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Maureen Dowd

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Trump has given Elon Musk a mandate to revamp the federal government, a government which puts billions of dollars in Musk’s pocket through various contracts.

Trump-Musk bromance could end not with bang but a bot

Although everyone in Washington expects the two pathological narcissists to barrel into each other. For now, they both seem to be getting what they want from the relationship.

November 2024

President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump.

Melania’s no-show at Oval Office an ominous omen

The incoming first lady skipped the traditional handover meeting with the Bidens – another sign that the Trumps are going to do any damn thing they want this time round.

Trump has exploited the widespread disillusionment that has curdled into cynicism about a ruling class rife with hypocrisy, self-aggrandizement and bad judgment.

Trump has no tragic flaw, just no character at all

Once, character and reputation were prized in our leaders. How is it that a man with none of those is now in with an even chance of becoming president again?

July 2024

And last month, Vance voted against a Democratic bill to protect IVF.

Trump has picked a VP with views on women worse than his own

As a cat-loving, cosmopolitan type myself, I do not want Trump and Vance making intimate decisions for American women or judging us or disparaging us for our lives — all nine of them.

There is one good reason why President Biden will not follow his one-term predecessor.

It’s sad that Biden doesn’t see what’s inescapable

If Joe Biden doesn’t walk away gracefully right now, he will likely go down as a pariah and ruin his legacy.

Bobby Kennedy died 25 hours after being shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968.

The sound of the assassin’s gun never goes way

Bobby Kennedy’s killing in 1968 was the tragic event that caused the Secret Service to provide protection for presidential candidates.

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