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Ron DeSantis
June 9, 2023
Grace Segers
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Daniel Strauss
The Republicans’ Ballooning 2024 Field
PLUS: How to save democracy, according to David Pepper
June 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Only One 2024 GOP Candidate Is Brave Enough To Criticize Trump After Indictment
Why bother running in an election if you won’t dare to call out your main opponent?
June 6, 2023
Walter Shapiro
The Arrogance of Already Crowning Trump the Republican Nominee
The press dismissed him in 2016. Why believe their bullish predictions now?
June 5, 2023
Prem Thakker
Ron DeSantis Says Woke Seven Times in 26 Seconds in Wildly Out of Touch Remarks
The Republican presidential candidate went on a rant about the “woke mind virus” at a campaign event.
June 5, 2023
Prem Thakker
Showtime Mysteriously Pulls Documentary on Ron DeSantis’s Role in Guantánamo
A Vice episode was set to dig into DeSantis’s time as an officer at torture camp Guantánamo Bay. It was quietly dropped.
June 5, 2023
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Challengers Are Making the Same Mistakes All Over Again
They only want to talk about policy. That’s a huge error.
June 2, 2023
Michael Tomasky
An Ugly Republican Primary? It’s About Time!
Why 2024 may look nothing like 2020.
June 1, 2023
Daniel Strauss
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Grace Segers
Who Wants to Crown Ron DeSantis?
PLUS: debt ceiling fatigue and Chris Christie chronicles
June 1, 2023
Prem Thakker
Ron DeSantis Says He Wants to Do Ballot Harvesting
“We’re gonna do ballot harvesting,” the Republican candidate proudly told an Iowa voter.
May 31, 2023
Prem Thakker
Trump Rips Into Former Press Secretary for Mentioning Rising DeSantis Poll Numbers
Trump attacked Kayleigh McEnany, a Trump loyalist, and called her “milktoast.”
May 30, 2023
Tori Otten
2024 GOP Nominees Are Speaking at Moms for Liberty Summit, in Open Embrace of Far Right
It’s clear where the Republican Party is headed.
May 30, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Ron DeSantis Threatens to “Make America Florida”
The GOP hopeful’s climate denial papers over a horrifying reality in his home state.
May 26, 2023
Prem Thakker
Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Protecting Elon Musk If His Rockets Explode and Kill Workers
DeSantis signed the bill just one day after his presidential announcement alongside Musk.
May 25, 2023
Prem Thakker
Unfortunately, Trump’s Trolling of Ron DeSantis’s Failed Twitter Launch Is Quite Good
Ron DiSaster has made it so, so easy.
May 25, 2023
Tori Otten
Think Ron Desantis’s Twitter Space Was Bad? What Came After Was Even Worse.
To say DeSantis’s presidential announcement did not go well is an understatement.
May 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Ron DeSantis Twitter Campaign Launch Was a Disaster
The Florida governor’s attempt to kick off his presidential candidacy from deep within Elon Musk’s collapsing empire went exactly as well as you’d expect.
May 24, 2023
Prem Thakker
Florida Man Known for Threatening Teachers and Gay Kids Thinks He Can Be President
Ron DeSantis has officially declared his run for president
May 24, 2023
Alex Shephard
Ron DeSantis’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Donald Trump
An ever-increasing field of candidates is circling the fray—and smelling the Florida governor’s blood.
May 23, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Ron DeSantis Is Plotting a 7–2 Supreme Court
And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.
May 22, 2023
Tori Otten
The College Student Who Tracked Celebrities’ Private Jets Is Now Tracking Ron DeSantis
The new Twitter account was created just days after DeSantis signed a law blocking his travel records from the public.
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