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Meredith Shiner

Meredith Shiner is a writer and communications consultant based in Chicago. She covered Congress and national politics in Washington from 2009 to 2016.

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October 19, 2022
Meredith Shiner
The Political Establishment Is Giving Antisemites a Pass
This wave of hatred isn’t some oddity for bemusement. It’s an existential threat with deep ties to the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.
October 7, 2022
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The Problem With Herschel Walker and His Republican Enablers Is Not Their Hypocrisy
The Georgia Senate candidate’s travails have neatly illuminated the GOP’s ugly core.
May 4, 2022
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Democrats Can Go Scorched Earth on Abortion Rights, or Go Home
Don’t ask me again for my vote if you’re just going to sleepwalk through the end of reproductive freedom—and democracy.
February 15, 2021
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The Capitol Riot Killed “Both Sides” Journalism
Trump’s acquittal notwithstanding, these violent events have forever changed the way Beltway reporters should do their jobs.
October 19, 2020
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Susan Collins and the Death of the Senate
The longtime senator is in the electoral battle of her life. But it’s not only her legacy that’s at stake.
July 23, 2020
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The Infernal Logic of Professional Sports in a Pandemic
Plutocratic interests and the coronavirus crisis have made “Value Over Replacement Human” baseball’s hottest new statistic.
March 16, 2020
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How the Media Created the “Moderate” Susan Collins
The Maine senator was never an independent force in Washington, but reporters concocted that myth to justify their phony narratives.

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