Ed Kilgore
Political Columnist at New York Magazine
Managing Editor at Democratic Strategist
Veteran political analyst; worked for 3 governors, a senator & a DC think tank; now columnist for New York Magazine. Observant Christian. Georgia Bulldog.
Articles
-
5 days ago |
nymag.com | Ed Kilgore
David Souter, the former U.S. Supreme Court justice who retired at the age of 69 and died this week at 85, was viewed by liberals as a man of conservative temperament, if not necessarily conservative views.
-
5 days ago |
nymag.com | Ed Kilgore
As much as he likes to think of himself as a courageous leader who keeps all his promises, Donald Trump has a habit of flip-flopping on some pretty important issues. Abortion comes to mind right away; he's danced around various positions on this issue for decades, although there's no question his presidencies have been deadly for reproductive rights.
-
6 days ago |
thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore
In the long Paul Ryan era of Republican budget-cutting efforts (when Ryan was House Budget Committee chairman and then House Speaker), Medicaid was always on the chopping block. And when the program became a key element of Democratic efforts to expand health-care coverage in the Affordable Care Act sponsored by Republicans’ top enemy, Barack Obama, Medicaid’s status as the program tea-party Republicans wanted to kill most rose into the stratosphere.
-
6 days ago |
thedemocraticstrategist.org | Ed Kilgore
In the long Paul Ryan era of Republican budget-cutting efforts (when Ryan was House Budget Committee chairman and then House Speaker), Medicaid was always on the chopping block. And when the program became a key element of Democratic efforts to expand health-care coverage in the Affordable Care Act sponsored by Republicans’ top enemy, Barack Obama, Medicaid’s status as the program tea-party Republicans wanted to kill most rose into the stratosphere.
-
6 days ago |
nymag.com | Ed Kilgore
Just a day after the College of Cardinals convened to select a new pontiff following the death of Pope Francis, on Thursday white smoke appeared from the roof of the Sistine Chapel. Since the conclave was relatively short, many assumed one of the long-time frontrunners, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin or Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, had been selected. Instead, the cardinals pulled a surprise, choosing American-born Robert Prevost, who was Pope Francis's chief advisor in choosing bishops.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 11K
- Tweets
- 16K
- DMs Open
- No
My insta-take on Leo XIV, as a reasonably well-informed and sympathetic Protestant: https://t.co/pmxgaBGQRs
Not a fan of state film subsidies, a very popular form of corporate welfare. So even less of a fan of some ungodly Newsom-Trump alliance to layer on some new federal film subsidies. https://t.co/z3owJ5bGri
2025 not the worst election for Canada's Conservatives. In 1993 they held power, called an election and lost 154 of their 156 seats. I was on a panel with a Conservative staffer, and he joked they had achieved gender parity in their parliamentary ranks (one man, one woman).