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Kevin Mahnken is a writer in Washington, D.C.

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August 21, 2013

Two GOP Operatives Reveal How to Turn Texas Blue

July 8, 2013

The End of the Career-Ending Sex Scandal

July 3, 2013

Julia Ioffe, Kevin Mahnken

A guide to celebrity asylums, defections, and passport swaps

June 21, 2013

All for the Want of Cottage Cheese

May 10, 2013

Chris Christie's Big Fat Authenticity

What the media misses about the governor's weight loss

April 30, 2013

A Brief History of 'Bags of Cash'

The CIA's Afghanistan bribes join a long and storied genre

April 23, 2013

There's Nothing Wrong With Properly Politicizing a Tragedy

The unthinkable eventually happens. Why not exploit it?

April 22, 2013

The State of the Civil Union

Gay marriage gets all the press, but its precursor is still in play