I wrote about the sad Trump Country Fair thing and the very specific and hilariously shitty vision of America that it expresses. The war on metaphor continues apace. defector.com/dead-country...

Hard pass, lol

Impeachment now! (Again) My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I’m glad all those mainstream publications ran all those big profiles of megyn kelly a few years ago presenting her as a complex character you can’t really put into one box. really helped

Will trust-busting rescue the Democrats? My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Looking forward to him launching a new Third Way movement for unaffiliated assholes with Tucker Carlson. www.mediaite.com/media/news/i...

I would rather lobotomize myself with a wooden kitchen spoon

I wrote about JD Vance and his new memoir, which is somehow worse than his earlier one: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump's Waterworld fiasco: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Alan Greenspan's dead; his market delusions live on. inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

To be fair, "longtime caddy and personal confidant" is more of a real job than "presidential historian."

How Peter Thiel continues to make the power elite dumber: My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

We're hiring here @thenation for an Engagement Editor! Please spread widely: www.thenation.com/jobs/

"It's a republic, not a democracy" say the people cheering for gladiatorial combat in the capital city in a mixture of patriotic fervor and celebration of the ruler's birthday.

Trillionaires shouldn't exist. What Elon Musk is costing us, by me: www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Not high on my list of reasons to abolish the Senate, but it's definitely staying there

Vengeance is his: The Roy Cohn phase of the Trump presidency; my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Wrote about Delaney Hall.

Trump's election-lie strategy: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

hey quick question, am I having a stroke

The whole Iranian, uh, excursion was just blind idiocy right out of the gate: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

It's the impunity, stupid: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I'd probably sign up for a streaming platform dedicated to humiliating Tony Dokoupil round the clock. Maybe Bari Weiss is actually a broadcast-news genius. defector.com/tony-dokoupi...

"Netflix’s choice of manosphere star Shane Gillis to host the Kevin Hart roast looks more and more like the streaming platform gerrymandered its own show from getting too Black." – my new thing, up now @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/cult...

Holy MAGA belligerence: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

That's going to be the big game-changer, clearly. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

I wrote about billionaires whining about Mamdani and the teeny tiny tax he wants them to pay on their multimillion dollar pied-a-terres. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

The Dems' milksop case against corruption: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Why the White House Correspondents Dinner shouldn't be rescheduled--now or ever: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

A shout-out to all the Beltway press brown-nosers attending the White House Correspondents Dinner this weekend. They are carrying on the tradition of Maurice Chevalier, who would sing for whatever troops were in town.

For everyone who thought the Palmer Raids and McCarthyism didn't go far enough: www.breitbart.com/politics/202...

Why Trump's blasphemy is no aberration: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In fairness, his inability to recognize what a doctor looks like probably explains his last 11 or so failed health-care proposals--as well as the appointments of Oz and RFK Jr.

Our tech wizards have cracked the code on how to make Mark Zuckerberg yet more off-putting and irrelevant to humanity. www.ft.com/content/0210...

Impressed that even after eviscerating its news operation, and unleashing a flood of AI slop and wire stories, the Washington Post still manages to hedge and normalize Trump's demented ravings.

It is a depressingly straight line from Colfax and the Supreme Court’s negation of the Reconstruction amendments to Shelby County and John Roberts’ evisceration of the Voting Rights Act. forummag.com/2022/08/03/c...

Before I answer, how much time do you have? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/b...

My "No past fraternization with Jeffrey Epstein" T-shirt is raising questions largely answered by my "No past fraternization with Jeffrey Epstein" T-shirt.

For The Nation, I wrote about the death of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Tapping the sign gives me zero pleasure, but I will, for the record, tap the sign: harpers.org/archive/2025...

Tucker: the man and his dream My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Pam-merdammerung: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Trump's popularity at the Supreme Court now also headed for a sub-30 percent showing

Proverbs 30:12: "There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness."

What is Congress for? My latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Curious to see how the Beltway press corps will continue propping up the Trump Coalition fable. bsky.app/profile/usap...

Occasionally I ask myself, "How did this country manage to elect Donald Trump twice?" Then I'll see a graphic like this and think, "Oh, right."

This is like the final episode in a Netflix cult documentary

Trump's TV war: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...