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McKay Coppins

Business Media

A Secretive Hedge Fund Is Gutting Newsrooms

Inside Alden Global Capital.

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Oct 2021 Permalink

Religion

The Most American Religion

Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a certain national ideal—only to find their country in an identity crisis. What will the third century of the faith look like?

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Dec 2020 35min Permalink

Politics Tech

The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President

How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election.

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Feb 2020 35min Permalink

Politics

The Man Who Broke Politics

Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport and now he’s reveling in his achievements.

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McKay Coppins on the Longform Podcast

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Nov 2018 40min Permalink

Politics

Trump’s Right-Hand Troll

Is Stephen Miller serious?

McKay Coppins The Atlantic May 2018 30min Permalink

Politics

God’s Plan for Mike Pence

Inside the Vice President’s gamble on Donald Trump.

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Coppins on the Longform Podcast

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Dec 2017 30min Permalink

Politics

From Trump Aide to Single Mom

Last November, A.J. Delgado played a vital role in the presidential campaign. Then everything fell apart.

McKay Coppins The Atlantic Aug 2017 10min Permalink

Politics

Confessions of a Dishonest Slob: How the Haters and Losers Got Trump...

Donald Trump has spent decades seeking revenge on the many people who have taunted him. One of them was this reporter, who two years ago wrote that Trump would never run.

McKay Coppins Buzzfeed Jul 2016 30min Permalink

Politics Media

36 Hours On The Fake Campaign Trail With Donald Trump

Over the course of 25 years, he’s repeatedly toyed with the idea of running for president and now, maybe, governor of New York. With all but his closest apostles finally tired of the charade, even the Donald himself has to ask, what’s the point? On the plane and by the pool with the man who will not be king.

McKay Coppins Buzzfeed Feb 2014 25min Permalink

A Mormon Reporter On The Romney Bus

Memoir of a Latter-day campaign correspondent.

McKay Coppins Buzzfeed Nov 2012 15min Permalink