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The revenge of Tony P
Tony P (Instagram)
DC influencer Tony P has returned to the spotlight, in a Washingtonian profile titled “Guess What? Tony P Hates You, Too.” Cockburn would be remiss not to point out that The Spectator was first to cover Tony P’s rise to...
Meet Mrs. Rubio
Marco Rubio proposed to his then-girlfriend, Jeanette Dousdebes, in 1997, at the top of the Empire State Building. After she said yes, he asked for the engagement ring right back, concerned that it might slip off her finger and fall on the...
Troy Jackson’s family values
And my ax: Troy Jackson campaigns in Maine
Troy Jackson, Maine’s new working-class Democratic candidate for Senate – following Graham Platner’s demise – has PR problems. Cockburn thinks it’s a case of #MeToo going a little too far. While P...
How Hollywood failed
The Spectator will be sharing one free magazine story a week with our Substack subscribers. To kick things off, here’s Peachy Keenan’s cover story from our August 3 edition, on how Hollywood failed. Plus: Daniel McCarthy on how he in...
David Lammy’s wife used Obama library opening to hawk her paintings
Nicola Green with then-president Barack Obama (The artist’s website)
The House of Medici patronized Michelangelo, Botticelli and da Vinci. The House of Obama patronized Nicola Green: the artist wife of David Lammy, who served as deputy pri...
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