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Michelle Cottle

Washington, D.C.

Editorial Writer at The New York Times

domestic correspondent and co-host of "Matter of Opinion," The New York Times

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  • 6 days ago | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle |Jamelle Bouie |Derek Arthur

    Another week, another show of contempt for the rule of law. Last week, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported because of an "administrative error," back to his home in Maryland. But, so far, the administration has not complied.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle

    Losing out on a dream job is always hard. All the more so when you come this close, only to have it snatched away because of, oh, some minor dust-up - for instance, a House ethics report concluding that you indulged in illegal drugs, violated state prostitution laws and, on at least one occasion, may have failed to ascertain whether a sex partner was, strictly speaking, of legal age.

  • 1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Michelle Cottle

    Share Losing out on a dream job is always hard.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle

    Having purchased himself a presidential BFF last year, Elon Musk was pumped to effectively buy himself a state supreme court seat in Wisconsin. The voters had other ideas. Musk and his related groups dropped more than $20 million on boosting the conservative candidate, former state attorney general Brad Schimel.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michelle Cottle |Ben Rhodes |Vishakha Darbha

    And I think Democrats underestimate just how profoundly loathed they are right now. I say that as a Democrat. If you are under 30, the only national Democrats you've really known are Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden and then maybe a hundred days of Kamala Harris. [Cottle laughs.]And I like those people, but they are definitely not tomorrow, and they kind of represent Washington and they represent certain ways of doing things that people think have failed.

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Michelle Cottle
Michelle Cottle @mcottle
6 Dec 24

New MoO for you! Join me, @CarlosNYT & @DouthatNYT as we talk Trump-era culture, past and future. Plus, a holiday hot-cold for my Gen Xers. https://t.co/dLTYXtuuPz

Michelle Cottle
Michelle Cottle @mcottle
3 Dec 24

Giving Tuesday is upon us! Hopefully, you haven't maxed out those credit cards already. So much need, so many worthy causes -- including one that particularly impressed me during my reporting on the Aging of America... https://t.co/ixybyEgn2w

Michelle Cottle
Michelle Cottle @mcottle
5 Nov 24

Have you voted yet?