Byline Supplement — ‘Trump In Bad Lighting’

My latest report in Byline Supplement documents the weirdness surrounding the first week of Trump’s criminal election interference trial in NYC

Apr 30, 2024

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Thanks to everyone who is supporting my work, Monday came without the usual fascist creep blues. Instead, I reupped on my new favorite coffee, Urth Cafe’s French Roast — and plowed on.

Making the front page of Byline Supplement never gets old, and today my report “Trump In Bad Lighting” made its debut.

Byline Supplement

Trump in Bad Lighting — A Propagandist in a Pickle

Five years ago, I quipped that the moment Trump’s base sees him in bad lighting, it’s over. Trump is a media creature, born of make-up, hair dye, poorly sprayed fake tans, staging and production. Like one of his beauty queens, he’s learned a few things about pageantry — his rallies are a cross between World Wrestling Federation spectacle and the 1976 film…

2 years ago · 17 likes · Heidi Cuda

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Trump In Bad Lighting — A Propaga…

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