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Tim Murtaugh is a Washington Times columnist and founder of the Line Drive Public Affairs firm he still leads. A longtime Republican communications strategist, he is a veteran of many state, federal, and national political campaigns, including as a senior advisor on the 2024 Trump campaign and as communications director for the 2020 Trump campaign. A former radio and television reporter, he is also the author of the Amazon bestselling book, “Swing Hard in Case You Hit it: My Escape from Addiction and Shot at Redemption on the Trump Campaign.

Columns by Tim Murtaugh

A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. In spring 2024, NBC News, (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Media concealed Biden’s cognitive decline because they hate Trump

The former executive editor of The New York Times gave away the game: The media were in on it.

July 4, 2024

White House enlists media allies to protect Biden from videos of himself illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

White House enlists media allies to protect Biden from videos of himself

In 2020, the mainstream media protected then-candidate Joe Biden by dismissing his son's laptop as "Russian disinformation" when it wasn't. This time, they're howling over unflattering video clips of President Biden and declaring them fake when they aren't.

June 20, 2024

The Washington Post and Hunter Biden's laptop illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Hunter Biden’s laptop is real, and The Washington Post is in trouble

Two events in the political world this week proved that mainstream journalism is in the same sorry state it was during the last presidential campaign.

June 6, 2024

Black voters and Biden race card illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden proves he’s a demagogue on race, yet his own record is terrible

When President Biden talks to a Black audience, he's able to convey only one thought: The United States of America is a racist hellscape, and he's the only hope for redemption.

May 23, 2024

Liberal news media and truth illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

News media that botched huge stories appoint themselves arbiters of truth again

We are less than six months away from the presidential election, which means that certain members of the news media will soon appoint themselves the arbiters of truth.

May 9, 2024

Spineless Biden and Hamas terrorists illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Spineless Biden won’t condemn antisemitic campus protests

It's instructive to watch the way people react to the pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses. You can learn a lot, especially about members of the media and President Biden.

April 25, 2024

Tax dollars paying for a liberal NPR illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Brutal critique from within NPR proves it’s a leftist-only zone

Bashing National Public Radio's leftward bias is a favorite pastime of conservatives, especially since it is funded by taxpayer money, but critics received a boost this week from an unlikely source.

April 11, 2024

News media and journalists for Democrats illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Epic media failures and hissyfits are ominous signs for 2024 election coverage

If the last two weeks are any indication of how the news media are going to cover the 2024 presidential race, it seems clear that accurate reporting and independent thinking will be in short supply.

March 28, 2024

President Joe Biden holds up a Laken Riley button as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden blew his chance at Sister Souljah moment on Laken Riley killing

In politics, there's a thing called a "Sister Souljah moment," named for a 1992 incident when then-candidate Bill Clinton criticized the rapper by that name after she had encouraged interracial violence.

March 14, 2024

Biden's dangerous border policy and illegal immigration illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s media allies shield him from ramifications of his border policy

If President Biden is talking about illegal immigration, it means he's losing the argument.

February 29, 2024

Loss of freedom of speech illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

New York AG Letitia James conducts the left’s war on free expression

It's clear that the government has orchestrated censorship in quite a lot of cases, in direct violation of free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

February 15, 2024

Media and Biden's claims on illegal immigration illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media should tear apart Biden’s claims on illegal immigration

The news media are always on the hunt for disinformation, if you believe their proclamations.

February 1, 2024

Media and government suppress Trump illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Left again uses media and government to suppress political opposition

They got away with it the first time, so why wouldn't they try it again?

January 18, 2024

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Media identifies villains in Harvard president’s downfall: Conservatives, of course

Throughout my life, I've seldom thought about who runs Harvard University. And when I say "seldom," of course, I mean "never."

January 4, 2024

Alcohol addiction recovery illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

‘Swing Hard in Case You Hit It’ recounts recovery from addiction and 2020 Trump campaign

I've been lucky to live two lives so far: a drinking life and another life completely free of alcohol.

December 21, 2023

White House interns and Hamas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden should fire all White House interns over anonymous pro-Hamas letter

In an open letter to President Biden, a group of more than 40 leftists portrayed Israel as a bloodthirsty aggressor while offering only passing condemnation to Hamas for its horrific assault on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7.

December 7, 2023

Illustration on Media Matters, X and left's antisemitism by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The left points to free speech platforms to distract from its own antisemitism

If the last couple of months have shown us anything about American politics it's that there's a sizeable antisemitism problem in the Democratic Party.

November 23, 2023

Liberal media attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media attacks on Speaker Mike Johnson just make him more relatable

You knew the media were going to attack the new Republican speaker of the House. You just didn't know who it was going to be for a while.

November 9, 2023

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s answer on antisemitism was a disaster

It's possible that President Biden's press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, misheard a reporter's question about increasing threats to Jews in America, but that doesn't make it plausible.

October 26, 2023

Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The couple was killed when Hamas militants went on a brutal rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, part of an unprecedented, multi-front attack on the country.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Some in U.S. media still sympathize with Hamas over Israel

The civilized world has been in shock since the vicious and bloody attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists from Gaza last Saturday.

October 12, 2023