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Wack Political Economy
August 01, 2017
The real conflict in the White House is the remarkable tussle between Trump and his attorney-general, Jeff Sessions.
In Defense of the Money Phone
JAY-Z has come out against the ostentatious kitsch of rap’s nouveau riche. We prefer the money phone.
Weekly Bafflements
July 28, 2017
“I’m not Steve Bannon, I’m not trying to suck my own cock”
The best read of the week, and quite possibly our lifetimes, is this batshit insane Ryan Lizza piece recounting a conversation with Anthony Scaramucci. If you somehow missed it, well, buckle up because it’s ...
Shrinking the President
You sit the President of the United States down on a nice little chair, and he sprawls there, and he talks to you.
The Opioid Thief
Your friend’s bride-to-be may be stealing your wife’s painkillers. Your best bet is to lock ‘em up.
Moving Targets
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.
Catholic Sisters Storm Capitol Hill
WELCOME TO INTERVIEWS FOR RESISTANCE. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...
Two Poems
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
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
July 24, 2017
While no Trump administration official can match Malcolm Tucker’s wit, they can certainly equal his vulgarity.
Spicer, Racked
July 21, 2017
There’s no real need to speak of Spicer’s legacy in complicated terms. He was not good.