Laura Bassett

New York

Election Columnist at The Cut

freelance writer, election columnist @TheCut. previously: EIC @Jezebel, columnist @GQMagazine, reporter @huffpostpol. subscribe to nightcap, my newsletter! 👇🏻

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Articles

'The Apprentice' Shows Donald Trump Morphing From Man to Cartoon

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Laura Bassett

In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the billionaire real estate mogul reintroduces himself to America with a glossy, vague little anecdote about overcoming financial adversity.
‘The Apprentice’ Shows Donald Trump Morphing From Man to Cartoon

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Laura Bassett

In the 2004 series premiere of The Apprentice, the reality competition show that laundered Donald Trump’s reputation as a tacky sleazebag and launched his presidential aspirations, the billionaire real estate mogul reintroduces himself to America with a glossy, vague little anecdote about overcoming financial adversity.
Democrats’ Response To Trump Speech Does Not Meet the Moment

Mar 5, 2025 | thecut.com | Laura Bassett

Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images After weeks of what can only be described as an authoritarian takeover of the U.S. government, President Donald Trump stood up to address Congress Tuesday night in a speech characteristically full of bombast and lies.
Boo. Hiss. Purr.

Jan 30, 2025 | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |E. Jean Carroll |Laura Bassett |Nikki Ogunnaike

We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Every week, two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, and the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Y’all. It’s been a week. Because we are at our core glass-half-full-of-skin-contact-wine types, we’ll start with the good.
Trump’s Broligarchy Is Here

Jan 20, 2025 | thecut.com | Laura Bassett

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images After a year of pseudo-populist blustering about empowering regular Americans and taking on the globalist elites, Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday afternoon — which happened to fall on MLK Day — featured a stage full of beaming tech billionaires whose interests fly in the face of the working-class coalition that delivered Trump a narrow victory in the 2024 election.
The Week In Recommendations 11.27.24

Nov 27, 2024 | claireandemma.substack.com | Emma Gray |Laura Bassett |Bess Kalb

This is the free edition of Rich Text, a newsletter about cultural obsessions from your Internet BFFs Emma and Claire. If you like what you see and hear, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Our latest subscriber post was about our Black Friday picks! Rich Text is a reader-supported project.
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Revenge for Me Too

Nov 21, 2024 | thecut.com | Laura Bassett

Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump, who’s been accused by more than 28 women of sexual assault and harassment, has been working at a record pace to assemble the most unapologetically rape-y Cabinet in American history. Less than two weeks into his team announcements, the pattern has grown so obvious that it would be reasonable to assume his new administration exists entirely to erase the Me Too movement.
Will Melania be living in the White House for Trump’s second term? Probably not

Nov 17, 2024 | theguardian.com | Laura Bassett

Melania Trump will probably not be returning to the White House for the next four years with her husband, multiple sources told CNN this week, but rather will be splitting her time between Palm Beach, Florida, and New York City, where Barron is going to college.
Trump cabinet, part II (it got much worse)

Nov 13, 2024 | laura-bassett.com | Laura Bassett

Yesterday, I laughed a little too hard about Trump picking Marco “Drymouth” Rubio for Secretary of State. I didn’t realize that if I just waited 24 hours, Trump’s proposed cabinet would get exponentially more ridiculous, to the point where Rubio looks pretty great by comparison.
Trump's cabinet so far is a big middle finger to his voters

Nov 12, 2024 | laura-bassett.com | Laura Bassett

Hi Cappers. I am just returning from a much-needed weekend in the woods, and I must say, I would not recommend choosing rural Pennsylvania as your “election escape” destination ahead of time. In trying to find a cabin reasonably drivable from both D.C. and Brooklyn, we found ourselves vacationing amid a sea of Donald Trump signs, in a cabin filled with cheugy phrases on the wall like “Blessed” and “When Life gets too hard to stand, Kneel.” Nightcap is a reader-supported publication.