The Trump Vs. Obama Situation Room Photos
As soon as the White House announced the death of Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Trump and Obama Situation Room photos became historical twins.
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Religious Persecution Survivors on the Oval Stage
We examine the political agenda behind President Trump’s Oval Office meeting with 27 survivors of religious persecution from around the world.
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Chatting the Pictures: Trump Cheerleaders; Super Bowl Body; SpaceX Starman
Hey, we’re back with another news photo chat! Watch RTP's Michael Shaw and Cara Finnegan riff for 20 minutes or so about three headline photos.
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2018 State of the Union: The Trump Show in Screenshots
In spite of our snark, Dems better watch out because this SOTU demonstrated many of the skills that got Trump elected.
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Trump’s Weekend Shutdown Pix: The Medium is the Mess
What is instantly relevant about these White House shutdown photos, in fact, is everything that is missing.
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MLK, Immigration & Shutdown: Our Visual Roundup of the Week
In a short week, with Trump a blur of contradiction, most of the news tied back to race and immigration.
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On the New Yorker “Shithole” Cover, Among Others
This is probably the most damaging word picture Trump, or any politician, has ever uttered. My quick takes on the illo.
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Trump’s Christmas Offensive
Trump spent the whole month on a relentless crusade to remind everyone "Season's Greetings" was somehow sacrilegious. But did anyone care?
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Watch Nancy Burson’s Latest GIF Morphing Trump with “Rocket Man”
The GIF and the picture are about Trump's identification with nemeses, and about scaling the Mt. Olympus for autocrats.
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Trump Is Disturbed, But We Always Look Past It
He’s been acting even crazier and more deluded, the silence and enabling only amplifying the danger.
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Throwing Russian Flags at Trump
Maybe the Trump flag attack would have been more effective six months ago when the Russia story still dominated the news. Otherwise, all it hit was teflon.
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Looking at Trump and Kelly at Arlington Cemetery
Why the New York Times published the photo it did of Trump and Kelly visiting the General's son's grave.
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Phoenix Jesus: On Scott Mahaskey’s Trump Rally Protest Photo
M. Scott Mahaskey's photo taken outside Trump's rally in Phoenix on Tuesday night is as audacious, and biblical, as the times.
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On that Creepy Don Jr. Elevator Photo
The photo can be seen as a premonition. It mirrors the surreptitiousness of the Russia meeting and the fact Don Jr. isn't so swaggery anymore.
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On the Failed Rubio – Ivanka Bot Hug
Given her meticulously-constructed public image and the way she is constantly composed, Ivanka just doesn't have awkward moments.
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Comey as Metaphor: Our Social Media Roundup of the Week
Looking at the most striking pictures from the last five days, greater light and clarity seems to be the theme.
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London and a Fake Suicide Vest
The biggest threat of this attack was the potential to create outsized effects on the cheap. A fake vest or a real one is part of sorting the difference.
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Trump the Forlorn: On an Unusual Arlington Portrait
Maybe this is Trump showing the full effect of almost six months bearing the presidential mantle. Maybe he’s about done in.
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