Nicole Hemmer
Washington Post
New York, NY, United States
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Book review of This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
In this tale of two parties, it's the worst of times for American democracy. → Read More
Trump repudiated himself on Jan. 6
Big business and GOP elites broke with Trump only when he forced them to. → Read More
Trump ruled conservative media as president. Will he find his next job there?
The president could slap his name on a TV brand — or keep up his frequent call-ins to Fox News. → Read More
Why Trump is flirting with abandoning Fox News for One America
The newer network is using Fox’s own tactics to challenge the cable titan. → Read More
The GOP’s questions to Mueller seemed bizarre — unless you watch Fox News
Treating right-wing conspiracy theories as smoking guns shows that Republicans are mostly speaking to their base. → Read More
Nicole Hemmer: Nixon didn't have Fox News. Will that make all the difference to Trump post-Mueller?
Nixon didn't have Fox News. Will that make all the difference to Trump post-Mueller as Democrats push for impeachment? → Read More
An ode to C-SPAN in an era dominated by cable TV like Fox News
While C-SPAN might not have revived representative democracy, it has left the door open for that revival. → Read More
The Mueller investigation was no failure
Iran-contra didn't bring down a president, either. But both investigations unveiled significant wrongdoing. → Read More
Five myths about cable news
No, Fox News didn’t radicalize the right. → Read More
Trump wants to make the media ‘fair.’ He’s not the first GOP president to try it.
Conservatives love the idea of political "balance" — when they're in charge. → Read More
How the right became addicted to conspiracies
The conservative conspiracy lit that paved the way for Donald Trump. → Read More
Trump says no to citizenship for soldiers
Even conservatives have historically embraced programs that trade military service for naturalization. That may be why the Trump administration is targeting them. → Read More
Sean Hannity isn’t a leader. He’s just a fan of powerful Republicans.
The Fox News host has Trump’s ear because he’s a booster, not because he’s influential. → Read More
How Breitbart became just another right-wing Trump cheerleader
With or without Steve Bannon, the site is no longer the only voice that matters for Trumpism → Read More
Made by History roundup: Charlottesville
Understanding the history behind the violence at Charlottesville → Read More
Welcome to Made by History
Historians enter the fray. → Read More
Republicans Return to Their Roots
The evolution of the Republican Party in the past several months has been breathtaking to witness. The party of Reagan is now deeply suspicious of free trade and security alliances while growing ever more fond of Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin. Policy positions, especially in trade and foreign policy, have flipped with such extraordinary speed that it seems like there must be some core… → Read More
The Ankara shooting isn’t 1914. And historical analogies can often lead us astray.
We think we know what comes next. We don't. → Read More
Conservatives Have Lost Their Party to Donald Trump and the Alt-Right
The conservative movement that shaped American politics for so long may be coming to an end. → Read More
Why the Vice Presidency Matters
Choosing a running mate used to be more about campaigning than governing. But after Richard Nixon’s ruinous relationship with Spiro Agnew, the job has changed. Introducing the executive vice presidency. → Read More