Displaying all articles tagged:
Sarah Palin
early and often
Jan. 25, 2024
Haley Tries to Run As Outsider in State Where She Was Governor Haley is acting like an insurgent in the South Carolina primary. But establishment disdain isn’t the reason she’s losing to Trump.
early and often
Aug. 25, 2023
Palin’s Civil War Threat a Sign of Very Bad Things to Come MAGA-world believes the 2024 election is already being rigged via Trump’s indictments. Any defeat will surely be challenged, perhaps preemptively.
early and often
Sept. 1, 2022
Sarah Palin’s Comeback Fails, Sending Democrat Mary Peltola to Congress Republican divisions and voters’ distaste for Palin helped give Peltola, an Alaska Native, a narrow win in Alaska’s special election.
early and often
Aug. 27, 2022
Alaska Will Send Either Sarah Palin or a Democrat to Congress The state’s complex new voting system is producing a surprise result in the special election to complete the term of the late congressman Don Young.
early and often
Aug. 17, 2022
Sarah Palin Still Has Two Shots at Going to Congress Palin has yet to be eliminated in Alaska’s complex new voting system. Her celebrity status is still both her biggest asset and her biggest liability.
2022 midterms
July 11, 2022
Despite Trump Endorsement, Palin May Be on Way to Defeat in Congressional Bid Alaska’s complex top-four and ranked-choice voting systems aren’t being friendly to MAGA candidates.
2022 midterms
June 12, 2022
Palin Takes First Step Toward Congress in Alaska Special Primary The former governor and veep nominee will have a shot at at least a brief tenure in the House if she can win a ranked-choice election in August.
early and often
May 31, 2022
Alaska Struggles With Its Weird New Election System A top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, and a special congressional election are colliding. Plus, the race features Sarah Palin and Santa Claus.
Trump Finally Remembered That He Owes Sarah Palin a Favor Palin didn’t get much in return for her early 2016 Trump endorsement. But now the former president has boosted her odds of winning a U.S. House seat.
Sarah Palin Is Running for Congress Against Santa Claus (and 49 Others) She and 50 other candidates are vying for Alaska’s open House seat, though she may also just be reminding people she hasn’t gone away.
The End of Sarah Palin’s Libel Case Versus the Times Gets Even Weirder The judge claims that three jurors were made aware of his decision to dismiss the lawsuit by push notification, potentially influencing their verdict.
It’s Official: Sarah Palin Loses Her Libel Lawsuit Against the New York Times Not only did a jury unanimously reject her claim, a judge will now move to dismiss it.
If Sarah Palin Wins, Fox News Could Lose Why both liberals and conservatives should be careful about opening up libel law.
rudy giuliani
Feb. 2, 2022
You’re Not Crazy, Rudy Giuliani Actually Went on The Masked Singer This might be worse than his prior star turn at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
she’s a regular
Jan. 27, 2022
Even COVID Won’t Keep Sarah Palin Away From New York’s Restaurants The former governor of Alaska has been seen out on the town despite testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
stop the presses
Jan. 27, 2022
Sarah Palin Paints the Town COVID She shocks the capital of blue America, unvaccinated and unashamed.
What to Do If a Famous Anti-Vaxxer Walks Into the Restaurant Where You’re Eating Recent news suggests not all New York City restaurants are following vaccination regulations.
Sarah Palin Postpones Court Date by Contracting COVID She was just about to face off against the New York Times.
Is Trump Going to Fade Like Sarah Palin? The good news is that he could lose his audience. The bad news is that it would take someone even more terrifying to come along.
supreme court
Sept. 28, 2020
Palin Threatens Challenge to Murkowski in Deeply Strange Video It’s unclear if Palin is at all serious or just bidding for attention again.
vision 2020
July 28, 2020
A Short History of the Veep Reveal There may be less drama this year, but Biden’s announcement will be the biggest news before his own acceptance speech.
Could Dumping Pence Be a Last-Minute Game Changer for Trump? Incapable of changing his ways to salvage reelection, Trump might decide blaming the coronavirus mess on Pence and dropping him is the only option.
vision 2020
June 13, 2020
Biden Shouldn’t Obsess Over Checking Boxes for His Veep Pick Biden should look at the whole person and her character and qualifications for the job — unlike what John McCain did when he picked Sarah Palin.
Is Sarah Palin an Actual Clown? The former vice-presidential candidate rapped on The Masked Singer while dressed as a cartoon bear.
what might have been
Dec. 19, 2018
Sacha Baron Cohen Says Sarah Palin’s Who Is America? Interview Just Wasn’t Funny According to Sacha Baron Cohen, “you didn’t miss much” from the former vice-presidential candidate, whose interview didn’t appear in the series.
2020 elections
Dec. 15, 2018
If Beto and Biden Got Together, Would the Age Gap Be a Problem? 30 years separate the former veep and the Texas phenom. That might not be a good thing for either of them.
2020 presidential election
Dec. 12, 2018
Warning to Beto-Maniacs: Early Presidential Buzz Can Be an Omen or an Illusion Beto O’Rourke is looking very good as a 2020 presidential prospect. But others have looked just as good and have quickly flamed out or failed to run.
awards season
Dec. 6, 2018
john mccain
Aug. 29, 2018
Report: Sarah Palin Wasn’t Invited to John McCain’s Funeral McCain’s former running mate, like President Trump, will have to watch on TV.
john mccain
Aug. 27, 2018
That Time McCain Almost Switched Parties to Become the Democratic VP Candidate McCain thought about breaking with his party twice, and defying its orthodoxies a third time, but was never that maverick-y.
vulture lists
Aug. 27, 2018
Who Has the Most Damning Appearance in Who Is America ’s Finale? Sacha Baron Cohen didn’t have to dig too deep to find the worst of the worst.
Sarah Palin Didn’t Make It Into Who Is America? But Did Get a Credit After all that, the former governor of Alaska was relegated to the credits.
All the People Sacha Baron Cohen Has Duped So Far We have a feeling this list is going to get a lot bigger.
who is america
July 16, 2018
who is america?
July 13, 2018
Sarah Palin Says She Was Duped by Sacha Baron Cohen Cohen posed as a wounded veteran to get an audience her.
last night on late night
May 20, 2018
McCain Regrets His Palin Pick for the Wrong Reasons He still won’t draw a connection between his decision and the GOP’s descent into nihilism.
The Most Boring Man in Minnesota Is Running for Governor Again After repeatedly whiffing in national politics, Tim Pawlenty is running for governor again.
Like a Lot of Republicans, Pawlenty Is Giving a 2018 Senate Race a Pass An open Senate seat in his home state wasn’t enough to lure the former governor and self-styled “Sam’s Club Republican” into another race.
meanwhile in wasilla
Dec. 18, 2017
Sarah Palin’s Son Was Charged With Assaulting His Own Father He also reportedly called the police “peasants” when they arrived.
Alabama GOP Senate Preview: A Strange Struggle in a Pro-Trump State Donald Trump went to Alabama to pull his candidate across the finish line to victory in a GOP Senate runoff. But it’s not looking good for Big Luther.
Judge Tosses Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against New York Times “Negligence this may be; but defamation of a public figure it plainly is not.”
the national interest
July 10, 2017
Could Donald Trump Have Been Elected As a Democrat? Maybe it’s not a coincidence that he was chosen by the party that almost put Sarah Palin in the White House.
sarah palin’s america
June 21, 2017
Sarah Palin’s Latest Business Venture: Running a Right-Wing Content Farm Her website is now dominated by short, aggregated news articles penned by other people and all manner of shady clickbait.
Load More
