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Is Trump’s Flip-Flop on Epstein Files Enough to Appease His Base?
The Trump administration is doing damage control on the visible signs of aging in the president, as seen in his swollen legs and a mysterious bruise on his hand.On...
The Common Thread Between Epstein Denial and Climate Denial
Besides its rhetorical flourishes, the throughline between climate denial and Epstein denial is that the underlying harms at issue—catastrophic global warming, and decades of sexual abuse—are straightforwardly horrific. It...
Donald Trump Is Having One of His Worst Weeks, Ever
They both shoulder some blame, but neither of those is really the answer. Every time I ask myself how he gets away with this, I remember: Oh, right. It’s...
Trump and JD Vance Humiliatingly Flub Response to WSJ Epstein Story
The Trump administration is doing damage control on the visible signs of aging in the president, as seen in his swollen legs and a mysterious bruise on his hand.On...
Trump’s Old Drawings Resurface as He Denies Epstein Birthday Letter
The Trump administration is doing damage control on the visible signs of aging in the president, as seen in his swollen legs and a mysterious bruise on his hand.On...
Transcript: Trump Press Sec Seethes at Media as Epstein Fiasco Worsens
Sargent: What’s striking about what you’re saying is also the degree to which this is seeping down into every crevice of the party and its media apparatus. So you...
The World Has Gone Haywire in Ari Aster’s Eddington
Aster’s works are about the sick joke that is living in the modern world,“I do love an evil movie,” Aster said recently on Chapo Trap House’s Movie Mindset podcast....
Gavin Newsom’s Retaliatory Redistricting Plan Is Good, Actually
In a letter sent on July 7, the Justice Department formally notified Texas that it believed that four of the state’s districts—the 9th, 18th, 29th, and 33rd—amounted to an...
Inside the Fight to Save SNAP and Medicaid
Experts also warn that some states will begin preemptively taking action to cut benefits ahead of time—many states have legislatures that meet on a biannual basis, and have constitutional...
Trump Press Sec Snaps at Media as Queries about His Mental State Grow
President Trump is in trouble. The Jeffrey Epstein files are killing him with the base. New polls show him cratering on many issues. And questions are mounting about his...
