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Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

The second inauguration, just four years after his acolytes tried to overthrow the government and steal an election, will be a difficult moment for US...

20.01.2025 7

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

The second inauguration, just four years after his acolytes tried to overthrow the government and steal an election, will be a difficult moment for US...

20.01.2025 7

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

Trump, the returned colossus, brings a bitter chill to Washington

For many moons over the Potomac River, the protocol for inaugurations has been as immutable and as dignified as the words of presidents engraved on...

20.01.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Both the late Jimmy Carter and the resurgent Donald Trump prided themselves on being outsiders and breaking norms, and they both were suffused with...

13.01.2025 10

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way
13.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way
13.01.2025 8

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Pious Carter and profane Trump were very different, but not in every way

Both the late Jimmy Carter and the resurgent Donald Trump prided themselves on being outsiders and breaking norms, and they both were suffused with...

13.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you...

25.11.2024 3

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you...

25.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you...

25.11.2024 5

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Trump’s ‘manosphere’ White House takes shape. It’s a searing affront to women

Donald Trump proclaimed that he would be the protector of women. That seems to involve anointing creeps from whom women need protection. If you...

25.11.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 2

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 3

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Forget Melania, Musk’s all set to be Trump’s ‘first buddy’

I was feeling sad that Melania may not care to come play first lady in the second Trump administration. She visited the East Wing only a couple of...

21.11.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

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...

14.11.2024 2

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black...

11.11.2024 1

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black...

11.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black...

11.11.2024 20

The Age

Maureen Dowd

How Trump exposed the Democrats’ mistaken identity politics

Some Democrats are finally waking up and realising that woke is broke. Donald Trump won a majority of white women and remarkable numbers of black...

11.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Democrats learnt the hard way that woke is broke

Democrats don’t understand why they turned off so many working-class voters over the decades, and why they developed such disdain toward their...

10.11.2024 6

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I...

07.11.2024 4

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I...

07.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I...

07.11.2024 5

The Age

Maureen Dowd

It’s crazy, but we must accept these truths about Trump and America

I can no longer count the number of times I’ve counted out Donald Trump. Every time, what I thought would stagger him made him stronger. I...

07.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he...

05.11.2024 3

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he...

05.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he...

05.11.2024 5

The Age

Maureen Dowd

I asked Trump a question about violence. His answer was honest, and chilling

In the midst of the furore over Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and his manipulative attempts to cover it up and figure out if he...

05.11.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

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...

03.11.2024 3

Financial Review

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni...

28.10.2024 4

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni...

28.10.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni...

28.10.2024 6

The Age

Maureen Dowd

In the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections, who will prevail?

Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni...

28.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald...

21.10.2024 2

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald...

21.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald...

21.10.2024 10

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald...

21.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 1

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 9

The Age

Maureen Dowd

Not being Trump won’t win Harris the election. She needs to do more – pronto

Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh last week. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were...

14.10.2024 10

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 1

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 2

The Age

Maureen Dowd

J.D. Vance is laser-focused on the future, especially his own

When I’ve covered the campaigns of women on presidential tickets, the question invariably arises: “Is she tough enough to be commander in...

07.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 1

WA Today

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 8

The Age

Maureen Dowd

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy, except that everyone’s mad at each other

We head to Chicago on a wave of euphoria, exuberance, exultation, excitement and even, you might say, ecstasy. It’s going to be a glorious...

19.08.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Maureen Dowd