The housekeeper attacked by a security dog at Chris Brown’s Los Angeles mansion nearly five years ago wept on the witness stand Wednesday as she described the mauling, saying it left her with severe injuries to her arm and face, extensive and painful scarring, and post-traumatic stress disorder. “I will never be the same again,” … Read more
Donald Trump’s $16.4 million Reflecting Pool liner is peeling up like a sunburned sophomore on a Cabo spring break, but the president wants the nation to believe it was sabotage. Trump’s claims that the Reflecting Pool’s issues were caused by a vandal who managed to slash a supposed gash the length of a football field … Read more
There’s a telling scene in Regime Change, the devastating new chronicle from New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan about the first year of the second Trump administration. Elon Musk, erstwhile DOGE leader, had just split with the president over the Big Beautiful Bill, ranting on social media that the signature piece of … Read more
Donald Trump visited a Mack Trucks facility in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and, as he does in just about all of his speeches, railed about supposed rigged elections. The president was particularly interested in what happened earlier this month in California, where Republican Spencer Pratt failed to advance to the runoff in Los Angeles’ mayoral race. … Read more
A s our 80-year-old Mad King goes on midnight social media revenge benders from the White House, attacking the pope after attacking Iran, enriching his family by billions and comparing himself to Jesus, some of his supporters are now panicking and asking, “Who could have seen this coming?” The answer, of course, is any sentient … Read more
In the book of Job, it was written that the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. So, too, it could be said of Donald Trump, the wannabe-messiah of the conservative movement and the greatest power broker the party has ever known. In Texas, for instance, Trump hath taken away a Senate seat from … Read more
Donald Trump has once again threatened to prosecute the supposed “vandals” he’s claiming have turned the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool into an algae-infested mess, with the paint job the government spent millions in taxpayer money to apply already peeling off. The shoddy, rushed “renovation” carried out through an overpriced no-bid contract is not the problem, … Read more
I t ought to be a pretty optimistic time for Democrats. Donald Trump’s in a deep hole, and his only answer is to ask for more shovels. The House seems likely to tip back toward Democrats, redistricting shenanigans notwithstanding, and strong Senate candidates in a bunch of reliably red states — Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, … Read more
The path to liberation does not run through comfort. That much has always been true. In some tellings, as the Pharaoh’s army chased Moses towards the Red Sea, a member of the tribe had to wade nearly up to their chin in the raging waters before Moses raised his staff and the sea split in … Read more
The Obama Presidential Center opened in Chicago on Thursday. It was a star-studded affair, with former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Joe Biden attending, and artists like Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera performing. Obama was there too, of course, and both he and former First Lady Michelle Obama gave rousing speeches — both … Read more