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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.

Wack Political Economy

Max B. Sawicky

August 01, 2017

The real conflict in the White House is the remarkable tussle between Trump and his attorney-general, Jeff Sessions.

Moving Targets

Katherine Cross

July 27, 2017

We can oppose Trump’s trans ban and everything it sets out to do without valorizing the military’s bombs and bombast.

Two Poems

Bernadette Mayer,  Michael Palmer

July 25, 2017

To a Politician   Your penis is homeless  You are covered with as many warts as the lies you’ve told You pat maggots on their backs Your syphilitic mouth sucks the slugs from the irradiated cocks of your cohorts This gives a bad name to syphilis, if I mention it in ...

Tory Porn

Jonathon Sturgeon

July 25, 2017

For Christopher Nolan, perhaps the last Tory propagandist in cinema, “society” and “the people” do not exist.

We’re Living in The Thick of It

Ned Resnikoff

July 24, 2017

While no Trump administration official can match Malcolm Tucker’s wit, they can certainly equal his vulgarity.

Spicer, Racked

Jason Linkins

July 21, 2017

There’s no real need to speak of Spicer’s legacy in complicated terms. He was not good.

Sméagol in the Sky

Ben Schwartz

July 17, 2017

“Suck-ass Delta” Coulter fumed on Twitter, calling Delta’s gate people and flight attendants “Nurse Ratchets.”

Retirement, Brought to You by Prisons, Inc.

Whitney Curry Wimbish

July 17, 2017

American workers support private prisons through their retirement funds.

How to Lie

Ben Schwartz

July 12, 2017

For the Trumps, English is a second language you learn only after learning to lie first.