Tag: Donald Trump

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Trumpspeak

Joshua McDonald

October 12, 2017

I trained a Markov chain to generate the following paragraphs of Trumpese.

Offense Lords

Tom Whyman

October 11, 2017

The clowns are not only fundamental to our social institutions; they're literally in charge of them.

President Lisa Simpson

Tom Whyman

October 04, 2017

Lover of austerity economics, mouthpiece of an educated elite. Behold the future: President Lisa Simpson.

DACApocalypse Now

Matt Cameron

September 08, 2017

DACA was no DREAM. It was, at best, one of those restless afternoon naps one sometimes takes on a bad day hoping to wake up to something better.

The Pizzagate Polity

Melissa Gira Grant

August 29, 2017

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

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.

Shrinking the President

Sam Kriss

July 28, 2017

You sit the President of the United States down on a nice little chair, and he sprawls there, and he talks to you.

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.

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.

How to Lie

Ben Schwartz

July 12, 2017

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

We Are All at the Table Together

Sarah Jaffe

June 22, 2017

Sarah Jaffe interviews Autumn Zemke, co-chair of Northern Nevada Working Families Party.

Juneteenth, From Atlanta to Oakland

Sarah Jaffe

June 21, 2017

To mark the day, and its unfulfilled promises, a group of organizers planned a day of action: of reclaiming vacant land, forty acres in forty cities to be precise.