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Burisma
February 16, 2024
Matt Ford
The Hilarious Collapse of a Republican Smear Job
The takedown of the GOP’s pet informant has been an extremely satisfying spectacle to watch. But it won’t chasten Trump’s minions in the least.
December 6, 2022
Alex Shephard
Why the Right Can’t Quit Hunter Biden
Elon Musk and Matt Taibbi’s flashy revival of Laptopgate hasn’t illuminated much beyond the right’s desperation to salvage something from their October Surprise.
October 14, 2020
Matt Ford
Hunter Biden and the Hunt for a New “Hillary’s Emails”
The New York Post attempts to manufacture a vintage October surprise for the 2020 election.
April 17, 2020
MagazineJake Bittle
Could Hunter Biden Cost His Father the Election?
The GOP is turning a strategy it used against Hillary Clinton on Joe Biden

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