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October 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s How Much ICE Barbie Has Spent on Ads Sucking Up to Trump
The Department of Homeland Security has run the most expensive ad campaign in 2025.
April 2, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk May Actually Have Screwed Himself in Wisconsin Election
Turns out, lots of people find Elon Musk very annoying.
October 31, 2024
Melissa Gira Grant
Got a Problem? The GOP Has Someone to Blame.
Attack ads have rarely been this incoherent. But they’re certainly consistent: Whatever the issue, Republican ads claim, trans people and immigrants have made it worse.
February 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Spectacular Fall of the Lincoln Project
A few months ago, the Never Trump group was raking in tens of millions of dollars. Is it all over?
July 18, 2016
Jeet Heer
Hillary goes retro with ad that paints Trump as Goldwater Redux.

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