Fifteen New York Sheriffs Answer to No One
Fifteen sheriffs have decided that the constitution they swore to defend has exactly one article, and that article is about them. "I don't answer to Kathy Hochul. I don't answer to Tish James. I answe…
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We Will Never Forget, Unless the War Needs a Lie
Twenty-five years after the worst attack on American soil, the country's leaders told two false stories in a single week, and between them turned a national day of mourning into a sales pitch for the …
The AI Builders Admitted It Could Kill Us. Congress Yawned
The people building the world's most powerful machines have started saying, in writing, that the machines could end the species. The United States government has responded with one letter and a deadli…
The FCC Threatened Kimmel. 7 Million Watched Anyway
The government of the United States threatened to revoke a television station's license for the crime of interviewing a candidate, and the interview it could not kill got 7 million views. "He's bankin…
It May As Well Happen Now
The most powerful man on earth flew to Ireland to play golf at a course he owns and, at a press conference beside the taoiseach, suggested the borders of the United States' oldest ally could be redraw…
The President Drew a Map. It Said 'Ours'
An 80-year-old president spent a weekend coloring in an empire on social media, and the most unsettling reaction to the map was not outrage. It was agreement. "That's not insanity. That's intention." …
Raise Your Right Hand: The GOP's Oath Rally
The Republican Party's first midterm convention in the modern era ended the only way it could: with the president asking a half-empty arena to raise its hands and swear an oath of fealty. "Please rais…
The Witch Hunt's Own Prosecutor Quit
The White House installed its most devoted conspiracy theorist to turn the "witch hunt" against Donald Trump into a real criminal case, and five months later he walked out, leaving one line behind tha…
Trump Schedules the Iran War Around the Midterms
The president who started a war on a whim has now given it a calendar: November, after the votes are in. "I think war is going to end immediately after the election because they can't hold out any lon…