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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Politics
    Vox Sentences: Michigan sticks its thumb in the pollsters’ eyeVox Sentences: Michigan sticks its thumb in the pollsters’ eye
    Politics

    A huge upset for Bernie Sanders in Michigan; Sony might fire music producer Dr. Luke (and why that matters); the lawsuit that could kill Gawker.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday night’s primaries2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday night’s primaries
    Politics

    #NeverTrump? More like #AlwaysTrump.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Turkey offers refugees a brutal dealVox Sentences: Turkey offers refugees a brutal deal
    archives

    Turkey drives a hard bargain with the EU; a poorly timed wave of attacks in Israel; why Maria Sharapova’s doping scandal is rare in tennis.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Mike Bloomberg refuses to be duped into running for presidentVox Sentences: Mike Bloomberg refuses to be duped into running for president
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    A very deadly drone (etc.) attack in Somalia; remembering the Reagans; Mike Bloomberg makes a good decision.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Michael Bloomberg: I’m not going to run for president and help Trump winMichael Bloomberg: I’m not going to run for president and help Trump win
    Politics

    He announced the decision in a Bloomberg View op-ed.

    By Dylan Matthews and Matthew Yglesias
    2016 Presidential Election
    Vox Sentences: A historically weird presidential electionVox Sentences: A historically weird presidential election
    2016 Presidential Election

    What was that Republican debate?; Brazil’s ex-president implicated in its increasingly huge corruption scandal; and a very strange piece of legally-moot evidence.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Study: Bernie Sanders’s tax hikes are bigger than Donald Trump’s tax cutsStudy: Bernie Sanders’s tax hikes are bigger than Donald Trump’s tax cuts
    Politics

    Bernie is true to his brand of democratic socialism.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    3 winners and 2 losers from Thursday night’s Fox News Republican debate3 winners and 2 losers from Thursday night’s Fox News Republican debate
    Politics

    In a way, we were all losers.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: “An extraordinary display of Republican chaos”Vox Sentences: “An extraordinary display of Republican chaos”
    archives

    The GOP will not go gentle into that Trump night; what it means that a Clinton staffer got immunity in the email case; the beating of Rodney King.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    The best analysis yet of Hillary Clinton’s tax proposalsThe best analysis yet of Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals
    Politics

    They’d raise $1.1 trillion, almost all from rich people.

    By Dylan Matthews