Politics With Charles P. Pierce
The Ocean Has Never Been Hotter
the latest from the shebeen
Stormy Daniels' Testimony Was Something Else
At one point the defense objected to a question about sex positions.
Crypto Came Roaring Back At OSU Graduation
Why is it that pitchmen for cryptocurrency always sound like this?
Stormy Daniels: Trump Is a Terrible Date
Apparently she asked him to change out of some pretty ugly-sounding pajamas.
Hamas Says It Has Agreed to a Ceasefire
Details of the proposal emerged in confusing dribs and drabs.
Judge Merchan Is Mollycoddling Trump
Last resort? Maybe it should be the second resort? Or the third resort? Or the more recent resort?
Trump Went HAM On Jack Smith This Weekend
As a kind of command performance, he brought up on stage all of the rumored candidates for vice-president.
Matt Gaetz and MTG Are Theologians Now?
There are legitimate First Amendment issues with the Antisemitism Awareness Act, but I did not see this particular argument coming from the peanut gallery.
What the Heck Happened to the Film ‘The Sixth’?
I’m used to efforts to whitewash American history, but this just doesn’t smell right.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett Is Not Some Kind of Hero
I’m thinking in particular of The Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, who finds hope in Barrett’s brief walk-on role as Not Insane Person in the dramas of the moment.
Texas Prisons Are Roasting Inmates
What heinous way to be inhumane will the Abbott administration think of next?
UCLA on Tuesday Night Seemed All Too Familiar
A group of “counter-protesters” smashed up a pro-Palestine encampment on campus, and law enforcement had a curious reaction.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Needs Attention, Everyone
She announced plans to call a vote to oust the Speaker of the House next week.