@mlcalderone

Deputy editor, @intelligencer signal: mlcalderone.68 [email protected]

 Brooklyn, NY
linkedin.com/in/mlcalderone/
Joined August 2009
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Natalie Fertig
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I went to Ohio to write about Vivek Ramaswamy’s struggle with rural Ohio voters… and then he put out the ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother. To many of the state & national Republicans I’ve been talking to, it’s an act of desperation. My first byline in @NYMag:
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Even after returning from a monthslong absence, Tom Kean Jr. has been barely visible in running for reelection, @chrissmithnymag reports nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Can an Invisible Congressman Win Reelection?

Tom Kean Jr. disappeared for months. As he fights for his political life, he’s barely emerging from the shadows.

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Scott Nover@ScottNoverOct 22
New: The White House has taken aggressive new swipes at the press — barring The Independent reporter Andrew Feinberg from press pool duty, and sending a threatening letter to Politico about its Susie Wiles coverage. w/ @miriamwldvgl washingtonpost.com/business/…

White House takes new swipes at press, blocking a reporter and threatening an outlet

The moves mark the latest attempt by the White House to push back on coverage it dislikes by revoking access normally granted to members of the media.

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@intelligencerOct 22
The Ohio congressman, a Trump protégé, has been accused of child abuse and spousal abuse and of having a history of violence. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Will Voters Care About Max Miller’s Alleged Abuse?

Ohio representative Max Miller has been accused of assaulting his child and his ex-wife — and of having a longer history of violence.

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Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign hits rock bottom: @natsfert reports from Ohio on a race that once looked like a sure thing for the GOP nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Rock-Bottom Campaign

The Trump-backed billionaire was “unbeatable” in Ohio. Now, he’s getting desperate.

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Patrick Healy@patrickhealynytOct 20
We're trying something new at @nytimes: "The Backstory," a newsletter digging into Times journalism and decision-making. We also talk to critics and skeptics of The Times in a segment called "Sound Off." You can read our first edition here: nytimes.com/2026/10/15/insid…

How We Reported on the Cornell Case

In our first edition of The Backstory, a new newsletter about Times journalism, we’re diving into coverage of a rape allegation and talking to a critic who says we’re not tough enough on Trump.

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Nate Weisberg@WeisbergNateOct 14
I asked Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand if it bothers her that her staff trades crypto while she works on legislation that benefits the industry. “This is not a nanny state,” she said. Profiled crypto’s favorite Democrat for @NYMag: nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Kirsten Gillibrand, Crypto’s Favorite Democrat

The senator says she set out to regulate a grift-y industry. Now, she’s in an ethical morass.

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@NYMagOct 13
Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

New York’s Republican Midterm Candidates Still Love Trump

Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York.

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@intelligencerOct 7
The cronies of Trump’s second term are more brazen than the old ones, writes Frank Rich in a new essay. They’re also heading for a harsher comeuppance. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Trump’s Shameless Collaborators

The cronies of his second term are heading for a harsher comeuppance.

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New York Magazine
@NYMagOct 7
Democrats see opportunities in deep-red places like Kansas, Texas, South Carolina and other states. They are expanding the midterms map and it’s getting pretty wild. Is everything suddenly possible? nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Is Everything Suddenly Possible for Democrats?

Kansas? Texas? South Carolina? Democrats are expanding the midterms map, and it’s getting pretty wild.

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Why @kevinroose is feeling less doomerish these days. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

‘I Don’t Think We’re All F***ed Anymore’

Kevin Roose’s new book explores the terrifying implications of AI, but he’s feeling a bit more sanguine these days.

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Used to enjoy when @jasondhorowitz would suddenly break into Italian in the Observer newsroom. Now enjoy, many years later, getting to publish his rollicking account of trailing the Pope with the Vatican press corps nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Chasing the Pope

My far-flung, frenzied days with the Vatican press corps.

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@intelligencerSep 30
Four years after his stint in a Russian prison, the Wall Street Journal reporter is still fighting for a regular life. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Evan Gershkovich’s New Normal

Two years after his stint in a Russian prison, the Wall Street Journal reporter is still fighting for a regular life.

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"How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case" thecut.com/article/cornell-d…

How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case

“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”

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“I don’t worry about people in your world,” Zucker tells @charlottetklein of the legacy media nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Jeff Zucker Relives the Good Old Days

The media mogul plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on.

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Charlotte Klein@charlottetkleinSep 29
Jeff Zucker, the former head of CNN and NBCUniversal, plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Jeff Zucker Relives the Good Old Days

The media mogul plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on.

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New York Magazine
@NYMagSep 29
Jeff Zucker, the former head of CNN and NBCUniversal, plays his former world-straddling self in ‘Primetime.’ But he says he’s moved on. nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Jeff Zucker Relives the Good Old Days

The media mogul plays his former world-straddling self in Primetime. But he says he’s moved on.

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Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollinsSep 26
The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. cnn.com/2026/09/25/politics/…

White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee...

The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.

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Democrats like @RepCasar are trying to get the party to take the lead on AI as it vies to retake Congress nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

The Democrats’ Mad Scramble to Get AI Right

Greg Casar wants his party to seize the debate as it vies to retake Congress.

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Brian Stelter
@brianstelterSep 24
"Defendants have already repeatedly violated the Court’s Order. Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court set a hearing by videoconference or teleconference as soon as possible this morning."
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