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Michael John Tomasky (born October 13, 1960 [1]) is an American columnist, progressive commentator, and author. He is the editor of The New Republic [ 2 ] and editor in chief of Democracy . He has been a special correspondent for Newsweek , The Daily Beast , a contributing editor for The American Prospect , and a contributor to The New York ...
The New Republic is an American magazine focused on domestic politics, news, culture, and the arts, with ten magazines a year and a daily online platform.The New York Times described the magazine as partially founded in Teddy Roosevelt's living room and known for its "intellectual rigor and left-leaning political views."
It was founded as a forum for progressive and liberal ideas by Kenneth Baer and Andrei Cherny in 2006. Modeled after conservative journals like Commentary and The National Interest, [2] the editors put forward Democracy as "a place where ideas can be developed and important debates can be spurred" at a "time when American politics has grown profoundly unserious."
Sanewashing is the act of minimizing the perceived radical aspects of a person or idea in order to make them appear more acceptable to a wider audience. The term was initially coined in online discussions about defunding the police in 2020, but has come to greater prominence in critique of media practices relating to Donald Trump in the 2024 United States presidential election.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday, Cohen called Mr Trump “Von S***zInPantz” and claimed he “stinks of desperation”. “Hey Von S***zInPantz…your attacks of me stink of desperation.
Michael Tomasky reviewed the work for The New York Review of Books, and echoed the assessment by On the Issues that it was a political tool for Trump's 2012 presidential aspirations. [2] Tomasky observed the book was "comfortably within the standard campaign self-promotion genre" and marketed Trump with a conservative ideology. [2]
In a 2003 article for New York magazine, Michael Tomasky traced the secrecy in Albany "back to the days [in the 19th and early 20th centuries] when the Democratic hotel was the De Witt Clinton, the Republican hotel was the Ten Eyck, and one didn't pry too deeply into who was sleeping where."
Courtesy of Michael Easton/Facebook Michael Easton said he was holding his One Life to Live costar Kamar de los Reyes‘ hand when he died of cancer last year. “I was holding his hand when he ...