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☆ Mike Pence Is ‘a Rebuke of Trump’s Presidency’: Our Columnists and Writers Weigh In on His Candidacy - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Republican candidates enter the race for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination, Times columnists, Opinion writers and others will assess their strengths and weaknesses with a scorecard. This entry assesses Mike Pence, the former vice president. He is polling well enough to be part of the Republican primary debates. Ross Douthat On paper, a former vice president known for his evangelical faith sounds like a plausible Republican candidate for president. But in practice, because of Pence’s role on Jan. 6 and his break with Donald Trump thereafter, to vote for Trump’s vice president is to actively repudiate Trump himself.

Persons: Mike Pence, Mike Pence’s, Frank Bruni, Kamala Harris, Chris Licht, Jane Coaston, Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Republican, CNN

☆ Opinion | Trump Wants to Party Like It’s 1776
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

These low-energy losers wouldn’t know how to throw a birthday blowout if their poll numbers depended on it. Even as Mr. Trump hawks the project as an opportunity for national uplift, he has woven in themes and language seemingly designed to provoke discord. It is a sad commentary on our political climate that something as potentially unifying as a national birthday party comes loaded with divisive cultural baggage. But in the Trump era, it also became a culture-war rallying point, a shorthand for one’s commitment to traditional values and hostility to anything conservatives deem woke. Mr. Trump pitched the commission as a way to combat the “twisted web of lies” being taught to schoolchildren by America-hating radicals — a way to help “patriotic moms and dads” fight back against this “child abuse.”

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The New York Times Audio app includes podcasts, narrated articles from the newsroom and other publishers, as well as exclusive new shows — including this one — which we’re making available to readers for a limited time. Download the audio app here. Time is running out for Congress to pass legislation lifting the debt ceiling. The United States is just days away from defaulting on its obligations, which would cause global economic chaos. (A full transcript of the episode will be available midday on the Times website.)

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The New York Times Audio app includes podcasts, narrated articles from the newsroom and other publishers and exclusive new shows — including this one — which we’re making available to readers for a limited time. Download the audio app here. On this special episode of “Matter of Opinion,” Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen send off HBO’s “Succession” and its cast of back-stabbing ultrawealthy characters. The hosts break down key moments of the finale (turns out it pays to be a pain sponge) and discuss the real story “Succession” told about America today. (A full transcript of the episode will be available shortly on the Times website.)

☆ Chris Christie, Glenn Youngkin, Chris Sununu: Who Can Save the G.O.P. in 2024? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Republicans are serious about dislodging Mr. Trump, this race needs a jolt. Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, has been making noises as if he wants to be that guy. In a recent interview with Politico, he vowed that if he runs, he will tackle Mr. Trump’s weaknesses head-on, from the character troubles to the record of losing. In 2016, no Republicans went hard at Mr. Trump because no one took him seriously. This race needs a brawler in the mix — if not Mr. Christie, then someone else with that inclination.

Email us at matterofopinion@nytimes.com or leave us a voice mail message at (212) 556-7440. Follow our hosts on Twitter: Michelle Cottle (@mcottle), Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT), Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) and Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen). “Matter of Opinion” was produced this week by Phoebe Lett, Sophia Alvarez Boyd and Derek Arthur. Mixing by Pat McCusker. Original music by Pat McCusker, Sonia Herrero, Isaac Jones and Carole Sabouraud.

☆ Opinion | Introducing ‘Matter of Opinion’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Premiering May 11“Matter of Opinion” is a new weekly podcast from New York Times Opinion. Each week, four Opinion writers talk through an issue in the news, culture or in their own work, and try to make sense of what is a weird and fascinating time to be alive. The show features four of Opinion’s signature voices: Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen. Meet the HostsMichelle Cottle is a member of the New York Times editorial board, focusing on U.S. politics. She joined the editorial board in 2018 after reporting on the nation’s capital as a contributing editor for The Atlantic.

☆ Opinion | Trump Is Mainstream, Whether We Like It or Not
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But on Wednesday evening, Donald Trump will elbow his way back into the campaign mainstream. At a town hall event in New Hampshire hosted by CNN, the former president will field questions from audience members and the network anchor Kaitlan Collins. The event will be live, leaving Mr. Trump more or less free to inject his lies straight into viewers’ veins. Short answer: We have in fact learned much about Mr. Trump and the threat he poses to American democracy. Nothing that Mr. Trump has done so far legally prevents him from pursuing, or serving, another term in the White House.

☆ Opinion | A Hot Mess in the Georgia Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

At what point does this party become mostly a bastion of wingnuts, spiraling into chaos and irrelevance? Just cast your eyes upon Georgia, one of the nation’s electoral battlegrounds, where the state Republican Party has gone so far down the MAGA rabbit hole that many of its officeholders — including Gov. The backstory: Some Republican incumbents took offense last year when the Georgia G.O.P.’s Trump-smitten chairman, David Shafer, backed Trump-preferred challengers in the primaries. (Mr. Trump, you will recall, was desperate to unseat several Republicans after they declined to help him steal the 2020 election.) “That’s a burn that’s hard to get over,” says Brian Robinson, a Republican strategist who served as an adviser to former Gov.

☆ Opinion | ‘His Candidacy Feels Deader Than Disco’: Our Columnists Weigh In on Asa Hutchinson
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Republican candidates enter the 2024 presidential race, Times columnists and Opinion writers will assess their strengths and weaknesses with a scorecard. This entry assesses Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination on Wednesday. How seriously should we take Asa Hutchinson’s candidacy? John Brummett His candidacy should be taken seriously for his diverse, relevant experience and for what he has to say about today’s political predicament. Matthew Continetti On Earth Two, where Donald Trump never entered American politics, a two-term conservative governor from the South like Asa Hutchinson would be considered a serious candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.

☆ Opinion | Speaker McCarthy Is Feeling the Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Having sold his soul and torched his dignity to win his dream gig, the fledgling speaker of the House is struggling to find his groove. Even as the House gears back up after recess, Mr. McCarthy is having relationship troubles with key members of his own team. The speaker is said to have lost confidence in — and been privately dumping on — both men, The Times reported. (Mr. McCarthy has rejected that family fissures exist.) Some Capitol Hill denizens suspect Mr. McCarthy remains disgruntled about his messy speaker’s race, during which, The Times noted, Mr. Arrington reportedly floated Mr. Scalise’s name for the top job.

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