Michelle Cottle
The New York Times
United States
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Opinion | The Eagerness of Ginni Thomas
How has someone with such contempt for democracy, not to mention a shaky grip on reality, run amok for so long at top levels of politics and government? → Read More
Opinion | Cassidy Hutchinson Did Her Job
The former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows reminded Americans about the value of public service. → Read More
There Are No Winners on Team Chicken
What constitutes “normal” in today’s Republican Party still has rot at its heart. → Read More
Opinion | Nothing Is Going to Stop the N.R.A.’s Gun Orgy in Texas
In a sign that it’s never “too soon” to glorify guns, G.O.P. leaders are gathering in Texas to wallow in that orgy of gun fetishism known as the N.R.A.’s annual convention. → Read More
Opinion | The Madison Cawthorn Show Is Over, and We All Deserve Refunds
Republican politics today rewards acting out, and the soon-to-be ex-congressman from North Carolina made an art of it. → Read More
Donald Trump’s Faith in Celebrity Could Finally Backfire
Mr. Trump is putting his faith in the political value of celebrity to its purest test yet. → Read More
When Did Republicans Turn Into a Bunch of Snowflakes?
The Senate’s posturing over qualified nominees has got to stop. → Read More
Ann Coulter Is Rooting for a Trump-DeSantis Throw-Down. She’s Not Alone.
The former president and the governor of Florida are on a collision course for the future of the G.OP. → Read More
The 2021 High School Yearbook of American Politics
The figures and stories that defined 12 very weird months. → Read More
Opinion | The Upcoming Elections That Could Shake Both Parties
Control of the Senate hangs on a few state races. → Read More
Opinion | Why the Virginia Election Is Freaking Democrats Out
Democrats don’t seem very motivated to vote. → Read More
Opinion | Louis DeJoy Is Doing Something Progressives Like
The Postal Service needs big reforms. It’s getting small ones instead. → Read More
Opinion | Democrats Face a Reckoning With Themselves
The party’s agenda depends on last-minute compromise. → Read More
Masks Are Just the Latest School Board Culture War
Americans have a long history of taking out their grievances on low-level school officials. → Read More
Opinion | How Did Deep Blue California Get Played by Recall-Happy Republicans?
It's not just Gavin Newsom’s problem. The state’s recall system is strange and troubling. → Read More
Opinion | The Trump Clown Car Has a Smashup in Arizona
The misbegotten Republican recount of Arizona's 2020 election results is an object lesson about the embarrassing damage to democracy by a sore loser. → Read More
Opinion | Getting Old Is a Crisis More and More Americans Can’t Afford
The looming financial crisis for seniors. → Read More
Opinion | Nobody Wants to Live in a Nursing Home. Something’s Got to Give.
America needs more infrastructure for the elderly. → Read More
Opinion | Dear Leader: A Near-Perfect Letter From a Trump Sycophant, Annotated
Chris Kapenga, a Wisconsin Republican leader, wrote a letter to former President Trump that is a valuable master class in sucking up to the party leader. → Read More
Opinion | Will Congress Abandon America’s Seniors?
Republicans are right that elder care only loosely counts as infrastructure. But something must be done about it. → Read More