Trump, The Leak and What I Missed in the Russian White House Photos the First Time
Surprised Trump leaked secrets to the Russians? Well, in the photos that circulated most widely last week, it is hard to tell they had a meeting.
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Russian Oval Office Pix: Team Trump Done in by “Dual Hatter”
Absurdly, the White House never saw a threat in the Russian Oval Office photos.
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Trump, King and What’s in an Overcoat?
Too often, it's that simple thing right in front of your eyes that gets completely overlooked, even if it has plenty to say.
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Ivanka and the Settling Mess: Our Social Media Roundup
What with the 100 day milestone and his manic push to put anything on his resume, this was another week of wall-to-wall Trump. Still, I wonder if the tone is shifting.
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North Korean Border Photos That Challenge Today’s War Hysteria
What these lighter North Korea photos get at is how much the president, gung-ho politicians and TV talking heads would have us cowering.
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What’s in an Easter Egg Roll? The Trumps Unguarded
The rarest opportunity to see Trump and his family in a personal situation, photographers haven't had this kind of prolonged access to him since the inauguration.
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Between the Trump and Obama Situation Room Photos
As easily as one sees a parallel between the Obama and Trump situation room photos, the comparison -- like most things Trump under closer inspection -- starts to unravel.
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On Melania Trump’s Official White House Portrait
Melania Trump, and a White House visual convention.
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TrumpCare Road Rage: Our Weekly Social Media Roundup
Looking back at the GOP's health care collapse, the president's trucker photo op defined the week.
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On the Tillerson Photo at the North Korea DMZ
Simply put, you don't want to be photo bombed, or any other kind of bombed by North Korea.
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11 Takeaways on Donald Trump Jr. in Flannel
It's so much easier for the media to do its pandering, or throw a bone, in the style section.
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Reading the Trump “First 50 Days” Photo Album
If anything, the photo album brings Trump's guardedness, and the quality and amount of White House visual disclosure, into greater relief.
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What’s in a White House Profile Image?
A friend of mine asked if I had noticed the difference on Twitter between the Obama and the Trump White House profile images.
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Through a Glass, Darkly: Visibility in Trump’s America
It seems to me that the news photo too often is showing us only the aftermath. Too much of the damage is being done off-stage.
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Tiny Trumps Don’t Shrink the Sexual Power Trip
This Tiny Trump is funny, in essence, because he is smaller than a woman. The joke, ultimately, is at her expense.
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Trump’s Address to Congress: What Caught Our Eye
Trump received wide praise for his performance last night addressing a joint session of Congress. The problem is, that's mostly what it was.
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Trump In La La Land: Our Social Media Roundup
Amidst the town hall jigs, the climate change la de da and Trump's Ali shuffle, don't miss the Day Without Immigrants pirouette.
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On Tokenism, and Trump’s Jewish Make-Up Photo at the African American Museum
Trump turns this moment -- and the African American Museum of History and Culture itself -- into the same thing it converts every shred of real estate into.
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