Why I am never doing the ‘Pete & Bobby Challenge’
A terrifying thing appeared on my Twitter feed this morning. Secretary of Health and Human Services and bear-fighter Robert F.…
What the skibidi?
People whose minds stopped evolving 20 years ago are having a snit because the Cambridge Dictionary, the world’s largest online…
Jussie Smollett’s conspiracy theory
Like a cold sore that pops up when your immune system is busy elsewhere, or a text-thread chain that you…
Wow! The Trumpiest Kennedy Center list ever
In the most-hyped announcement of Kennedy Center Honor nominees ever, President Trump appeared this morning at the Kennedy Center, or,…
The White House UFC cage fight
When President Trump said in July that he planned to host a Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House…
Nancy Mace: the fairest of them all
“Trump in high heels” is how Congresswoman Nancy Mace described herself earlier this week when she announced her candidacy for…
Jim Acosta’s AI interview is a Black Mirror monster
An absolutely ghoulish spectacle unrolled on YouTube yesterday, as disgraced former CNN Trump gadfly Jim Acosta “interviewed” teenager Joaquin Oliver.…
Mamdani, the fraud abroad
On Monday night, New York City golden boy Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, tweeted, after the terrifying gun…
Trump unleashes the evangelists
The Trump administration issued a memo Monday saying that federal workers are openly allowed to express religious beliefs in the…
Who does Colbert think he’s kidding?
David Letterman, who by now has retreated into full comedy-hermit mode, posted a bunch of old Late Show clips on…
The ‘Russia Hoax’ and other grudges
Too long, didn’t read, but late last week Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard proclaimed that she had in her…
RIP NPR, the broadcaster that thought emojis were racist
“Nearly 3-in-4 Americans say they rely on their public radio stations for alerts and news for their public safety,” National…
Prizes, bets and venture capital: how Democrats plan to win
“The old ways of doing business just aren’t cutting it” for the Democratic Party, the New York Times wrote. Democrats…
Will Trump rename soccer?
On the one-year anniversary of the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt on his life, President Trump celebrated on stage with Chelsea…
Why Trump can’t escape the Epstein Files drama
President Trump remains baffled over the endlessly churning Epstein List controversy. “We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like…
The Ten Commandments of Texas
Blessed greetings From Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott recently signed a bill that will require public schools to display the…
Who is Biden’s doctor protecting?
When Joe Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, pleaded the Fifth Amendment yesterday during the ongoing Congressional hearings about Biden’s mental…
Memes are legal again
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out the conviction of Douglass Mackey for lack of evidence, remanding his…
Superman takes on the media
Before Superman has to fight with kaiju, robots, metahumans and whatever other nonsense Lex Luthor throws at him, he first…
Tucker tosses softballs to Iran
“I didn’t ask hard questions because I knew I wouldn’t get an honest answer,” said Tucker Carlson, our edgelord Barbara…
Don’t politicize the Texas flood
It’s early Monday morning here in Central Texas, and the rain just keeps on falling. Over the wettest weekend any…
The Merchant of Mar-a-Lago
While celebrating his signature legislative achievement, President Trump managed to wade into another ridiculous controversy this holiday weekend. In a…
This July 4, Trump wants you to celebrate winning – big time
As President Donald J. Trump waits for One Big Beautiful Bill to sign on the 4th of July, it’s worth…
Zohran Mamdani’s grocery chain will be a crime against New Yorkers
Of all the policies proposed by Zohran Mamdani, the socialist winner of last week’s New York’s Next Top Mayor competition,…
Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
The Trump Administration’s dream of reopening Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay appears to have stalled. But more than 3,000…
