Charles P. Pierce
Charles P. Pierce is a writer-at-large for Esquire and his work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the LA Times Magazine, the Nation, the Atlantic, Sports Illustrated and The Chicago Tribune, among others.
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Views Saturday, July 22, 2017 The Lying Will Now Be Smoother and More Telegenic There are two things I decline to do about the departure of Sean Spicer from behind his White House podium : 1) Care, and 2) Sympathize. As to the first, it doesn't matter a damn to the country who the next marquee liar representing Camp Runamuck is. Any TV reporter who starts talking about how the... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 03, 2017 This 21st Century Modern Presidency Is a Spectacular Sh*tshow While we were all beginning the celebration of the nation's founding by plumbing the depths of 21 st Century Modern Day Presidenting, which looked a great deal like 20 th Century Modern Day SummerSlam, and while Chris Christie embarked on a new stage in his effort to end his governorship with an... Read more |
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Views Thursday, June 08, 2017 It Is Time for Donald Trump to Leave the White House The other day, Michelle Goldberg, writing in Slate , made this excellent point: In response to the argument that ridding the country of President* Donald Trump only would worsen the political polarization in the country, perhaps to the point of actual widespread violence, Goldberg argued that, if... Read more |
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Views Friday, May 12, 2017 This Feels Like a Turning Point When we last left Camp Runamuck, and it was only this morning , there was some question as to whether the walls of the East Room ought to be discreetly padded. Since then, and it's only been about six hours, every single element of the most recent account of why the president* iced James Comey had... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 14, 2017 This Is Not a Healthcare Bill Good morning, suckers. Obviously, we'll have more to say about the political effects of the "scoring" of the Republican proposal to change the way that Americans obtain the peace of mind that comes with actually having health insurance. But the Congressional Budget Office—about which the president... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 14, 2016 Why Hiring Steve Bannon Is the Same as Hiring David Duke As I pointed out on the electric Twitter machine over the weekend, appointing Steve Bannon to an important position within the White House is precisely the same as appointing David Duke to an important position within the White House. (If you want to quibble that I'm wrong because Bannon doesn't... Read more |
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Views Friday, September 09, 2016 Are We Just Going to Pretend Another President Didn't Give Iran Their Money? Now that Congress is back in session, it's time to do the people's business again. So let's get on with the nuisance hearings again, shall we? Topic A: Thanks to the McClatchy folks, let's look in on the scandal that is the administration's giving Iran its own fcking money back. GOP Rep. Sean Duffy... Read more |
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Views Friday, August 05, 2016 I Spent the Day with Trump's Undying Fans in Maine PORTLAND, MAINE—Somehow, my press credentialing e-mails from the Trump campaign keep getting blown off the porch of the Intertoobz. So, on Thursday, I decided to be just another face in the crowd at an event at the Merrill Auditorium, a lovely old piece of big government memorabilia attached to... Read more |
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Views Friday, February 12, 2016 Bernie Sanders Is Changing Hillary Clinton One Day (and One Debate) at a Time MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN—Ms. Nina Turner of Ohio, a state legislator and onetime candidate for Secretary of State, and probably the MVP of any spin room into which she steps, seemed a bit perturbed at Hillary Rodham Clinton's sudden transformation into Soul Sister No. 1. "As [Bernie Sanders] said,... Read more |
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Views Friday, February 05, 2016 Here's What Happens When Hillary and Bernie Try to Out-Progressive Each Other DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE—As it should be obvious by now, the next nothingburger on the Clinton side of the menu is, "Release the transcripts! Why won't you release the transcripts? What do you have to hide in those transcripts?" To be honest, I, too, would like to know what Hillary Rodham Clinton said... Read more |