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May 18, 2026
The Trump Administration’s Lipstick and Lies
If you’re not strutting, you’re not selling
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May 14, 2026
In Some Other Universe, This Might Be Funny
When MAHA turns into HAHA.
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May 4, 2026
If Democrats Have Appropriate Fear of Trump, They Will Elect Platner
Don’t let the Platner be the enemy of the good.
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April 27, 2026
The Democrats’ Premature Elation Trap
The midterms look promising. Looks can deceive.
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April 23, 2026
And Then There Were None, Trump Administration Edition
Normal language is inadequate and precedents are irrelevant when it comes to appraising the senior administration officials of the president’s second term.
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April 20, 2026
Hollywood Movies Like ‘Project Hail Mary’ Are Too Long These Days
“Project Hail Mary” is just the latest bloated blockbuster.
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April 16, 2026
Who Doesn’t Get Trump Mixed Up With Jesus?
Who doesn’t get the president mixed up with Jesus?
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April 6, 2026
Teaching in an American University Feels Very Strange Right Now
We’re supposed to give students a map. I don’t even know the terrain.
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April 2, 2026
Even if This Is the Right War, We’ve Got the Wrong President
Tastelessness and classlessness are the least of our concerns.
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March 26, 2026
Men of the Trump Administration, 2026
Are Democrats ugly? Asking for a friend.
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March 19, 2026
Trump Is Putting His Stamp on the World
Be careful what you wish for.
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March 9, 2026
Kristi Noem’s Tenure Illustrates Trump’s Unserious White House
Kristi Noem epitomizes the incompetence of this White House
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February 26, 2026
The Trumpiest Trump We’ve Ever Beheld
The president is becoming the very thing that destroyed the Democrats: a reality-denying machine.
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