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READ @stephenrodrick.bsky.social: They Want to Drop a Bomb in My Father’s Name rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

Donald Trump is now attacking the Pope. The president wrote that Leo XIV is "WEAK on Crime" as part of an unhinged social media screed. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

These buffoons trying to beef with the Pope is really sending me.

My latest Rolling Stone essay, with terrific art. (Limited time gift link.) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Donald Trump’s Incompetence Is Costing Him the Country An unpopular war, skyrocketing gas prices, unsteady financial markets, a cabinet filled with sycophants — Trump’s colossal missteps have led to calamity at home and abroad. COMMENTARY: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It's the incompetence, stupid rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/donald-trump-incompetence-chaos-maga-1235544798/

Iran Thinks It’s Winning the War — as Trump Looks for a Way Out Despite the chest-thumping declarations of victory from Washington and Tehran, there are only losers in this war — which may be far from over.

“He gets up at his press conferences and talks about how great it is that we’re just slaughtering these Iranians,” says Mike Nelson, a retired Army Special Forces officer. “It’s a weird obsession with death for the sake of it.” Read more: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Pete Hegseth Talks About ‘Negotiating With Bombs.’ But Does He Have a Plan in Iran? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

Two reminders: First, Robert E. Lee was never a general in an army recognized by the United States. You can annoy all the right people by referring to him as Col. Robert E. Lee, his actual rank. Second, the primary flag of the Confederacy is the white one of surrender. To wit:

In his new documentary, 'Everyone Is Lying to You For Money,' Ben McKenzie exposes cryptocurrency as a modern Ponzi scheme. But he's ready to move on.

Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba. Its people deserve better than his inhumane pressure campaign.

Look! Up in the sky… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Is it an FCC violation to quote the president verbatim? Asking for a friend

American Greatness, American Barbarism www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Music executive Tommy Mottola’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein was far closer than previously reported, spanning the entirety of the prolific predator’s legal troubles, records reveal. Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Kate Crane told me about the book she was writing many years ago. Reading this excerpt let's me know the book was worth the wait.

READ @cheyenneroundtree.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Biblical Hypocrisy of RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Andy Greene's Journey opus www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

"The real danger is not that machines will become like us but that we will become like them: efficient, unfeeling, exquisitely programmable. People habituated to passivity & optimized for consumption may eventually forget the work of building a world together." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

My new Rolling Stone essay. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Against the Wind: Trump's vendetta against clean energy www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

AI has pushed society into a period of tumult and confusion. What comes next will determine if humanity remains the author of its own story, or if it is quietly written out. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy from @jttaplin.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Please remember this - all of [gestures wildly] this - is being done in our name

The lost genius of Laura Nyro www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

GOOD “This case is historic regardless of the outcome because it’s the first of its kind. We’re now getting their documents. We’re getting transparenc,” Laura Marquez-Garrett, a lawyer with the Social Media Victims Law Center who represents K.G.M., tells RS." www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Harrowing report form Giles Clarke www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The president is a man of low character. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump’s New ‘War on Fraud’ Exempts the Dozens of Convicted Allies He’s Pardoned

"This was [Martin] Amis’ entire point — that the basest forms of repression are mostly the province of insecure bureaucrats. His Thomsen isn’t a monster. He’s a careerist." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Criminal Minded www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Jennifer Gomez had the type of upbringing that, if all goes wrong, typically leads to a little dabbling in white-collar crime rather than grand theft and burglary. She estimates that she burgled hundreds if not thousands of homes from 2007-2011. Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The Triumph of Afroman — and the First Amendment rollingstone.com/music/music-... via @rollingstone.com

Before the cartels took over, Harvey Prager built a life on millions of dollars of drug money. One prosecutor called Prager “the last of the great amateurs.” Rolling Stone reports on The Last Great Weed Smuggler ⤵ www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Fantastic piece. Bravo to all involved in getting this out, and especially to @mattbaidc.bsky.social A perfect description of Brendan Carr— “a cultural claims adjuster, a pasty-faced, soft-spoken agent of Trump's retribution.”

"If you were going to single out the most dangerous functionary in Trump’s little circle of Hell, you’d have plenty of candidates from which to choose. ... But don’t sleep on Brendan Carr. His legacy of awfulness may yet prove more durable." Read @mattbaidc.bsky.social on Trump's FCC chair ⬇️

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, the man leading Donald Trump’s media vendetta, is a brown-nosing bureaucrat. And that what makes him so dangerous. Commentary from @mattbaidc.bsky.social rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

only Trump could build a coalition of the unwilling

Thems really were the days: The Last Great Weed Smuggler from @jscross.bsky.social rollingstone.com/culture/cult... via @rollingstone.com

READ @stephenrodrick.bsky.social on the train wreck we all knew was coming from Kristi Noem www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"The environmental impact of the war, and the impact on food and water, could threaten the population in the region for years." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

America’s first foray into overthrowing a foreign leader began in Iran and came with long-term and unexpected consequences. Trump’s new war will come with a heavy price www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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All the Young Groypers from John Avlon www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com

"Outside our apartment, my white car looks as if Trump himself has pissed tar all over it." Short and vivid glimpse of what daily life feels like in Tehran right now.

COMMENTARY: "From the start, Trump’s rationale for suddenly going to war seemed almost like a focus-group exercise — keep tossing out ideas until something sticks." Trump’s new war will likely come with a heavy price. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Orwell wept: America Is Winning the War It Isn’t Fighting in Iran www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... via @rollingstone.com