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Breadlines With Ballistics: On Aid, Optics, and the Math of Looking Away

There’s a certain kind of silence that only exists in a crowd waiting for food. It’s not quiet—nothing about hunger is quiet—but it has an agreed-upon hush, a choreography of patience. Bodies stand still because moving burns calories you don’t have. Eyes scan for motion because motion means a truck, a crate, a whisper that
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When Numbers Lie and the Economy is “Perfect” (According to the Man Who Invented Truth)

It’s another day in America, and the President has once again reminded us that numbers are not to be trusted. Not his numbers, of course—those are gold-plated, patriotic, and possibly blessed by the ghost of Reagan—but other people’s numbers. Specifically, the ones from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that dared to suggest inflation is rising
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President Trump Wants a Task Force for the LA Olympics. I Assume It Will Wear Matching Windbreakers.

Nothing says “we’ve learned nothing from history” quite like handing Donald J. Trump executive oversight of an international sporting event. The man who once tried to host a G7 summit at his own golf resort is now assembling a task force to oversee the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Because nothing inspires global trust like the
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Russia Is Flirting Again, and This Time She’s Bringing Missiles

Nothing says “global foreplay” quite like a country unsheathing its mid-range warheads and staring across the bar at America like you up? Russia, not one to let a perfectly good Cold War go un-reheated, has decided to toss the nuclear matchbook back on the table. As of this week, Moscow has formally announced it will
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Ghislaine’s Great Escape: From High-Security Headlines to Minimum-Security Hill Country

Somewhere between the sound of cicadas and the scent of institutional brisket, Ghislaine Maxwell is adjusting to her new reality: a minimum-security federal prison camp in sunny, suspiciously welcoming Bryan, Texas. Yes, Bryan. The town best known for its proximity to literally anything more interesting and now, apparently, for hosting the disgraced socialite convicted of




