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Ana Marie Cox

Ana Marie Cox is a Daily Beast columnist. Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days. She has worked for Time, GQ, Mother Jones, and, most recently, The Guardian US. Follow her on Twitter.

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BRACE YOURSELVES

How I Learned to Fear The Donald

President Trump. It is not just a punchline to me anymore.

Ana Marie Cox

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SAVED YOU 2 HOURS

Your Shorter Democratic Debate

You can read other recaps of Sunday’s NBC faceoff in South Carolina, but none of them will be this short or this sarcastic.

Ana Marie Cox

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FAIL

The Surreal Republican Debate Scorecard

The only kind of grades these people deserve.

Ana Marie Cox

articles/2016/01/08/cnn-s-guns-in-america-town-hall-was-more-like-a-wwf-match/160107-cox-obama-town-hall-tease_eywitz
STYLIZED ATTACKS

‘Guns’ Town Hall More Like WWF Match

A viewer looking for a genuine contest of ideas during Obama’s appearance Thursday night found instead a set of stock characters—what the network hoped would be good television.

Ana Marie Cox

articles/2016/01/01/what-you-missed-while-you-were-trumping/151231-cox-trumping-tease_mqda6e
NEVER FEAR

What You Missed While You Were Trumping

2015 provided reasons to believe that America never stopped being great.

Ana Marie Cox

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RACE TO THE TOP

The Surrealist Dem Debate Scorecard

The catfight that wasn’t still provided plenty of surreal moments. Martin O’Malley was there too.

Ana Marie Cox

BOTTOM OF THE CLASS

The Surrealist GOP Debate Scorecard

<p>A debate about foreign policy in which no actual treaties were discussed. A debate about the most dangerous threats to America and no discussion of home-grown terrorists. A debate about national security that didn’t delve into the costs of war. A nonsensical debate demands a surrealist scorecard.</p>

Ana Marie Cox

SOUND BITE MORATORIUM

Shut Up About San Bernardino

Columns written about the Planned Parenthood shooting were still being published as the San Bernardino killers began firing. Here’s a proposal: Let’s stop writing about them.

Ana Marie Cox

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Real Bounty

Why Thanksgiving Is Better Than Xmas

Thanksgiving is the rarest of holidays: a celebration of appreciation.

Ana Marie Cox

articles/2015/11/22/what-do-you-want-the-legacy-of-paris-to-be/151121-cox-legacy-tease_csyobb
STOP A MINUTE

What Do You Want as the Legacy of Paris?

You get to determine how history remembers the United States’ response.

Ana Marie Cox

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