My Name Wasn't on the Ballot
The worst Republican midterm result in three decades produced no apology, no reckoning, no single sentence of self-doubt, just a sixty-second oath of devotion delivered on a private club stage in Palm…
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Trump's Five-Day Attorney
The White House press secretary lasted five days: hired on social media as an "attorney," fired before the country finished learning her name. "She has suffered over the last few days. Maybe it's not …
Dumped by the Son, Dumped by the Father
In the Trump family, loyalty is a line item, and the bill just came due in the briefing room. "No, she wasn't a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago." — President Donald Tru…
Trump's New Megaphone Can't Pass a Bar Exam
The most important job in the White House is being the government's voice to the American people. The person now holding it has never passed a bar exam in any state, and the White House's only proof o…
Schmitt Airballs the Perjury Trap Over a Caitlin Clark Game
He walked into the Senate hearing with a smoking gun, and he walked out holding a game program from College Park, Maryland. "I think you've already perjured yourself." — Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), mome…
To Defend Propaganda, The White House Cited Its Inventors
The White House has a new public service announcement, and it is a jingle that asks the country to love a man. "This may be felony criminal theft and conversion of government property for political ca…
Paid For By The US Government: Love Me
The White House calls the $443,000 commercial a public service, and the soundtrack says "love me." "Together we will defeat communism, socialism and Marxism in America. America will never be a communi…
The Judge Who Ended the Press Ban Was His Man
On Thursday, a judge appointed by Donald Trump ordered the White House to hand back three newsrooms' press badges, and the White House spent most of the day holding onto them, on the day Xi Jinping wa…