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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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October 17, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Trump Stoops to New Low With Comments About Military Officials
Donald Trump’s supporters broke out in applause as he trashed the military.
October 16, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Tom Cotton’s Gaza Comments Are Horrifying
The Arkansas Republican senator cheered on indiscriminate killing, during a Fox News interview on Sunday.
October 13, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Israel Just Issued an Impossible Ultimatum to 1.1 Million Palestinians
Citizens of North Gaza have been told they have just 24 hours to flee the area.
October 12, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Book Bans Are a Conservative Plot to Destroy Public Schools, Says Randi Weingarten
The teachers union head denounced the “extremist strategy,” which also includes voucher campaigns and manufactured outrage over critical race theory.
October 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted, Ella Sherman
Mary Trump: My Uncle Is a Deeply Insecure Fascist
The former president’s niece explained his enduring appeal despite his obvious fraud and failures.
October 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted
No Labels Is a Bunch of “Powerful, Elite Folks in a Boardroom in D.C.,” Says MoveOn’s Joel Payne
The progressive group’s communications director clapped back at No Labels for accusing its opposition of “anti-democracy.”
October 11, 2023
Edith Olmsted, Ella Sherman
How to Make Trump Go “Crazy,” According to George Conway
The Never Trump lawyer says the Democrats need to wage “psychological warfare” on the former president, and he has an idea how to do it.
October 10, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Josh Hawley Offers World’s Most Offensive Idea for How to Help Israel
Why not just take the money from a U.S. ally in the middle of a war?
October 5, 2023
Edith Olmsted
New Jersey GOP Candidate Blames Poop-Smearing Incident on... Obama
Joseph Viso Jr. had an inane explanation when admitting to his history of poop-smearing.
October 2, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Really Trying to Compare Jamaal Bowman to January 6 Rioters
Republicans’ latest attack on Jamaal Bowman is insane, even for them.
September 29, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Taylor Swift Has Broken Conservatives’ Brains
The singer’s recent appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game mostly caused a delightful stir—except among those on the grievance-sozzled right.
September 28, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Gavin Newsom Pulverizes DeSantis’s Loopy Lies About California Crime
Gavin Newsom is not interested in Ron DeSantis’s claims on California, given all that’s happening in Florida.
September 28, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Tim Scott Suggests Slavery Wasn’t as Bad as Welfare for Black Americans
The South Carolina senator delivered a very embarrassing talking point during the Republican presidential debate.
September 28, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Ron DeSantis’s Painfully Weird Smile Goes Viral During GOP Debate Once Again
The Florida governor has once again become a meme for his weird smile during the Republican debate.
September 28, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Biden Throws Shade at Republicans in Perfectly Timed Ad Before GOP Debate
The timing could not have been better on this one.
September 27, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Fox News Crime Segment Ends in Humiliation for Brutally Roasted Reporter
“Who are you getting these facts from?” a resident bluntly asked the Fox reporter.
September 26, 2023
Edith Olmsted
What Biden Just Did for the UAW Is a Big Freaking Deal
Biden visited the United Auto Workers picket line—and what he said there is huge.
September 25, 2023
Edith Olmsted
Menendez’s Amazing Defense for All Those Envelopes of Cash: I’m Cuban
Senator Bob Menendez has an impossibly hilarious explanation for all those gold bars and cash that police found.
September 22, 2023
Edith Olmsted
The Department of Justice Is So “Corrupt” It Just Indicted a Democratic Senator
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is alleged to have received over $480,000 in cash and numerous gold bars in exchange for favors.
September 21, 2023
Edith Olmsted
David Brooks Is Getting Absolutely Roasted Over His $78 Airport Meal
The New York Times columnist seems to have left out some details about his tab.

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