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Stop Calling It “The Economy”: It’s Just a Mood Ring for Billionaires
We need to retire the word “economy.” We need to take it out back, behind the woodshed of political discourse, and bury it next to “trickle-down” and “compassionate conservatism.” It has become a linguistic shield, a hollow propaganda term used by CNBC anchors and politicians to gaslight you into believing that your inability to buy
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Nancy Mace and the Charleston Airport Meltdown: A One-Woman Soap Opera the Constitution Was Never Built to Withstand
The congresswoman who once wore a Scarlet Letter to protest being insufficiently seen has now discovered an even more reliable path to attention, and it involves screaming at airport cops about her BMW. There are weeks in American politics that unfold like chapters in a serious novel, quietly advancing structural themes and inching toward institutional
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The FEMA Administrator Vanishes During a Flood, and Suddenly We’re All Supposed to Pretend This Is Fine
America asked for a functional disaster agency, and the administration handed us a shrug in a windbreaker. There is a particular stillness that happens right before the government announces a resignation. You can almost hear the PowerPoint slides being frantically re-saved under new filenames, the comms staff muttering into their sleeves, the soft metallic clang
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Larry Summers, Epstein’s Budget Therapist, and the Elite Rot That Everyone Pretended Didn’t Smell
When the Democratic establishment’s favorite oracle turns out to be workshopping his love life with Jeffrey Epstein, maybe the problem isn’t “optics” but the ecosystem that thought this was normal. Every so often, a cache of documents drops that does not merely indict individuals but reveals the entire architecture of American elite culture as a
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The Trump Justice Department That Forgot What Justice Means
When a federal judge starts using phrases like “disturbing pattern” and “extraordinary remedy,” you know the plot has wandered into banana republic territory with better-funded lawyers. There are weeks in American political life when the news arrives in polite increments, like a series of thoughtfully placed postcards. And then there are the weeks when the
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: The Redemption Trap and the Rage Machine
So here is the question that refuses to be polite. Does everyone deserve a redemption arc. The storybook says yes. The sermon says forgiveness is a commandment. The friend you confided in after the worst year of your life says it depends. The criminal code says it is complicated. The internet says never. And the…
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From Gaza Clips to Nazi TikTok: How the Algorithm Funnels Kids to White Nationalism
When Tucker Carlson sits down for a warm, fireside-vibe chat with Nick Fuentes and the discourse acts shocked, maybe the real scandal is how quickly the algorithm now ushers young people from “criticizing a government” to “maybe Jews don’t belong in America.” Tucker Carlson has always been something of a political weather vane, albeit the
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America’s New Hunger Games Begins, and the Prize Is Permission To Eat
Trump calls it “One Big Beautiful Bill,” but the only thing getting beautified is the balance sheet Congress cares about more than hungry families. The thing about austerity is that it never arrives dressed as cruelty. It shows up in a blazer, smiles politely, talks about discipline, and promises to fix the books. It nods
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When Border Patrol Starts Haunting Charlotte Church Lawns, You Know the Empire Is Fucked
Interior enforcement turns Charlotte into a stage set for federal theater, complete with smashed windows, masked agents, and a government insisting the chaos is for your own good. Charlotte is not a border town. Charlotte is not even near a border town. Charlotte is the sort of place where church volunteers trim hedges in the
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Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene Find Out That MAGA is Turning Out To Be Frankenstein’s Monster
Marjorie Taylor Greene built the flamethrower, aimed it for years, and is now stunned to discover it works in every direction. There is a particular sound that occurs when a political movement devours one of its own. It is not dramatic. It is not operatic. It is not even loud. It is a soft, wet