Elon Musk’s America party could hurt Republicans
But I’d be surprised if we are even still talking about it a year from now
Politics
Read about the latest political news, views and analysis
Tuesday
Monday
Elon Musk is America’s dumbest smart person
The America party is a fool’s errand
Tucker tosses softballs to Iran
Carlson’s interviews give us a glimpse of what it would be like if we had an actual state-run media
Can Trump get Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza?
Hamas is still calling for the withdrawal of all Israeli troops
We’ll never know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein
The FBI leaves a long list of unanswered questions
Don’t politicize the Texas flood
In the last few days, the blame has flowed faster and thicker than the raging muddy waters of the Guadalupe River
Europe’s favorite novelty is causing pile-ups in the US
The irksome traffic circle – or, yeesh, ’roundabout’ – is quickly taking root
Zohran Mamdani wouldn’t mock his own faith
It is hard to imagine him lampooning Islamic festivals as he has Christmas and Hanukkah
Sunday
Why Trump stopped calling on Iran to ‘surrender’
The Geneva Conventions now constrain legitimate military action
Saturday
How AI will reignite woke
Woke politics are a way of signifying that you are high-status – and all of this status anxiety is about to be supercharged by AI
The Merchant of Mar-a-Lago
Trump’s use of the word ‘Shylock’ allows his opponents to play the ‘he’s anti-Semitic’ card, when he clearly isn’t
Franken-Wildlife: will cloned game destroy hunting?
The prospect of ‘Franken-wildlife’ raises alarm bells
Friday
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Fourth of July
‘As we enter our 249th year America is winning, winning, winning, like never before’
J.D. Vance’s summer plans in the Cotswolds, the ‘Hamptons of England’
The VP is looking to stay in the Cotswolds at around the time of the state visit
Why is American pride at an all-time low?
58 percent of Americans say they are ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ proud to be American
This July 4, Trump wants you to celebrate winning – big time
Donald Trump is the President we have always deserved
Thursday
Mamdani’s strategically claimed blackness
When it might have given him a leg up at Columbia, he checked the ‘black’ box
Trump gets his Big, Beautiful Bill over the line
But he also triggers the start of the midterm elections.
Trump scrambles to close the deal
Trump desperately wants to celebrate Independence Day at the White House tomorrow with a signing ceremony for his mega-bill
Wednesday
Is there hope for California, after all?
The deregulation bill is pretty good for California’s first recent attempt at being reasonable
