Nicole Lafond

 Have a tip? Send it Here!
Nicole Lafond is TPM’s deputy editor, based in New York. She has also worked as the special projects editor and as a senior newswriter for TPM. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously covered education in central Illinois.

Where Things Stand: Behold The Spectacle Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

President Trump warned us before the election that, as early and mail-in ballots were tabulated and key states shifted blue, he was going to falsely claim that his victory was being stolen. And he warned us he would send his lawyers in to prevent that supposed theft.

But we didn’t know it was going to look like this.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: We Are Far From Cleansed, Last Night Proved That Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

I am a big believer in nuance. Broad strokes are dangerous, limiting and do little to advance productive societal conversations or close gaps or fend off the spread of disinformation.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: If A ‘Most Egregious’ Ranking Even Exists, This Might Top It Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

The most outrageous moves by the Trump administration are really hard to pinpoint or track or even rank at this point. But of course, today, on this most important, historic day, he’s pulling one of his most brazen stunts yet.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: Don’t Expect A Slinking Return To Irrelevance Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

Even if President Trump finds himself awarded the same fate as impeached President Richard Nixon — that is to say, either not charged with or pardoned of any hypothetical federal crimes — there’s no chance he will slink away from public life.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: Trumpworld’s Final Gambit Is A Head-First Dive Into Conspiracies Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

President Trump’s personal lawyer has been on various conspiracy tears for months. His initial fever-swamp stoking about Hunter Biden backfired dramatically, which, in his brain, is apparently just cause to double down.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: A Strong Whiff Of GOP Desperation Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

Republicans are shifting course in their attempts to seize victory from the jaws of potential electoral defeat.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: Trump’s Judicial Success Could Linger Longer Than You Think Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

With the help of his Senate Republican lackeys (mostly Mitch McConnell) President Trump has shoved through not only a record number of judges to lifelong appointments, but he’s done it at an unprecedented pace — more than lapping his predecessor.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: This Is Bigger Than Technicalities Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh needed, among other things, a copy editor while writing his concurring opinion on the Supreme Court ruling this week on mail-in ballot deadline extensions in Wisconsin.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: You Won’t Miss A Thing Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

We’re less than a week out from Election Day and today we’re launching a daily liveblog to keep you updated on all the latest election-related news — everything from shifting polls, campaign rally flubs, early voting numbers, voter intimidation and everything in between.

Read More 

Where Things Stand: All The Indication We Needed Prime Badge
This is your TPM afternoon briefing.

The news out of the Supreme Court and the Senate last night fans flames of uncertainty about what might happen if the outcome of the election is disputed in the days after November 3.

Read More 

Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: