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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted is an associate writer for The New Republic with a Master’s degree from the Columbia Journalism School. She is based in New York City.

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June 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Clarence Thomas Is Hiding Even More Money Than We Knew
The justice has received millions of dollars’ worth of gifts, far more than his colleagues, but only reported a fraction of it.
June 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Pathetic Republican Rep. Mocked for Wearing Undeserved Military Pin
Troy Nehls was never supposed to receive a Combat Infantryman Badge in the first place.
June 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Warns He Has “Every Right” to Attack His Enemies
The former president promised yet again that retribution is coming.
June 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Alito’s Neighbor Skewers Justice for “Harassing” Her Over Flags
Emily Baden says the Supreme Court justice and his wife went out of their way to attack her.
June 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
House Republicans Push Devious Plan to Help Trump Pardon Himself
A Republican-backed bill would let Trump move state-level cases against him to federal court.
June 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case Is Effectively Dead
The case has been paused pending related legal proceedings.
June 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Mike Johnson Puts Dumbest People You Know on Intel Committee
One of the new members of the House Intelligence Committee is currently suing the FBI.
June 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Idiot James Comer Helped Import Chinese Weed
The House Oversight Committee chair has repeatedly hounded the Biden family for business ties to China.
June 5, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump Stooge’s Attempt to Troll Democrats Hilariously Backfires
Byron Donalds told voters to defeat people who “gaslight” you about their lies.
June 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk Begs Supreme Court to Take Up Trump Twitter Files Fight
The request could affect how evidence is collected in lawsuits.
June 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Eric Swalwell Expertly Skewers Republicans’ “Cult” of Trump
The Democratic representative had a long list of points to back up his claim.
June 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Elise Stefanik’s Desperate Bid for Trump’s V.P. Ends in Epic Fail
Stefanik’s complaint about the judge and clerk in Trump’s bank fraud trial has been thrown out.
June 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Republican Rep. Reveals Just How far GOP Will Go to Attack Fauci
Representative Brad Wenstrup says Republicans want to dig through Fauci’s personal emails.
June 4, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Felon Trump’s Really Dumb Defense Reveals Republican Hypocrisy
It’s getting hard to argue that Republicans stand for “law and order.”
February 7, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Could Taylor Swift Swing the 2024 Election at the Super Bowl?
What polls say about the singer’s potential electoral impact—and why Republicans are obsessed with her.
December 26, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Worst Employee of the Year: Ronna McDaniel
The chair of the Republican National Committee is simply terrible at her job. Fortunately for Democrats, she’s in little danger of being fired.
December 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Jack Smith Rolls the Dice With Surprise Request for the Supreme Court
Special Counsel Jack Smith is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on Donald Trump’s main legal defense.
December 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Elon Musk Invites Alex Jones to Explain That “Whole Sandy Hook Thing”
The InfoWars host is back on Twitter—and still justifying his conspiracy theories on the Sandy Hook shooting.
December 7, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Once Again Being Very Weird About Taylor Swift
Do conservative men just hate to see a girlboss winning? Or is something deeper going on?
December 7, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Nikki Haley Thinks TikTok Is Magic
The Republican presidential candidate thinks exposure to the app turns users into antisemites—and she has (extremely) dubious stats to back it up.

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