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The Pizzagate Polity

Melissa Gira Grant

August 29, 2017

When Trump talks tough on sex trafficking, Pizzagate conspiracy theorists hear him singing their song.

Mattress Mack Will Save You

Micah Fields

August 28, 2017

I must admit I am a tad ticked that it has taken destructive winds and inundation to land my city on the minds of the cultured.

Élite Politesse

Kyle Paoletta

August 23, 2017

When, in 2012, the copy editor Mary Norris took to The New Yorker’s website to defend its comma usage against the charge that it was “nutty,” a new era in the history of the magazine’s style was inaugurated. Norris was suddenly impossible to escape, extemporizing on ...

The President of Blank Sucking Nullity

David Roth

August 22, 2017

Any attempt at psychologizing Trump should begin and end here: he is a blank sucking void of vanity and appetite.

The Eclipsing of Steve Bannon

Sam Kriss

August 21, 2017

As the moon finally slides on past a wounded sun, the prophecy has been realised, and Bannon is transformed.

I Think Icahn, I Think Icahn . . .

J.C. Hallman

August 21, 2017

Our former casino owner of a president is doubling his wager after every political loss, and we’re all watching his stack of chips diminish exponentially.

Brain AWOL

Chris Lehmann

August 18, 2017

On the end—and endurance—of the Bannon era

Goodbye, Pepe

Angela Nagle

August 15, 2017

The alt-right era my book was about—the anonymous online trolling culture, the constant evasions and ironic styles—is over.

Malign Intervention

Vincent Bevins

August 08, 2017

We aren't the good guys that sometimes make mistakes. We are often the bad guys.

Al Gore’s Pivot to Idiocy

Matthew Miles Goodrich

August 07, 2017

Gore is constitutionally incapable of telling a story that is resonant with Americans who have had futures set to flame.

Sweet, Sweet Phantasy

Tom Whyman

August 03, 2017

Corbyn supporters have chosen the playful magic of phantasy over the reality principle, and it's starting to work.

Over Our Heads

Dave Denison

August 03, 2017

I was wandering in a smoldering landscape, knowing that nothing could be done. The decisions had been made.