Satirical dispatches on current events, public power, politics, sports, culture, media, courts, and American institutions.
Michigan Democrats wanted a campaign about prices. Their nominee, party rivals, influencers, donors, and national factions have turned the race into an audition for control of the party.
Trump turned the mail ballot envelope from neutral packaging into a federal checkpoint, and the institutions objecting to inspection have revealed how much power they stored inside routine procedure.
A private meeting between Jared Kushner and Hakeem Jeffries reveals the quiet rule of Washington power: even the opposition prepares for command by entering through Trump’s side door.
Trump turned one candidate’s national security stumble into a test of whether South Carolina Republicans believe an endorsement is advice or command.
Trump says America must build the data centers needed to win the AI race. The candidates hiding from them should explain who pays for the appetite they still intend to serve.
Ralph Norman is running against Trump’s endorsed candidate while pledging loyalty to Trump. The contradiction reveals who cultivates the Republican field.
Trump is moving the anti-cartel campaign toward land operations, and allied governments are discovering that security cooperation has a pressure reading.
The DNC approved calls to abolish ICE and reform it, turning opposition to Trump into a liturgy with two incompatible endings.
Trump brings falling national crime figures to a Long Island police academy, where statistics become territory in the midterm campaign.
A federal judge has barred the Postal Service from using Trump’s voter list, preserving the ballot route by denying the carrier a view of the border.