One the one hand, this is all accurate, at least as a description of how things have turned out: Since Donald Trump first became president in 2017, I have written many articles — and even a book — that focused on the efforts by his...
Author: Scott Lemieux
Well, that probably explains at least some portion of our current crisis: Much has changed since Consumer Reports first tested protein powders and shakes. Over the past 15 years, Americans’ obsession with.
Classic "the subhed is fine, the headline is not": President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum significantly expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of.
Just some youthful hi-jinx: Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday downplayed bigoted messages in Young Republicans’ group chats, suggesting they were nothing more than “edgy, offensive jokes.” The comments came in response to POLITICO’s exclusive reporting that a trove of Telegram messages between Young Republicans — including...
This is one of those cases where the question the Court granted cert to answer tells you what the answer will be, and in this case the answer will be.
This is a sad story. The non-prolific but brilliant R&B titan has died at the too-much-fucking-perspective age of 51: D’Angelo, the groundbreaking R&B artist who helped define the neo-soul movement.
Ross Douthat is back to praise Donald Trump's foreign policy with a trademark combination of post hoc propter hoc fallacies, cherry-picking, and hand-waving: But on the world stage he is currently much more successful (allowing, yes, for strong skepticism about the administration’s China strategy). If...
The future leadership of the Party of Calhoun: Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept.
This should be an easy call: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown. The airport isn’t showing.
Adam Liptak points out that a new paper written by a conservative originalist demonstrates that UNITARY EXECUTIVE THEORY has no serious historical basis, just like it has no basis in the text or structure of the Constitution [gift link]: The Supreme Court will hear arguments in...
The impact of the closing of rural hospitals is literally life-of-death, and one of the central material impacts of Trump's legislative centerpiece is to accelerate the process: Eric grew up.
The Retroactive Biden Presidency Theory strikes again: Don't worry, the health and mental acuity of incumbent presidents stopped being an important issue on January 20, 2025.