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Will Lewis is out at The Washington Post. Since he was a fancy “chief executive,” his departure is being reported with the genteel framing of him “stepping down,” even though it is very evident that Post owner Jeff Bezos sent Lewis packing. Ostensibly, Amazon billionaire Bezos felt that Lewis didn’t handle the complete decimation of the newspaper with enough gravitas and was instead partying in S…

Turning Point USA’s decision to try and compete with the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday never seemed like a well-conceived idea . Culturally, fascism has never offered much in the way of entertainment, and TPUSA isn’t exactly known for fun . Related | MAGA poor sports unveil their awful Super Bowl halftime alternative A bummer from start to finish, the event looked like it was shot in a…

With measles cases spiking all across the country, Dr. Mehmet Oz went on CNN to say he really wants you to get the measles vaccine. Really! Normally, having the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator remind people that vaccines are beneficial would not be notable. However, since Oz, along with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been howling about how …

Things are going so well under President Donald Trump’s economic policies that there are now fewer jobs available or being created! At least, that is how Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, is spinning the dismal jobs numbers that have been rolling out under Trump’s watch. “There's a pretty big decline in the labor force because of illegals leaving the country,” Hassett said…

In yet another sign that the GOP doesn't actually care about free speech, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are trashing U.S. Olympians who said they do not support the cruelty that Trump is carrying out back home, calling them un-American and even rooting for them to lose. Multiple Olympians, including freestyle skiers Hunter Hess and Chris Lillis, have said they do not support Tru…

Tens of millions of Americans watched and enjoyed Bad Bunny’s halftime performance during the Super Bowl on Sunday night, but President Donald Trump and other members of the MAGA movement have been bizarrely seething over the joyous event. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER!” Trump fumed on his social media account. He declared the performance an “affront…

A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related | Trump's incompetent DOJ makes a mess of latest Epstein files drop

Right around this time last year, President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Russ Vought, and the racist tweens at the pretend Department of Government Efficiency were having a barnburner of a time firing thousands of federal workers based on some combination of vibes and malice. Of course, even a year ago, it was obvious they had no idea what t…

President Donald Trump kicked off February with an ominous promise: Not only would his compromised Justice Department continue its unprecedented attacks on his political enemies, they would be devoting more resources than ever to prosecuting key Democrats and White House critics. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group” has been at the center of a series of failed efforts to use…

Unions, small businesses, states sue to stop the administration from punishing blue states by withholding $10 billion in funding. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main How many court actions does it take to stave off a Trump-led fiscal attack on a state he considers too blue? The answer may be unknowable. But in the case of an attempt to freeze billions of dollars in federal funds that help kids an…

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