting a Jimmy Carter/Barack Obama-style upset.

Persons: puffy outerwear, ” Jodie Foster, ” Emma Corrin, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama Organizations: puffy Locations: Alaska, Iceland, Iowa

With so many shows on TV and streaming services, it's impossible not to miss a gem or two. “The Bear,” FX on HuluLet's start off with a public service announcement to watch “The Bear” if you haven't already. Any given episode can make you laugh, cry, feel anxious and excited by its genius casting of guest stars. “Perry Mason,” HBOSomething happened between season one and season two of HBO’s “Perry Mason” starring Mathew Rhys. “Shrinking,” Apple TV+Therapy and grief don't sound like a recipe for a feel-good comedy, but “Shrinking” pulls it off.

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☆ Opinion | Sam Altman, Sugarcoating the Apocalypse
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

My favorite “Twilight Zone” episode is the one where aliens land and, in a sign of their peaceful intentions, give world leaders a book. Government cryptographers work to translate the alien language. They decipher the title — “To Serve Man” — and that’s reassuring, so interplanetary shuttles are set up. But as the cryptographers proceed, they realize — too late — that it’s a cookbook. It was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit to serve man, to keep an eye on galloping A.I.

Persons: —, — Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman —, A.I, Mary Shelley Organizations: San Locations: San Francisco

☆ Opinion | Should Biden Bow Out, as David Axelrod Urged?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “The Axe Is Sharp,” by Maureen Dowd (column, Nov. 19):While reading Ms. Dowd’s column on whether President Biden should run for a second term, I was struck by a historical parallel. Like Mr. Biden, President Lyndon B. Johnson had served a deeply charismatic president and used his extensive senatorial experience to seal that president’s vision with legislation. But facing health concerns and declining popularity because of the Vietnam War, as well as surprisingly strong opposition by Robert F. Kennedy, Johnson decided that his moment had passed. As David Axelrod has noted, it is time to consider allowing other Democratic leaders to step forward. Mr. Biden has served the nation honorably for longer than most Americans have been alive, guiding the country through dark times and leaving a clear legislative mark.

Persons: Maureen Dowd, Biden, Lyndon B, Johnson, Robert F, Kennedy, David Axelrod Organizations: Democratic Locations: Vietnam

☆ Opinion | My Brother’s Thanksgiving Lament
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We could use some prayers right now, in a country inflamed with hate and prejudice and generational mistrust. Americans are at each other’s throats, living in different realities, fraught by two brutal, calamitous wars. ****Less than a year before the country chooses a president, President Biden’s poll numbers are almost catastrophic. While majorities of the country find both Trump and Biden unacceptable, Trump remains the Republican front-runner, bolstered by what his supporters see as overeager Democratic prosecutions. This scenario holds great peril for Republicans because Trump is the weakest candidate against Biden.

Persons: Kevin, Biden’s, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump Organizations: Trump, Republican, Democratic, Republicans, Biden

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president's age should not be a primary focus. “What we say is we have to judge him by what he’s done, not by his numbers,” Jean-Pierre said. “I would put the president’s stamina, the president’s wisdom, ability to get this done on behalf of the American people, against anyone. Political Cartoons View All 1260 Images“By the way, it’s my birthday today,” Biden told a crowd on the White House South Lawn as he pardoned Thanksgiving turkeys Liberty and Bell. Jean-Pierre said Monday that the Bidens would spend the president's birthday as they traditionally have, with a family gathering for Thanksgiving on Nantucket, and that they planned to have coconut cake, another tradition.

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