Rachael Bade, an American journalist, is Politico's Senior Washington Correspondent[1] and author of the famed morning newsletter, Politico Playbook. According to her Politico bio, she "specializes in stories illuminating the power struggles and personal dynamics animating the Beltway, breaking news on everything from private Capitol Hill negotiations, to inter- and intra-party clashes impacting the legislative process."[2]
Rachael Bade | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tipp City, Ohio, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Dayton |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Employer(s) | Politico, CNN |
A member of the congressional press corps for more than a decade, Bade is also the author of "UNCHECKED -- The Untold Story Behind Congress's Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump," a scoop-filled narrative about how Democrats twice fumbled their change to check one of the most dangerous presidents of all time, which was published by William Marrow and co-written with her one-time colleague Karoun Demirjian. [3] Her book was widely praised, dubbed "a searing blow-by-blow critique" by The Washington Post[4]; a "revealing and engrossing history" by former National Security Advisor John Bolton in The Wall Street Journal[5]; and "a stinging indictment...of Republican cravenness and Democratic ineptitude" by The Guardian[6]. It also received a rare starred review from Kirkus, which called the book "a scorching exposé" and "a must-read for students of the Trump years and their dreary denouement"[7].
Bade spent five years as a political contributor for CNN and has appeared on CBS "Face the Nation,"[8] ABC's "This Week,"[9] Fox News's "Fox News Sunday,"[10] and NBC's "Meet the Press"[11] as well as other shows on all those channels as well as MSNBC[12], C-SPAN[13] and PBS. [14]
Early life and education
Bade was raised in Ohio, and received a BA in political science and journalism from the University of Dayton in 2010. Before her journalism career, she was a classical ballet dancer, training during summers with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Austin and American Ballet Theatre.
Career
Bade started her journalism career in 2010 as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call. She joined Politico in 2012 to cover taxes, a beat that launched her career when the IRS targeting controversy broke. Bade closely followed the House Republican investigation of the IRS's treatment of conservative tax-exempt groups and was the only reporter to interview Lois Lerner, the IRS leader at the heart of the scandal who asserted her Fifth Amendment right on Capitol Hill, refusing to answer investigators' questions.[15][16]
Bade later covered the Republican Party's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack and the party's subsequent probe of Hillary Clinton's private email use. She was promoted to Politico's Congress team in early 2016, where she wrote about Speaker Paul Ryan's leadership, winning an award for a magazine profile that first reported on Ryan's decision to step down from Congress.[17] She spent three years covering House Republicans and the party's transformation under Donald Trump, filing stories that illuminated Republican infighting over the future of the party and providing information about how policy decisions were made.
Bade joined The Washington Post as a congressional reporter in 2019 to cover House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration.[16] She helped lead the publication's coverage of the Trump impeachment inquiry before turning her work into a book.
Based on more than 250 interviews with lawmakers, White House officials and aides who worked on the Trump impeachments, Bade's book "Unchecked" "flips the script on what readers think they know about the two impeachments of Donald Trump," according to a description of the book. [18] It "weaves a vivid narrative of how House Democrats under the lead of a cautious speaker, Nancy Pelosi, hesitated for months to stand up to Trump—and then pulled punches in their effort to oust him in a misguided effort to protect themselves politically."[19]
News from the book, as well as excerpts therein, appeared in The Washington Post[20], twice[21] in Politico Magazine[22], The Atlantic[23], twice[24] in Fox News[25], Politico Playbook[26], Huffington Post[27], the Los Angela's Times[28], West Wing Playbook[29], The Intercept[30] and The Washington Examiner[31]. [citation needed] Bade left The Washington Post in December 2020 and rejoined Politico in early 2021 to take the helm of Playbook. [32][33]
Personal life
In February 2022, Bade announced that she was expecting a baby girl in the summer of 2022 after undergoing five rounds of in vitro fertilization.[34]
References
- ^ Bade, Rachael. "Rachael Bade". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ Bade, Rachael. "Rachael Bade". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Unchecked-Rachael-Bade/dp/0063040794
- ^ "Review | How politics — in both parties — hindered Trump's impeachments". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ Bolton, John. "'Unchecked' Review: Impeachment Malpractice". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/15/unchecked-review-trum-impeachments-january-6-committee
- ^ UNCHECKED | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Face The Nation: Leslie Sanchez; Rachael Bade; David Nakamura" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Video House Speaker race is going to 'get really ugly': Rachael Bade". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "Politico: GOP bracing for failure on ObamaCare repeal | Fox News Video". Fox News. 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "'Meet The Press' Roundtable: New House Rules Will Be Tough For Republicans, McCarthy". Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "Sunday, December 29 - Rachel Maddow show- NBCNews.com". www.nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Rachael Bade and Karoun Demirjian on [Unchecked] | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "The Second Impeachment Trial of Former President Trump". Washington Week. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ Bade, Rachael. "Politico". Politico.
- ^ a b WashPostPR. "Rachael Bade joins The Post's national political team". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Awards and Accolades". Politico.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Unchecked-Rachael-Bade/dp/0063040794
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/Unchecked-Rachael-Bade/dp/0063040794
- ^ "'Unchecked' book excerpt: Inside McConnell's decision not to convict Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "The Legacy Nancy Pelosi Never Wanted". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ "How Influential Senate Democrats Shut Down a Bid to Call Witnesses Against Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ^ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/january-6-republican-gop-response-trump-capitol/671752/
- ^ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nadler-feuded-schiff-pelosi-unconstitutional-impeachment-donald-trump
- ^ https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nadler-feuded-schiff-pelosi-unconstitutional-impeachment-donald-trump
- ^ https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/09/22/trump-vs-james-and-pelosi-vs-raskin-00058236
- ^ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-impeachment-ukraine-mcconnell_n_633b2f9be4b0b7f89f43aa5a
- ^ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-09-29/new-trump-impeachment-book-schiff-rally-moderates-pelosi
- ^ https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/10/19/woulda-coulda-shoulda-00062562
- ^ https://theintercept.com/2022/09/30/january-6-trump-impeachment-nancy-pelosi/
- ^ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/secret-meeting-adam-schiff-aides-ukraine-whistleblower-attorney
- ^ https://www.axios.com/2020/12/15/politico-playbook-ryan-lizza-rachael-bade
- ^ Beaujon, Andrew (15 January 2021). "Politico Announces Its New Playbook Team | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ Lizza, Ryan; Bade, Rachael. "POLITICO Playbook: Exclusive poll: Answers to the midterm's 2 big questions". POLITICO. Retrieved 16 February 2022.