Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.

Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime

“Hi I am calling my boss the most powerful man in the world basically like a drunk but less charming, and I am telling it to Vanity Fair. I assume this is private.” The best and the brightest

So you see the problem

an nfl playoffs without the cowboys or chiefs

This entire weekend

Throw the fucking ball better

Throw. The ball. Better.

so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings. insanity.

As a Brown alumnus, I am utterly heartbroken. The Brown campus has always been a place for chasing dreams, not dodging bullets But it’s just as gutting as Uvalde, Newtown or hundreds of other mass shooting, in a nation where Congress disappeared for 2 months and the president is building a ballroom

/2 A friend of mine, my contrast, has an understanding with his spouse where he simply doesn’t go to social events if he doesn’t feel like it. It works for them. He is seen as kind of like unto a god amongst his friends.

My wife and I drove separate cars to the Christmas party. I spent two hours being social, roughly my limit, and then I came home and relaxed and played games, and she spent about another 2.5 with her friends. We were both happy.

To be fair, you don’t need depth when your strikers are your back-up wingers and your wingers are you back-up midfielders and your midfielders are your back-up fullbacks and your fullbacks are your back up centerbacks.

Soccer fans all over the world are getting sick and tired of being ripped off

In honor of Dick Van Dyke’s 100th birthday today, please enjoy the time that he and his a cappella group sang “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at a random Denny’s:

Obama failed to prosecute war criminals as obligated by treaty and let bankers skate while homeowners went under. “Looking forward” just lets the bad actors refine their tactics.

The South wasn’t even properly punished after the Civil War.

...it took a matter of *months* before the media had collectively smudged & smeared the whole thing, "ah, there were many fights, who can say, let us come together & look forward rather than backward," etc. Crime --> no consequences. Greater crime --> still no consequences. And so on, still today.

They applied that lesson again & again in subsequent years. Bush II was basically a criminal administration, even aside from its world-historical blunders -- allowing 9/11, f'ing up Afghanistan, f'ing up Iraq, f'ing up Katrina, f'ing up the economy -- but after it was over ...

This, more than anything, is what the right realized in the wake of the 2000 election: in a moment of chaos or crisis, they can do anything -- *anything*, no matter how overtly criminal or gross -- & just smooth it over later with "both sides" pablum. "Let's not fight, let's look forward," etc.

Back in 2001, the right-wing takeover of US media was still a ways off. "Right-wing media" was still a distinct, separate thing. Nonetheless, the conservative browbeating of "MSM" voices had been loud enough, long enough, to suppress the natural civic horror at GOP cheating in the election.

It was like waving a giant white flag and announcing, "the people on the side of rule of law, democracy, and decency WILL NOT FIGHT AS HARD AS THEIR OPPONENTS. They don't have the grit or guts for it. Act accordingly." And readers ... they have acted accordingly.

Okay I’m done writing the 2025 Hater’s Guide to the William Sonoma Catalog. It’ll post sometime at Defector next week. Meantime, subscribe to Defector if you’re looking for something else in your media. defector.com/products

In terms of US politics, Bush v. Gore is the defining event of the century. It set the template: a ruthless right that instinctively seeks power & doesn't give a shit about rule of law...and a bunch of hapless, feckless octogenarian Dems worried about the good opinion of centrist opinion columnists.

This is the kind of Union scoop you’d normally expect from the Guardian

I mean, there are also the non-soccer reasons to object to it

It's not the corruption per se, it's the low low price of the bribe.

NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Schwarber rebuilt himself as a hitter with the Phillies. It took time, but yesterday you saw the result. He will rarely if ever play the field, but his value as a leader and essential player-coach goes beyond that. Alonso is a classic all-or-nothing home run hitter who can hang his head.

proposal filed Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Recommendation: CBP can only review what you voluntarily disclose or what is publicly visible. Make sure your personal accounts are set to private, and maintain an alternative public-facing account for general viewing.

A heads-up to anyone traveling to the U.S. from abroad: Be prepared for increased scrutiny of your online presence. Travelers from countries like Britain, France, Germany, and South Korea could soon be subject to a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a

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US host cities facing at least $250m shortfall due to new Fifa deal Fifa take virtually all WC revenue, and costs supposed to be covered by sponsors But cities can’t do big deals as, eg, convenience store Wawa cuts across Fifa deal with McDonald’s www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

I wrote about Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, which is mostly about the “annual holiday game” and how great the new stadium will be. I also made a supercut. Here’s my favorite scene in the movie. defector.com/the-bills-ha...

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I’m guessing this is sedition or treason or something

it is actually kind of bananas how unitary executive theorists have taken a straightforward clause requiring the president to "faithfully execute the laws" and transformed it into a grant for the exercise of limitless unenumerated power.

When you ask your wife if you can acquire 1,600 VHS tapes

“Are you a racist?” Yes Piers obviously he is a racist. Stop trying to shame the shameless. Now either eviscerate his very easily debunked talking points or don’t have him on at all (though of course you would lose out on those sweet sweet ratings). Mainstream media is a disgraceful circus

I’ve watched Piers Morgan run roughshod over vegans, human rights activists, and leftists a hundred times. But he just let Nick Fuentes spew poison on his platform for 2 hours, his only response to bad-faith Nazi propaganda flaccid hand-wringing and apologies for interrupting.

Fuck, and I cannot stress this enough, Jalen Hurts.

Dear Trekkies

What a coward.

I am so excited for the Wokeness Renaissance. I want an America so woke in 2029 that I’m executed in the town square

If you want a unifying brand pitch for all that let’s just say that this party should publicly campaign on ideas to make Americans fundamentally happier people

Here’s what I think the modern Dem platform should be: -Prosecute this administration -Expand and pack SCOTUS -Outlaw private equity -Limit corporate consolidation -Ban fossil fuels -Ban AI -Heavily regulate gambling -Free healthcare/free pre-K thru college education -Permanent DST For starters.

Trump is just the worst! The National Park Service is reshuffling its free-admission schedule so that visitors get in free on Donald Trump’s birthday next year, while Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth (previously free days) will now require regular entrance fees.

Fair play to Inter Miami fans. You've been waiting year for this.