The Baffler

TODAY IN CASH MONEY  Congressional Democrats are taking Trump to court. Will anything come of it? As Zephyr Teachout told The Baffler’s own Dave Denison in January, probably not.  FOR OUR MEMORY-CHALLENGED FRIENDS  An American lobbyist for Russian interests has come ...

• Baffler contributor Corey Pein reports for The Guardian on a Trump supporter who’s received a very special award from some of the president’s associates. John Beavers, who last year reportedly sold his house to campaign independently on behalf of Donald Trump ...

• The  Washington Post provides a deep dive into how the myth regarding Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich became a favorite among far-right conspiracy nuts. You can thank Kim Dotcom—the New Zealand-based crackpot internet entrepreneur that brought you such ...

A mixture of organizing, legal battles, and political incompetence have kept the newly-minted Trump administration from attaining all of its goals. But with immigration, labor, and health care under perpetual attack, organizers throughout the country have seized upon May Day ...

• Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival—a.k.a. Coachella for even richer, and even stupider, people—has been canceled due to Lord of the Flies-like conditions. (Some have also compared it to The Hunger Games.) The “luxury” festival—which promised resort-style accommodations ...

• Today in tech: Elon Musk engages in some “consensual telepathy.” • The Juicegate saga continues. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the story of the century, the company that produces a $400 juicer called Juicero has been taking some flack ...

• Bafflerites in D.C.! Come and join Barbara Ehrenreich, Rafia Zakaria, Dean Baker, and Hussein Ibish for a Tax Day appraisal of the Age of Trump so far. It’s free, and there will be drinks. • Since Rep. Steve King is tweeting his endorsement of Hungary’s far-right ...

In case you thought our august republic was the only thing currently being ruined by Neo-Nazis, there’s also . . . this furry convention.