Alabama’s poet laureate reckons with personal and political grief
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US Marshals’ efforts around Trump’s January 6 pardons were “highly unusual”
At right, supporters of pardoned January 6 defendants await their release outside DC’s Central Detention Facility on January 20, 2025.Mother...
Jimmy Kimmel’s return showed the potential — and limits — of celebrity resistance
Our great national censorship nightmare is over — but only for about three-quarters of the ABC stations in America.Jimmy Kimmel...
TV networks are more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before
“Is there any way we can screw him?” asked President Richard M. Nixon. “We’ve been trying to,” an aide replied,...
Baltimore mayor to Trump: Don’t send your troops
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a news conference in East Baltimore.Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun/Zuma Get your news from a...
Video: Mamdani’s Plan for Government-Run Grocery Stores: Will It Help?
“You got Slim Jims?” New York City is talking about groceries — “It’s very expensive to shop at a local...
Senate Judiciary Democrats Launch Investigation Into Alleged Tom Homan Bribery
One consistency of the second Trump administration is that when presented with a choice between transparency and hiding information, the...
Racist Misogynist Calls Black Woman Reporter ‘Obnoxious”
Just in case anyone might have forgotten that the Orange Sphincter is a racist, misogynistic asshole, he reminds us on...
Trump Called Embarrassing For America After UN Disaster
In the video above, I look at the debacle that was Trump’s speech at the UN and how it was...
If only Pete Hegseth’s military shaving crusade was just stupid
young soldier looking down while standing outside his home. Patriotic American serviceman coming back home after serving his country in...
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