When visiting family for Thanksgiving, we all know better than to talk about the election, politics, or anything that might trigger a MAGA screed or ultra-lefty tirade from those we are finding harder and harder to love. Stick to safe […]
Think you’ll avoid talking politics at Thanksgiving dinner? Good luck. Read More »
Last week in Columbus, Ohio, a dozen or so people marched through the city waving Nazi flags and yelling racial epithets. Disturbing, to be sure, and a grim sign of the times. But almost as troubling was the reaction from
Neo-Nazi marches. ‘Both sides’ framing. This is who we are. But it doesn’t have to be. Read More »
Here’s a quiz. Read the following sentences and decide if they’re a headline from satirical news site the Onion or my summaries of comments from the unironic mind of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his disinformation network, Infowars. Cloaked Hillary
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Has your news media moratorium lifted yet? I suppose that’s a mute question since you’re reading this. Let me take this moment to thank you for venturing back into the fever swamp of news following the second worst election ever.
Jimmy Kimmel roasts Elon Musk. Trump makes absurd Cabinet choices. Read More »
I’d like to speak to the manager. The election did not go the way I wanted it to go. I’m angry. I demand a redo. Except that’s already Karen’s line, and the election did go her way. A quick refresher
White women won’t save Democrats. They keep choosing Trump Read More »
This is not a polling story. It’s critical I state that fact right up front, because if you’ve practiced any sort of self-care over the past few torturous months of this election, it’s been to scroll past polling analysis about
In an election supposedly about women’s issues, the media are obsessed with men. Read More »
Fans of NBC’s long-running political drama “The West Wing” know actor Bradley Whitford as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman. The series, which ran from 1999 to 2006, depicted Washington as a place where despite the politicking and
“West Wing” and “Handmaid’s Tale” actor on campaigning for Harris Read More »
The Republican candidate for president uses crude language at rallies. Vulgarisms on the campaign trail. Off-color remarks in town halls. The media has deployed every euphemism imaginable to describe the former president’s public usage of bad words like ****, ****
Donald Trump’s cognitive decline has a soundtrack. It includes the Village People’s “YMCA.,” Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain,” and Elvis Presley’s “An American Trilogy.” Don’t try to find a theme among the musical numbers. There isn’t one. The only commonality
Column: I’m also sick of discussing Trump’s madness. But we have to Read More »
Multibillionaires are eccentric. It’s common knowledge, like water is wet, fire is hot, “Joker: Folie à Deux” is a terrible film. From Jeff Bezos to Peter Thiel to Richard Branson to Howard Hughes (adjusting for inflation), they do weird things:
Elon Musk’s courtship with MAGA has driven X into misinformation abyss Read More »
