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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Politics
    Ted Cruz is betting Trump will lose disastrously in November and he can pick up the piecesTed Cruz is betting Trump will lose disastrously in November and he can pick up the pieces
    Politics

    Let’s dispel with this fiction that Ted Cruz doesn’t know what he’s doing. Ted Cruz knows exactly what he’s doing.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Watch Trump supporter Lynne Patton explain to the RNC that racism still existsWatch Trump supporter Lynne Patton explain to the RNC that racism still exists
    Politics

    “Historically, black lives have mattered less.”

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Laura Ingraham just showed us how Trumpism will survive after TrumpLaura Ingraham just showed us how Trumpism will survive after Trump
    Politics

    She out-Trumped Trump. And the audience loved it.

    By Dara Lind
    Ted Cruz vs. Marco Rubio: after Trump, who gets to pick up the shards of the GOP?
    Politics

    They’re speaking at Trump’s convention. But they’re biding their time till their own.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Make America Stop Talking About Melania Trump AgainVox Sentences: Make America Stop Talking About Melania Trump Again
    archives

    Turkey: Let’s purge the civil service; Donald Trump: Oooh, interesting idea!; good news for voting rights from the US’s most conservative court.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Donald Trump perfectly explains his entire campaign strategy, in one bizarre tweetDonald Trump perfectly explains his entire campaign strategy, in one bizarre tweet
    Politics

    It’s almost too perfect to be real.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell’s best case for Trump: he’d be a generic RepublicanPaul Ryan and Mitch McConnell’s best case for Trump: he’d be a generic Republican
    Politics

    At the Republican National Convention, congressional GOP leaders all but closed their eyes and pretended Trump disappeared.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    The GOP just congratulated Donald Trump with the slogan that explains his entire careerThe GOP just congratulated Donald Trump with the slogan that explains his entire career
    Politics

    And why it’s so terrifying that he’s now their party’s nominee.

    By Dara Lind
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: Donald Trump is officially your Republican presidential nomineeVox Sentences: Donald Trump is officially your Republican presidential nominee
    2016 Presidential Election

    Too bad everyone’s still talking about his wife’s plagiarism scandal.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The racism unleashed at the RNC is bigger and uglier than Melania Trump’s plagiarismThe racism unleashed at the RNC is bigger and uglier than Melania Trump’s plagiarism
    Politics

    Trump’s campaign is a joke. Trumpism is very much not.

    By Dara Lind