Jackie Calmes is an opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times in Washington, D.C. Before joining The Times in 2017 as White House editor, she worked at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, covering the White House, Congress and national politics. She served as the chief political correspondent and chief economic correspondent at each paper. In 2004, she received the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Reporting on the Presidency. Calmes began her career in Texas covering state politics and moved to Washington in 1984 to work for Congressional Quarterly. She was a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. She is the author of “Dissent: The Radicalization of the Republican Party and Its Capture of the Court.”
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Nov. 14, 2024
Donald Trump will meet little resistance from the branches of government he shaped starting in 2017.
Nov. 10, 2024
Once upon a time, it was possible to believe Donald Trump would set aside rancor and lies and be a president for us all. Now, God help us.
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Oct. 31, 2024
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Oct. 27, 2024
Trump admits he doesn’t read history but his default is clear: He wants to repeat some of America’s worst mistakes, not learn from them.
Oct. 24, 2024
The former president is unfit for office. Let us count the ways.
Oct. 20, 2024
Donald Trump’s supporters brush off his threats against democracy, but past performance gives us every reason to believe he’ll do exactly as he says.
Oct. 17, 2024
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