Donald J. Trump has never been a model of impulse control. But even by that low standard, the approach of the midterm elections has brought out a whole new level of disinhibition. This week, the president of the United States: Went to Ohio to campaign for... See more
It began, Jake Johnson admits, as a lark. It was April 2025. President Donald Trump was at the apex of his second-term power. His tariffs were reordering the world economy. DOGE was terrorizing the federal workforce. Law firms were surrendering to Trump's... See more
Vice President JD Vance admitted this week to being a “conspiracy theorist,” so his paranoid mind must have been spinning during the closing minute of President Donald Trump’s news conference at the G7 in France on Wednesday. Trump called on Peter Doocy, ... See more
They booed President Donald Trump’s motorcade as it made its way to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night. They raised their middle fingers and lowered their thumbs. They waved signs saying “Nobody wants you here” and “Trump m... See more
The list of things that can kill me in the country grows ever longer. Out in Rappahannock County, the latest rage is “alpha-gal syndrome,” a tick-borne illness that joins Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia and the O.G. infection, Lyme Disease. Alpha-... See more
