Tina Nguyen
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Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Tina:
A Millennial Right-Wing Media War
The messy, $50 million battle between The Daily Wire and Steven Crowder highlights the embiggening financial stakes pitting MAGA cancelation jockeys against “Big Con.” → Read More
The Chip & Joanna of MAGA America?
Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing have gone from millennial alt-right content jockeys to full-blown influencers to, truly, mini-kingpins of a billion-dollar MAGA D.T.C. media business. Is the only thing that can stop them their own ambition? → Read More
Trump Forgot How to Spell MAGA
Has the movement Trump created now moved beyond him? → Read More
Will the Senate Republicans Shank Trump?
Not if the Trump White House has anything to say on it. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Gillum Are Reportedly “Talking”
But they’re not, like, together. → Read More
“They Read the Headline and Just Ran With It”: How MAGA Media Built the Ukraine Story That’s Become Trump’s Last Line of Defense
Trump’s feverish efforts to establish a vast left-wing conspiracy originating in Ukraine have forced the mainstream to pay attention—and brought new relevance to right-wing fringe media. → Read More
“They Suck”: Trump Explodes After Fox Reports 51% Want Him Impeached
A new poll conducted by the president’s favorite network finds that a majority of Americans want him removed from office—including a growing number of Republicans. → Read More
Trump, Under Fire for Syria Withdrawal, Goes Full God Emperor With Unhinged Threat to “Obliterate” Turkey
The president said his “great and unmatched wisdom” would preclude Turkey from doing anything “off limits.” → Read More
Rick Perry Reportedly Ready to Bail on the Trump Administration
According to several confidants, the Energy secretary was mulling an exit long before the Ukrainian whistle-blower report came to light—but it certainly doesn’t hurt to be bailing now. → Read More
Trump Says Screw It, Is Blatantly Corrupt on Camera
Why bother with subterfuge when you can ask Ukraine and China to investigate your political rivals right out in the open? → Read More
Wealthy Tech Donors Would Sell Their Firstborn to Meet Elizabeth Warren
But thanks to her vow to spurn the rich, she won’t give them the time of day. “I cannot talk to her now if I wanted to,” says one. → Read More
Will Rick Perry Be Pulled Into Trump’s Ukraine Hellscape?
Democrats want details on the bespectacled energy secretary’s travel to Ukraine, including for Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration—a trip flagged by the whistle-blower. → Read More
Bernie Sanders Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery
The 2020 candidate is “in good spirits,” but has canceled all campaign events until further notice. → Read More
Steve Bannon Predicts Hillary Clinton Will Run in 2020
Sure, okay. → Read More
Mitch McConnell Says He’d Have “No Choice” but to Hold Impeachment Hearing
But the Senate majority leader is still keeping his cards close to his chest. → Read More
Biden Goes to War With Rudy Giuliani
The former VP’s campaign sent a letter to television networks and journalists asking to kick Giuliani off air over his “unhinged lies” about Ukraine. Will the strong-arming insulate him from Hillary Clinton-style spin, or backfire? → Read More
Russia “Would Like to Hope” White House Won’t Release Trump-Putin Calls
U.S.-Russia relations “are already troubled by a lot of problems,” said a Kremlin spokesperson rather ominously. → Read More
I Need a Hero: Trump Weighs Tapping Lewandowski to Field Impeachment Defense
In a time of desperation, will Trump turn to his old campaign manager? → Read More
Trump Allies: Uh, Maybe We Shouldn’t Have Released That Ukraine Transcript
After the rough transcript of Trump’s call with Volodymyr Zelensky went off like a bomb, some in Trump’s circle are having regrets. → Read More
Is Warren Becoming a Stronger 2020 Candidate Than Biden?
Biden’s polling lead in early states is slipping—just as Warren surges. Says one Florida-based pollster, “Biden has a challenger now.” → Read More