Monica Hesse
Reporter at The Washington Post
Columnist: Washington Post. Writes about gender and society. Author: THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE, a historical mystery, due in May 2024: https://t.co/qKdvRF4RFV
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3 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse
All the unforced errors of Elon Musk (washingtonpost.com) All the unforced errors of Elon Musk By Monica Hesse 2025060311300300 I think about Elon Musk mostly as a walking, breathing unforced error. For years he was considered a creative genius, a force for good — who didn't want a Tesla? — and if you spent much time considering him at all, it was probably in a positive way. To safeguard that reputation, all he had to do was … nothing. Literally nothing.
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1 week ago |
phillytrib.com | Monica Hesse
“Dead white farmers.”If you watched the White House meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, you already know what these words refer to, and if you didn’t, well, I’m frankly not sure that any amount of column inches can fully explain them. Last week, Ramaphosa and a South African delegation met with Trump in the Oval Office for what was supposed to be a relationship-building meeting between the two nations.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse
Trump’s favorite verbal quirk is now 1,000 pages of legislation (washingtonpost.com) Trump’s favorite verbal quirk is now 1,000 pages of legislation By Monica Hesse 2025052910301300 The verbal quirk of President Donald Trump that has always most fascinated me is his predilection for the word "beautiful." North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un "wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love." On the cover of Time magazine, Kamala Harris looked "like the most beautiful actress ever to live" (this...
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1 week ago |
royalgazette.com | Monica Hesse
"Dead White farmers."If you watched the White House meeting between Donald Trump and South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, you already know what these words refer to. And if you didn't, well, I'm frankly not sure that any amount of column inches can fully explain them. On Wednesday, Ramaphosa and a South African delegation met with Trump in the Oval Office for what was supposed to be a relationship-building meeting between the two nations.
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2 weeks ago |
timeslive.co.za | Monica Hesse
MONICA HESSE | Unpacking Trump’s obsession with ‘dead white farmers’ Ramaphosa made it clear that he had come to discuss mutually beneficial diplomatic policies. Trump made it clear that he had come to discuss dead white farmers 23 May 2025 - 04:30 By Monica hesse “Dead white farmers.”..
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