Trump’s Harp-throb & the Dem’s “Civil War”
Fascinating to see Senator Jon Ossoff drop the H-word in his campaign speech last weekend.
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The Juicy Subtext of the Paul, Weiss Debacle
I can’t wait to see a movie about the Brad Karp saga.
Rescue Me!
Whatever happened to the reprieve of summer and that heavenly stasis of being missing in action?
Why Trump Loves Cheats.. and is Losing in Iran
It’s clear by now that Trump can’t bear to hear anyone clapping and not want to shove his melting face into the mix.
Lindsey Graham’s Exit and the King’s Capitulation
It’s sad for Senator Lindsey Graham that the last person he spoke to on this earth was the president who stole his soul.
The Sussex Circus Comes to Town
Is there any plan, project, or engagement undertaken by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that doesn’t boil over into chaos?
Regime Change: The Big Beautiful Beach Read
As many as 30,000 English language books have been written about Donald Trump since he first eyed the White House in 2016, but only one has managed to weave together his maniacal haphazard decision-making with the vaunting stream of consciousness that inflates his indefatigable will to power.
Trump’s Roman Games/Obama’s Shrine to Himself
How did the 250th anniversary of America become a celebration so devoid of ideas?
The Shitstorm at 60
How much of the still raging dumpster fire at 60 Minutes is due to the billionaire Ellisons’ need to keep Trump onside to close their mastodonic media merger, and how much is it their editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss’s mind-boggling management ineptitude?
What Jill Biden Doesn't Tell Us
When Special Counsel Robert Hur interviewed Joe Biden in October 2023 about retaining classified documents in his Delaware home, Hur famously declined to indict “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” After reading Jill Biden’s memoir