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Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Matthew Yglesias

    Politics
    This is everything that’s wrong with how television covers the electionThis is everything that’s wrong with how television covers the election
    Clinton is preparing for the debate. Trump isn’t. That matters.
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    Politics

    Being president is a hard job. It takes hard work. Work Trump won’t do.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    What Hillary Clinton needs to do at tonight’s debate
    Politics

    Forget destroying Trump — she should talk about herself and her vision.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Obama: “there is a reason why we haven’t had a woman president”
    Politics

    “We as a society still grapple with what it means to see powerful woman”

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Trump once again “jokes” about someone murdering Hillary Clinton
    Politics

    Disarm her Secret Service agents and “let’s see what happens to her”

    By Matthew Yglesias
    The race is tightening for a painfully simple reason
    Politics

    People don’t like Hillary Clinton very much.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Donald Trump Jr. explains the real reason his dad won’t release his tax returns
    Politics

    He doesn’t want the public to see them and ask questions.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    5 ways the census income report misleads us about the real state of the economy
    Politics

    The official story is good; the real story is better.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables, explained
    Politics

    A gaffe, an apology, and a battle about racism that she fundamentally welcomes.

    By Matthew Yglesias