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Election 2024
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
The Silicon Valley billionaire made big—and early—bets on Trump and J.D. Vance. What did he see that so many didn’t?
Bari Weiss
The One Video that Explains Why Harris Lost
A TikTok Tocqueville inadvertently captured the fall of the Democratic elite at New York Fashion Week.
River Page
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Donald Trump
For eight years, Joe Nocera suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Now, in an open letter to his fellow Americans, he writes: Resistance is futile.
Joe Nocera
Ladies, Stop Sex Striking for Kamala
For every female TikToker who’s vowed chastity until 2028, there’s another more than willing to shack up with a Trump supporter.
Kat Rosenfield
The Latino Democrats Who Flipped for Trump: A Report from the Border
Starr County, Texas, hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 1892. Now, ‘the GOP is what the Democrats used to be.’
Leighton Woodhouse
Meet the People of Trump World 2.0
Who to expect when you’re expecting a second MAGA administration.
River Page and Eli Lake
🙏 Could a Trump Presidency Cost Columbia University $3.5 Billion?
A new report by professors and alumni warns that elite universities face ‘an existential crisis.’
Frannie Block
The Five Things President Trump Should Do on Day One
Hire the right bureaucrats, set clear, ambitious goals, and experiment, experiment, experiment.
Santi Ruiz
Americans Just Said No to Drugs
Why legalization lost at the ballot box.
Charles Fain Lehman
Inside the Battle Over Trump’s Foreign Policy
“There were at least 25 people who called the president and said: ‘It’s got to be Mike Pompeo.’ And none of it mattered.”
Jay Solomon
Who Is the New MAGA Coalition?
I’m not shocked Trump won. I’ve seen a group of young, diverse, politically homeless Americans back him online for months.
Lucy Biggers
I Raised $50 Million for the Democrats. This Week, I Voted for Trump.
The Democratic Party turned its back on me and my family long before I turned my back on it.
Evan Barker
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