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Matt Gaetz
May 20, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Bill Gates and Matt Gaetz Reveal the Shallow, Dangerous Truth About the American War on Sex Trafficking
There’s no great conspiracy at play in the crises unfolding around the philanthropist and the congressman—just the banal myopias of power.
May 14, 2021
Alex Shephard
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Really Great at Her Job: Professional Troll
With the GOP giving up on governing, the future belongs to the cranks.
April 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
Fox News Made Matt Gaetz
The network turned the scandal-plagued GOP congressman into a star. Now it’s acting like it doesn’t know him.
April 8, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
What Kind of Monster Is Matt Gaetz?
What we already know about the Florida congressman is plenty contemptible and corrosive without having to fall back on pernicious myths about sex trafficking.
March 31, 2021
Matt Ford
Matt Gaetz’s Trumpian Defense Against Allegations of Sex Trafficking
The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether the Florida congressman had sex with an underage girl. He’s responded with strange, self-contradictory claims.
January 28, 2021
Katelyn Burns
The Republican Retreat From Governance
The direction of conservative “thought” since Trump left office suggests that the party’s future is limited to brutal voter suppression and culture-war conflict.
October 27, 2020
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David Roth
How Don Jr. Became the Future of Trumpism
Can the prodigal son keep the party going?
December 17, 2019
Alex Shephard
How the GOP Bamboozled
The New York Times
’ Politics Desk
The paper's “both sides” approach to Donald Trump's impeachment hearings has been a disaster.
December 13, 2019
Magazine
Jacob Bacharach
Trump’s Loyal Apprentice in Congress
Matt Gaetz has all the cocksure swagger of a reality television contestant.
June 28, 2019
Magazine
Jake Bittle
Eric Bolling Is Failing Up
The former Fox News host has bounced back from a #MeToo scandal stronger than ever.
February 27, 2019
Matt Ford
The Art of the Deal You Can’t Refuse
Michael Cohen's testimony to Congress revealed the hell of working for Trump.
July 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
The defense of Jim Jordan and the defense of Trump are now intertwined.
April 21, 2017
Emily Atkin
This is the dumbest town hall a Republican congressman has ever done.
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