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Republicans love to claim that they’re the party of fiscal responsibility. Yet when it comes to giving President Donald Trump everything he wants, they’re more than happy to shell out serious cash – and have the American people foot the bill.
“You Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.” – Randall Jarrell, “Pictures from an Institution‚” a 1954 novel.
We don’t need a study to know that the internet is awash in propaganda, AI slop and outright lies. But, we are far more susceptible to falling for this kind of information fraud than we may realize. A 2024 study by professor Andrea Prat at Columbia Business School, found that roughly half the population is uncertain about what information is true. These days I frequently see social media posts ...
Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine, is by no means a perfect candidate.
President Donald Trump recently described the U.S. naval blockade of Iran as “a very friendly blockade.” There is no such thing. A blockade is an act of war, using armed forces to restrict another nation’s movement, commerce and access to the sea. It does not become peaceful because no one challenges it on a particular day. Trump’s administration says the ceasefire with Iran means he no longer ...
There’s no question: Ted Turner was an icon who fundamentally reshaped how Americans consume news.
Hey, do you all remember “Sleepy Joe” Biden, the president whose age and cognitive decline Donald Trump and his plague of MAGA lemmings routinely mocked?
One of the many ironies of Donald Trump’s war against Iran is that only a year ago, most of the president’s critics assumed that any second-term crisis for the American empire would be caused not by reckless war-making but by appeasement and retreat. In particular, the Trumpian push for peace between Russia and Ukraine was cast as the great betrayal, craven and sinister in equal measure, that would yield disaster for Europe and disgrace for the United States.
There is a moment toward the end of the “Devil Wears Prada 2” when the icy, imperious fashion editor Miranda Priestly, played by the incomparable Meryl Streep, suddenly softens and delight dances behind her eyes. Speaking to Andy Sachs, the film’s heroine, she muses about the diabolical reputation she’s earned and the time with her children she’s missed. But then she says, with relish: “Boy, I love working. I really do. Don’t you?”
Listen up, nonrich Americans. I’m growing tired of your annoying complaints about high gas prices.
One lesson of the Democratic Senate primary in Maine is that no one should underestimate the white-hot fury of the party’s voters.
In just more than 20 months, an American president has survived three assassination attempts – most recently on April 25, when a gunman reached the terrace level of the Washington Hilton while Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and most of the Cabinet were inside.
Walk into any gas station in America today and you may find kratom stacked beside the energy drinks – marketed as a natural supplement. But pharmacologically it’s closer to an opioid. California banned it outright this year. Connecticut just classified it as a Schedule I substance. New York moved to regulate it. And still, most kids have no idea what it actually is – because “natural” has become a marketing gimmick, meant to convey “healthy” benefits and downplay serious health risks.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is weighing yet another presidential run in 2028, according to a conversation she had with the Rev. Al Sharpton in April.
Almost 250 years after the American Revolution, it took a visiting British monarch to remind Congress what the rebellion stood for. On his first state visit as king, Charles III didn’t pull any punches, although his Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress was delivered in soothing British tones with gentle humor and dry understatement. Yet, he pointedly extolled the importance of ...
When an active shooter threat disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the president and members of his Cabinet were evacuated swiftly and efficiently. The threat ended with a shooter apprehended and a Truth Social post. Then President Donald Trump returned to the podium, bypassing the persistence of gun violence in this country to make the case for his long-sought $400 million White ...
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump posted an image of himself with bombs exploding all around and a message for Iran: “They better get smart soon! … No more Mr. Nice Guy!”
President Donald Trump erupted in anger at CBS journalist Norah O’Donnell after she read him excerpts from what is said to be a manifesto written by Cole Tomas Allen, the man charged with trying to kill Trump at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Some conservatives seem to think no good can be served from reading these words, but that’s a mistake: It’s always useful to be reminded, again, of the banality of evil.
For the fifth time, the Senate Democrats last week tried to put constitutionally protected guardrails on President Donald Trump and his authority over the war in Iran. For the fifth time, Republican senators blocked them. The actions and statements of the president and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should snap Republican senators back to reality. Congress should have been consulted; it was ...
Cole Tomas Allen, who was arrested during an attempt to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday, may be America’s first normie liberal terrorist.
