Anthony L. Fisher

Editor

Anthony L. Fisher is a former senior opinion editor and a columnist for The Daily Beast. He also writes the “Calling Balls and Strikes” newsletter on Substack. Prior to the Beast, he was a politics and culture columnist for Business Insider, where he had previously served as politics editor. In both 2016 and 2017, he won Southern California Journalism Awards from the Los Angeles Press Club for investigative reporting on criminal justice.

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Here’s Why Putin Loved the Biden/Trump Debate

The Russian leader’s poodle, Donald Trump, confidently sold his authoritarian policies and talking points.

David Rothkopf

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Biden’s Re-Election Is Doomed by Disastrous Debate

There’s almost no chance the president tries to debate Trump again, and Dems might be better off if he just quit.

Matt Lewis

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Face It, the Way Biden and Trump Look Matters to Voters

Sexism lets men age in public while women are scorned, but ageism comes for everyone eventually.

Jill Filipovic

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ONLY THE BEST PEOPLE

Donald Trump’s Unverified but Not Impossible VP Short List

Rubio, Vance, Burgum? Snooze. Here’s six veep contenders Trump really wants.

Claude Knobler

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COMEDY > WONKERY

Candidates Who Are Actually Funny Usually Win Debates

Forget about typical debate prep, Biden and Trump’s advisers should be helping them make American voters laugh.

Liz Mair