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Philip Bump has 78.8% among authors. BS Score: 6%. Articles analyzed: 5. Words analyzed: 13,971.
MS NOW - By Philip Bump - 12/26/2025, 11:00 AM
There was an event held at Donald Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, during the 2024 presidential campaign that I think about with some regularity. It involved the former-and-future president speaking to reporters while surrounded by tables showing various grocery items and the increase in their prices during President Joe... more
MS NOW - By Philip Bump - 12/25/2025, 11:00 AM
The federal government still retains some credibility in the eyes of the public, despite the concerted efforts of President Donald Trump and his allies in the executive branch. And as things go badly in his second term — the economy is faltering, prices keep going up, and his crackdown on immigration is unpopular — Trump is looking for... more
MS NOW - By Philip Bump - 12/20/2025, 11:00 AM
Before he became the red giant pulling in the Republican Party, Donald Trump was known as a master of branding. He would tell you that he was a real estate mogul, but by 2015 he was instead a guy who allowed his name to be used on hotels (and television shows and home goods and ties) in exchange for a cut of the action. The name Trump... more
MS NOW - By Philip Bump - 12/5/2025, 11:00 AM
At the end of a long, soporific Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Donald Trump perked up enough to offer one of the most vicious attacks on immigrants in the history of the presidency. “I call them animals in many cases,” he said of immigrants who he says entered the country during the Biden administration. He reserved particular ire... more
MS NOW - By Philip Bump - 11/25/2025, 11:00 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation is significant not merely because it was a public, detailed break with Donald Trump and his politics. It was also significant because it highlighted something that has mostly been whispered in right-wing conversations over the 12 months since Trump’s reelection: What happens once Trump is gone?... more