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  • The President as Prosecutor-in-Chief: A Republic If You Can Keep It

    The President as Prosecutor-in-Chief: A Republic If You Can Keep It

    If you thought American democracy was fragile before, buckle up. On September 20, 2025, President Donald Trump took to his beloved sandbox, Truth Social, and delivered what can only be described as a digital tantrum dressed up as a presidential directive. “JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!” he thundered, typing like a Red Bull–fueled intern at

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  • Glorious Chronicle of the Leader’s Magnificent Week

    Glorious Chronicle of the Leader’s Magnificent Week

    There are few weeks in the long, triumphant reign of our Beloved Commander that shine so brightly as this past one. The sun itself, perhaps fearful of casting a shadow upon his perfect silhouette, rose each day only to illuminate his strong jawline, his vibrant mane, and his posture that would make even the marble

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  • The Prosecutor Who Wouldn’t Bend (and the President Who Couldn’t Tolerate It)

    The Prosecutor Who Wouldn’t Bend (and the President Who Couldn’t Tolerate It)

    The American legal system prides itself on independence, impartiality, and the quaint notion that prosecutorial decisions are made in courtrooms, not at golf resorts. But on September 19, 2025, Washington delivered another episode of its long-running tragicomedy: Erik Siebert, interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, resigned. His crime? Not mortgage fraud, not

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  • America’s H-1B Visa Paywall: $100,000 to Enter, Please Remove Your Shoes

    America’s H-1B Visa Paywall: $100,000 to Enter, Please Remove Your Shoes

    The United States has many traditions: fireworks on the Fourth, pumpkin spice in the fall, and quietly re-engineering its immigration system with the grace of a demolition derby. This week’s entry comes courtesy of President Donald Trump, who signed a proclamation adding a $100,000 fee to accompany—or maybe supplement, or maybe just vaguely menace—every H-1B

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  • A Royal Circus, a Domestic Inquisition, and the Death of Late Night: Trump’s September Trifecta

    A Royal Circus, a Domestic Inquisition, and the Death of Late Night: Trump’s September Trifecta

    The Pageant in Windsor There’s no such thing as a small Trump visit. Not when the U.K. rolls out Windsor pomp for a man who treats Buckingham Palace like a casino floor. King Charles III, looking every bit the monarch who once had to weather tabloids about tampon fantasies, gamely escorted Donald Trump through ceremonial

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  • Merit, Excellence, and a Half-Billion Dollar Shuffle: The Education Department’s New Hunger Games

    Merit, Excellence, and a Half-Billion Dollar Shuffle: The Education Department’s New Hunger Games

    The Department of Education has always been a strange beast—part accountant, part social engineer, part referee for our endless cultural blood sports. On September 15, it decided to moonlight as a pit boss, shuffling chips from one table to another, all while insisting this was about “merit and excellence.” Translation: somebody’s walking out of the

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  • Pam Bondi Declares War on the First Amendment—Then Googles What It Actually Says

    Pam Bondi Declares War on the First Amendment—Then Googles What It Actually Says

    You’d think the Attorney General of the United States would know the First Amendment. You’d think she’d have at least skimmed it once in law school, maybe while flipping through her notes on “How Not to Start a Constitutional Crisis.” And yet here we are. Pam Bondi—Donald Trump’s Attorney General—managed to light Washington on fire

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  • Trump Declares War on Anti-Fascism: Guess Which Side That Puts Him On

    Trump Declares War on Anti-Fascism: Guess Which Side That Puts Him On

    The Big Announcement Donald Trump took to Truth Social and, in his usual slurry of caps lock and grievance, announced he would designate Antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” He tied it to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, because everything in MAGA world must be shoehorned into a neat morality play. And what better villain

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  • The Return of Red Scares: Trump and Vance Turn Grief Into Witch Hunt

    The Return of Red Scares: Trump and Vance Turn Grief Into Witch Hunt

    From Mourning to McCarthyism The assassination of Charlie Kirk should have been a tragedy contained by grief, accountability, and legal process. Instead, it became fuel. Within days, the White House pivoted from mourning to manufacturing a new Red Scare. President Donald Trump, flanked by Vice President JD Vance and professional apocalypse salesman Stephen Miller, decided

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  • Trump’s Federal Reserve Circus: Cutting Rates and Ties With Reality

    Trump’s Federal Reserve Circus: Cutting Rates and Ties With Reality

    When Independence Means Whatever He Says There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Donald Trump trying to fire someone he doesn’t like. Now he’s aiming at the Federal Reserve, the supposedly independent temple of monetary policy that has somehow become just another episode of his reality show. Markets expect a 25-basis-point cut at

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